Chapter 791:

How could a boy ask a girl that? It had been painfully awkward.

He wanted to deny ever knowing Ellis if anyone brought that story up.

When the girl heard Ellis’s question, she’d said instinctively, “Shouldn’t boys protect girls?”

“I’m not like them. I only like people who can defeat me and protect me.”

That was Ellis’s infamous reply. Locke remembered every word of it. And the sheer deadpan delivery made it even worse. It was absolutely mortifying.

“Finish your tasks first—then we’ll talk,” Ellis said, giving nothing away.

Locke was speechless.

Just as he’d suspected, Ellis was as cryptic as ever.

“Is the woman stronger than you?” Locke tried a different tactic. “Does she have eight-pack abs, biceps like rocks, and bench presses cars? Could she toss you over her shoulder?”

What kind of

his imagination running wild. “Mr.

mental image was too much. What if Ellis and that woman stood side by side? He would look like

couldn’t even begin to guess how Ellis’s parents would react to

task,” Ellis cut in sharply. “Don’t overthink. Fail this, and

it done!”

ending the call, he immediately passed the news on to Ellis’s parents, Caldwell

half an

𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀

Ellis received a video

a quick greeting, the couple exchanged loaded glances, and Caldwell

Ellis replied, suspecting it had something to do with

you’re chasing someone?” Caldwell asked, cutting straight to the point. This was news to

had already blocked him, and Kendra

arched a brow slightly, but

Kendra hesitated. “The woman you’re chasing—does she really like what Locke

“What did he say?”

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