Chapter 565:

The air around them was thick with intimidation, and Kallie felt a chill wash over her, her face paling slightly. Saniya noticed Kallie’s fear, a smug smirk playing on her lips as she let out a disdainful snort.

But then, a voice broke through the tension, low and gravelly, yet commanding. “Is this how you treat a guest? Have you forgotten the meaning of hospitality?”

The voice spoke in Kallie’s native language, and the sudden familiarity made her pause.

Kallie turned toward the voice, her eyes landing on an elderly man being wheeled out.

The elderly man’s frail frame was hunched, and his clothes hung loosely on his thin body. Yet, despite his apparent fragility, he wore a warm smile that gave him an almost kind appearance at first glance.

around the elderly man straightened, their

raced. This elderly man had to be the boss here. But confusion nagged at her. How could someone so old

the young man behind the wheelchair. He couldn’t have

her pause. Unlike the rest, who were all clearly foreign, he was unmistakably from her homeland.

“Ms. Nixon,” he called out in a smooth, almost too-friendly tone. “I must apologize for the abrupt way you were brought here. But I had little choice. Had

steady. “So, you know Jake?” she

“But that’s not the issue now, is it? You’re here, and I suggest you settle in. Forget any ideas

bit back a dozen questions, opting for silence. She knew better than to ask

a long journey, you must be exhausted. Go and rest,” the elderly man said, dismissively

instantly, motioning for Kallie

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