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Chapter 136 He Was a Machine

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Even though the person at the center of this incident was his own biological brother, Carl had always kept his personal and professional life strictly separate.

People called him an emotionless machine; he never gave special treatment to his own family-

Especially since he wasn’t particularly close to them to begin with.

When he saw the news of Dominic’s plane crash, his heart didn’t waver in the slightest; it was as calm and flat as a still lake.

Over the years, it was as if his heart had been forged into hardened steel; the softness and warmth had long since drained out of him. He was more like a cold machine than a human being.

Even with the headlines flooding in about the crash, he calmly scrolled past them, as if he hadn’t seen anything at all.

But what he hadn’t expected, was that Sienna would reach out to him.

His mother was a proud woman, defined by ambition and busyness; the

To Carl, they were like a hazy cloud–nothing clear or distinct remained.

He had pretty much forgotten all of it.

rest of her traits-

Sienna had loved her husband deeply, the man who was

mental ranking of priorities, Matheo would have

children came after.

like a hundred years, suddenly called his private number; to Carl, it felt like a

in a perfectly coded program–this sort

didn’t refuse the call. Truthfully, he was

picked up the phone, something strange and restless

first thing

the point, bluntly

Northara right now. I originally

air, and now I’ve lost

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your sister are most likely lost in that forest out here in Northara… and I believe you’re the one who can find them fast. Right now, we’re racing against the clock, We

in Sienna’s voice–not obvious, but Carl

His face remained calm,

“Carl, are you listening?”

word, and

“I’m listening.”

void

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