NovelEnglishShe whirled around and opened the door to her hotel suite, the living room immediately greeting her as she stepped out.
The suite’s living area was modest, and the couch appeared rather cramped with lan, Dylan, and Walter all hunkered down on it.
lan had been tracing routes on a map but paused, catching sight of Maja in her pajamas. Maja herself had only just realized she
was still in her nightwear and that her luggage had been taken away, leaving her with nothing but the pajamas she'd set aside the
night before.
lan, not seeing her suitcase, assumed she cin a rush and hadn't brought anything.
“Go back to sleep. I'll go buy you sclothes,” he said.
“Oh,” was all she managed, a flush creeping onto her cheeks as she shut the door.
lan spread the map in front of the other two men, pointing to a couple of sites he'd mentioned earlier. “These are our entry points.
Take a look. I'll be right back with sclothes.” With that, he stood and left.
Dylan and Walter, both bachelors, were surprised to see the big boss himself heading out to shop for women's apparel.
Clothing sizes in the West were different than back home; one had to measure to know for sure, and the styles varied greatly
unless one opted for stores specifically catering to the Chinese diaspora.
lan returned after forty minutes, arms laden with shopping bags, and headed straight to the bedroom.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtFresh from her shower, Maja was waiting. lan presented the clothes, “I had them sanitized at a high temperature.”
She found they fit well and, grateful, pecked him on the cheek, “Thanks.”
Breakfast was already served, and the three men were deep in discussion about breaking into the research facility. With no way to
join in, Maja quietly ate.
Suddenly, more food appeared in her bowl. She turned to lan.
“You need to eat more meat, you're eating for two now.”
With the presence of Dylan and Walter, she felt a twinge of embarrassment but nodded.
Dylan, following lan's lead, also used his utensils to serve her more meat.
Maja stiffened slightly but said nothing.
Soon, Walter joined in, offering her vegetables with his fork, drawing scrutinizing glances from lan and Dylan.
Walter simply raised an eyebrow and smiled.
lan’s expression cooled as he reached over with his fork, methodically removing the vegetables Walter had offered from Maja’s
bowl.
She couldn't help but find the situation a tad ridiculous.
But she understood Walter was trying to lighten the mood, especially as she was pregnant and feeling sleepy again. She slumped
on the narrow couch, her head nodding off.
The men took chairs, leaving her the couch, and continued planning their infiltration of the research base.
Dylan pointed to the hospital on the map.
“We've got about thirteen corpses being transported to the facility. My team and | can disguise as corpses to get inside.”
This left lan and Walter to consider the welfare center, which sent about a dozen people at a tto the base. They would have to
pretend to be refugees chosen for relocation.
However, their foreign faces posed a problem. Foreign refugees were rare, and a sudden influx would raise suspicion.
lan leaned back, hearing gunshots not far from the hotel, his finger coming to rest on a park on the map.
“Dylan, Walter, your teams can pose as bodies from the hospital. Tonight, I'll create a diversion here, and we'll misreport the death
toll, emphasizing a foreign community meeting. This should explain the sudden number of foreign people among the dead. Given
the rarity of foreign people in Cania outside of construction work, the research facility would likely welcforeign corpses.”
Dylan and Walter exchanged glances, agreeing with the plan.
lan’s finger shifted back to the welfare center.
“My team of seven will infiltrate from there. The official report of a foreigner meeting should cover our presence. Foreigners are
valuable to the base—they built it here where they have plenty of locals but need diversity.”
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmOnce the plan was set, Dylan looked over at Maja.
lan knew what concerned him. Despite resenting Dylan's past actions, he had to admit the man had stepped up recently, fulfilling
his role as a brother.
“The fifty-plus people we brought have filled up this floor and the ones above and below. She'll be safe from any suspicious
contacts. Once the mission's done, I'll take her back home.”
There would be a wedding to plan soon.
lan's eyes softened with the thought, a hint of anticipation flickering within.
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