Crystal's POV:

Startled, I quickly hung up the phone, spun around, and yanked Rufus' hand away before quickly retreating a few steps away from him.

Rufus stood still, with his arms crossed in front of his chest. He kept his cold gazer at me and asked, "Why is it that every time you see me, you act as though you bumped into a ghost?"

"It is because you always appear behind me without making any sound." I curled my lips as I said those words.

Rufus chuckled and eyed me from head to toe. Then, he asked, "Why do you look so guilty? What have you done?"

I turned my head away from him and said in an unnecessarily loud voice to hide my nervousness, "If I actually did something wrong, I'd be very careful to hide it from others. How could I just wait here to be busted? Tell me. What do you want from me this time? Make it quick because I'm very busy." Every time this guy showed up, he would pick on me. I had a hunch that he had made this his bad habit.

"Are you busy looking for someone right now?" Rufus asked casually.

for a moment. Then I

heard that

before suddenly bending over

on mine, he asked, "What? Are you afraid that I

A child in my pack went missing. I'm

need help, I can ask Blair to arrange the royal army to search for

refused his kindness. "Don't bother. I've sent my men to look for him. If

Rufus wouldn't become suspicious again. The last time we had a video call with Blair, Rufus came

he changed

I'm busy,"

from this guy who

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255