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.

heard

were once engaged, though they’d called it

“Mr. Raymond.”

called out politely.

wheel. He glanced over at her when he

Zoey swallowed.

I’ve been trying to call Maja all day, but she’s not

“Maja?”

Maja, your ex–wife.”

so she asked lan for help.

clearly annoyed. Why was it always about this woman?

the grid, and today is incredibly important for us, Mr.

lan stepped

when she was genuinely worried about Maja.

“Mr. Raymond!”

Maja that you two are on good terms. If something’s happened to her, wouldn’t you be worried?”

expression darkened. Good

and that woman were

“Let go.”

somewhat intimidated by him,

rather ticked off. He

huddled in the dark room, feeling snakes slither over her ankles and centipedes crawl onto her

the verge of a breakdown, curling up

know how much time had passed, even hallucinating at times.

the cold, starving, and fear was coursing through her veins.

her head against the wall, the sound echoing in the room.

the noise and checked the time, thinking she’d been like this

and the sound of Maja’s head

had been going

eyes were open or closed, all

outside were starting to feel weary. They yawned and joked, “She’ll probably lose her mind in three more hours. The

here. I need a break. I’ve

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