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

a few times,

he trying to recruit Tina into

her mouth, the juice enveloping her taste buds, quite satisfying. "Chief Linden, are you sure you can afford me?" she

a smile and looked at her, "Perhaps,

who I am?" Tina leaned back against the

said, "Spectre, that's an

"Natalie's daughter."

and the

you, we are not exactly acquaintances,"

best partner during her time at X

mother's stories, Tina had never heard

only met him briefly in her childhood and hardly remembered his

try and recruit her

What a delusional thought.

and said to Tina, "Indeed, I can't say I was close to Everett; on the

bit of Linden's sincerity, actually made Tina

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