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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.

stumbled out to vomit. Gloria hit him with her bag,

idiot!”

him a cold glance. He tapped his forehead, “She said faster, not warp speed.

handed me a water bottle as

fine,” I rinsed my mouth and hurried

It looked old, and the interior was desolate, with many empty shops, only a few sparsely scattered

pinpointed the building itself. We needed to find the exact

man. Cody approached him,

wallet and wanted to check the

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

“Looking for someone.”

biceps, and tattooed arms, looked menacing

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take you there now.”

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

Marou

be prepared, there aren’t many people here usually, some cameras are broken and

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

Sherry near a shop before disappearing around the corner. This proved she was indeed

Twenty–one floors isn’t

can’t act alone.”

solo exploration meant disaster.

The manager immediately perked up, detailing the building’s history, mentioning several small companies still operating there, and a few

would Sherry be here?” Gloria murmured softly,

believed Sherry wouldn’t

only highly private clubs require

manager’s eyes suddenly fixed on me, hesitant to

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