Chapter 440

“Conrad, do you think… Do you think she could still be alive?” Fia whispered, clutching Conrad’s hand as if holding onto a lifeline.

Conrad frowned, bringing up his hand to pet her head gently.

“She’s dead.”

He pressed a finger to smoothen the furrow between her brows and continued, “She’ll never hurt you again.”

Fia shook her head, her body trembling as she felt like her nerves were fried from the terror of her dream.

“It felt so real…!”

Conrad felt his heart ache at her state, and he carefully pulled her into his arms.

“Fia, it’s all over now. It was just a dream.”

A suffocating feeling overwhelmed Fia when she thought about the dream again, and she pushed Conrad

away.

“I can’t breathe. Don’t hold me too tightly.”

Conrad was stunned. He hadn’t been holding her too tightly, but he released his grip on her when he heard

her words.

the bed frantically and said, “Where’s my phone? Where is it? I want to

off her dream so she wouldn’t panic so

gripped her phone tightly once she felt it, then tried to straighten out her

it into the phone and

the voice filter into her ears, Fia visibly untensed and gradually calmed down.

over to the couch, then pulled back the curtains to

long after, Fia

a few minutes before walking out of the break room, leaving the door open in case she woke up from a nightmare again. He was afraid he wouldn’t get

from her nap feeling

her earbuds and listened to the keyboard typing sounds

“Conrad.”

Fia standing at

he quickly gathered himself and

you wake up? Why didn’t you call me? What if you

far, and it was okay to walk the distance.”

and she gripped it tightly. “Help me get to

“Of course.”

had just sat down when a knock came on the office

turned and called

Fia sitting on the

is it? Hurry up and say it. Stop stalling,”

forgotten that he had instructed Silas to look into Annie’s background.

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