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Evan smiled faintly. If you don’t want to, forget it.”

Mena

I took a deep breath and repeated myself, “Boss, I want to locate you, because you are very important to me.”

There! Satisfied? Are you happy now, my dear boss?

Evan’s smile finally deepened. “I can tell you’re sincere.”

He took out his phone, unlocked it, and handed it to me.

I silently took it and started to install the app. Gloria, beside me, covered her face with her hands, excitedly screaming quietly. He loves her! He really loves her!

Cody was excited, too. Good for you, Mr. Jones! Men should be brave. Don’t be ashamed!

I set up the two–way location sharing and gave Evan back his phone.

“Since you’ve shown genuine sincerity, feel free to ask for help anytime in life. Mutual sincerity matters, right?”

“…Right.”

I forced the response through clenched teeth. What other choice did I have?

Evan swiveled back in his seat, the back of his head radiating smug satisfaction. Gloria’s heart–eyed gaze could’ve powered a nuclear reactor. Cody’s hero–worship reached cult leader levels.

I gnawed my cuticles raw. These fools had turned our rescue mission into some twisted reality show.

Holden Building was a distance from the hotel. Because of my “can you go faster?” Cody shortened the thirty–minute drive to fifteen. That was still with traffic lights hindering him; he could have been faster. His final drift scared Gloria and me white as ghosts.

“Fast enough?”

Cody asked triumphantly.

covered my mouth, and stumbled out to vomit. Gloria hit

idiot!”

tapped his forehead, “She said

a water bottle as

and hurried

about twenty stories. It looked old, and the interior was desolate, with many empty shops, only a few sparsely scattered businesses.

itself.

middle–aged, overweight man. Cody approached him, smiling and

he’d lost his wallet and

three elegantly dressed people outside. Apparently, he didn’t believe Cody. “Honestly, what are you doing here? You have to tell me,”

“Looking for someone.”

His biceps, and tattooed arms, looked

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take you

moved surprisingly quickly. He took us to the security room, which was unmanned.

Marou

aren’t many people here usually,

the cameras were broken, and worse, the one

struggling to check the few usable cameras, we finally spotted Sherry near a shop before disappearing around the corner. This proved she was indeed

only search floor by floor. Twenty–one floors

we can’t act

After previous disasters, even I knew solo exploration meant disaster. If something happened, we

then offered a generous reward for finding Sherry. The manager immediately perked up, detailing the building’s history, mentioning several small companies still

here?”

didn’t understand, but I believed Sherry wouldn’t act without reason.

only highly private clubs require this. Does this

The manager’s eyes suddenly fixed on me, hesitant

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