Chapter 346

For a moment, there was a rumbling in my mind. My heart skipped a beat. Eventually, I took a deep breath and asked the unthinkable, “Did something happened to Macy?”

DI

She did not reply me. There was a moment of silence before she stressed again, “Just come here. You’ll see!”

“Fine!”

Right after I hung up the phone, I booked an air ticket to J City. I was lucky because there was still time. There was a flight from K City to J City in an hour.

When that was done, I started the car again. It was then I saw Joe exit the White Corporation office building. He jogged towards me, arms waving.

His appearance surprised me. I stopped the car and peered at him. “What now?”

“Scarlett, Ashton’s booked a table at a Western restaurant in South Metro. Do you want to join us?” He extended an invitation to me with a broad grin on his face.

Wait, South Metro? Where young folks in K City like to go to hang out at night? The most lavish place to enjoy nightlife?

I looked at the time. I could barely make it to the airport in under one hour if I set out now. I did not have time for lunch.

the building to join us,

won’t be able to join you. I have other

Joe seemed furious. “Scarlett, what’s that supposed to mean? Don’t you know why Ashton booked a table at a Western restaurant in South Metro? He’s making up for that feud between you two. You should accept

I thank you for making the effort to help Ashton and I sort things out. And I appreciate Ashton’s kindness. But, please tell him this.

sped off

refused to ease the relationship between us, but I still had some resistance. Resistance against

City, where I would take a short break, and perhaps everything

was always a lot of foot traffic at K City airport every day, in addition to the congestion on the road. Fortunately, I made it in

retrieved my air ticket in a hurry and boarded the plane. I found my seat and sat down, finally relieved. Pretty

belts, and kindly turn off your phone or

off when I was notified of the dozen of missed calls, all of which were from Ashton. There were also a few

off quickly, I merely scanned through them. The first one asked for my whereabouts, and the rest

plane was taking off. There was no time for me to reply, so I just shut it

journey from K City to J City. I barely slept last night so, not long after the plane

I woke up, the plane had landed. I turned on my phone and checked

me up when I got off

barely six and it already looked like night had fallen. Stacey was wrapped in a thick padded jacket. She

“Yes.

After a pause, she spoke, “Let’s get something to eat first.

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