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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.

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

idiot!”

cold glance. He tapped his forehead, “She

water bottle as

rinsed my mouth and hurried into the decaying office building.

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

only pinpointed the building itself. We needed to find the exact

man. Cody approached him, smiling

claiming he’d lost his wallet and wanted

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

“Looking for someone.”

His biceps, and tattooed arms, looked menacing

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take you

was, he moved surprisingly quickly. He took us to

Marou

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

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

cameras, we finally spotted Sherry near a shop before disappearing around the

floor. Twenty–one floors isn’t bad

we can’t

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

manager to understand the building’s layout, 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

be here?” Gloria murmured softly,

didn’t understand, but I believed

highly private clubs require this. Does this building have such

eyes

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