章 316: Exactly, care

Finally, lunchtime was over. Ryan took advantage of Mia's trip to the restroom to send Alice a quick message, checking in on how things were going on her end.

For some reason, doing this always made him feel like he was sneaking around, like a thief. It felt weird to message Alice when he was with Mia, and even weirder to message Mia when he was with Alice.

At this point, he felt like a firefighter, constantly putting out fires everywhere. It was exhausting.

With Mia, he had to be on the lookout for any signs of trouble, making sure to catch anything off before it became a bigger issue.

But with Alice, it was a real crisis. Even though Ryan couldn't imagine sweet, gentle Bella actually killing someone, the system had warned him about it, so he couldn't just ignore it.

Sweet and gentle, huh...?

Ryan shuddered involuntarily, his body reacting before his mind could catch up.