"Let Poppy clean up the mess."

The man twirled the wristwatch on his hand, appearing indifferent, with no hint of emotion.

Having followed Lance for several years, Ivan somewhat understood his boss' temper. Despite his seemingly casual demeanor, there was a raging fire beneath the surface.

He didn't dare to speak, afraid of angering his immediate superior.

At Cloudstone, everyone feared Lance Fenton because his decisive methods instilled fear. Even if he fired everyone in the company, there would immediately be a wave of new hires.

Because of this, although everyone feared Lance Fenton, they were willing to stay by his side, as who wouldn't feel at ease with money?

The fact that Lance Fenton was the illegitimate son of the Fenton family was widely known among company employees, but no one dared to mention it. After all, someone had inadvertently discussed it once, and the consequences were extremely dire.

Later, this issue became a taboo throughout the entire Cloudstone.

Lance was extremely suspicious and never easily trusted others. When his assistant followed him to establish Cloudstone, he originally thought Lance intended to run the company alone, but he didn't expect him to find a partner.

And this major shareholder was a hacker.

The internationally renowned Poppy.

The key was that this time, Poppy had caused such a big blunder, yet Lance didn't get angry. Instead, he even chatted with the other party in a friendly manner.

What left Ivan dumbfounded was that Lance sent a voice message for the first time, yet the other party actually refused.

Ivan was becoming increasingly curious about this Poppy. He heard that Poppy would be coming to the celebration, and he also wanted to see who exactly this person was and why Lance held him in such high regard.

Royal Garden Mansion.

As Freya was about to fall asleep, she suddenly remembered something important and instantly jumped out of bed.

It had been a few days since the 7th of July, and she had actually forgotten the annual ritual.

She had to go to the mountain to wait for that man.

Even though seven years had passed, that man had never appeared, but she always believed he would come back for her and return the wolf tooth whistle to him.

She didn't know how long she still had to wait. Until a few months ago, the man who had suddenly burst into her room and taken her first kiss appeared, finally Freya saw hope.

She had Ella investigate the whereabouts of that man, but he seemed to have disappeared from the world, never to be seen again.

Getting up from the bed, Freya observed the sky. It was still early, so she could go up the mountain for a while.

She informed Frederick downstairs, and he didn't stop her. After all, she wasn't a fool now, and he wasn't afraid she would get lost.

Freya's injuries hadn't fully healed, so it wasn't suitable for her to drive herself. She directly called a ride service to go to Titan Mountain.

The road up the mountain was difficult to traverse, so Freya took breaks along the way, barely making it to the mountaintop.

At that moment, she saw a figure flash by at the mountaintop and quickly hid behind a nearby tree.

Bradley stood on the mountaintop, overlooking the entire mountain range from above.

Seven years had passed, and he had been searching for that girl for seven years.

Back then, he had vowed to take her away, but he had broken his promise for seven years.

Over the years, he had had Shadow investigate her whereabouts, but because there were so few clues, there had been no progress.

Every year, Bradley would wait here. No matter what, he had to find her and get back the jade whistle. Otherwise, the plan in Solterra could not be implemented.

Several days had passed since 7th of July, and Bradley knew the girl wouldn't appear. After lingering on the mountaintop for a while, he turned and descended the mountain.

Freya only saw a black shadow in a daze, without even seeing the other party's face, and he had already descended from the mountain via another path.

When the figure was no longer visible, she emerged from behind the tree and stood where the man had been standing just now.

She hadn't expected that there would be people wandering around in this desolate mountain range.

However, the figure just now was vaguely familiar to her.

She wanted to chase after and take a look, but climbing up all the way left her body sore, coupled with the man leaving in a hurry, she simply couldn't catch up.

Giving up, Freya sat on a rock and massaged her legs, taking a sharp breath.

Looking up at the mountain range, it remained unchanged just like seven years ago, but she had grown up.

Freya blew the jade whistle, and with a few wolf howls, Snowy rushed out of the bushes.

"Snowy, have you seen that man? Did he come here?"

Running her hand along Snowy's fur, Freya cleaned off the leaves and thorns.

Snowy seemed to understand her words and howled a few times towards the direction the man had left just now.

Unfortunately, Freya couldn't understand what it was saying.

Meanwhile, halfway up the mountain, Bradley suddenly heard the wolf howls, his handsome eyebrows furrowing tightly.

Wolves usually came out at night, why would there be wolf howls at this time?

He remembered the last time he heard wolf howls was at the Austin house. Back then, Freya was being chased into the mountain, and the reason the wolves kept howling was all because it was communicating with Freya.

But now…

Bradley looked up and his heart surged with anticipation, so he returned the way he came towards the mountaintop.

After exchanging words with Snowy, Freya didn't linger on the mountain for too long. She promised to make delicious food for Bradley that night, so it was time to go home and prepare.

"Snowy, I'm leaving. I'll come see you another day." Waving to Snowy, Freya walked down the mountain with a walking stick.

Snowy followed closely behind her, as if protecting her.

Bradley hastened his pace to the mountaintop. There were no figures on the spacious mountaintop, but there were wolf footprints around.

He hadn't misheard; wolves had indeed been here.

His gaze followed another path down the mountain, where he found footprints of varying depths. Just as he was about to go down this path, suddenly, there was a faint sound coming from the bushes.

Bradley's pupils contracted, pulling out a pistol from his body and aiming it at the source of the sound, then quickly retracing his steps away.

He was alone going up the mountain, and if a wolf pack really caught up to him, it would be difficult to escape.

…

Freya returned to the Royal Garden Mansion at 5:30 in the afternoon.

In the afternoon, she had told Rosa that she would cook dinner, but Rosa had started preparing early.

Seeing her return, Rosa stuck her head out of the kitchen. "Madam, I've prepared the vegetables for you. Take a look and see if you need anything else. I'll help you."

Freya walked into the kitchen and smiled at her. "Thanks, Rosa, but I'll handle the rest."

Although she said so, Rosa still busied herself helping her, as Bradley had repeatedly instructed to take good care of Freya. Now that Freya was cooking herself, as a servant, how could she just sit idle?

With Rosa's help, Freya only needed to cook, so the meal was quickly prepared.

One exquisite dish after another was brought to the table, with a colorful and delicious array that whetted the appetite at first glance.

Worried that she might be hungry, Rosa said, "Madam, you go ahead and eat."

Freya glanced at the time. "No, I'll wait for Mr. Bradley to come back before eating."