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Chapter 144 Let’s Talk Outside

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Carl looked down at her from above, his gaze as sharp and frigid as ever. “Let’s talk outside.” His lips barely moved, but the sudden words made Jean pause.

Her grip on the doorknob tightened instinctively. “What do you want to talk about?”

His voice floated through the silence. “You.”

Jean’s lashes trembled slightly. Talk about me? Did Carl… figure something out?

She raised her eyes, meeting his unreadable gaze. “What’s there to talk about, Dominic?” She forced a casual smile.

Carl’s mouth remained in a straight line, his expression unreadable. His eyes, though, betrayed a forceful pressure. “I’ll

get to the point. You’ve got a lot of secrets, don’t you?”

Jean’s fingers curled into her palms. Her face remained impassive, but her lips pressed into a thin line.

down the quiet corridor beside them and said offhandedly, “Let’s talk

and now she had no choice but to go

entirely sure how much

Jean stepped out of her suite and walked beside Carl down the

still, and there was not a soul in sight. Only

got something to say, then just say it,” Jean

brisk.

Carl’s voice suddenly

in a sharp breath.

she murmured with a hint of a laugh, eyes downcast as she stared at the

any of the trained search teams,” he said, voice cool and steady. his eyes still locked on

being interrogated under the pretense of

blow her cover.

herself

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didn’t reach her eyes, her tone light, almost flippant. “If there’s more you want to say, just spit it out.

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