So I checked it out immediately, and indeed, they were old acquaintances.
That day, when Nora sent him a text out of the blue, it made him happy for half a day. But now it turns out he was completely overthinking it; she was just gathering intelligence and had no thoughts about him at all. Yet, like a fool, he was happy for so long.
"Will you expose me?" Nora asked, raising her eyes.
He understood so clearly. He even went to investigate her past; it was naturally impossible to hide it from him.
"Charlotte, you're putting me in a difficult position, you know? Joshua is my best brother, and he's not doing well right now. I want to help him, but if I tell him it was you who helped Avery Jane and that you know where she is, he will certainly use all the most terrifying methods you can't even imagine to make you hand her over. But you know I won't tell him because I care about you, and I don't want you to get hurt."
