Chapter 432:

Daxton, watching her, smiled faintly. He rolled up his sleeves, mimicking her, and wrapped a lettuce and beef roll before placing it on her plate. His arms weren’t skinny either, with well-defined muscles.

Carrie looked at the lettuce roll on her plate, feeling a bit embarrassed. “Daxton, I’m not a child. You don’t have to take special care of me.”

Having waited a while without a reply, Kristopher decided to call her directly.

Carrie was taken aback when she saw the incoming call. She hurriedly finished the grilled meat in her mouth and answered, “Hey, what’s going on? Weren’t you heading to Ofrubert?”

Kristopher’s cold voice came through. “Just because I’m in Ofrubert doesn’t mean I’ve flown to Mars. What’s stopping me from calling you?”

Carrie couldn’t help but twitch at the corner of her mouth. Was Kristopher having some sort of mood swing? He’d been fine earlier, but now, only hours later, he seemed to have shifted back to his old ways.

stay calm, “If you really want, you can call me from Mars as

silence hung

keeping his frustration in check, asked with forced patience, “Where are you?” His voice, however, was still distant

nonchalantly, “I’m

frowned. “Didn’t you plan on going to

down, glanced at Daxton, then gestured at the

was around, and

back, “What’s so secret that you’re worried I’ll find out? Who are you with?

in one breath. “I’ve got nothing to hide. It’s Daxton’s birthday today, and I planned to take him to Hazelnut Time Coffee Shop. But

I went to the station to give a statement about a past case. Afterward, we left the station and came here to grab dinner.” She finished her explanation with a sarcastic edge, “Mr. Norris, is that report detailed enough for you? If not, feel free to have Oliver check the surveillance along

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