Chapter 610:

How did he know?

“Ashley, you know what happens to those who betray me,” the man said, voice disturbingly calm and smooth, like poison in honey.

“I didn’t betray you…” Ashley’s voice cracked with fear. “The battery died. I turned it off. The call was from a telemarketer.”

“Power on your new phone and get it online. Now.”

“Okay.”

Ashley obeyed without hesitation.

Once it was on, she quickly reported, “It’s online now.” The man didn’t answer.

In front of him sat a phone on speaker. He listened closely, then looked at the woman across from him.

his signal, she began

call logs

comparing the content, then gave him a

nod made his eyes

voice shaking in the silence. It sounded

darkened, and something in him shifted. He no longer looked at her the same way.

She couldn’t tell whether she’d been caught red-handed, or if—as Freya had warned—he was just fishing,

and threatening. “You should know—I’m

gⲁ𝗅𝓝𝗈ν𝖊𝗅𝘀.𝗰0𝗺; 𝓜𝒐𝒓𝑒 novels

Ashley managed to say,

don’t understand? Then, care to explain why there’s a system fortified by ‘K’ embedded in your phone?” There was a heavy malice in his presence—something cold and suffocating. “Since you’re staying quiet, maybe your little brother and grandmother can

really don’t know anything!” Ashley’s voice cracked, trembling near

turned icy, like steel about to snap. “This is your final shot. Aside from you, who else has touched your phone? Tell me, and I’ll reward you. Don’t, and you’ll

last words slithered into her like venom, sending a shiver down her

went rigid, and even breathing felt like a task too

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