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.

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

he picked her head up. He looked her in the eyes,

her heart skipped several beats from the shock. She forced herself to stay calm, met his gaze and replied with the

a

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 and threatened to send me to jail. How

forced some tears out

eyes shimmered as her face flushed bright

as

his thumb for quite a while before letting

lips twitched as she wiped away the tears before

Internally, she was ecstatic.

Thank god!

Zachary giving out an order. “Contact Bruce. Let him know we’ve recovered the chip, and there’s no need to

Ben immediately took

the parental information in her hand and

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

I’ll head back right

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