Bye-Bye Jerk, Hello Mr. Right by Rosie Steppe

deeply. "Just tell me, why do you want to see my father?"

I frowned a little. Was he changing his mind again?

Earlier, when I mentioned needing his dad's help to appraise something, he assumed I had some rare item. Now, it seemed like he realized there was more to it. Since I was already here, there was no point in hiding the truth anymore. I decided to be upfront.

After listening, Cole's expression turned serious. "Then you should leave."

I felt something was off. "Why?"

"If you're planning to meet my dad for this, you're wasting your time. He's not going to tell you anything." Cole said, like he knew his dad's every move.

But if there was nothing to hide, why would his dad be so cagey? His dad's refusal would only make me more determined to get to the bottom of this. "What if I don't back off? Maybe your dad's got nothing to hide after all," I said, refusing to back down.

Cole shook his head, looking a little resigned. "You're really stubborn, you know that? Fine, I'll call him. If he's cool with it, I'll take you to see him." He pulled out his phone and dialed, putting it on speaker.

is it?" Thorsten's deep voice came

woman. To see you," Cole said carefully, not giving away

just to bug me," Thorsten's voice

a quick look with a playful smirk. "Do you really think I'd bring someone who's

my breath, half-hoping he'd agree, but

me off guard. For someone who usually didn't care much, he was going out of his way to help me. "Didn't you hear me?" Thorsten snapped

at me, his expression saying, 'Hey, don't blame

blocked by the iron bars, wondering who

Chapter 248

+25 BONUS

even see his

waved in front of my face, snapping me out of my thoughts. It was

"Do you know

And from what Cole