Chapter 741:

“Alice,” Jareth cut in, urging her to stop.

“Last night was just an accident. And don’t worry, the key won’t be forgotten. You’re safe,” he reassured her. His message was clear enough.

Allison almost guessed that the key to the defense system was tied to Verruckt’s fingerprint. To take Lilian, she’d need to get his fingerprint.

“Alright.” Allison nodded, not pressing further. “I’ll get back to sorting through the documents on my desk, right?”

“Yes, sort them by color,” Jareth replied, already feeling a headache coming on. Searching through discarded papers took far more effort than sorting through the useful ones.

get back

opened the door and stepped into the office, only

blinked and asked, “Mr. Shaw, am I interrupting

reply. Instead, he tossed something

saw that it was a set of

a house I don’t use much,” Verruckt said, his face emotionless. “Consider it a

Shaw. You’re incredibly generous,” Allison said warmly as she accepted the keys, a grateful smile on her face. In truth, her thoughts were elsewhere, wondering how to discreetly

such a nice place to stay, how about I repay you with a meal?” she

smirked. “Oh? Do you

Allison hesitated. “Well… No.”

fancy restaurant, I’m actually a pretty decent cook. If you don’t mind, I could make something

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