Obedience No More He's the One I Deserved novel Chapter 406

Chapter 406 Back to the Mountain

Chapter 406 Back to the Mountain

Mason was still worried. “How about I finish things here and come find you?”

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“Find me for what? If we really need someone to pick up a body, they’ll let you know.”

“Ms. West.”

Mason’s breathing was heavy. In the end, he said just two words, “Stay safe.”

After hanging up, Dawn glanced at the rear–view mirror.

The road was getting more and more remote. Not a single car around.

Even though it was spring, the cloudy sky made the forest look bleak and desolate.

Her hands tightened on the wheel, and she stepped on the gas.

A while later, she stopped at the foot of the mountain.

It didn’t look too different from three years ago, yet the longer she looked, the more it felt off.

From far away, the winding path looked dried and cracked, like it had a hard shell over it. The trees on both sides had grown tall, their leaves rustling loudly in the wind.

The simple shack where those two people used to live had long been wrecked by the weather, with only two wooden boards left.

Dawn stared at everything in front of her, her eyes turned serious.

“Dawn, you’re here?”

A voice came from behind her. She turned. Lucas appeared out of nowhere, dressed in a black waterproof jacket, cargo pants, and matching black boots.

His hair was slicked back, showing a face full of smiles.

Dawn smiled and said honestly, “Uncle Lucas, you look a lot younger dressed like this today.”

“Younger? I’m already old.” Lucas laughed and sighed. “It’s your generation’s world now. We’re not that useful anymore.”

He looked up at the sky. “Looks like it’s going to rain. Bring your umbrella. We should go come back as quickly as possible.”

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Dawn looked at his face. “Okay.

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“But how did you get here? I don’t think I saw your car.”

Lucas paused, his eyes shifting slightly. He look

down and adjusted his pants. “I thought the road here looked pretty rough, so I parked on the main road over there… It’s fine. Just a short walk.”

“Oh, I see.

“Yeah.”

Maybe it was his imagination, but Lucas felt Dawn’s eyes could see right through him.

He rubbed his arms. “Well, Dawn, should we get going?”

“Sure.”

Dawn looked away, grabbed her backpack from the car, slung it over her shoulder, and walked toward the main road.

It felt like three years ago when she first came here. Back then, Lucas was still a good uncle in Dawn’s mind, and they walked and talked about old times and how they were doing.

It was mostly the same now.

Except now one was probing, and the other was dodging.

Lucas was clearly not as physically fit as he used to be, getting breathless after walking only a short distance.

When they stopped to rest, his phone rang.

He pulled it out, and his sweaty face changed a little.

“Wow, this place has a signal now? Way more convenient than before.” Lucas forced a smile, clearly trying to cover something up. “It’s the office calling. I–I need to take this.”

Dawn smiled. “Of course. Work comes first.”

She found a random rock to sit on, took out a water bottle from her bag, and unscrewed the

cap.

Lucas quietly let out a sigh of relief. He turned and walked away to take the call, the smile instantly gone from his face, replaced by a deep frown.

Dawn’s eyes flickered. She took another sip of water calmly.

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So he couldn’t hold it in already?

Lucas kept his voice low, but Dawn could still catch bits and pieces.

“What’s the rush? You think she’s stupid?

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“Since I agreed, I’ll definitely follow the plan. Stop calling to remind me. If she notices something’s wrong, we’re both done for!

“Enough! That’s it!

“I’ll handle the rest. Don’t call me again!”

He quickly hung up right after that.

From where Dawn sat, she could see Lucas’s flushed face and the tense veins on his neck. Whoever was on the other end of that call was clearly stressing him out.

She smirked and took another sip of water.

After a moment, Lucas came back looking completely normal.

“Heh… People at the office, seriously. They call me for every tiny thing. Makes me wonder how they even get their work done.”

Dawn screwed the bottle cap back on, acting like she totally understood him.

She nodded. “Uncle Lucas, you’re just too nice. If this happened at other companies, they would have fired people so many times by now.”

Lucas rubbed his nose. “Well, they’re young. We have to give them more chances.”

Dawn let out a pretend sigh, packed up her things, and slung her backpack on.

“If only I had a boss like you back then.”

Since she brought it up, Lucas shifted the topic to Ethan, a hint of probing in his eyes. “I remember you and Mr. Jackson used to be pretty close, didn’t you? How did things end up so bad between you two?”

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