With a tap on her phone, Charlotte transferred a lump sum to his account. To give herself additional peace of mind, she dialed his number. “I’ve transferred one hundred and seven thousand in total. Please check if you have received it.”

“Okay,” the familiar voice answered plainly.

“Goodbye!”

Within a second after hanging up, she erased his number from her contact list.

She couldn’t help but feel irritated. What’s with that cold attitude? Wasn’t he so gentle and passionate just a while back at the hotel? Was it all a pretense?

Not even a “thank you”

Wretched gigolo!

blankly at the remaining balance flashing on her screen. There was

hasn’t even been a month yet since she started on her current job.

something valuable that she could possibly sell or pawn off for some quick

the ruby necklace. Zachary Nacht had gotten it

miserable. The ruby necklace wasn’t something she could use right now although it’s worth

a

woven in a deep furrow when her phone suddenly rang again. Puzzled at the unknown number, she hesitated

Are you okay?” a high-pitched voice echoed from the other

before she recalled that name. Lily was the other girl from the administration

took emergency leave today, so I just wanted to check up on

“I’m fine, thank you.”

she could. After what had happened yesterday, she couldn’t trust anyone enough to let her guard down. Until now,

Your boyfriend never came back either after he left to search for you,” Lily responded. “Everyone thought you lot were trying to escape from the bill, but

drank too much,” Charlotte avoided the question. “I’m sorry for leaving you guys

announced that she was involved in some criminal activity with Mr. Holt! Apparently they’ve been handed over to the police.

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