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.

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

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

picked up a roll of fresh gauze and walked over to

Josie was speechless.

explained, “As I’ve said before, I don’t have the authority to detain him, but I do have some

in, she remarked, “So Arnold has no choice but to

took her silence as agreement. Seeing her unmoving, he reached out

tired. I need to take a nap with

the door

stood alone at the doorway, glancing at the damp gauze. He shook his head with

many of the participating teams off guard. When Josie went to the site, she did not let

that you agreed to that ridiculous contract with Dexter.” Mallory

weakness exploited is terrible,” Josie said, touching up her makeup in front of

Grape know about his

“She has always known.”

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