Chapter 109 - The Mysterious Room (1/2)

Halia spent another 2 days in Hong Kong relaxing and thinking to herself. So much had happened lately that she hadn't had time to process everything. The Captain was right to give her some time off. By the time she returned to Beijing, she was refreshed and ready to take on her next mission.

But, the first thing she did after getting of the plane was visit Jackson's apartment. After all, she was supposed to keep it clean for him while he was away and she had been gone for a week.

As soon as she entered the apartment, she could smell the familiar scent of Jackson's cologne. It had only been just over a week since she saw him, but it felt so long.

As she was cleaning the apartment, Halia gave Max a phone call to see if he had any news about Jackson, but Max simply replied that Jackson was awaiting trial in an unknown location and he couldn't even get in contact with him.

Halia sighed. Things did not look promising, but she wanted to at least wait and hear his sentence. She knew it was unrealistic to dream of a future with a criminal, but she didn't want to give up just yet.

While she was vacuuming the home, Halia stopped outside the one room in the apartment that was locked. She remembered trying to get into that room before but having no luck. Back then, Jackson obviously had something hidden inside the room that he didn't want anyone to see, but he was now apprehended, plus he had already revealed his operations to her. Did that mean she was allowed in this room now? He did tell her to keep the entire apartment clean.

Halia picked up the keys to the apartment. Obviously, one of the keys was for the front door. Apart from that, she had used some keys for the windows and the balcony door. But, there was one key which she hadn't used yet. Did he leave the key to the locked room for her? Did he want her to see what was inside?

Halia held onto the key and careful slotted it into the handle of the door.

It fit!

She then twisted the key and it clicked.

Halia's eyes opened wide in surprise. The door was unlocked.

After taking a deep breath, she turned the handle and walked in...

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