Chapter 244

Ethan Hunt glanced at his phone and saw Claire Moore's name flashing on the screen. His brows furrowed—he didn’t expect her to still be up this late, let alone calling him. His first instinct? She’d probably been waiting, couldn’t fall asleep, maybe worried about him. So he called her back right away. Claire had already changed and was ready to head to the office when Ethan didn’t pick up. She’d even called down to the hotel front desk to ask them to get the car ready—she was heading out. Right after she ended the call with the hotel, her phone rang again. Seeing it was Ethan calling back, she picked it up almost instantly. “Hey, Ethan, are you still busy?” “Yeah, Claire. You should go rest. There's still some stuff going on here. We’re discussing tomorrow's deal.” “Mm, okay.” Even though she said okay, Claire still left anyway. Lying there wide awake wasn’t helping, so she might as well go be with him. From their call, she figured there were a bunch of people still working at the offi