My Four Miraculous Treasures

Chapter 424

Jasper hadn't been informed of her change of address. He had to be at her old place, instead.

Willow had only just gotten home when she got this phone call from Jasper. Her nerves were all wound up, now.

"Mr. Hughes, I was just about to go to bed. Whatever this is about, can't we just talk on the phone?" Maybe this would allow her to avoid having to meet with him in person...

"Either you're coming down, or I'm coming up! Your choice!" Jasper's voice was sharp and cold.

"Alright, I'll come down... but you'll have to wait awhile for me, because I'm in the bath right now. Let's say half an hour." She tried not to let him hear how nervous she felt.

If he headed upstairs, he'd find out she no longer lived there. Just imagining it made her skin crawl with horror.

After their quarrel earlier today, if she gave him one more reason to get mad at her... it wouldn't end well for her.

In response, Jasper hung up on her without another word.

Willow had barely been allowed to set one foot into her own home, when she had to promptly leave once more, dashing frantically for the staircase.

As she was just about to start down the stairs, it occurred to her that she was still wearing Xavier's jade bracelet.

to her apartment, slipped it off her wrist, and deposited

then she ran

well past ten o'clock in the evening, and this was a quiet neighborhood with little traffic at

checked her phone. It had already been eight minutes since Jasper called her. What was she

man anyone would dare to keep waiting. If his patience ran out, it

was about to collapse from hysteria, a taxi appeared. She hailed it down, clambered aboard, told the driver where to go, and

which was presently parked outside Willow's former place

minutes had

any sign of

phone and opened up a certain app. It showed him that Willow was nearly a full mile away from here, and had just begun to travel

expression became as grim as Death itself. The mood inside the car was

red dot on his smartphone screen, steadily

taxi driver to bring her round the back, so that she could be seen emerging

in through the

instead, she risked being

whole ruse apart. Wherever she'd come from, he'd know

would follow, and her lies would no longer be able to hold

to her apartment building from the

Jasper couldn't be kept waiting. Willow broke into a