Chapter 44

“How long has it been?” he asked, his brow furrowed and his voice grave.

Never before had Natalie been so grateful for her period. Even the usual discomfort seemed trivial now.

“Two days,” she replied tersely, pressing her lips together.

His aura turned stormy in an instant. Even without seeing his face clearly, Natalie could feel the irritation radiating off him.

Just then, his phone buzzed in the pocket of the discarded clothes nearby, indicating an incoming call. Seeing that he made no move, Natalie bit the bullet and nudged, “Your phone.”

Brian wasn’t deaf. He waited for the phone to ring a second time before he yanked it out, barely containing his fury.

He was about to shut it off, but as he glimpsed the caller ID, he paused.

After a fleeting look at Natalie, he draped the blanket back over her and stood up, walking towards the living room.

Although he took the call out on the balcony, Natalie could still faintly hear a woman’s voice on

the line, “Brian?”

replied after a few words from the other end, his voice low. “I’ll

ended the call and, after a moment of silence, looked back towards the bedroom. “Next Monday,

listening to the sound of Brian leaving the apartment and closing the door. She let out

descended, he quietly said, “Mr. Howard, we might not make it in time.

felt like he had lost his

he had been planning for half a year was set to begin, and he was the main organizer. Yet here he was, having flown back from abroad, all for a one–minute call with Natalie.

mid–sentence. Reid closed his mouth and bowed his head.

car, Brian looked up at the tenth–floor

an hour,”

take Nate.” The cheap car Natalie had borrowed was hardly fit

Reid responded with

night, a suspected signal appeared in this building for a few seconds between the sixth and seventh floors. We’re checking the background of the residents

the blinking red dot on the screen. FireWing must have caught on to the hackers

was a ruse.

incompetents were

building last night,” he commanded, tossing the

“Will do!”

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