Chapter 221
Nicole pulled her hand back, not batting an eye. She watched as Jared turned on a switch in the cabin, and soon a warm, cozy light filled the cabin.
Jared looked at her with a fleeting, pained expression on his face. “Are you tired these days?” he asked in a soft voice.
Nicole was puzzled why he asked such a question. But thinking about how long she had slept, he might be thinking that she had not had enough rest before this.
“I’m alright. Where is Zeke?”
There was a fleeting troubled look in his eyes when Jared heard the name.

“You mean the boy with you?” he asked faintly.
Nicole realized she had not introduced the two of them to each other, but there did not seem to be any need for that. She nodded her head gently, looking at Jared’s eyes as if she could see right through inside.
“He should be next door. I’m not so sure.” Jared smiled, hiding the troubling thought in his
eyes.
Nicole suspected nothing. She just nodded and waited quietly for the plane to land.
Jared smiled again when he saw her reaction. He was not evasive when he took out a special communication device and said to the other person at the other end, “Come to San Joto Airport to pick up your son.”
The person at the other end seemed to have said something back, and then Jared put down the device and sat saying nothing. Nicole looked over at him and found that he was looking at her with a thoughtful look
“Are you and Zeke close to each other?” he finally asked.
Nicole shook her head, She and Zeke had been working together online for several years, but they did not know each other very well in person.
Jared said nothing further. As the plane landed, he stood up and smiled at Nicole. “Let’s go,” he said
Nicole nodded and stood up. Zeke next door had come over and was about to call out her code name, which was Lucifer. But when he also saw Jared there, he immediately corrected himself, “Nicole, I have a huge discovery!” He then tried to say something with great interest, but then he saw Jared’s half smile and shut up immediately as he decided to tell Nicole about his discovery in private. He did not want the man who threatened him to hear it. He would just play with his so-called top-of-the-line computer,
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