Chapter 309 Part 1
Author: I.khalid
last update2026-08-31 23:46:43

Monica immediately switched off her phone and remained hidden inside the abandoned office as the footsteps came closer. She pressed herself against the shadows behind a collapsed shelf, holding her breath as the front door creaked open.

Two men entered and began searching through the same cabinets she had already checked.

"Check the far corner," one man muttered. "Frost said the files were moved back there before the order came through."

From their conversation, she realized they were not ordin
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