No Strings Attached

She pulled out her phone from her pocket and sent a message. [Met him, but he's wary of me. Can't get close.]

The man read the message, with a devilish smirk playing on his lips. "If it were that easy to fool him, he wouldn't be lan." The assistant nodded with a smile. "I reckon lan will dig into Zora's background next. He won't trust her that easily."

The man scoffed, "I'll make him believe."

lan stepped out of the café and immediately instructed Dawson, "Look up this girl named Zora."

"Did you notice anything unusual when you met her?" Dawson inquired.

lan's eyes narrowed slightly. "It's precisely because I didn't, which makes it strange. It's like she knew the answers to all the questions beforehand, and she felt unfamiliar, not like No. 11." Dawson started the car, glancing at lan in the rearview mirror. "If she's an impostor, then where is the real No. 11, and how could they know your secrets?"

The thought made lan worry. He hoped No. 11 wouldn't get involved in this.

early morning. She dreamed of her mother lying in a pool of blood, reaching out to her. Tears glistened in her

by her mother's pained moans. Clara sat up abruptly in

upon hearing the noise, anxiously asking, "Clara, did you

with tear-filled eyes. "I dreamed

close, comforting her, "It's over now. Leonora has been sentenced to death. Once the case with Katherine is closed, the sentence will be carried out, and your mom will

her hair. "How could she? She chose

didn't

l.ne

she must have

Casey was at a loss for words. May clutching that necklace at her death was always

patted Clara's back,

if your mom disagreed with your marriage to lan, you two love each

I can't bear to leave him. He's my entire youth, the man I've loved for seven years. I