Chapter 235

He looked serious, brows furrowed, his mind clearly somewhere else. The moment kept replaying in his head. That girl clinging to Noelle – he recognized her. She was from the Serpaton-Mocrta Alliance Laboratory. A high-ranking 55-class transformer.

Dangerous didn’t even begin to cover it. Her strength was terrifying, and her reputation: violent, unpredictable, and bloodthirsty. Stanley had seen her in the lab before. Back then, she was known to kill fellow test subjects just for getting too close. No one dared approach her, and when they did, she ended up in solitary more than once.

But now! Now she was holding Noelle’s hand, smiling at her like they were lifelong best friends.

“What the hell is going on?” Stanley muttered, pulling his car over to the side of the road. He slammed a fist against the steering wheel in frustration. His thoughts were a tangled mess. He wanted nothing – absolutely nothing – to do with that monster from Serpaton-Mocrta. And yet here she was, seemingly BFFs with Noelle.

“Does Noelle even know who that girl is?” he wondered. “Should I tell her?”

He hesitated a moment longer before pulling out his phone to make the call.

Meanwhile, Noelle sat in the back of Adriel’s car, completely unaware of Stanley’s inner turmoil. She was busy admiring the gift Adriel had picked out for her. Elsie practically dumped the jewelry box into her lap like a puppy bringing back a prize. Her eyes sparkled with joy as she watched Noelle open it.

Noelle’s own eyes lit up as she took out a pair of finely crafted earrings. She didn’t usually wear jewelry – it could get in the way during movement or fights – but receiving a gift still warmed her heart.

“You got these… for me?” she asked, glancing up at Adriel.