Edgar smoothly caught the object, walked over to Cedric, and set it back down in its place on the desk.
Cedric calmly loosened his tie and asked,
“Shouldn’t you be in bed? Why are you here?”
“I just couldn’t figure out what happened earlier, not with the information I’ve gathered on you so far. And as the head of Cloud, I thought it was something I should confirm.”
“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
Cedric tried to act clueless as he took off his coat, but then his hand brushed against something cold, and he froze. It was his father’s keepsake, pinned to the coat collar.
Edgar smiled knowingly.
“Told you, didn’t I? That you’d get it back.”
“……”
“Hope it didn’t crack. Some lunatic threw it around pretty carelessly.”
Cedric glared at him again, but since Edgar was enjoying himself so much, it had no effect.…
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