Chapter 113

Zimmer was on his way to Christine's tent when he spotted a messenger bird circling overhead.

"Kee-eek!"

He let out a long whistle and held out his arm, and a pigeon dropped down onto it.

The color of the message tube was green — word from Greenhill.

Hoping it might be news of Adele, he hurried to open it.

"No way...!"

Just as he'd expected, it was about her.

Except — astonishingly — it said she was living with Mark.

And more than that, she was pregnant...

"A messenger bird?"

Christine's voice made Zimmer jump, and he spun around.

"Commander!"

He hid the message tube before he even realized he was doing it, but there was no escaping that sharp gaze of his.

"Smuggling out military secrets behind my back?"

"Ha — ha. Of course not."

Zimmer laughed awkwardly, unable to bring himself to hand the tube over.

Christine's eyes,…