After Madeline asked that, she did not get Ava’s answer even after a few seconds had passed. Hence, she was a little worried. “Ava, who is it? Why aren’t you talking? Ava, Ava—”

“Maddie, I’m fine. Don’t worry about me.” Ava’s abnormally calm voice sounded from the other end. “It’s just a colleague of mine and she has some questions about work that she needs to ask me urgently. I’m gonna go now. I’ll talk to you later. Bye.”

After Ava said that, she hung up the phone.

On the other end, Madelin