Chapter 171

"How was it? What did they say?" "They want us there at 1 p.m." Hearing Max report the time, Emma lifted her wrist to check the time instinctively. Realizing it was midnight, it hit her—she was in the U.S. She quickly pulled out her phone. Local time: 10:40 a.m. "Alright, Max. Let's head over to the area near Shuterra Corp first and grab some lunch nearby. We'll go straight there after that." "Got it, Ms. Grace," Max replied, steering their rental car in the direction of Shuterra Corp's headquarters. Since Grace Group didn't have operations in the States and Emma didn't know anyone locally, renting a car was their only option. Meanwhile, at the hospital— Ethan was still sulking. Ryan handed him an apple he had peeled, only for Ethan to blank him entirely. Even when Ryan tried to strike up some small talk, Ethan might as well have been deaf. It felt like Ryan had somehow pissed him off without knowing how. "Fine, don't eat it then," Ryan muttered, shrugging as he took a big bite of the