My Substitute CEO Bride (Nash Calcraft)

Chapter 1936

"Hello? Mr. Melton?" Zaafea answered Clint's call, still half-asleep.

"What happened to you yesterday?" Clint shouted. "You just disappeared, and I couldn't reach you."

Zaafea yawned and rubbed his eyes. "I was just avoiding you to dodge the medical bills. I don't have any money, so I thought I should lay low for a while."

"Medical bills? Do you think I care about that? Where did you go? Let's continue!" Clint demanded excitedly.

"Please give me a break, Mr. Melton. Can we talk about this tomorrow?"

"No way! Do you realize what day it is? We need to hurry!"

"Huh? It's just been a couple of days. We still have more than ten days before the summit. There's no rush, right?" Zaafea said, confused.

"There are only 12 days left! How can you not be worried? Don't you care about the fate of the Drakonia?" Clint's tone was urgent.

"It's not that... What I mean is..." Zaafea thought for a moment, trying to come up with a reason to get Clint off his back.

you suddenly run away from home, won't your family worry about you? They might even turn the city upside down

had a hint of

on you, and your parents love you dearly. If something were to happen to you, they would be devastated. Don't you think-" "Devastated,

Zaafea was taken

to care deeply about

not always... But

me?" Clint's

well..." Clint's sudden change in tone left

realized he had said the wrong thing, but he did not know how to fix it. "Uh... Maybe we should

meet somewhere. Come to the top floor of the Howard Hotel. Just say you're there to see me, and I'll make sure you're allowed in,"

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M—" Zaafea stared at the disconnected call, pondering for a while. He then rubbed his dark

this fate. I'm exhausted. I was observing all night and still couldn't find

set out for the Howard

...

ruins. The sect master seemed to