Chapter 1998


    Chapter 1998


    Ste, usually adept at handling precarious situations, now faced a new challenge. Jaylene''s phone


    was locked, and she did not know the password. Keegan then took the phone. He paused momentarily


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    before entering his own birthday as the passcode.


    "Quite the romantic, isn''t she?" Ste remarked sarcastically.


    He responded with a half-smile. Then, he ingeniously activated the reverse wireless charging feature


    on Jaylene’s phone, attaching his own phone to its back to drain the battery.


    "Such a feature exists?" Ste eximed, astonished.


    Keegan answered dryly, "If you paid attention to more than just the camera pixels when buying a


    phone, you''d find it has other uses."


    Ste fell silent as he opened several battery-draining apps on Jaylene''s phone to elerate the


    battery depletion.


    Once the setup wasplete, Keegan excused himself to talk to York, leaving Ste alone with the


    phone. Curiosity got the better of her, and she opened Jaylene''s WhatsApp, finding Keegan''s contact.


    She paused.


    Jaylene had saved Keegan''s name as "Kee," with the chat background being his photo. In the picture,


    a thinner, somewhat unwell Keegan sat by a window, bathed in soft sunlight. The text below read:


    [Waiting for you for ten years is nothing.!


    In a typical romance novel, this would be a poignant moment. But to Ste, it seemed disgustingly


    over-sentimental, she managed to control her emotions and refrained from deleting Keegan''s contact


    and the photo. Calming herself, Ste browsed through Jaylene''s photo album, noting the conspicuous


    absence of pictures from when Keegan was missing.


    Digging deeper, she discovered a password-protected album. Tentatively, she used Keegan''s birthday


    as the password. It unlocked, revealing numerous photos and videos of him.


    With her emotions swirling, Ste began transferring the files to her phone. Time was against her, and


    she grew increasingly anxious. She thought, ''Darcie could arrive in any minute, and I''m only halfway


    through.''


    Suddenly, the door opened, startled, Ste turned to see Keegan. Sheined, "Don''t you make


    any noise when you walk? You scared me."


    Keegan approached her and asked, "How much battery had been drained?"


    He noticed the phone''s screen and asked, "what are you doing?"


    "Collecting evidence," Ste replied.


    Realizing her actions, Keegan remarked, "You''re invading her privacy, you know?"


    Ste shot back, "It''s not an invasion. She took photos of my husband without permission. If anything,


    she''s the one invading your privacy."


    Taken aback by her convoluted logic, Keegan responded, "I''m not a private property."


    Ste nodded confidently, "You''re my secretly married husband."


    He was left speechless once more by her boldeback.