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.

do I do? If they really investigated the kids, they’ll find me out. Will they think I plotted

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

She forced herself to stay calm, met his gaze and replied with the utmost sincerity, “I really did not lie to

paused for a

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 and

out of her eyes, feinting innocence. Her

her face flushed bright pink

as his

his thumb for quite a while before letting her go.

as she wiped away the

Internally, she was ecstatic.

Thank god!

reached the door, she heard Zachary giving out an order. “Contact Bruce. Let

sir.” Ben immediately took out his

hand and was about to hand it

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

head back right

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