Zachary stood quietly in front of Charlotte, staring at her with his cold gaze.

She was still unsettled, so she dared not look at him nor utter another word.

In her head, she was going through everything she said just now. This is a thorough story and I didn’t miss anything out, right?

“Mr. Nacht,” Ben quietly interrupted. “The chip was, in fact, swallowed by the kid’s parrot. And they did say that the parrot was sent to a vet. Maybe Ms. Windt and the kid visited the same vet, and found it after the parrot discharged it from its systems.”

“That’s too much of a coincidence, no?” Zachary questioned.

Ben immediately lowered his head and backed away silently.

mess right now. What do I do? If they really investigated the kids, they’ll find me out.

Zachary squeezed her chin as he picked her head up. He looked her in the eyes, “If you lied

the shock. She forced herself to stay calm, met his gaze and replied with the utmost sincerity, “I

a second,

might doubt my intentions, that’s why I came up with this plan. Logically, I found your chip and returned it to you. I even saved Mr. Sterk’s

those last few words, Charlotte forced some tears out of her

her face

as

thumb for quite a while before letting

twitched as she wiped away the

Internally, she was ecstatic.

Thank god!

she heard Zachary giving out an order. “Contact Bruce. Let him know we’ve recovered the chip,

Ben immediately

her hand and was about

take the papers. “The chip’s recovered. No need to look for the parents

head

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