Chapter 271
“Yesterday, I chatted with a friend, and it got pretty late, so I crashed there.”
Theo leaned in closer, “What friend? A guy or a girl? What’s their name? Where do they live?
His rapid fire questions left Ellinor feeling irritated, and she finally lost it
“Mr. Blanchet, can’t I have my own friends? Do I have no privacy here? Do I need to report every little thing to you? Is there any difference between being here and being in
prison?”
Theo paused slightly, then squinted at her defiant expression and actually burst out laughing his fatique instantly halved.
She seemed pretty spinted but still had the energy to argue
Theo stared at her in silence for a while, not arguing back, but asked in a low voice, “Where’s your phone? Even if you stayed over at a friend’s, couldn’t you have called me?”
your phone. I don’t know where
She didn’t realize
phone from his coat pocket, holding it up to her face with his long
blinked in surprise, took the phone, and confirmed it was the one she
“What’s going on? How did you get this
“Someone found it by the Trent River, handed it over to the police, and they returned it
lost! Otherwise, I’d be worried, your bank card with large
She rambled on..
“Ellinor”
called her name.
looked up instinctively, waiting for him to continue, but was
at her intensely, his deep voice told her, “I have no intention of imprisoning you, so you don’t need to be so
Ellinor paused
was as gentle as possible, he continued. “You can have your privacy, secrets you don’t want me to know about, and of course your own friends, but you absolutely cannot disappear without a word like yesterday, what
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