CHAPTER 34 - SLIPPING IN UNCONSCIOUSNESS

“Problem in the office?’

Rebecca seemed to sense that there was something wrong with Nico.

She acted quickly, placed her dessert spoon down, and dabbed her lips with the table napkin before rising to her feet.

She walked to the door, passing a seemingly transfixed Nico.

“Where are you going?” He managed to ask when he saw her stepping out of the private room.

“To the office,” Rebecca said when he asked.

Nico rubbed the back of his head, looking conflicted.

He did not want to dampen their reunion lunch. For a moment, he thought of staying but knowing Kara was missing, he could not sit still and take it easy.

He had to see her.

Finally, he sighed and decided to leave.

“You do not have to come with me back to the office." He told a seemingly offended Rebecca.

He backtracked.

"What I mean is, you can stay and enjoy your food. Later, I will send a car to fetch you.” He told her, but Rebecca ignored him.

By the time he came to his senses, Rebecca was walking toward the exit.