Matthew's personal phone suddenly rang at this hour. He was resting his eyes, and they popped open at the sound. He picked up his phone and saw that the call was from an unfamiliar number. He frowned. This was his personal number, and not many people had it.

Telemarketers would not be calling him on this phone. Who could it be?

He picked it up and held back the annoyance from his tone. "Hello, this is Matthew Leon speaking."

When Lucy heard his voice from the other end of the call, she suddenly felt safe but also a little strange.

They had just separated, but why did Matthew sound so tired? He even sounded a little hoarse.

She said worriedly, "Are you alright, Matthew? Why do you sound so hoarse?"

Matthew's eyes slit up when he heard Lucy's voice. It was his wifey! He looked at his phone again. The number was unfamiliar, and it suddenly hit him that Cillian had probably changed Lucy's number after they arrived at Charleston. He put the phone back to his ear.

"Nothing's wrong with me. Don't worry, wifey! Have you been alright these few days?"

to her voice from the other end of the phone. It had been a long time since he last saw

asked about Lucy, she was not about to let her question slip by without an

heard Matthew attempt to perk up his tone despite still sounding hoarse. She suddenly remembered that she and Matthew were in different locations. There was a time difference between them. Lucy began calculating what time it was over

asked with slight exasperation, "Are you still working,

wrong with the questioning. He blinked and answered, "Yes, I am. I'll be

without batting an eyelid, "I'll have dinner immediately

he mean by he was still working? Judging by her calculations, it should be about midnight where Matthew was. Why was he still working on the last

dinner

Leon, you're burning the midnight oil and

chill went down Matthew's

know that? He looked outside the window and realized that it was dark out. He put his hand to his head in exasperation. How could he have

knew that there was a time difference between their locations,

his head helplessly. He decided to apologize

would suffer a huge loss if he

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