Judd glanced back at the people inside the room. “Charlotte.”

Charlotte looked up, puzzled. “Yeah?”

He hesitated for a moment, as if he wanted to say more but changed his mind. “It’s nothing. Just make sure you review your report–don’t overlook any details.”

“Oh… okay.”

As she watched him leave, Charlotte frowned slightly.

She could tell Judd hadn’t really been himself these past couple of days. Was it because of what he’d said the other day? Maybe he felt guilty, and now he was awkward around her, not sure how to face her.

Meanwhile-

Mr. and Mrs. Donovan accompanied their daughter on the train into the city. Throughout the entire trip, Candida couldn’t stop fussing over her daughter, rattling off one instruction after another until even Stevenson, usually the quiet one, couldn’t take it anymore. “Alright, enough, honey. Lottie’s old enough to handle herself.”

Loretta stared out the window, silent and distant, as if tuning her parents out completely.

One after another–everyone just used her for money.

That woman was the same.

She never landed a wealthy husband herself, so now she was pushing Loretta into this. If it wasn’t for the money, Loretta would never agree to meet some old man.

The taxi dropped them off in front of a sprawling manor, stopping at the grand gates.

The moment they stepped out, both parents were awestruck by the sheer size of the estate.

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bag tighter, watching the steady stream of staff and security coming and going. She couldn’t help but marvel–so this was

as ever, her gaze settling on Loretta. “Miss

her daze, Loretta nodded and pulled the check

purse.

down

Eight hundred thousand.

Donovans looked a bit

Was that too much?

amount for days–three hundred thousand felt too little, a million seemed over the

with me,”

Donovans shared a look of surprise. That was

into a pavilion where a man

the

staring. That was

young man really the same boy from all

set aside his magazine, regarding

Natalie to contact the bank and arrange the check’s

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forward with a bright smile. “You must be Mr. Howard? I didn’t expect you to

“What are you saying?” Then, turning to Evander, he tried to recover, “You… you’ve

looking straight at

words, “My Lottie was involved back

jumped in, “Yes, yes, those were terrible

traffickers-”

she could finish, Stevenson tugged her arm, silently telling

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