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.

they really investigated the kids, they’ll find me out. Will they

Charlotte Windt!” Zachary squeezed her chin as he picked her head up. He looked her in the eyes, “If you lied to me,

herself to stay calm, met his gaze and replied with

a second,

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 life! You should be rewarding me right now. But instead, you accused me of

those last few words, Charlotte forced some tears out of her eyes, feinting innocence. Her lips shivered as though

face flushed bright pink from the

creased as his

for quite a

she wiped

Internally, she was ecstatic.

Thank god!

she reached the door, she heard Zachary giving out an order. “Contact Bruce. Let him know we’ve recovered the chip, and there’s no

Ben immediately took

her hand and was about to hand it

while reaching out to take the papers. “The chip’s recovered. No need to look for the parents anymore. Come back!” It

head

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