Sylvia's POV:

When I was about to ask her more questions, Felix came back. I had to stop talking with Alva. "Prince Rufus asked for you to go there. He's waiting for you downstairs at the building next to the gate," Felix reported to me.

"Got it." I nodded and gathered the rubbish on the table to take them away.

Suddenly, Alva tugged at the hem of my clothes and raised her head. Her big eyes were... dull.

I felt a little sorry for her. I squatted down and touched her cheek gently. Perhaps I was overthinking just now. Alva was still so young. How could she know that?

"I'll come see you as soon as I have the time," I told her softly.

This made Alva smiled brightly. "Yay! Don't forget me, okay? I'll wait for you."

"Okay."

Rufus. When I arrived at the gate, I found the director of the orphanage was also standing there with Rufus. We chatted with him for a while before

our way back, I tinkered

confused look and asked, "Where'd you find

I murmured. The phone had run

the

its driver were already

got in the car and waited anxiously

was a three minutes' call log from a strange number from a day ago. Sᴇaʀᴄh thᴇ (ꜰind)ɴʘvel.nᴇt website

calling back but was met

on the phone number, but nothing

Rufus asked,

yesterday, but now it's just an empty number." I passed the phone to him and told him about Alva. "Something feels off, but I don't know what

this number." Rufus briskly forwarded the strange number to his

the backrest. "Things are over, but I can't shake off the feeling that

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