After having dinner, Adam returned to his bedroom early to rest, leaving only Thomas and Chloe sitting in the living room as they watched TV.

Suddenly, Thomas remembered that he had turned his phone off to avoid outside distractions when he went into retreat to tone up his body. It was time to turn it back on, so he quickly powered it on.

Shortly after, his phone started ringing. Thomas checked it and found that it was an unknown number with the area code belonging to Capitalis.

“Hello?” Thomas answered the call.

“Thomas!” Olivia’s voice came from the other end of the line. “You finally turned on your phone!”

The young woman had been attempting to reach Thomas using Gwen’s phone repeatedly since waking up. However, it kept showing that he was unreachable.

“Are you doing alright, Olivia?”

“I’m okay. The Travises have been taking good care of me. They even made me the medicine according to the prescription you asked Mr. Hofstead’s friend to deliver the other day.” Olivia’s voice became teary as she continued, “Are you done dealing with your business, Thomas? Gunnar Flynn, that b*stard, brought me to Capitalis. If you don’t have anything important, can you come and pick me up? I’m really scared.”

Thomas’ heart ached upon hearing her sob as if it had been pricked by a needle.

“Alright, don’t cry anymore. Stay there and don’t go anywhere. I’ll come and pick you up tomorrow.”

“Alright, I’ll be waiting. Don’t forget,” Olivia said, urging him with a pitiful voice.

She felt extremely helpless right then. Thomas was the only person she could trust in this massive world, and only by his side could she feel some sense of security.

“Don’t worry, I won’t forget!”

malicious after

Flynn! Leah Wilkerson! He grumbled inwardly, keeping track of the

who was beside him, caught bits of the conversation and guessed that Thomas was

“Yeah.”

ominous feeling returned even more intensely. She

wee hours of the morning, Thomas woke up and quickly freshened up. He made his way to the living

Samuel the night before to catch the earliest flight to Capitalis, and half an hour ago, John texted him, letting him know that he and Samuel were waiting for him at the entrance of the

living room suddenly turned on, and Thomas turned around in confusion to find Chloe standing there in silence, looking at

going out for

puzzled. He thought he had been stealthy enough; how was he

know Chloe spent the whole night awake, keeping her ears perked to the

and embraced Thomas, holding him tightly. “Will you come back after

I’ll come back. Why would you

don’t know. I keep having this feeling that something bad will happen. It’s like once you leave, you’ll never come back, just like my brother who left many years

lips twitched, and memories of the most unpleasant past

run wild, you silly girl. I’m off. I’ll be back before you

you really

with a smile as he placed his hands on Chloe’s shoulders

you think my brother

out a long sigh, not saying anything,

couldn’t bring himself to lie when he saw Chloe’s doe-like eyes, let alone tell her the truth.

fell into deep thought as she looked

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