Chapter 611:

“I haven’t given it to anyone, I swear. It’s always been with me—except…” Ashley trailed off, her eyes unfocused like she was sifting through memories.

The man immediately latched onto it.

“Except what?” he pressed.

“I lost it once, not long after I got back from overseas,” Ashley said slowly, her words soaked in hesitation. “But other than that, it’s always been in my hands.”

“How’d you lose it?”

“I don’t know… I went out for a bit, and when I got back, it was just gone. After I told Kristian, he managed to retrieve it for me.”

After that, the line went dead quiet.

Freya gave her a sidelong glance, taken aback by how quick Ashley had been to think on her feet.

Freya’s look and waved frantically, like she’d been

Freya looked confused.

swear. Just—please don’t hurt my grandma and brother,”

“Whether they stay safe depends

could even utter a word. He sat there, slowly rolling his

a smooth tone, “Check the surveillance near Ashley’s place. I

𝓒𝓱𝓮𝓬𝓴 𝓬𝓸𝓹𝓲𝓮𝓼 𝗵𝓮𝗿𝗲: gⱯ𝗅𝗇𝗈ν𝖊𝗅𝘀⩶𝗰𝗈𝗺

to work, and soon reported back, “Nothing. No one

phone was rigged

her beauty sharp and

man fell silent,

phone. Wherever she goes, whoever

The woman gave a brisk

to the living room—likely to avoid any hackers listening in through the phone. Ashley didn’t question

brought up Kristian because he’d have the skills to back up the story. That way, it’d sound more convincing.

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