Chapter 37: Seeing this scene, Jeff turned pale.

After dinner, Edward lay sprawled on his enormous bed. It had been a long day, and he was feeling tired. He had intended to get a good night’s sleep when suddenly his phone rang.

Who could call at this hour? Edward glanced at his phone screen, and it was an unfamiliar number. He looked at it with an icy indifference, suspecting it might be a telemarketer or a scam. He casually pressed the power button to silence the phone and pulled the eye mask over his eyes, ready to sleep.

However, the phone rang again, persistently. Edward raised an eyebrow. Still the same number. He was about to dismiss it and enable the “do not disturb” mode to avoid further interruptions when he hesitated.

This type of number didn’t seem like the disposable numbers used by scammers or multi-level marketing schemes. Maybe it was something different. Eventually, he answered it.

“Hello,” Edward answered, his tone icy.

On the other end of the line, there was a brief pause, as if the caller had hesitated. Then, a so