Chapter 445 - 98 Misscalls (1/2)
”Max, I'll leave them to you for now. Please don't let this show up in the news.” Marion patted Max's shoulder then gave him various instructions on how to hold hostage of the two assassins. She then contacted Endo as she needed to look for a quiet place to detain them.
Max, who still couldn't believe that young girl could handle the crisis so efficiently, could only nod. He coordinated with the police force and the stadium security officers and immediately carried out Marion's orders.
”How is Neo?” Marion asked rather anxiously.
She could still picture Neo taking all the shots with his shoulders and back. Even though they were Alchemists who had extraordinary physical endurance, their bodies weren't immune to bullets. If one of the bullets hit the spine or nerves, Neo could become paralyzed or even lose his life.
”He is undergoing surgery to remove the bullets. The doctor said his chances are good. Lauriel is already on his way here. I believe he is able to treat Neo better than any doctor,” Endo replied. He hurriedly added, ”Besides, the singer stopped by here too, and said she would come again. I'm sure that Neo will recover very fast when she is around.”
”Oh,” Marion just remembered Billie. ”Who did she come to the hospital with?”
”She came with Jean.”
”Oh, okay.” Marion hung up the phone and remembered that Jean had repeatedly tried to contact her but she instead turned off her cellphone.
She dialed the telephone number for the caller ID: MARION LIKES THE ADORABLE ACTOR and waited for Jean to pick up her call.
RING
RING
Somehow, after the tenth ring, Jean still hadn't picked up her call. Marion became angry and she disconnected the call. Ughhhh ... what was Jean doing with Billie? Why didn't he pick up the call???
Her jealousy started overflowing again, but Marion had no other option than to swallow her frustration because ... she didn't have the right to be jealous, did she? They were not lovers ... at least not yet.
Marion irritably edited Jean's contact name and changed it to AFFE (Monkey [German]).
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Jean had just taken a shower and came out of the bathroom wrapped in a towel. His hair was still dripping wet and he was not aware that he had made a girl very upset by not picking up her call. He dressed himself and went to Billie's suite on the 90th floor while carrying a bottle of wine.
The girl was still devastated and Jean wanted to accompany her tonight, hopefully the alcohol would calm her down. It did not cross his mind at all to take his cellphone along.
When Marion arrived half an hour later, the girl looked for Jean but could not find him in the penthouse. She tried to call back but Jean still did not answer her call.