Chapter 440


    Chapter 440


    “Conrad, do you think… Do you think she could still be alive?” Fia whispered, clutching Conrad’s hand


    as if holding onto a lifeline.


    Conrad frowned, bringing up his hand to pet her head gently.


    “She’s dead.”


    He pressed a finger to smoothen the furrow between her brows and continued, “She’ll never hurt you


    again.”


    Fia shook her head, her body trembling as she felt like her nerves were fried from the terror of her


    dream.


    “It felt so real…!”


    Conrad felt his heart ache at her state, and he carefully pulled her into his arms.


    “Fia, it’s all over now. It was just a dream.”


    A suffocating feeling overwhelmed Fia when she thought about the dream again, and she pushed


    Conrad


    away.


    “I can’t breathe. Don’t hold me too tightly.”


    Conrad was stunned. He hadn’t been holding her too tightly, but he released his grip on her when he


    heard


    her words.


    She fumbled around the bed frantically and said, “Where’s my phone? Where is it? I want to listen to


    my lecture.”


    Listening to her lectures would keep her mind off her dream so she wouldn’t panic so much.


    Conrad picked up her phone from the floor and handed it to her. Fia gripped her phone tightly once she


    felt it, then tried to straighten out her earbud cords.


    Conrad gently helped her, then plugged it into the phone and her ears.


    Hearing the voice filter into her ears, Fia visibly untensed and gradually calmed down.


    Conrad carried her over to the couch, then pulled back the curtains to let the sunlight shine in.


    Not long after, Fia fell asleep again.


    He stayed with her for a few minutes before walking out of the break room, leaving the door open in


    case she woke up from a nightmare again. He was afraid he wouldn’t get to her in time if the door was


    closed.


    After an hour, Fia woke up from her nap feeling better and refreshed.


    She removed her earbuds and listened to the keyboard typing soundsing from outside, which


    grounded her.


    “Conrad.”


    Conrad hurriedly turned toward the break room to see Fia standing at the doorway, holding the door


    frame for support.


    He was momentarily startled, but he quickly gathered himself and walked over to her.


    “When did you wake up? Why didn’t you call me? What if you fell?”


    “It’s fine. The door from the bed isn’t that far, and it was okay to walk the distance.”


    Conrad took her hand in his, and she gripped it tightly. “Help me get to the couch?”


    “Of course.”


    Fia had just sat down when a knock came on the office door.


    Conrad turned and called out, “Come in.”


    Ss walked in, but he hesitated when he saw Fia sitting on the couch. When Conrad saw this, he was


    inexplicably angry.


    “What is it? Hurry up and say it. Stop stalling,”


    Conrad had long since forgotten that he had instructed Ss to look into Annie’s background.


    Faced with such a fierce tone, Ss reflexively said, “You asked me to look into Annie’s background,


    and I have the results.”


    Conrad frowned, and somehow he wished he could kill Ss with just his re.


    Ss shrank inward and said, “Why don’t we talk outside, Mr. Maxwell? Let’s not disturb Madam…”


    “It’s not a bother,” Fia said with only one earbud in her ear. She pulled it out when she heard Ss’


    words, then turned in his direction and asked, “Why did you look into the girl’s background? Has she


    done something?”


    Ss looked silently at Conrad but didn’t say anything.


    Conrad thought about Fia’s recent nightmare and thought it wouldn’t hurt to let her know about this


    matter as it might help to distract her.


    “There’s something fishy about the girl, Annie Parker. I suspect she might be rted to Finn, so I got


    Ss


    to look into it.”


    Fia tilted her head to the side. When she heard the surname, a suspicion hatched in her mind.


    “So what’s their rtion? Are they… father and daughter?”


    Fia recalled that Finn had once mentioned he had a daughter.


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    Conrad turned to Ss with an expectant look.


    Ss slowly said, “We’re not entirely sure they’re father and daughter. However, we discovered that


    Miss Parker had recently returned to the country and came to Gryphon immediately after. She has also


    been meeting Director Parker almost daily. Tiger is still checking, and he’ll let me know once he knows


    more


    Fia was stunned. “They both have the same surname, and she came straight to Gryphon after


    returning to the country. It’s more or less certain they’re father and daughter, right?”