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.

gauze wrapped around Dexter’s hand got wet. He furrowed his brow. “I

seemingly unaware of what he was implying. “What

a roll of fresh gauze

Josie was speechless.

said before, I don’t have the authority to detain him, but I do have some influence in keeping him there. That place is reserved for hardcore criminals. Arnold wouldn’t dare

“So Arnold has no choice but to approach

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

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

the

gauze. He shook his head with a bitter

off guard. When Josie went to the site, she did

ridiculous contract with

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

know about

“She has always known.”

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