John hugged Anne longly before finally regaining his composure. He kissed her forehead and held her face in his hands tenderly. “Shall we go to bed together? I’ll make you a nice cup of warm milk if you can’t sleep.”

Anne nodded.

With that, John smiled and kissed her again before finally leaving the room.

The living room was dark, which meant Robyn had gone to sleep.

John switched on the lights, then walked into the kitchen to grab the milk carton and heated it in a cup.

He returned to the bedroom with Anne’s cup, only to find her staring out the window at the apartment building across from theirs.

At this moment, the entire building was ablaze with light and activity. Cars were parked outside the building with countless men dressed in black rushing into the building as though they were in search of someone.

his brows. “Is that the

else would they be? Why would they be searching for someone in the middle of the

this, John took out his

moved in with Robyn, she had added him to the group chat with the rest of the tenants of their building so he would stay up-to-date on

idea what was happening in the building across

right; the group chat was filled with messages from the tenants.

was a kidnapped old man kept in the building. With the old man’s family having tracked him down, they were turning the entire

the building had been awarded 10000 dollars as compensation for their

of the vacant units right across. He blatantly asked the rest of

for that! Whoever’s giving out this money probably won’t mind

of my salary combined! Why would I pass up this

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