Chapter 187 When the Dust Settles

• Talia knew that Jasper would not let her leave that easily and Owen was her only ticket out of there. Owen's greed would make him put up quite the fight to get her out of the Mills Residence, even if it meant confronting a powerful figure like Jasper.
• She was gambling on the strong presumption that she had no special place in Jasper's heart, and that he only regarded her with spite and vengeance. If Owen were to put his foot down on the matter and insist on taking her away, Jasper wouldn't have any good reason to retain her.
• When that came to pass, Talia would be a free woman, her soul liberated from whatever shackled her to the Mills Residence. She would no longer have to shoulder all this burden and finally bid farewell to her attachments to him.