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A smirk spread across Sophia’s face. Maybe it was because of the environment she grew up in, for she would
unwittingly consider more things in any situation.
Soon, John returned with Zack, and they both got out of the car quickly when it came to a stop at the front of the
house.
“Are you alright?” John asked, standing next to her.
“I’m fine,” she replied and pointed to the guy with her chin. “There, that’s the guy. He was working rather slowly in
the beginning, but when he noticed that I was watching him, he began to work seriously.”
Following the direction she was gesturing at, John glanced at the guy, but he couldn’t tell anything amiss with him.
Since he had requested that there should be no blind spots in both levels of the house, it had turned out to be quite
a big job, so many people were needed for it. With that many people around, the place turned out a little chaotic,
and very little could be observed even if one tried very hard.
Zack took a look and went into the house, where the designer was also there and was checking out the best way to
install the surveillance cameras in the most efficient manner.
Actually, they had been given the blueprint of the house and the initial design had already been prepared, but he
still had to make adjustments based on the actual situation.
At first, Zack circled around the place, then he scanned the guy before slowly making his way next to him. Every
move he made seemed proper, as if he was really inspecting if there were any problems with the tools which he
had just laid out nicely.
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With a smile, Zack struck up a conversation with him. “Hey man, how long do you think the job today will take? Do
you guys have an estimation of the time needed?”
The guy jumped at the sound of Zack’s voice and he lifted his head to look at him. Chuckling awkwardly, he
answered, “That depends on the designer, and if there will be any change to the initial design. Under normal
circumstances, it can be completed by noon.”
Nodding, Zack lowered himself and looked at his tools. “There are so many tools here. I don’t even know any of it
or what it is called.”
Chuckling dryly, he replied, “You guys are working in the office, which is a completely different territory from where
we work.”
Raising his eyes at him, Zack asked, “How many years have you been in this industry?”
Startled, the guy peered at him and answered hesitantly, “Almost five years. I used to have a business of my own,
but it went out. So, I’m working for bigger companies now.”
“I see,” Zack muttered. Then, he watched him inspect the cameras with a straight face.
John was watching everything from the yard before telling Sophia and Matilda after a while, “You can catch a break
upstairs. Leave this place to me and Zack.”
Thinking that the guy couldn’t be up to any tricks in this tight situation, Sophia became bored and nodded as she
grabbed Matilda’s arm. “Let’s go upstairs.”
“Okay,” Matilda muttered and followed her into the living room. Her head was already spinning from the people
getting busy in the house.
When Sophia was leaving, she passed by that guy and spun her head in his direction. He happened to lift his head
as well and their eyes met for a split second. In contrast to the blank look he had on his face, she was carrying an
inexplicable smirk on hers.
Her smirk made him pause in his tracks and stare at her. Calmly, she looked away and went upstairs with Matilda.
When they were in her bedroom, Matilda waited until the door was shut before asking, “Why did you smile at that
guy? What’s wrong? Did you sense something fishy?”
Sitting by the headboard of her bed, she replied, “It’s nothing. I was just curious about his looks, so I took another
glance at him.”
“Huh?” Matilda was speechless. Pacing over to the window, she sighed. “How did our lives turn out like this? I
thought that everything will be fine while we wait for you to give birth to your baby, but look at all these endless
troubles that keep cropping up one after another.”
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