Chapter 268: Picnic

"..."

Kara was silent for a moment because she did not know how to answer that question.

"Alright, let's skip that question."

Alex changed the subject when he saw that she was uncomfortable.

"So, whose clothes are those? As far as I know, besides Winn, you don't have any other male friends. Is it his jacket?"

"No! Of course not."

Kara hurriedly denied it.

"He and I are just friends, there's nothing between us... I mean... I wouldn't wash clothes for a friend... and neither would Winn."

Alex raised an eyebrow and silently stared at Kara without saying a word.

"....Fine."

Under Alex's observing gaze, Kara couldn't hold out for long and let out a sigh.

"Here's what happened..."

She told in great detail how she met Jack, and at the end, seeing Alex's furrowed brow, she quickly explained,

"It's not what you think, We have no relationship at all, I don't even know his name."

"That's what worries me."

Alex nodded seriously, her face filled with concern as she stared at Kara,

"You don't know his name, and you haven't told him your name either, right?"

"Yeah, I... didn't have the chance."

"But you said he called you Miss Danvers."

"..."

Alex's words were so clear that Kara finally got it, even though she was slow to understand.

Yes, she hadn't introduced herself, so how did he know her name?

"And he didn't get a scratch after you bumped into him, which is the biggest suspicious point."

Alex analyzed the situation carefully,

"He might be an alien like you and show up at your place of work. He even knows your name."

The more Alex thought about it, the more something seemed off, and she ended up.

"He came for you."

"Me?"

"It might be possible."

Alex unconsciously walked back and forth with a frown on her face.

She was almost sure that Jack had come for Kara, but she did not know if he had good or bad motives.

While Kara was listening, her thoughts drifted to the sink. She was still worried about the jacket she tore apart.

As for what Alex said about him coming for her, she didn't care at all.

As a Kryptonian, she may not be as powerful as her cousin Superman, but she wasn't someone to be messed with.

And for some reason, even though she didn't know his name, Kara firmly believed that Jack wouldn't hurt her.

It was a kind of... trust that sounded puzzling.

"Kara, are you even listening to me?"

Alex noticed Kara's distraction and stared at her in frustration,

"Kara, the situation is dangerous now, he could potentially be... hurt you."

She seemed to want to say something, but the words didn't come out.

"I need to investigate him and see if he left any clues."

"Clues?"

Kara hesitated for a moment, then took out a piece of paper from her pocket with a phone number written on it.

"He said he was staying at a hotel, and this is the room phone number, he told me I can contact him anytime."

"That's enough!"

Alex's eyes brightened, she snatched the paper and used her phone to ask a contact for help checking it.

Kara didn't refuse; after all, she had memorized the phone number a long time ago.

Seeing Alex making a call, she quietly moved her butt and slipped into the restroom.

Looking at the completely ruined clothes in the sink, Kara sighed worriedly.

She was troubled about what to give Jack as compensation.

As she picked up the clothes from the sink, Kara was about to rinse them with water when a necklace fell out of the pocket.

Kara quickly caught it in her hand and opened her palm, freezing in place the next moment.

This was... her necklace?

She instinctively glanced down, and Alex's necklace was still hanging there, but this one should be the real one.

But that's the problem.

How could her necklace end up in a stranger's clothes?

At that moment, Kara got very quiet and started to think about what Alex had said.

She could not ignore the fact that her mysteriously missing necklace was in the hands of someone who could steal from her without her realizing it, who knew her name, and who was even stronger than she was.

At this moment, Alex finished her call and returned to the restroom. Seeing Kara's dazed expression, she furrowed her brow and asked,

"Kara? Are you okay?"

"Alex..."

Kara instinctively held onto the necklace in her hand, hesitated for a moment, and then placed the retrieved necklace in front of Alex, saying,

"I found my necklace."

"What?"

Alex paused for a second, looking closely at the necklace before her, realizing that it wasn't the identical one she had given Kara.

This made her even more curious.

"Where did you find it? Didn't you search the entire apartment building?"

Kara didn't speak but instead lifted the clothes in her hand and said absentmindedly,

"I found it in this jacket."

"..."

...

The next day.

After being up all night, Jack took a shower to wake up and put on what he thought was his best outfit.

He took care of himself very well, but he was not sure why he was doing all of this.

He just couldn't help but want to look his best since Kara might call today to arrange a meeting to return his clothes.

After getting everything ready, he sat by the hotel phone, waiting for a call.

He didn't have to wait long. Just after eight o'clock, the phone rang.

Jack quickly answered, filled with anticipation, and softly called out,

"Who's there?"

"...Um... It's me, Kara."

The voice that came through the phone instantly relieved Jack, as he had been afraid it wouldn't be her.

"Hey, Kara! I'm happy. I thought you wouldn't call."

Jack lay down on the bed, holding the phone with his right hand and the speaker with his left. He had a stupid smile on his face.

If there were anyone else in the room, they would surely recognize that stupid smile that only appears on the faces of people deeply in love.

"Um... I washed your clothes... They're ready. Are you free now?"

Kara's voice continued to come through the phone, but Jack furrowed his brow.

He felt that something was off with Kara's voice over the phone.

Without thinking too much, he asked directly,

"Kara, your voice sounds a bit strange. Is there something wrong with you?"

When hearing this, there was a brief pause on the other end of the line, followed by another response.

"I'm fine, thanks for your concern."

"I want to return your clothes. Can you come out for a bit?"

Jack didn't doubt her and agreed immediately.

"Of course, where and when? I'll be there right away."

"Let's meet at the camping park outside the city. It's perfect because I have the day off today, and some coworkers and I are camping there. If you come, we can have a picnic together."

"A picnic?"

"Yes, I'll be waiting there. I have to go and prepare everything. My coworkers are already prepared. Goodbye."

Kara seemed in a hurry and hung up the phone after saying that.

Jack remained with a furrowed brow, looking at the phone before placing it back on the bedside table.

"A picnic? Something feels... off about it."

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