Chapter 401 Chapter 401: "Alright, I'll handle it right away," Nanette reassured her, setting to work immediately.
After the call, Sadie sank into the sofa, her energy drained, feeling utterly exhausted.
Sadie had thought that these past few days had meant something, had changed something between her and Noah.
Now, it was painfully clear that it was all just her one-sided fantasy.
She stood up and walked out of the hotel with her luggage. Not once did she glance back.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtIn front of the hotel, Samuel bowed his head slightly and opened the car door for her.
"Are you all right, Mrs. Wall?" "I'm fine," Sadie said with a forced smile as she got into the back seat.
Sadie looked out the window as the vehicle slowly pulled away, her heart roiling with confusion and unease.
"Mr. Wall, Mrs. Wall has left," Samuel reported from behind Noah. Although his tone was respectful as always, he couldn't help the touch of doubt and hesitation that cwith it.
Noah spun around abruptly, panic flashing across his eyes before disappearing the next second. His lips pressed into a thin line, his jaw clenching as he gritted his teeth.
"When?" he rasped.
"Just a few minutes ago." Samuel cautiously studied Noah's expression before adding, "Mrs. Wall seemed upset. She... she left in quite a hurry." A long, tense silence followed.
Lotest чhopters in gal■ovels.co Noah raked a hand through his hair and walked over to the floor-to-ceiling window on one side of the room.
"Srespect," he muttered under his breath, a wave of frustration rising in his chest.
He closed his eyes and took a deep breath in a bid to clear his mind, but his efforts were futile.
When he finally opened his eyes a couple of moments later, he was still far from calm.
"Arrange for someone to tail and protect her. Make sure they're discreet." "Understood, Mr. Wall." With that, Samuel exited the room, gently closing the door behind him.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmSadie's flight was smooth and uneventful. As she prepared to deplane, she unbuckled her seatbelt and kneaded her throbbing temples.
The trip had left her exhausted, both physically and mentally. All she wanted was to return to her stuand get smuch-needed rest.
Suddenly, her phone vibrated inside her pocket-Nanette was calling.
"Have you landed, Sadie? Something big has happened!" Nanette's voice was urgent, and the words spilled out of her in rapid-fire succession.
A sense of foreboding cover Sadie. "What happened?"
"Our system... well, it looks like we had a glitch or something. We have no idea how it happened, but your nwas registered for the was International Jewelry Design Competition somehow." The content.
is on novelenglish.net! Sadie's breath hitched. The International Jewelry Design Competition?
It wasn't her-she hadn't signed up for it at all. And the computers in the ers in О stuhad just been recently serviced. They were clean and protected. How could they have a sudden glitch out of nowhere? "What did you just say? How did this happen?" Sadie tried to stay calm. "How's the system now? Does it function normally?"
"As far as I can tell, everything is back to normal, but the registration has been submitted successfully. There's En no way we can withdraw your name.” Nanette sounded like she was about to cry.