Maryn would love to hop, skip, and jump her way to greet her Prince harming. But she opted to play it cool. After all, she had to play hard to get.
When she walked to the entrance, she found no one. "Who's looking for me?"
"It's this madam here," a staff member said.
Maryn turned around to see a prim and proper woman sitting by the counter. The woman greeted her, "Hi, Ms. Kamily. I'm looking for you. Have you seen Chris lately?"
Maryn was taken aback. She then asked the woman in a hushed tone, "You know Chris too?"
"Yes, and I know you bought a talisman from him several days ago," the woman answered feebly.
Maryn turned flustered. How did the woman know what she did? "I haven't seen Chris lately. Not after I bought the talisman."
"I see. I'll get going then."
As the woman wobbled out of the shop, Maryn couldn't help but wonder who she was. Many rich clients visited the shop. But not this mysterious woman. All of a sudden, something else dawned on Maryn. The woman was asking if she had met Chris or not. Did that mean Chris was missing? That he ran away with the money?
Maryn immediately headed to where Chris lived in Yule Bay. She came to find that all his belongings were strewn on the floor. As if a nasty fight broke out here.
Maryn trembled in fury. She had been scammed. She called the police right away. "Sir, I would like to report a scammer! He took 500,000 dollars from me!"
Meanwhile, far away from Miralaea, Chris felt a chill down his spine.
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