102. SECRETS

PETALS’S POV

I called Irene that afternoon when I didn’t hear from her for days but she wasn’t picking up. She was not picking up for days and it was getting to me so I decided to branch at her house in order to check up on her before going back to the Villa since I was staying there with the team for the time being. Also, Mei had gone back to school I didn’t have any reason to worry about her being home all alone.

“Is Irene not home? Why is everywhere silent?” I mumbled to myself as I walked around the house but all the maids were absent.

I was about walking out when the oldest maid rushed out, she must have heard the sounds of my footstep and came to check who was there.

“She’s out of town and her phone is not with her. She went on a business trip and won’t be back for a while” she informed me and a soft “ah” fell off my lips even though I wasn’t really convinced

One thing was, even if the world was falling apart, Irene would never part with her phone. Also, she wouldn’t hide the fa