“Ah, so you still saw it…” Feeling a little awkward, Lisanne rapidly changed the topic. “I almost forgot you also know him. It was Lucas who initially introduced you two to each other, right?”

“That’s right.” Winnie nodded. “There was something important I needed his help with back then.”

Lisanne was still unaware of Christopher’s passing, so when she spoke about him, she did it with a casual tone. “How did things turn out in the end? He’s pretty reliable, right?”

“Mhm.” Again, Winnie nodded. “He is. He helped me a lot.”

After she thought about what she had said carefully, she realized she had asked an extremely stupid question earlier.

Christopher was like a brother to Lucas, and it was said that they grew up together.

Considering Lisanne was Lucas’ twin sister, there was no way she didn’t know Christopher.

When Winnie’s train of thought arrived there, her heart grew heavy.

Sensing the changes on Winnie’s face, Lisanne couldn’t help but furrow her eyebrows. “What’s the matter? Why did your expression change when I mentioned him? Did something happen between you two? Or is it…”

Lisanne was aware of how special and dangerous Christopher’s job was.

she pulled out her phone and opened her chat with

eventually stopping at the

months since he replied to me. I know he went on a mission, and it’s normal for him not to reply to me when he’s in the field. However, this has been his longest hiatus

Lisanne, Winnie was suddenly at a loss

that, she became certain Winnie knew something about

like, but I don’t think he likes me back. He hasn’t had a romantic partner even after so many years, and neither do I, so I thought a relationship between us might be possible. You saw how many messages I sent him earlier.

breath. “It’s not that I don’t want to tell you. It’s just… I haven’t thought about how to break

about that!” At that moment, all Lisanne wished to learn was how Christopher was doing recently. “Just lay

her with a sorrowful expression. “Christopher… has died in the

you get the news wrong? Who did you hear it from? Is the news reliable? You can’t talk nonsense about

eyebrows. “I wasn’t talking nonsense, nor did I get it wrong. That’s because

swiftly shook her head.

when she saw Lisanne like that. “I know how terrible you feel after learning this news, but I’m not lying to you, Lisanne. I swear this is

“Maybe there’s a misunderstanding? Perhaps you

reaffirmed, “I’m sorry, Lisanne, but I

mission. Aside from the members of

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