Chapter 107:

Belinda paused, then suddenly remembered. “Fluffy!”

She rose quickly, piecing together that Kristopher was likely to return Fluffy to her.

To mask her realization that Fluffy was indeed with Kristopher, she feigned astonishment. “Did you manage to find Fluffy for me?”

Kristopher reclined in his chair, his tone indifferent. “First, I have a few questions.”

“What questions?”

He narrowed his eyes, examining Belinda with a critical gaze. “The phone call you made to me two nights ago, what was that about? And why did you ignore my calls after that?”

Taken aback by his directness, Belinda stumbled for an excuse. “I dialed the wrong number. When I saw you had called back, I didn’t know how to explain, so I chose not to answer.”

His expression grew colder. “Who were you trying to call? Darren Wright?”

Belinda quickly shook her head. “No.”

“Not him?”

“That very night, after you dodged my call, I saw Darren rushing out of the restaurant. Later, I spotted

stunned, struggling to gather her thoughts.

when I called back, I worried something had happened to you. So, I came to check on


expect to find Darren leaving your place,

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buzzed

her to the hospital, he had returned to her apartment to find her medication log. That must have been when Kristopher encountered

the previous day whether he had seen Fluffy during his subsequent

not seeing Fluffy and said nothing about meeting

“Belinda.”

peered

shook her head, a

why Darren had informed Kristopher that

leaving a woman’s apartment and claiming she was already asleep… Didn’t that just invite

your past and didn’t even want the cat we raised together, insisting I take

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