charlie Wade smiled and typed back, “No need, don’t trouble yourself. I’ll just take a taxi home.”


    He followed up with another message: “By the way, honey, no need to wait up. Go to bed early.”


    ire responded, “Knowing you’reing back, I won’t be able to sleep. I’ll wait for you at home.”


    charlie Wade felt touched and replied, “Then I’ll head home the moment Ind!”


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    The airport wasn’t too busy at night, so the ne even took off five minutes ahead of schedule.


    On the ne, charlie Wade was feeling bored. With no inte ess on his phone, he simply toyed with it absentmindedly.


    That’s when he noticed a missed call from ire.


    The call hade just minutes before the previous one had connected.


    charlie Wade mentally retraced the timeline and suddenly realized that when ire made that first call, he was likely on stage, dancing with Stefanie sun and Tawana.


    The only time he hadn’t had his phone on him was during the performance—otherwise, he would have seen the call in real time.


    Thinking this through, charlie Wade didn’t give it much thought at first.


    But just as he locked his phone screen, he happened to nce at the girl seated next to him, who was watching short videos cached on her phone.


    She had probably downloaded a bunch of them before takeoff to pass the time during the flight and was now scrolling through them non-stop.


    By coincidence, one of the videos she pulled up was an audience recording from Tawana’s concert.


    The background music in the video was “Assassin”—the same song charlie Wade had performed to with a sword on stage.


    At that moment, the big screen near the stage had captured a close-up of charlie Wade dancing. His every move and detail were magnified and disyed with striking rity for the audience.


    charlie Wade suddenly realized something serious.


    Even though his face hadn’t been shown during the performance, anyone familiar with him might still recognize him from his physique or signature movements.


    In that case…


    Could ire recognize him too?!


    Thinking back to when she had first called, charlie Wade felt a sudden chill.


    ire was a huge fan of Tawana. Normally, if she wasn’t busy, she would almost certainly be watching the livestream of her performances on her phone.


    If she were watching the performance, it wouldn’t make sense for her to call in the middle of it—unless something had caught her attention.


    But what if she had recognized—or at least suspected—it was him based on the performance video?


    In that case, her call couldn’t havee at a more suspicious moment.


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    If I was performing on stage, there’s no way I could have answered the phone!


    ire’s call at that moment wasn’t to talk to me—it was to test whether my phone would connect!


    charlie Wade suddenly felt a chill run down his spine.


    If he had simply been a backup dancer for Tawana and Stefanie sun, it wouldn’t be a big deal even if ire found out—she already knew he had some talents.


    But the problem was that Tawana had interacted with him closely during four consecutive performances, and their chemistry had even be a trending topic.


    If ire brought it up and started asking questions… how was he supposed to exin that?