Chapter 540

Naomi.

The line rang.

Once.

Twice.

Connected.

“Naomi—” he said quickly, his voice tense and urgent. “Listen to me. The situation isn’t—”

Before he could finish, someone slammed into his shoulder hard enough to knock the phone from his hand. It hit the floor and skidded away.

Chad lunged for it—but a shoe came down first.

The man who had bumped into him stepped directly on the device.

The screen cr