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.

of the card, there was a QR code to download their newly launched game as well as a QR

the card back over and stared at

pondered, This

enter the gate, he turned around to look at Linus. Patting him on the shoulder, he said in earnest, “Linus, don’t make trouble for yourself. The Michel Group is

down but did not

knew that any explanation or argument made in front of Fass

lost connection with Nicholas. Fass had

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

dinner, Sophia brought Nicholas for a night run, intentionally going past the Harper Residence

loved seeing the bustling

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

seems to be doing well.

“Let’s go, Nicholas.”

“Okay, Mom!”

robotic legs, and when he needed to run, he would release his wheels and speed off. If she increased her speed, he also increased his speed. If she slowed down, he also slowed down. He matched her

that severe. After running for a bit, she pulled down her mask and took in a breath

The warm lights illuminated the once snow-covered

gust of cold wind came from the side and the inconceivable amount of strength had flung her

shoved against the wall by that force. The back of her head hit the wall,

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 on her face. When she avoided his lips, the kiss landed on her neck

“Help—”

and she couldn’t breathe or call for help. Her vision was growing dark. At that moment, she felt like an

in front of her, but it was all to

breath felt familiar as if she

I wasn’t expecting him to

felt like all hope was lost, his large body

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