Joselyn’s face lost its color at his response, yet she persisted.


    She studied Hannah, who was wearing a hat, and said, “She looks familiar.Property ? of N?velDrama.Org.


    Why is that?”


    “Oh? Does she?” Maloney asked, his voice carrying a note of indifference.


    Joselyn tilted her head, eyeing Hannah for a long moment before uttering slowly, “She kind of looks like a bitch…”


    No sooner had she spoken than Maloney, who was on his way to the car, halted abruptly and turned to re at Joselyn, his eyes growing dark.


    Caught off guard by his intense gaze, Joselyn instinctively stepped back.


    “What did you just say? Say it again.


    ”


    Joselyn found herself at a loss for words.


    Intimidated by his menacing tone, Joselyn gulped and stammered, “I…


    I just said it without thinking.


    Don’t mind it, Maloney.


    ”


    Narrowing his eyes, Maloney’s stare became even more threatening.


    Joselyn’s heart raced.


    Just as she was about to speak again, she saw Maloney pull the woman into the car and m the door shut.


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    “Maloney!”


    Biting her lip, Joselyn stamped her foot in frustration.


    As soon as she called out his name, the car sped away right before her eyes!


    By then, people who had been searching the vi for Hannah started to return.


    “Miss Compton, we’ve scoured the entire ce, but Hannah’s nowhere to be found.


    She must have escaped!”


    Joselyn, already upset by Maloney’s attitude, grew even more irked at the thought of Hannah slipping away.


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    “Ipetents! You’re all useless! Keep looking for her.


    She can’t have gotten far! Now get out of my sight!”


    The silence in the car was palpable, the driver focused on the road.


    Next to Maloney, Hannah gazed out the window, breaking the quiet with a casual question.


    “Who are you, anyway? Why’d you help me today?


    You broke the rules, took out some of our own.


    ” Hannah shifted her gaze to Maloney.


    “What are you after?”


    Maloney, his forehead resting in one hand, the other rhythmically tapping his knee, looked up at her.


    “They’re not dead.


    Just knocked out by my tranquilizer gun.


    As for why I saved you…”


    Leaning forward with his chin resting on his hand, Maloney gazed at Hannah.


    “It looks like you’ve really forgotten me,” he remarked.


    Hannah, taken aback, suddenly realized why he seemed familiar.