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Chapter 459
Harvey lifted the employee ID dangling over Irene's chest and read it.
"Jane Tanner? I didn't think that it'd be you," he said in surprise. "I was actually wondering where I should start
searching."
He was impressed that he recognized her despite the face mask, too.
As a matter of fact, Harvey had found out that Isaac might invest in the fully artificial heart project and was going
to poach a certain doctor from Mead Clinic.
Since Isaac was known not to fail, he wanted to poach the doctor before Isaac could, and then put his own money
in the project.
However, he had no experience in the medical field, let alone any contacts he could speak with.
As such, he came here looking like an idiot, and was kept out of the staffs quarters.
Frustrated, he paced around outside when he saw Irene came out, and grabbed her like he was grasping at straws.
"Come with me," he told her as he pulled her along.
Irene was at a loss for words, and simply grabbed the nearest scaffolding.
Harvey had to turn around right then, and when he saw just her eyes and forehead, he blurted out what he was
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtthinking right then. "Irene...?“
He did not mean to say it out loud, but it left Irene terrified.
Panicking, she tried to hide, and Harvey saw the fearful look in her eyes.
Why? What did she have to hide?
"Who on earth are you?” Harvey growled, even as he reached out to pull off her face mask, and was left staring at
the scars on her face and neck.
Those scars... those were burn scars, were they not?
And Irene was supposedly killed by an explosion, with her face left utterly unrecognizable...
"You..."
He almost did not want to admit it even as he was left astounded!
Those burn scars...!
"...You survived?"
Irene lowered her head while speaking in Minervese, "You have the wrong person."
She struggled as hard as she could, but that only made Harvey hold on tighter to her, preventing her from freeing
herself.
"You were speaking in Zidonian to me before, and now Minervese?" Harvey pointed out as he leveled a piercing
gaze at her. "You're definitely afraid, and you wouldn't be if you had nothing to hide."
"I honestly don't know what you're talking about. Let me go." Irene kept on speaking fluent Minervese, too flustered
to understand her situation.
Naturally, the harder she tried to hide, the more she was exposing herself.
By then, Harvey was staring fixedly at her. "You survived... No, you faked your death?!"
Having no choice then, Irene finally looked up to meet his gaze. "What do you want?!"
Harvey's eyes turned red and he wrapped his arms around her, holding her in fierce embrace.
"Y-You're alive..." His voice was choking with tears.
On the other hand, Irene did not expect herself to be so easily recognized, and felt at once feeble and helpless. "Let
me go."
"No way," Harvey said in refusal and kept holding onto her.
Irene actually began to feel uncomfortable just then.
"You're hurting my belly," she said, and finally remembered that she was still pregnant.
Stelling at the bulge, he asked, "Sorry, I didn't mean to do that... Who's the dad?"
Irene glanced at her watch. "Not now. I'm busy-1 still have to work."
"See you tonight?" Harvey asked.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmIrene wanted to refuse, but she could not because she was afraid that Harvey would talk.
Still, she remembered a certain matter and had an idea.
"Fine, I'll see you tonight, but don't tell anyone about me..."
"I know. I'll keep your secret." Harvey naturally read her mind-it was obvious she did not want anyone to find out
that she was alive.
"Thank you," Irene told him.
"Oh, why get so polite with me?" Harvey was grinning broadly. "I'm just so surprised. I didn't even recognize you at
first..."
His mind was definitely clear, too.
Irene was not dead, and that alone was great news!
"I'm going now," she curtly told him right then.
Harvey simply watched as she left.
When Irene was done with work that day, she saw Harvey at the entrance and walked toward him.
Harvey was smiling, but just as he was going to approach Irene, another man made his way toward her.
It was a familiar face, and Harvey's face fell when he saw the man!
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