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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.

Gloria hit him with her bag, angrily saying, “…We

idiot!”

He tapped his forehead, “She said faster, not warp

water bottle as

my mouth and hurried

interior was desolate, with many empty

itself. We needed to find the

a middle–aged, overweight man. Cody approached him,

he’d lost his wallet and wanted to check the security

outside. Apparently, he didn’t believe Cody. “Honestly, what are you

“Looking for someone.”

biceps, and tattooed arms, looked

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you there

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

Marou

many people here usually, some

something was wrong. It was more than wrong; it was disastrous. Most of the cameras were broken, and worse, the one at the entrance of. the

finally spotted Sherry near a shop before disappearing around

search floor by floor. Twenty–one floors isn’t bad if

can’t

disasters, even I knew solo exploration meant disaster. If something

perked up, detailing the building’s history, mentioning several small companies still operating there, and a few floors of residential apartments, though sparsely populated. He even mentioned the type of business and the names of the tenants.

be here?” Gloria murmured softly, puzzled.

I believed Sherry wouldn’t act

Sherry turn off her phone.“Usually, only highly private

anxiously scratched my hair. The manager’s eyes suddenly fixed on me, hesitant to speak.

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