Before he could even properly lower his hand, he heard someone’s voice at the door. Out of sheer panic, his heart felt as if it had jumped out of his chest and started pounding wildly.He quickly slipped Anna’s photograph into his pocket and, as soon as he turned around, he came face-to-face with Patrick.“Sir, did you find it?” Patrick asked immediately. “You took quite a long time.”“What?” Mark asked, startled. At that moment, a flood of unprintable curses for Patrick rose from the depths of Mark’s heart.Why did he have to come here right now?Patrick’s sudden arrival in the office had nearly given Mark a heart attack.“Sir, you came here to take your phone, right?” Patrick said, glancing once toward the table and then back at Mark. Instantly, the detective inside him woke up. Narrowing his eyes, he asked suspiciously,“Sir, why are you standing there now? As far as I remember, you were sitting on that chair when you came in.”As he spoke, his gaze shifted toward the wall where ph
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