Ryan answered the phone, his voice tinged with unmistakable unease. "Hello, Mom."

Mrs. Clark immediately sensed something amiss in his tone and asked with concern, "Ryan, what's wrong with your voice? Is everything okay?"

Ryan couldn't quite pinpoint why he felt so unsettled, perhaps because of Olivia, yet it felt like something else entirely.

He reached out to press the button for the basement several times, but instead of hitting the mark, his actions became increasingly frantic, mistakenly pressing buttons for several other floors.

It wasn't until several floors were lit up that he finally managed to press the button for the basement floor.

His sudden irritation struck unexpectedly, and...