"C—Can I?"
Yannie lowered her head to stare at Riley's smiling face and blushed.
"If Riley's parents decide they don't want her anymore, she'll officially become you and Mr.Lynch's
daughter, Ms.Luna...so how can someone like me be her godmother? When she grows up and learns
who I am..."
Surely Riley would not want to be associated with someone like her? Luna could not help curling her
lips into a smile when she saw the look of self-doubt in Yannie's eyes.She gently patted her shoulder
and said, "She won't.You'd be perfect as Riley's godmother."
The two of them played with Riley for a while, and it was until the nurse knocked on the door, indicating
that visitation hours were over, that they finally left somewhat reluctantly.
When the two of them came out of the ward, having changed out of their protective suits, they
immediately caught sight of a man standing at the end of the hallway, dressed in black.
Yannie recognized this man; he was another one of Thomas' assistants.Ever since she accidentally
slept with Thomas last year, she could not seem to take her mind off this man.
After finding out that she had gotten pregnant with his child, she could not help finding out more
information about him, to a point where she disguised herself as one of his fans to join several of his
fan clubs.
Because of this, she knew all of the people working for him—his manager, assistants, secretaries,
driver, and so on—down to their looks and their respective job scopes.
This man, who was standing at the end of the hallway, was named Xander Jobbs.
Half a year ago, he had been fired from the position of Thomas' assistant because of a mistake he
committed during work.
However, according to some rumors circulating in the fan clubs, Xander had always been an
exceptional assistant, so he could not have been fired for a minor mistake.
It was more likely that Thomas wanted Xander to do some highly sensitive underground work, so he
fired him beforehand to reduce his association with him should be exposed in the future.
In the past, Yannie would never believe rumors like this because she had thought Thomas was a
handsome, kind, and honest man who would never send his assistant on illegal, dangerous missions.
However...
After being exposed to Thomas' true colors that morning, Yannie could not help thinking that this rumor
was true.
Xander must have been helping Thomas do his dirty work all this while.
Otherwise, why would Xander appear in Merchant City at the same time Thomas had? However...
Yannie furrowed her brows as she glanced at the man.Since Xander was still working for Thomas
secretly, what was he doing here at the hospital? Not only that, but he had appeared at the ICU, where
the inflow and outflow of visitors were strictly monitored.
Was one of Xander's family hospitalized here, or perhaps Thomas'? Or perhaps...Thomas had sent him
here to follow her and Luna?
"What're you looking at?"
Luna caught sight of Yannie staring at the end of the hallway blankly.She furrowed her brows and
glanced rather quizzically at the now empty hallway.
"What's wrong?"
Yannie immediately snapped out of her stupor.She glanced at the spot where Xander had been
standing, frowning.
No one was there anymore.The man had disappeared.For a split second, Yannie could not help
wondering if the man had existed at all or had she simply mistaken someone else for him.
"What's wrong?" Luna asked again, growing slightly concerned by the dumbfounded look on Yannie's
face.
Yannie shook her head.
"Nothing.I was just zoning out."
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