"You..." Before she could get a word in, Elian had already bundled Miranda into the passenger seat and slammed the door shut. Miranda frowned but remained silent.

The driver's side door closed with a thud. Elian hit the gas, and the car roared to life.

"Where did you think you were going?" Elian's tone was icy, with a hint of arrogant irritation.

Miranda instinctively buckled her seatbelt. Was he really that in tune with her thoughts now?

Elian let out a cold snort, ready to unleash his grievances. "I came to get you myself, and you still tried to run, huh?"

Every word seemed to explode with the intensity of a firecracker.

Miranda was left speechless. Elian glanced sideways at her, noting her docile posture as she sat quietly in the passenger seat, eyes fixed on the road ahead.

Her obedient demeanor doused Elian's anger significantly. Since when had he seen Miranda so "compliant"? It was as if she was deliberately teasing him.

seemed to know what she was

be taken by Elian.

snorted again. "Did you really think

an eyebrow, as if

cold. "You should have figured out this place is top secret for regular folks. If you left alone, you'd be blindfolded and escorted back before you even got

he knew Miranda understood. Miranda

concerned

feel the same. By taking her with him,

worried

studied maps of the area while masking her IP and found no indication of

existed not just

and said calmly, "I'm not

and asked, "Different

slightly as he made a turn. He replied calmly, "I

seemed taken aback slightly She looked at Elian's profile, noting his

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