The man in the backseat was wearing an all-black coat. The hat on his head was almost covering his whole face, and with a mask on, his face was not visible at all.

Sophia spotted him at first glance and asked out of curiosity, “Hey, Linus. Is that your friend?”

“A friend from back home came to visit me. The haze in Bayside City is too severe. He can’t bear with it, so he’s leaving today.”

“Oh.” Sophia took out two red packets from her basket and weaved her hand through the gap of the passenger seat to give them to him.

“Happy New Year! Have a prosperous year!”

The man lifted his hat slightly and revealed his blue and deep-set eyes. It was obvious that he was from overseas.

The man reached forward to retrieve the red packets. “Thank you.”

He enunciated those two words clearly in a robust voice. There wasn’t a hint of an accent and he did not sound very old either.

He must be Linus’ relative!

Linus interjected, “We have to get going now. My friend’s flight is in the afternoon.”

 

With that, the car drove off. Sophia stared aimlessly as his car vanished into the distance.

Inside the car, Fass opened the red packets he had just received. There were eight one-hundred notes in each one along with a name card.

Printed on the front of the card were a name and the picture of the girl from before.

The girl had a beautiful smile and looked full of youthful energy.

Her name was Sophia Edwards.

Her position was the deputy general manager of some IT company.

there was a QR code to download their newly launched game as well as

card back over and stared at her studio portrait

pondered, This girl

around to look at Linus. Patting him

but did

made in front

off, Linus went back home and turned on his computer only to find that he had lost connection with Nicholas. Fass had modified the durability

Nathan, but just as expected, he had lost connection with it. The information he secretly gathered on the Fletchers was also gone. He had also lost all connection

run, intentionally going past

the bustling activity

up her ears and listened in. Mrs. Harper was sobbing in anguish while Mr. Harper and Xyla were arguing. Richard, the coward, was trying

doing well.

“Let’s go, Nicholas.”

“Okay, Mom!”

to run, he would release his wheels and speed off. If

running for a bit, she pulled down her mask and took

the sky grew darker, the streetlamps turned on. The warm lights illuminated the once snow-covered streets which Sophia

from the side and the inconceivable amount

The back of her head hit the wall, leaving her in a daze as her head started

hands were being pressed down by a pair of iron arms. The man’s icy cold body pinned her in the corner. A passionate and dangerous kiss landed

“Help—”

cries were muffled by his kisses. He had a deathly grip on her neck and she couldn’t breathe or call for help. Her vision was growing dark. At that moment,

in front of her, but it was all to no avail. She could already

the icy breath felt familiar as if she had felt

I wasn’t expecting him to show

like all hope was lost, his large body suddenly quivered

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