Even after some thought, Sheldon did not know what to say, so he kept quiet.
After taking a look at Yesseca, he immediately dialed the number that she'd hung up.
His phone was still usable.
The screen had turned black because the call was hung up, not broken. After all, his phone was a special military phone that could withstand more than a smash.
Soon, the call was connected.
Sheldon asked carefully, "Your Excellency, look..."
He wanted to ask Tremaine if he still wanted to talk to Yesseca.
"Return to Nashaland." However, Tremaine said only these three words to him.
And he sounded utterly cold.
Hearing his words, Sheldon felt a chill in his bones.
After that, Tremaine hung up the phone.
Sheldon held his breath.
After a while, he decided to go back.
Since Tremaine had asked him to go back, he couldn't stay here any longer.
Then, he glanced at Yesseca.
She was still standing in a daze, and her eyes were hollow.
He shook his head and left.
Inside, he was thinking how scary and weird she was.
Preslie came to see Yesseca.
It was because Yesseca had been absent from work without taking a day off.
And when she called Yesseca, she couldn't get through, so she was worried about her.
Yesseca had once told her where she lived. Although she didn't know which unit Yesseca was staying at, she decided to try her luck, and she might run into her.
When she arrived at Yesseca's neighborhood, she had already prepped herself to ask around if they knew Yesseca.
Just then, she saw a figure coming in her direction.
And so she was about to approach them.
However, when she took a closer look, she was stunned to see him.
Sheldon was also stunned to see Preslie. Then, he cursed himself for his bad luck.
Why had he run into two terrifying women in the same day?
One was a woman who had the guts to yell at Tremaine, and one was the one who'd caused his lips to become swollen.
How unlucky he was that day!
He intended to make a detour as he had no interest in talking to this woman who poisoned him with her cheap lipstick.
However, she seemed to be interested in talking to him.
When she saw him making a detour, she immediately caught up with him.
She said with a happy face, "Mr. Lifesaver, it's you! What a coincidence to see you in Agaphen City!"
How could he ignore such a smiling face.
Although he did not like her, he still replied to her perfunctorily when he saw her happy face, "It is. I had something to do here."
Preslie sized him up.
Sheldon could feel her hungry gaze on him. It was as if she had never seen a man, and she wanted to look through him with her eyes.
Just the, he felt goosebumps forming on his arms.
She looked at him admiringly as she said, "You're in military uniform again. You look good in it, just like the soldiers on TV."
He did not reply.
He was not interested in chatting with her.
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