Chapter 747

“Her love life ain’t my business no more,

He shut his laptop, checking the time and realizing it was time to hit the hay.

But he was restless tonight. He tried showering and laying in bed, but sleep was a no–show.

He picked up a book, trying to read, but the words seemed gibberish.

At 1 AM, he got dressed again and headed out.

This time, he drove himself, parking at the RosenGarden.

A couple of lights were still on in the RosenGarden. He cracked his car window open and lit up a ciggy.

Halfway through, he pulled out his phone and dialed Maja.

No answer on the other end.

He slumped back in his seat/staring blankly ahead, with no idea why he’d driven here in the middle of the night.

With a self–deprecating chuckle, he decided to head back home.

On the way, he passed by the Pennyfeather group’s headquarters. But he didn’t give a damn about the Pennyfeathers, so he didn’t even notice it was their building. A woman was frantically making a call at the entrance. !

It was Zoey, unable to reach Maja. The Star Movie group’s series had passed the review, smashing records on its premiere night. This was great news, the kind that should be shared with Maja.

But since the afternoon, her calls to Maja had gone unanswered.

Just a few hours ago, Maja had been nervously awaiting the viewing results with her.

Zoey was trying to hail a cab when she spotted a luxury car parked nearby and lan’s face in the window.

She tensed up.

knew lan and had heard about him from Maja.

once engaged, though they’d

“Mr. Raymond.”

out

hand was on the steering wheel. He glanced

Zoey swallowed.

but she’s not answering. I’m

“Maja?”

your

end, so she

was it always

the grid, and today is incredibly important for us, Mr. Raymond, Could you?”

could finish, lan stepped on the

wasn’t above begging when she

“Mr. Raymond!”

“I heard from Maja that you two

darkened. Good

and that woman

“Let go.”

still somewhat intimidated by him, let

ticked off. He

She huddled in the dark room, feeling snakes slither over her ankles and

on the verge of a breakdown, curling up

had passed, even hallucinating at times.

cold, starving, and fear

her head against the wall, the sound

been like this for hours. They figured she was close to breaking

and the sound of Maja’s head

been going on for

her eyes were

and joked, “She’ll probably lose her mind in three more hours. The lady said to send her to the mental

You stay here. I need a break. I’ve been up all

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