Ivor had saved Toby's number long ago. If Floyd had not reminded Ivor about it, the latter would not have remembered that.

"All right, I'll call Toby and ask him where's Bonnie." Ivor searched for the number and dialed it.

Meanwhile, Toby was in his place sipping tea when his phone rang. He was stunned when he saw Ivor's name on the screen. Then, he recalled what Bonnie told him and everyone else at the research institute

'Ms. Bonnie said she'd be away from Pyralis for a long time. She also said her husband might call to ask about her whereabouts. We're supposed to say she's busy conducting research. No matter what Mr. Ivor asks, we must tell him that to stop him from discovering the truth.'

With that in mind, Toby composed himself and answered the call, "Hello, is that you, Mr. Ivor?”

Ivor's charming voice sounded, "Yeah, it's me."

silence, Toby asked, "How

I've called her more than ten times now," Ivor sounded displeased. He thought it was strange because Toby was Bonnie's assistant, yet he

the displeasure in Ivor's voice. The former gathered himself and lied,

research facility will distract

to another institute that could provide her

a massive project, why aren't you, her assistant,

sighed to sound helpless, saying, "It's a

Ivor might have sounded

been working on a thesis, so I must juggle my

was

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