Chapter 1269
| breathed a long sigh of relief. When | was ready to go home, | saw the seafood restaurant across the street and
felt a stuffy sensation in my heart When Theo called me, | hung up straight away because | did not really want to
answer it.
Forget it. Maybe | should take a walk before | headed back.
It would be easy for Theo and | to get into an argument if | headed back now without relieving my frustrations.
| wandered leisurely on the streets.
The sky was gloomy, and dark clouds loomed over my head. After a few strikes of thunder, the sky started
drizzling. It was not exactly a drizzle because my clothes were soon soaked.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt
| ran into an alley but could not find the way out. | felt a little flustered after a short while.
Just as | was ready to take out my phone to use the GPS, a man appeared in front of me.
| looked at him, and after freezing for several seconds, a nappeared in my head.
Franky!
What was he doing here?
| clasped my hands together and forced myself to calm down. | greeted him, “It's been a while.”
He looked at me, his black eyes were so dark it could ooze out a drop of ink. "It's been a while, Ms. Lane.”
This was afrisolated place, and ~~ coupled \ with the rain, basically | no- one would chere. | would be
Iving.if | said that | was not afraid at this very moment. t6 -
Although I tried to stay calm, | was still shivering from fear.
Seeing that he was merely staring atwithout saying a word, | took a deep breath and asked, "What are you
doing here?"
There was a strike of thunder in the sky, and | trembled in shock.
"Stop running around. Milan is here. Our lair has been swept, causing him to suffer huge losses. If he finds you
guys, then it'll be over for you." He turned around to leave after saying that.
| subconsciously called out to him, Franky.”
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm
He stopped in his tracks and turned around to look at me
‘How are you?” | did not know why: ~ they werein the country. Even - though! was dying to know, hee might not
tell me. However, | still wanted to give it a try. Content ~
I'm fine.”
He did not want to say much toand left after saying that.
| stood in the alley for several ~ minutes. The rain was getting _ heavier. Just as | planned to pull'up the GPS to
get out of here, am umbrella appeared over my “head.
| looked at the man behind me. It was the bodyguard Theo had sent to follow me.
| asked him, “That man earlier... Did he followfor a very long time?" &