Chapter 529 Just a Wall Away

Meryl’s voice sounded groggy, like she’d been woken up from sleep.

She answered softly, “What’s up? I just dozed off.”

Hearing her voice, Chandler let out a sigh of relief and immediately asked, “Meryl, where are you?”

Rubbing her eyes, Meryl checked the time and noticed over ten missed calls from Chandler, all within the last half hour.

“I’m in the orchestra dorm! Why all these sudden calls?”

It was past midnight and chilly outside.

In the darkness, Chandler rolled his window halfway down, letting the wind mess up his hair.

The cool air kept him alert. Despite it being past 1 AM, sleep was the last thing on his mind.

Dalton’s words from earlier that evening nagged at him, triggering an inexplicable sense of unease.

The dim street lights cast shadows across Chandler’s handsome features, making his expression hard to read.

“Meryl, did anything happen tonight? Did you… see anyone?”

Not knowing what was going on, he could only fish for information.

Still fuzzy from being woken up, Meryl didn’t catch his drift.

“Well, I saw some orchestra members, the lunch lady at the cafeteria, and…” Meryl paused. “Oh yeah, and Felix.”

Chandler frowned. “Felix?”

So Dalton hadn’t been lying.

Meryl really had met with Felix.

Just then, a luxury car pulled into a mansion’s driveway.

Chandler’s gaze followed the car, and his eyes caught the Powell family crest hanging by the entrance.

His eyes narrowed slightly.

This neighborhood wasn’t the kind of place just anyone could afford to live in.

There were only a handful of Kingsdom families in this prime location. The Powell family lived so close to the orchestra! It was just a wall away.

He hadn’t paid much attention during the day.

Chandler got out of his car.

He leaned against the hood, holding his phone to his ear with one hand while keeping the other in his pocket.

He asked casually, “How did you come to know Felix?”

“Well…” Meryl thought back to that night with the fireworks when she nearly got into a car accident, and Felix saved her life.

To repay that debt, she had agreed to treat his leg condition.

But beyond that, she had promised to keep his treatment strictly confidential, not to be mentioned to anyone.

“Tonight while I was walking around the campus, Felix fell from the wall. I noticed he was having trouble walking, so I took him back to Powell Manor,” Meryl explained.

There was a brief silence on Chandler’s end of the line. “And then? Did he give you any trouble after you got to Powell Manor?”

Not wanting to worry Chandler, Meryl deflected, “Nothing too bad. Where are you right now? I think I can hear wind on your end.”

“I’m outside the main gate of your orchestra complex.”

Meryl froze at his words, immediately scrambling off her bed.

She pulled her robe tighter and went to the window to look outside.

Sure enough, there was a car parked outside the complex with its headlights still on.

Meryl’s heart leaped with surprise and joy when she spotted a familiar silhouette standing by the car that could only be Chandler.

She flung open her door and rushed downstairs, appearing before him moments later.

“What made you come here?” she asked breathlessly.