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Nelly tiptoed to the door and looked outside through the peephole. A hotel staff was standing outside, knocking on the door relentlessly.
Seeing that it was a hotel staff, Nelly was about to open the door. However, when she put her hand on the door handle, she paused.
If he really is a hotel staff, he won’t keep looking around and knocking on the door anxiously. Just as Nelly was pondering what she should do, a voice sounded outside.
“The person may not be in the room now,” said the hotel staff. “Then do you know who’s staying here?”
“I don’t know. All I know is that she’s a pretty woman!”
Listening to the conversation outside, Nelly knew that they must be looking for someone, and they were probably looking for her.
After thinking for a moment, Nelly returned to her laptop and sat down. Her fingers flew on the keyboard as she wore a frosty, mysterious expression.
Just as the door was about to be opened, Nelly tapped lightly on the keyboard with her finger and looked in the direction of the door.
Two seconds later, the fire alarm sounded in the corridor outside the door. It was at that moment that everything went silent outside.
Subsequently, it became chaotic. People were shouting, running, and calling for help, while whoever was at her door stopped whatever they were doing.
After a while, when Nelly heard that it was finally quiet outside, she walked to the door. She looked through the peephole and was relieved to see that the coast was clear.
Nelly attached the safety lock again after checking the door and making sure that it wasn’t unlocked.
She didn’t know who came, but her intuition told her that those people were coming for her. Apart from Boss’ men, I can’t think of anyone else.
Thinking of that, Nelly turned around, took a black backpack out of the cabinet, closed her laptop, and stuffed it directly into the bag. She then packed her things swiftly. After scanning the room and making sure she didn’t leave anything behind, she got up and walked outside.
In such a dangerous place, Nelly knew that it was best not to get into a fight unless absolutely necessary.
She was unaware of the visitors’ identity and their motives, but her plan would definitely get affected if she took action.
To Nelly , the most important thing was to find out the truth about her father, and she didn’t care about what methods she would use.
She wanted to find out the truth and go back alive. For Grandpa, for Tony , and… for myself!
With that thought in mind, Nelly put on a cap and a mask before walking out with a determined look on her face.
Meanwhile, Tony stared at the computer screen and realized that Nelly was gone.
“Nelly ? Nelly ? Are you mad, Nelly ? I won’t leave even if you’re mad, Nelly . I will never leave you here alone.”
Alas, no matter what Tony said, he received no response from the other side. Moments later, Nelly went offline.
Tony furrowed his brows. He continued typing on the computer to try and track Nelly ‘s location. However, he was running out of time, and Nelly even set up an anti-tracking setting. There was no time for Tony to crack it, so he couldn’t locate her whereabouts.
That made Tony slam his fist on the table angrily.
He then stared at the computer screen and typed a sentence that read: Nelly , I don’t care what you think. I will never leave if I don’t see you!
Then, he tapped the keyboard and sent the message.
That was probably the first time that Tony ever “disobeyed” Nelly . Even if he knew that Nelly would be angry, he wasn’t afraid.Original content from NôvelDrama.Org.
He would never let Nelly face it alone no matter what.
Besides, Nelly contacted me today, so she will definitely reach out to me again! Determined, Tony sat in front of the computer persistently, staring at Nelly ‘s avatar. At that moment, Ben and Thalia returned with some food.
“Have some food, Tony!”
“Okay,” Tony responded shiftlessly while keeping his eyes glued on the computer screen, for fear of missing Nelly ‘s appearance.
After putting the food on the desk, Ben looked at Tony and asked, “What’s the matter? Are you angry?”
“Nelly -” Tony paused as he glanced at Thalia, who was standing aside. His eyes glinted and he changed his way of expression. “Nelly called me just now.”
Ben asked, “And then? Where is she?”
“I don’t know. She didn’t tell me, but she knows that we’re here. She’s very angry and she wants us to go back!”
Ben furrowed his eyebrows. Looking at Tony ‘s expression, he suddenly understood something. “And then?”
“She hung up after speaking, and she didn’t even give me a chance to say anything,” said Tony .
Tony and Ben were taken aback by her question.
When Tony was thinking about what to say, Thalia’s eyes were fixated on them.
“The two of you know Shadow Seeker and are very close with her, right?” Thalia asked. “Why do you ask?” said Tony .
“Why do you think I asked? As we all know, Shadow Seeker never sticks her nose into the business of
others. Besides, based on the message she sent me, she seems to be worried about the two of you, so you must know each other very well.”
Um…
Tony never thought that Nelly would send a message to Thalia.
Looks like Nelly is really anxious, but fortunately, at least it means that she is all right now. Tony secretly let out a sigh of relief.
However, as he looked at Thalia’s displeased face, his mind began spinning rapidly, trying to come up with a plausible explanation.
When he finally thought of something, he said calmly, “Yeah, I know her. Why? Don’t you know that?”
“How would I know if you didn’t tell me?” Thalia’s brows snapped together, and she raised her voice. “You clearly know that my mission this time is to find her, and yet you’re still messing around? How many times have you promised me that you will no longer hide secrets from me and lie to me? Yet you still do it!”
Seeing Thalia’s anxious expression, Tony quickly tried to comfort her, “Calm down first!” “How am I going to calm down?”
Tony sighed and explained slowly, “Everyone knows that I know her. Besides, just because I know her doesn’t mean I know where she is!”
“You’re still fooling around with me!”
“I’m telling the truth. Besides, Sam knows her too, so why aren’t you mad at him?” asked Tony . “I-”
“Sam was the one who introduced her to me last time. Why don’t you know about this? You even called me that night!” said Tony , shirking the responsibility.