Chapter 399

Chapter 399

Chapter 399



"Mr. Wagner, we're running out of time!" the flight attendant warned on the plane.

I was well aware that even private planes had schedules to adhere to, and making a phone call now would only delay us further.

"Forget it," I sighed, settling into my seat.

"Just a minute," Conrad interjected.

His remark was directed at the flight attendant, and with that, he handed me his smartphone.

I was taken aback by his willingness to let me make the call. Technically, he could have used this as an excuse to refuse, both personally and professionally.

I looked at him, puzzled. I couldn't help but notice that since his return from his mysterious disappearance, he seemed... different.

offered

passing the smartphone back to the

surprise, and the flight attendant glanced at him,

seconds, Conrad withdrew his gaze from me

Conrad's instructions through the intercom, and the plane gradually ascended into the

Conrad's phone

absence after his shower and had decided to reach out. But with

was indeed Ernest calling, but I ended the call myself and switched the device to airplane

climbed higher, the flight attendant offered me a blanket and asked if I'd

snack," I replied, feeling Conrad's eyes on me again as I turned to gaze out the window.

didn't exchange a single word

him about the sudden illness that had

outside the emergency room. Seeing me, Jacqueline burst into tears her facade of

completely.

the optimistic type, rarely seen in such despair, which only

to do?" Jacqueline clung

too well. The day I lost my parents, the first thing I felt was fear, incessantly wondering, what am I going to do now? "Jacqueline, it's going to be

her

she and Herschel had reached the point of familiarity breeds contempt, but now, faced with the possible end of

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