<b>Chapter </b><b>151 </b>
<b>“</b><b>You </b><b>know </b>who the father is, she should have a good idea,” I finally said. “But if you’re so curious, you could just ask her yourself”
Myra scoffed. “I don’t have the time for that. If I had the chance,
are you just making up excuses to ck off again?”
Kang et anection Josh, realized he still
hadn’te be looking
at Josh instead.”
I at the clock on the wall and asked casually, “Did you finish work early today<b>? </b><b>Or </b>
“What are you talking about? Do you think I’m that kind of person?” Myra protested. “Josh is actually more considerate now. He left work earlier than usual<b>.</b>”
“Oh, how long ago did he leave?”
“About half an hour ago. I’m already home, lying on the sofa,” Myra said as I began calcting Josh’s return time. He should have been back by now, but ! hadn’t heard any noise.
“Are you sure you can finish the project on time, considering how
yearly
u guys finished today?” I asked.
There was a sound of swallowing from Myra’s end, and she said, “Josh says it’s fine.”
“You really think so? Don’t let him fool you. If the deadline isn’t met, you’re the one who’s going to get in trouble. They’ll deduct your bonus,” I warned
her.
She coughed a couple of times before replying, “I think it’ll be fine. We’ve already finished setting up District D, and progress has been really fast. We haven’t run into any new problems. We’re just getting things done every day.”
Myra clicked her tongue and continued, “It’s funny, though. When you were working here, there was always something going wrong. Josh was practically running to your office every other day to solve issues. Now that you’re gone, everything’s smooth sailing. I haven’t had a chance to visit his office, not
even once…”
I could already guess where this was going–Myra was imagining things.
<b>I </b>quickly shut her down. “I think I’m Josh’s bad luck. When I worked with him, things never went well, but now that I’m gone, everything’s fine.”
Myra disagreed. “Don’t act like I’m dumb. I think the two of you have something going o <ol><li>on. Are you two secretly involved?” </li></ol>
Hearing her bring up our fake rtionship, I felt a little guilty and immediately denied it. “What are you talking about?”
“Come on, you can’t fool me. If something really is going on between you two, I’m
<i>not </i>
mad,” Myra seemed oddly supportive.
I shook my head, feeling embarrassed. “No, don’t get any weird ideas.”
“Zoe, Josh moved out of the hotel. I heard he rented a ce to live,” Myra suddenly dropped the bomb.
I pretended to be unaware. “Really?”
“Yeah, and I heard he’s nning to stay in Seastone for a while. Apparently, he’s looking into his parents‘ death,” Myra’s voice dropped to <b>a </b>whisper, <b>even </b>over the phone. “Do you know about this?<b>” </b>
was taken aback. I didn’t know Josh had rented a ce here, and when I asked him why, he didn’t mention anything about investigating the ident.
“They say his family died in a car ident…” Myra’s words hung in the air.
I froze. My parents had died in a car ident too. The thought of it hit me like a ton of bricks.
I had to find an excuse to end the call. Looking <b>at </b>the family photo on the wall, I found myself lost in thought.
<b>Chapter </b>151
<b>Was </b><b>my </b><b>parents </b>ident just a <b>coincidence</b><b>? </b>
<b>The </b>thought lingered<b>, </b><b>but </b>I pushed it away.
It wasn’t until nearly 71
7 PM that tried calling Josh
again, but he
didn’t pick up.
I <b>wasn’t </b>
sure if something had
<i>up </i>or
if he had changed
his
mind
about
going v <ol><li>me. </li></ol>
<b>So</b>, I decided to head
to the Dolton family
on
mmy own.
But when
11
I opened
door,
that Josh’s
door
Thadn’t heard him.
Confused,
I walked over to his door
and called
out, “Jo…”
Before I could
finish, 1
froze in ce,
<b>as </b>
the sight
before
me left
me
speechless.
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