CHAPTER 116

“Can I have your number, please?” Aman approached Veronica and asked for her phone number, but she turned away from him. “Excuse me, miss.” he asked again.

“You are excused,” she replied.

“Geez,” he shook his head and walked away.

“Hmph, every Tom, Dick, and Harry wants my number these days,” she murmured to herself and then walked up to a waiter. His handsome features struck her ego at once. Tall and charming, especially with the long ponytail he had. His thick eyebrows were an added attraction. If only he wasn’t a mere waiter, she wouldn’t mind asking him out on a date, she thought. “What’s with that ponytail?” she still ended up starting a conversation with him.

“It’s a wig, ma’am.”

“Eh?” she was shocked. “I should have known. What do you do by the way, other than serving drinks, I mean.” “I follow people from the shadows,” he replied with a blank expression.

“You mean…” she observed his expression. “Stalking?”

“Something like that,” he said, maintaining the poker face.

Veronica paused for a second and then ended up chuckling a little. “Haha, that was a good joke. What’s your name? I’m Veronica, by the way. Veronica Sterling.’

“It’s a pleasure to meet you, Ms. Veronica. You can call me Shadow,” he said as he offered her a glass of Electric Blue.

squinted her eyes while taking the glass. “That can’t be

smiled in return.

realized that the voice belonged to none other than Artur Bonsbell. And then they couldn’t help but notice the flying drone

happened. Many people stopped running, and those who never ran

in pristine, brown leather. The word ‘W’could be seen on top. The drone had

package, both Jacob and Elizabeth stepped forward. They had seen this happen before. Not just those two but Rebecca also did

bomb disposoal squad would take care of it, Jacob

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began to

his head and looked extremely tense. “Doesn’t he fear death?” The government officials next to him also felt the

the leather walls neatly fell to the four sides, revealing a top quality wooden box inside. A four-foot-tall and four-foot-wide

and looked around. “This isn’t a bomb, people. This

Everyone was shocked. Was it a gift prepared beforehand by Jacob? That’s how most people perceived it at the moment, except for the Sterling

waved his hand. “Come over here.

the box, there was no way a bomb could be inside, he thought. “You

it. Hurry up!” Langdon looked at the wooden box. “Mm? How do we open this thing?” “You push the top at an

top of the box moved. He pushed

Elizabeth cried out, but both her and Jacob’s expressions froze almost immediately. All the expectations of people were warped really fast as a horrible smell intruded their nasal

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