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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 him

idiot!”

tapped his forehead, “She said faster, not warp

water bottle as I

and hurried into the

tall, about twenty stories. It looked old, and the interior was desolate, with many empty shops, only

only pinpointed the building itself. We needed to find the

middle–aged, overweight man. Cody approached

he’d lost his wallet and wanted to check

he didn’t believe Cody. “Honestly, what are you doing here? You have to tell me,” he

“Looking for someone.”

knuckles. His biceps, and tattooed arms, looked menacing when he

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take you there

as he was, he moved surprisingly quickly. He took us to the security room,

Marou

usually, some cameras are broken and haven’t been fixed yet.”

cameras were broken, and worse, the one at the entrance of. the first–floor

check the few usable cameras, we finally spotted Sherry near a shop before disappearing

only search floor by floor. Twenty–one floors isn’t

we can’t act alone.”

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

detailing the building’s history, mentioning several

here?” Gloria

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

her phone.“Usually, only highly private clubs require this. Does this building have such

my hair. The manager’s eyes suddenly fixed on me, hesitant

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