Grayson, who was sitting in the front, immediately turned around to look at me. "Ms. Chloe, are you going back to Nocturnia?"

"Yes," I affirmed. "I want to see my family. This is something between me and Atlas. I won't let him face it alone."

"Looks like the capitalist is going to exploit someone again!" Ryan looked at me and said, "He has a convincing reason, too!"

"Do you have any objections?" I looked at Ryan provocatively.

But I secretly believed that Ryan would eventually need to take o