Edge Pack earlier, right?”
Caleb nodded with a faint smile. “That’s right. I also hope that the cooperation will go smoothly from here on out
I wasn’t an idiot. I could tell that they were talking about the sale of the town.
Complicated feelings surged in my heart.
What was I going to do?
If things went on like this, something was bound to go wrong sooner or later.
SHR
After bidding Adam goodbye, Caleb and I left the mayor’s office.
As soon as we got in his car, I hurriedly checked on Caleb.
Fortunately, he was recovering nicely, and he looked fine to me. I let out a sigh of relief when I was sure that he was okay.
Caleb didn’t protest when I Lifted his shirt to check if he was hurt anywhere. On the contrary, he was practically beaming at me.
When I met his smug gaze, I felt helpless.
Angela’s Library
“Caleb, you haven’t recovered yet. Why did you come here? You could’ve blown our cover!”
I still had the shivers when I recalled what happened just now.
But Caleb shrugged. “I’m not worried. I’d rather be there for you than not know if you’re in danger or not.”
“What do you mean?” Although his sweet words moved me a little, I was still pissed. “If it weren’t for the fact that Adam was irritated by
Janiya, he could’ve attacked you on the spot. We would’ve been exposed
Don’t you think about your own safety?”
Caleb pursed his lips unhappily.
“You’re the one who left without saying goodbye. If I hadn’t been marked, I wouldn’t have known where you were. Adam wouldn’t have just let you go!”
“Fine, fine, I’m sorry.”
I knew it was meaningless to argue with him, so I wisely changed the topic.
“Caleb, what did you ask Carlos to show to Adam just now? Why did he get so angry?”
Sitting in the driver’s seat, Carlos butted in. “It’s better if you don’t know.”
But Carlos’ words of caution only served to make me even more curious
