When Ren finally came back to his senses, he was already out of the game.
The pod lid hissed open above him, and the familiar white ceiling greeted his vision. For half a second, his mind was blank.
Then everything rushed back.
Evie's face.
The kiss.
The forced logout.
Ren clenched his jaw.
He cursed the developers nonstop in his head.
Their timing couldn't have been any worse.
If they had delayed the maintenance by even one more minute—
He cut that thought short.
There was no time to dwell on what-ifs.
Ren pushed himself up from the pod and immediately grabbed his phone. His fingers moved fast, almost shaking, as he searched for a number he had hoped he would never need to use.
Advance Protection Solution.
The top private security company in the world.
