Hearing that, Olivia accidentally let her phone slip through her hand. It dropped onto the floor.

The thud surprised Irene, who had been on the phone with Keith for a while.

She hurriedly hung up the call and looked at Olivia. "Olivia, what's the matter?"

Olivia seemed pale. "Nothing."

Irene picked up Olivia's phone and saw the screen showing Ethan's face.

After wiping the phone screen, Irene handed it over to Olivia while comforting her.

"Put your worry at rest, Olivia. He doesn't know that you're alive. It's time to walk out of his shadow."

Irene didn't know what Ethan had done to Olivia that the latter was so afraid of him.

Olivia nodded, but she couldn't shake off the fear. Her hunch kept telling her that he was speaking to her.

"Right, there's no way he knows that I'm still alive," she muttered.

She tried to persuade herself in her head. "If he knew that I'm still alive, he wouldn't have let me wander out here. He would've asked someone to bring me back to him."

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