Chapter 683 Discovery

“Jefford?”

Melanie called out to him again.

Her voice echoed in the passage, and she also increased the volume. She waited for a while, but still no one responded.

She had no choice but to walk down the stairs to find him. She walked straight ahead, but even when she reached the three-way intersection, she still didn’t see any sign of him.

Melanie hesitated when she was at the intersection.

She didn’t dare randomly go down one of the passages; the reason that Jefford was so confident when he led her here was that he knew the secret passage’s layout well. But she knew nothing about this place; if she took the wrong road, it would be possible for her to be unable to find the exit and be unable to get help.

Just when she was hesitating on what to do, she heard the man’s voice. “You’re finally here.”

She turned around and noticed Jefford coming down from another path.

“Where did you go?” she asked.

“I waited for too long and thought that you weren’t coming back, so I looked aroun