Chapter 1868 As the car sped along the road, Sunny and Lucas sat together in the back seat.
Suddenly, Sunny's phone buzzed in the pocket of the bathrobe he was wearing. He quickly declined the call as he did not dare to speak on the phone in the car during such a tense situation.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtIt was Xante checking in on him. After dismissing the call, Sunny planned to update her via texting. However, Xante's message popped up before he could finish typing his message.
[What's going on? Did the boss really go to your place?] she asked.
Sunny pressed backspace on the message he was typing and replied with a simple, [Yeah.] He then added, [It's nothing serious. Just go to sleep for now.] It was pretty late, and Sunny did not want to worry her.
Xante, however, knew Sunny so well that she did not buy his lie. After all, Sunny would never dodge her call if 'nothing serious' was happening.
[Talk. There must be a reason why the boss would go to your place this late at night.] Xante knew all too well that Corinne had no love for the Riveras. Therefore, Corinne would not step inside their hunless it was necessary.
'Ugh, it's so hard to fool her.' Sunny sighed internally.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm[Joey is missing, and Corinne suspects Anya is the one who's kidnapped him. They wantto take them to find Anya now.] On the other end of the phone, Xante frowned and texted back, [Do you know where Anya is?] [I did go to see her once before, but I don't know where she is now. Corinne wantsto take them to the fast- food restaurant where Anya used to work.] [Then hurry up and take the boss to find her! Don't waste any time!] Sunny could not shake the feeling that he had always played the role of a pushover in front of everyone. Thus, he texted, [We're on our way! You should go to sleep now.] [As if! Keepposted on the situation!] [Fine...]
Soon, Jeremy brought the car to a stop in front of the fast-food om restaurant ht that Sunny mentioned. Corinne turned to Sunny and asked, "Is this the place?"
Sunny glanced outside and nodded confidently. "Yup. But see, they're ik But closed. Just like 1 told you."
The fast-food restaurant had indeed closed up shop. The doors were m lacked, and the lights were out. Corinne shrugged. "So what? It's still the right place." After that, she stepped out of the car.