Chapter 564
Chapter 564
Owen: [Don’t you all have work tomorrow? Why still up this late?]
Baddiel: [It’s only 1 a.m., the night is still young! What’s up, Owen? You’re never up this late.]
Owen: [Hey, I remember you guys mentioned a site that could teach a thing or two. Send me the link.]
HotinMandino: [What site? Don’t tell me it’s that one…]
Owen: [It is.]
BaddieL: [This can’t be Owen-must be a hacked account!]
Owen stared at his phone, speechless when he saw the notification: [You have been removed from the group chat]
Soon, private messages from all three friends flooded in, accusing the hacker of daring to impersonate Owen and warning that he was dead meat.
Owen snapped a quick half-face selfie and sent it over.
BaddieL: [Holy shit, it is you, Owen! What do you need that kind of site for?]
HotinMandino: [No way… you’re actually dating someone?]
Owen was brought back to the group chat, and his three friends immediately grilled him again about dating. This time, he didn’t deny it.
HotinMandino: [Holy shit, you’re actually dating someone! Didn’t we promise to die alone together?]
Owen: [When did I ever promise that?]
TheMysteriousDude: [We wanna meet your girl!]
Owen: [You’ll see her. DM me the site.]
BaddieL: [LOL! So even the great lawyer Owen gets the cold shoulder! Serves you right for acting all high and mighty before-refusing to watch!]
Owen ignored their jabs, muted the group, and ghosted them as soon as the link came in.
HotinMandino: [What a heartless guy! Disappears the second he gets the stuff we worked so hard on!]
TheMysterious Dude: [Let him go study, then. Wouldn’t want him getting called out for his lack of skills.]
Aria woke up at eight to find Owen’s side of the bed empty.
After freshening up, she went downstairs and found Pearl already having breakfast.
Pearl saw Aria coming down from the second floor, a puzzled look crossing her face as she glanced at the master bedroom
door.
Without asking further, she beamed and said, “Morning, Aria.”
“Morning, Pearl,” Aria replied.
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Owen emerged from the kitchen with breakfast. Spotting Aria, he hurried over to set the food down and asked warmly, “How come you’re up so early?”
Aria stared at him for a long moment.
At this moment, Owen looked utterly drained, as if all his energy had been sucked dry.
Meeting her curious, slightly suspicious gaze, Owen cleared his throat awkwardly and avoided her eyes. “Let’s eat first,” he muttered.
Aria sat down, her gaze still fixed on his face. “Did you go sneaking around last night?”
‘Or did I drain you dry?’ she wondered.
Owen caught the look on her face and quickly denied it. “No.”
He had been up to some mischief.
“I just… binge-watched a show all night,” he said.
Pearl was stunned. She had never thought that Owen would actually binge-watch shows.
Aria gave him a skeptical look but didn’t press further.
“Did you take the day off?” she asked.
Owen shook his head. “Don’t worry, I’ve got plenty of free time at noon. I can catch up on sleep then.”
“Alright,” Aria replied.
Before long, Owen came to regret it.
Confident that he had learned enough, he was eager to put his new knowledge into practice, but for an entire week, Aria refused his advances, insisting on going to bed early to restore her energy levels.
However, now that Ella had returned to stay at Mayen Garden, they could finally move back.
That day, just as Aria got off work, she received a message: [Ms. Saxon, I’d like to invite you to dinner at Froyer Restaurant. See you at 6:30 p.m.]
Aria instantly knew who it was.
Flynt had been waiting for her to reach out first.
The military hospital was still working on how to extract the chip. Since they’d confirmed Tristan was stable for now, Aria hadn’t contacted Flynt.
But he couldn’t hold back any longer.
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Flynt: [If the chip is forcibly removed, Tristan Todd may not live a long life. If you come, Ms. Saxon, we can discuss this.]
Aria stopped in her tracks and replied: [Okay.]
Owen rolled down the window. “Madelyn? What’s up?”
Aria opened the passenger door and got in. “Flynt Hartley invited me to dinner to talk about the chip. Let’s head over and see what he’s up to.”
