She prided herself on her memory, confident in recalling those she had encountered.

“You…” she began, recognizing something familiar in his face but unable to remember him.

Maloney decided not to keep her guessing.

“Remember back in your study abroad days? You helped a man who was shot, right?”

This revelation left Hannah momentarily speechless.

She recalled the incident during her college years overseas where she aided a wounded man.

However, the shy, injured man from her memory hardly resembled the confident figure before her now.

Narrowing her eyes, Hannah recognized him.

“It’s you.

But let’s be clear, you forced me to help you.

You threatened my life if I didn’t.

I had no other choice.

“So what?”

Maloney’s smile was faint, his fingers still tapping.

“You saved my life.

returning

Is that a problem?”

Hannah’s mouth twitched skeptically.

believe you were there just to

at Maloney with a neutral

with

mean you’re part of the organization

“No, I’m not.

I do

Compton.

one who sent me to help

didn’t expect us to already know

gazed

Our paths were

simply turned her gaze out the

the villa

arrived at a towering skyscr@per in the heart of a vibrant

contrast to the grand, ancient structures of the Compton

technology, with each level boasting large windows from which Light

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the elevator to

Maloney to use both his iris and fingerprint to unlock the

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