His eyes were pitch black, his gaze light and faint.

Josie’s breath hitched, her mind going blank. She saw the man quickly avert his gaze as if he hadn’t seen anything at all.

Immediately after, he casually replied, “Hmm, interesting. She seems like someone with a strong support system, who can act boldly and fears nothing.”

Josie didn’t have any hope for that company.

Every time she visited Rivodia, she would spend a night there. Her identity didn’t attract as much attention as it did in Wavery, allowing her to act without any reservations.

She carried Paul’s photo, inquiring everywhere.

She had a feeling that his disappearance was related to Rivodia.

That day, she was sitting in a small pasta restaurant, enjoying her meal, when she received a call from Scott. “Ms. Warren, are you free? I’d like to invite you for a meal.”

Josie glanced at the pasta in front of her, grinning. “I’m eating. If you have anything you want to tell me, tell me on the phone.”

“You’ve been quite popular lately. I thought you wouldn’t answer my call,” he joked.

Josie couldn’t bring herself to laugh.

months, only to reappear in Rivodia,” Scott stated, getting straight to

Josie halted abruptly. “Where?”

Scott repeated. “I’m just informing you of the progress. I’ll notify you if there are any further developments. By the way, where are you

didn’t respond directly. She pursed her lips. “Sergeant Buncho, I’m hanging up

in the restaurant was broadcasting financial news. She glanced at it absentmindedly, only to suddenly catch sight of Dexter’s

His eyes resembled a serene spring, forever restrained and

was the first time she had seen Dexter’s figure again after so

the content of the broadcast was not good news for him. After

percent of the shares, and

equal in strength and status, their situation

staked his future on her

gamble, yet lost

wanted to laugh. Dexter had never engaged in a losing deal, yet at that moment, he was willing to lose

deeply affectionate towards her. Yet after recognizing her, he still contemplated sending her

could roughly guess the

that it was impossible

phone vibrated once more. It was an email from the construction company, offering her a position to start the following

replied word by word: I apologize, but I might have to postpone for

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