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,

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

She forced herself to stay calm, met his gaze and replied with

for a second,

knew this would happen, I would’ve just gave it to you directly. You’re always so unpredictable and moody. I was afraid you 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 life! You should be rewarding me right now. But instead, you accused me of stealing

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

beady eyes shimmered as her face flushed bright pink from

forehead creased as

lips with his thumb for quite a

as she wiped away the tears before walking

Internally, she was ecstatic.

Thank god!

door, she heard Zachary giving out an order. “Contact Bruce. Let him know

immediately took out his

her hand and was

phone while reaching out to take the papers. “The chip’s recovered. No need to look for the

I’ll head back right

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