The air around him seemed to carry a heavy tension. Yet Simon's expression remained calm, devoid of any visible emotion. He even casually scrolled through his list of missed calls, as if he were checking some mundane notification. But when his gaze landed on Amelia's missed call, his fingers paused abruptly. Her call came just a few minutes before Brian Johnson sent that photo—meaning Amelia had called him right before she was taken. Simon's grip on his phone tightened instinctively. At that moment, his phone rang again. He answered, his face dark with suppressed unease. "Simon! Miss Clarke's in trouble!" Raymond's voice trembled with panic, unable to maintain any disguise of composure. Simon lowered his eyelids slightly, hiding the chilling coldness that fl

