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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.

mouth, and stumbled out to vomit. Gloria hit him with

idiot!”

He tapped his forehead, “She said faster,

me a water bottle as

and hurried into

and the interior was desolate, with many empty

the building itself.

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

and wanted

looked at him, then at the three elegantly dressed people outside. Apparently, he didn’t believe Cody. “Honestly, what are you doing

“Looking for someone.”

his knuckles. His biceps, and tattooed

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you

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

Marou

many people here usually,

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

a shop before disappearing around the

floor by floor. Twenty–one floors isn’t bad if we split up,” Cody

we can’t act

suggestion. After previous disasters, even I knew solo exploration meant disaster. If something happened, we wouldn’t be able to help anyone.

up, detailing the building’s history, mentioning several small companies still operating there, and a

Sherry be here?”

understand, but I believed

phone.“Usually, only highly private clubs require this. Does this

manager’s eyes suddenly fixed on me,

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