Chapter 1971

The person on the other end of the line hung up, then turned to the elderly woman with grey hair. The woman was waiting patiently to hear what Kurt's response was, but all she got in return was her employee shaking his head.

That evening, Vivian left the office after busying away all day.

“Kurt, I've accepted the case."

“Okay.”

Kurt, who had been driving, had already anticipated that response, so he was calm when he murmured a reply.

Vivian sat beside him and stared. “So I will be flying all over the world soon."

Kurt replied, “I'll travel with you."

One simple sentence was all it took to stun Vivian in place and render her speechless.

He'll go with me? And travel all around the world while I work?

Vivian sighed. She looked away and turned her attention to the road ahead before gripping the safety belt she had on. She struggled for a bit before she finally said, “Kurt, I don't need you to do that for me."

"Huh?"

Kurt hit the brakes and got the car to stop short right in the middle of the road.

It scared Vivian so much that she turned pale.

"D-Don't panic. I wasn't implying anything. I just wanted to let you know that I am a big girl now. An adult like me can handle traveling on my own and taking care of myself.

pursue your dreams, too. Kurt, I need you to protect me, but not as a bodyguard.

that her face was

her. still stunned, he murmured,

an incredible man, Kurt, and you are so smart. Have you ever thought about having a grand wedding ceremony and telling the world how

She even got her brothers involved just to

say a

also felt terrible because he couldn't afford a grand ceremony like that, even though Vivian

if he asked, but he couldn't bring

got lost in his own

night, they returned to their apartment. It was late. Kurt glanced at the sleeping woman in

Kurt: There?

Karl: ?

with me, so why is he sending me a message in the middle of the night now? Geez, is he trying to creep the

Xayden as the latter designed a new type of explosive. Kurt's sudden and infuriatingly short message got Karl to reply with nothing more

a new

/ want to get a Job.

work will it be? Will it be tiring?

a second, Karl sat up with excitement and sent Kurt dozens of questions. It was almost as if a father was

Kurt: Manager at PCT.

didn't reply

stared at the words for quite some time, but he still couldn't make heads or tails of what was going on.

“Huh?"

busy working, turned around when

job working for some company called

Xayden was speechless.

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