Chapter170.

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.

to vomit. Gloria hit him with her bag, angrily saying, “…We could die, you

idiot!”

glance. He tapped his forehead, “She said faster,

a water bottle as I

mouth and hurried into the decaying

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

pinpointed the building itself. We needed to find the exact

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

he’d lost his wallet and wanted to check

three elegantly dressed people outside. Apparently, he didn’t believe Cody. “Honestly, what

“Looking for someone.”

and tattooed arms, looked

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you there now.”

quickly. He took us

Marou

here usually, some cameras are broken and haven’t been fixed

It was more than wrong; it was disastrous. Most of the cameras were broken,

spotted Sherry near a shop before disappearing around the corner. This proved

floors isn’t bad

we can’t act alone.”

previous disasters, even I knew solo exploration meant disaster. If something happened, we wouldn’t

and then offered a generous reward for finding Sherry. The manager immediately 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.

would Sherry be here?” Gloria murmured softly,

I believed Sherry wouldn’t

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

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

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