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

she have to

he reached out to pull off her face mask, and was left staring at the scars

those were burn scars, were

supposedly killed by an explosion, with her face left

"You..."

almost did not want to admit it even

Those burn scars...!

"...You survived?"

in Minervese,

hard as she could, but that only made Harvey hold on tighter

before, and now Minervese?" Harvey pointed out as he leveled a piercing gaze at her. "You're definitely afraid, and you

Irene kept on speaking fluent Minervese, too flustered to understand her

hide, the more she was exposing

Harvey was staring fixedly at her.

Irene finally looked up to meet his gaze. "What do

and he wrapped his

His voice was choking with

did not expect herself to be so easily recognized, and felt at once feeble and helpless.

way," Harvey said in refusal and kept

began to

belly," she said, and finally remembered

"Sorry, I didn't mean

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