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Allison's pulse quickened as her chin was held in place, her gaze locked with his predatory glare. His eyes
weren't just looking at her — they were dissecting her, peeling back layers of artifice with an intensity that sent
shivers racing down her spine.
“Yes... yes,” she stammered, her voice trembling as though weighed down by the heaviness of his scrutiny.
She knew what he was looking for. Any flicker of a lie, any shimmer of deception — a glimmer of a hidden lens
tucked in the depths of her eyes.
Tilting her head slightly, she mustered a pitiable expression, her lips quivering with just the right touch of fear.
“I thought you were asking about that incident earlier, which is why I lied. But | swear, | don’t know anything
about assassins.”
Their faces lingered close — too close — and their mingled breaths wove an invisible thread between them.
From the outside, the tableau might have carried a hint of intimacy in these researchers’ eyes. After all, their
boss never got close to women. Everyone knew that.
However, the reality was as far from affection as one could imagine.
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Verruckt’s aura wasn’t one of romance; it was danger personified, a presence so heavy that it warped the air
around him, leaving those nearby suffocated under its weight.
The tension shattered as the security team, who had gone to check the surveillance footage, returned, their
footsteps echoing ominously. One stepped forward, his voice tentative. “Mr. Shaw, the footage confirms that
Alice did enter the break room. However, due to the power outage, there's no recording of her leaving. The
footage surrounding the power failure wasn’t saved either.”
Verruckt’s jaw tightened, his irritation rolling off him in palpable waves.
“Recover the footage,” he snapped, his tone leaving no room for debate.
“Yes, sir.”
Jareth, ever attuned to the tempest brewing within his boss, sensed the gathering storm. A volatile Verruckt was
a dangerous Verruckt, and Jareth had no intention of becoming collateral damage. He turned sharply to the
surrounding researchers, his voice a whip-crack.
“Did any of you see Alice using the microwave?”
Allison, seizing her chance, let her
gaze flit to the Egan
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The researchers exchanged glances,
unease blooming like weeds. Her
earlier remark in the break rooms
“Why do you kegp\stafiny at Re? Do |
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surfaced in their minds, and in
hindsight, she seemed less like an
assassin and more like a pretty but
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