Chapter 481.
Chapter 181
Dominic gave Vespera a faint smile. “If you think I’m forcing you, don’t bother.”
Vespera took a deep breath and said again, this time with more emphasis, “Mr. Reid, I want to share my location with you because you’re very important to me.”
There. Happy now? Satisfied? You smug bastard!
Dominic’s smile finally softened into something fuller, warmer. “I can tell you mean it.”
He unlocked his phone and handed it to her. Vespera silently took it and looked down to set it
- up.
Meanwhile, Yasmine, sitting beside her, clutched her face with both hands and squealed internally. Dominic was so in love!
Calvert, with his usual cool, model–worthy expression, glanced at his boss. He was grinning like a fool, and thought, “Real men speak their minds. Shameless? Who cares!”
Vespera finished setting up the two–way location sharing. She held the phone with both hands and respectfully passed it back.
Dominic took it. “Since you’re being so sincere, if you ever run into trouble, just tell me. I believe in exchanging sincerity for sincerity, right?”
“Right…” Vespera answered.
What else was she supposed to say? No thanks? There wasn’t a second option.
Only then did Dominic finally turn back to face forward.
Yasmine was practically glowing. She swore even the back of his head looked pleased and
content.
Calvert glanced over and stared at him with starry–eyed admiration.
Meanwhile, Vespera sat in the back, biting her nails, her nerves shot. She thought that these two were having the time of their lives, completely forgetting what they were even supposed. to be doing.
Would‘
If she asked Yasmine right now what they were doing, she probably blinked and replied, “Uh… sharing true feelings…”
Honesty, did she think they were filming a dating reality show?”
Verrin Tower was a bit of a drive from the hotel, but thanks to Vespera’s casual “Can we go faster?“, Calvert cut the 30–minute trip down to 15.
And that was with traffic lights slowing him down. If not, he could’ve gone even faster.
His final drift into the parking lot drained the color from both women’s faces. Their faces were so pale that even ghosts might’ve been scared off
“Fast enough?” Calvert turned to the back proudly like he deserved a trophy.
Vespera covered her mouth, her legs shaky as she clutched the door and climbed out, only to immediately throw up on the curb.
Yasmine smacked him with her purse, her voice shrill with fake anger. “Are you trying to kill us?”
Calvert ducked, grinning.
Dominic shot him a cold look. Then, casually, he flicked a knuckle against Calvert’s forehead. She asked if you could go faster, not if you could launch us into orbit. You’re paying your own ticket.”
He got out, grabbed a water bottle, and handed it to Vespera, who was still crouching on the sidewalk.
“I’m fine,” she said quickly, rinsing her mouth before heading straight for the building.
The tower wasn’t very tall, maybe 20 stories high
It looked old from the outside, and the inside was even worse. The place felt half abandoned. Most of the shops were empty, with only a few scattered ones still operating.
The GPS had only pinned the building, not the exact location inside.
Their first stop was the building manager’s office, where a chubby, middle–aged man sat behind the desk.
Calvert walked up with a smile and offered him a cigarette. Then, he casually said he might’ve dropped his wallet and wanted to check the security footage.
The man, Oscar Harding, looked at Calvert, then at the three well–dressed strangers behind him. He squinted, skeptical.
He scoffed silently, wondering who they were trying to fool. People like them would never come there for fun.
“Alright, be straight with me. What are you here for?” he asked, firm and wary.
“To find someone,” Calvert replied, casually cracking his neck.
With those tattooed arms, that built frame, and the way he dropped his smile, he looked very much like someone from the streets.
Oscar gulped. “Right this way.”
