Chapter 70 - The Phone Number

Catherine has no idea what happened at PHY after she left the building. She didn't even know that an organization was stalking her and watching her in secret.

She was an ordinary person and came from average civilians. Why would someone watch her and target her? That's why she didn't feel the slightest suspicion.

Cathy walked casually to the bus stop and boarded a bus that was in line with her destination. After nearly half an hour of traveling, Cathy got off the bus and walked toward a gallery she had visited regularly.

When she opened the glass doors of the building, a young man greeted her with a broad smile.

"Cathy! I thought you already forgot me after leaving your letter to V."

Cathy smiled back equally broadly and walked over to Frank's desk job.

"Sorry, I've been abroad for the past two weeks. Also.... my younger siblings preferred to go to an amusement park or zoo rather than a boring gallery."

"Boring??" Frank exclaimed, barely believing what he was hearing while putting on a hurt expression making Cathy panic.

"Sorry... sorry... that's not what I meant," replied Cathy hurriedly, afraid to offend Frank. "They are still kids.. well, actually not children anymore, but still... they are still kids. They prefer to play than study. I'm sorry."

Frank smiled and almost laughed with amusement at the excessive guilt on her face. After making sure Frank no longer felt sad or disappointed, Cathy gave the gift that contained the same as the one she gave to Steve.

"My sisters and I made it. I hope you like it. You can eat it with your colleagues."

"Oh?"

Instantly Cathy felt something strange about the man's gaze on her.

"What's wrong?" Cathy could not hold back her curiosity, so she asked the man curiously. "You don't like it?"

"Ah, no. I like it. Thank you." For a moment, Frank did not say anymore, and somehow the atmosphere between the two of them became awkward.

What was that man thinking? Why did that man suddenly become quiet? Cathy asked silently, pondering if she made some mistake.

Well, Cathy didn't care about it and shifted her gaze across the room that she could see. Or rather, she was trying to find a figure.

Would she see that person who once said frequently visited the gallery to be with a friend? Cathy didn't want to admit it, but her heart had been looking for the handsome black-haired man without realizing it.

"Looks like you are looking for something?" guessed Frank made Cathy jump out of her skin. 

Frank saw the blush on Cathy's cheeks and was confused by it. At first, he thought this girl had a special feeling for him because she gave him the homemade baking.

He knew Vincent was in love... and the girl that caught his best friend's eyes was none other than the girl who sat across him. Because of that, he kept looking for ways to distance himself from the girl without hurting her.

Vincent would have killed him if he found out that he had hurt her feelings, no matter whether he was on purpose or not.

But the next second, he saw Cathy looking nervous and hoping to find someone. When he asked, the girl's cheeks blushed. What is the girl thinking right now?

"Is it possible... there is someone you want to meet?" Frank asked carefully. "I don't mind helping if you want to meet him."

Cathy looked straight into his eyes as if judging whether what he was saying was serious or just a gentle word to comfort him.

"I guess there's no need. We've found other photographers, and our new hotel commercial has been showing too."

It took two seconds for Frank to understand Cathy's sentence. It turned out that this girl is talking about V, who she once wanted to recruit to become the new hotel photographer.

He had hoped that the girl would look for Vincent so he could get his best friend out of his base.

Vincent has been languishing in their main base for days investigating the man who deleted all the photos on his phone and CCTV cameras in Pina. Previously, their whereabouts were almost traced by Benjamin Paxton, making Vincent the one who had to intervene himself to make a wise decision where their identities were unknown but also did not harm Benjamin.

While installing a virus, they realized that someone had deleted all the CCTV footage that captures Catherine. Not only that... Catherine's number and the girl's photos disappeared from his phone and laptop. After being investigated, the hotel staff at Pina also experienced the same thing.

Their togetherness photos were still on their phones, but all the images Catherine has in it were gone entirely as if the girl never took pictures with them. Even the girl's phone number wasn't there, as if they had never saved Cathy's phone number.

This frustrated Vincent, and he kept trying to track down this mysterious person without any results.

Frank and his friends have lost their minds to get their friend to stop investigating, even though they also feel annoyed at not being able to penetrate the culprit's defense system behind this incident.

"Ah, I see. Then who are you looking for?"

"No one." replied the girl, curtly, wearing a flat expression. "Oh, I'm almost late. I promised to accompany my sisters to Aquamarsh. I'll come again. See you, Frank."

"Wait, Cathy." Frank's call succeeded in keeping Cathy from opening the glass doors of the gallery building. After hesitating for a moment, Frank finally asked, "I realize we haven't exchanged phone numbers yet. Can I ask for yours?"

"Sure," answered Cathy smiling.

Frank handed the paper and pen to Cathy. He purposely didn't take out his cell phone, afraid that someone would hack his cell and delete the girl's contacts a second later.

"My phone is in the office," Frank stated when he saw Cathy staring at him in confusion.

After understanding the meaning of the paper and pen, Cathy wrote down her phone number along with her full name. Then Cathy went out after saying goodbye to him once again.

Frank read her full name and his eyes widened at the sight of the girl's full name.

Catherine West.

Didn't Vincent order their comrades to investigate the background of this name a week ago?