Chapter 549: It Was Me Who Made That Call Back Then
As the conversation reached this point, the topic naturally could not be taken lightly.
"Chief Linden, no need to beat around the bush," Tina said as she bit into the flesh of a strawberry, which was indeed top-notch, its flavor delightfully fresh and sweet.
Linden sipped his wine, his gaze sweeping between Tina and Jared a few times.
"Tina, how much do you know about my deputy here?" he asked.
Tina turned to look at Jared, sizing him up, "Inside and out."
Jared almost choked on the white wine in his glass.
Why on earth had she jumped into this all of a sudden?
Wasn't this supposed to be a formal discussion?
Linden was clearly taken aback, having not expected such a response from Tina.
Tina hadn't expected it either; it was just that seeing Jared's serious and abstinent demeanor, she couldn't help herself.
The world of faces, outsiders wouldn't understand.
"Since that's the case, you surely understand his work. I wonder if you'd be interested in
few times, looking up
he trying to recruit Tina into
another piece of strawberry and popped it into her mouth, the juice enveloping her taste buds, quite satisfying. "Chief Linden, are you sure you can afford
slightly uncomfortable. He forced a smile and
Do you know who I am?" Tina leaned back against the sofa,
his gaze piercing through to Tina, word by word he said, "Spectre, that's an identity the higher-ups are interested
"Natalie's daughter."
fierce glint flashed through Tina's eyes, and
not exactly acquaintances," Tina
far as she knew, her mother's best partner during her time
making the effort to befriend others, so the only person she could call a
her mother's stories, Tina had never heard any other name but
had only met him briefly in her childhood and
Linden, using her mother's name to try and
What a delusional thought.
"Indeed, I can't say I was close to Everett; on the contrary, we were
admission, tinged with a bit of Linden's sincerity, actually made Tina more interested to
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