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.

a moment. Then I frowned and asked, "What

that you were looking for

before suddenly bending over

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

child in my pack went missing. I'm arranging people to look for

help, I can ask Blair to arrange the

to look for him. If we really can't find him, only then will

suspicious again. The last time we had a video call with Blair, Rufus came dangerously close to uncovering something. I should therefore avoid running into my

his tongue and didn't insist anymore. Instead, he changed

busy," I refused without

this guy who was everywhere, and calmed

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