Chapter 145

"Click."

With a soft click, the door was pushed open.

I held my breath and didn't move a muscle.

The sound of footsteps came: one step, two steps, three steps, four steps, five steps, six steps…

Why did it stop after only six steps?

This time I learned a lesson: no matter what, I did not move. Intuition in a pair of eyes has been watching me; I cannot reveal the flaw.

So, I was at a standstill with the man for a long time, and I didn't dare to fall asleep, shrinking under the covers. I was covered in sweat, as if I were in a furnace.

For too long, so long that I was wondering if the man had disappeared into thin air, I finally couldn't help myself and moved my legs gently, and then I heard a soft laugh.

The laughter was right next to the door, and in the dead silence of the night, I had the illusion that it was laughing next to my ear.

"You are much more patient this time than last time; not bad, the