Chapter 459

Harvey lifted the employee ID dangling over Irene's chest and read it.

"Jane Tanner? I didn't think that it'd be you," he said in surprise. "I was actually wondering where I should start searching."

He was impressed that he recognized her despite the face mask, too.

As a matter of fact, Harvey had found out that Isaac might invest in the fully artificial heart project and was going to poach a certain doctor from Mead Clinic.

Since Isaac was known not to fail, he wanted to poach the doctor before Isaac could, and then put his own money in the project.

However, he had no experience in the medical field, let alone any contacts he could speak with.

As such, he came here looking like an idiot, and was kept out of the staffs quarters.

Frustrated, he paced around outside when he saw Irene came out, and grabbed her like he was grasping at straws.

"Come with me," he told her as he pulled her along.

Irene was at a loss for words, and simply grabbed the nearest scaffolding.

Harvey had to turn around right then, and when he saw just her eyes and forehead, he blurted out what he was thinking right then. "Irene...?“

He did not mean to say it out loud, but it left Irene terrified.

hide, and Harvey saw the fearful look

she have to

are you?” Harvey growled, even as he reached out to pull off her face

scars... those were burn scars, were

an explosion, with her face

"You..."

want to admit it even as he was left

Those burn scars...!

"...You survived?"

her head while speaking in Minervese, "You

but that only made Harvey hold on tighter to her, preventing her

were speaking in Zidonian to me before, and now Minervese?" Harvey pointed out as he leveled a piercing gaze at her. "You're definitely afraid, and you wouldn't be

know what you're talking about. Let me go." Irene kept on speaking fluent Minervese, too

to hide, the more she was

staring fixedly at her. "You survived... No, you faked

choice then, Irene finally looked up to meet his gaze. "What do you

and he wrapped his arms around her,

voice

expect herself to be so easily

refusal and

to

she said, and finally remembered that she

he asked, "Sorry, I didn't mean

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