Chapter 220


    "Therefore, can you pretend nothing happened on this ne and continue doing what you''re supposed


    to? 1’


    The captain nodded without hesitation. He held a trembling hand out and said, "There''s no way I''ll turn


    down your request. May I shake your hand?"


    Edward shrugged and nodded. He rxed a little and said, "If you''re willing, I can take a photo with


    you."


    The captain''s face glowed with excitement. His lips were trembling so badly that he couldn''t say a


    word, and he''d even teared up. He shuffled over to Edward, then pulled out his phone with trembling


    hands and snapped a blurry photo.


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    Darius saw that there was no way to tell who was in the photo, so he smiled helplessly and took the


    phone from the captain.


    Then, he aimed the camera at them and said, "Let''s take another photo. The other one was blurred."


    Bridget walked over to Erin''s side, his hands behind his back as she gaped at the scene before them. It


    felt so surreal. When Erin heard how uneven her breathing was, she knew Bridget was shocked. She


    turned to look at


    Bridget and said, "There''s no need to be surprised. Mr. Reid must have his reasons for doing this. All


    we have to do is wait, and our questions will eventually be answered. You’re being too obvious, and


    that''s not a good thing for Mr. Reid."


    Erin tried to keep her voice as low as possible so only Darius and Bridget heard her. A trace of surprise


    shed in Darius’ eyes. He nced at Erin without anyone noticing, then put a hand behind his back


    before sliding the phone back into the captain''s pocket. "Alright, it''s time for you to get back to work. I


    don''t think you need to worry about Kate. She''s fine now."


    Kate was still shocked. She never would''ve expected someone who''d been extremely loyal to her


    father only to have eyes for Edward. Still, she was happy about this. After all, she wanted her staff to


    treat Darius as well as she did. Though the captain hadn''t been nice to Darius, he practically worshiped


    Edward, which was good enough. At least it wouldn’t make things between him and Darius too


    awkward. She buried this thought deep in her mind, but the look in her eyes betrayed her.


    The captain wanted to continue speaking with Edward, but he knew not to be greedy. He forced himself


    to turn around and walk away from Edward.


    Darius narrowed his eyes. He was running out of patience. If the captain didn''t snap out of it, he would


    say something nasty.


    Fortunately, the cabin crew didn’t allow that to happen. The captain only took a few steps when one of


    the flight attendants ran up to him and whispered something into his ear. Darius heard her clearly as an


    enlightened martial artist, but no one else did.


    She said, "Captain, the ne''s about tond. You have to return to the cockpit immediately."


    The captain didn''t say anything but quickly headed for the cockpit. Darius wanted to see this, so he


    didn''t say anything. He merely sat down in his seat and looked at Kate. "We should all sit down,


    shouldn’t we? The ne should bending soon."


    Kate checked the time and nodded. "Yes, you''re right." Then, she sat down.


    Erin took her seat next to Darius, then started breathing deeply. Darius nced at her, making her


    nervous. She smiled and said, "Mr. Reid, I''m always like this when it''s almost time tond. Flying


    always exhausts me."


    She thought Darius was going to reprimand her, but she was wrong. He merely smiled and said lightly,


    "I thought you''d be tired because of everything that’s happened. In fact, you were working hard before


    we boarded."


    Kate had never heard him use such a gentle tone before, and without even realizing what she was


    doing, she quickly whipped her head around to re daggers at Erin. She''d even opened her mouth to


    warn her off, but her rationality kicked in at this point and stopped her. After a short pause, she turned


    back around.


    Erin had caught her death re, but she didn''t say anything. Darius sensed the change in atmosphere


    and narrowed his eyes- this wasn''t something he wanted to see. Neither of these women belonged to


    him, and he didn''t want to waste time smoothing things out between them, but it seemed that he didn''t


    have a choice. However, he didn''t say anything since Kate hadn''t acted.


    When the nended, he took a deep breath. This was his first time feeling mentally exhausted after


    returning to the Reid Consortium, so the moment they could get off the ne, he got to his feet and


    strode off without a word.


    This was Erin''s first time receiving such treatment.