About four hours after returning to the mansion, Josie’s phone rang just as she had put Grape to sleep for her afternoon nap.

It was a call from Arnold.

She looked up and made eye contact with Dexter, who was washing a milk bottle.

After answering the phone, Arnold’s voice came through lazily. “The deadline has been moved up.”

After saying that, he abruptly ended the call.

Facing Dexter’s inquisitive gaze, Josie repeated Arnold’s words and then said, “It seems his men have completed their investigation. But… is Edward really being held there?”

Dexter turned on the tap at the sink, rinsing the milk bottle. “Since I allowed you to deliver the message to him personally, there must be some truth to it.”

“But what if Arnold sends men to break him out directly?”

Dexter scoffed, “If he had dared to do so, he wouldn’t have called you.”

Indeed.

washing the baby bottle, the gauze wrapped around Dexter’s hand got wet. He furrowed his brow. “I

what he was implying. “What exactly is in that place

roll of fresh gauze and walked over

Josie was speechless.

have some influence in keeping

realization sank in, she remarked, “So Arnold has no

he reached out his hand.

raised an eyebrow, then turned to leave. “I’m tired. I need to

the

the damp gauze. He shook his head with a bitter smile, realizing that

was moved up by three days, catching many of the participating teams off guard. When Josie went to the site, she did not let Dexter accompany her. He felt uneasy about it, so he compromised and chose a

to that ridiculous

feeling of having one’s weakness exploited is terrible,” Josie said, touching

know about his

“She has always known.”

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