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?

all his manners disappear to? Not even a “thank you” after she

Wretched gigolo!

she stared blankly at the remaining balance flashing on her screen. There was only seven

since she started on her current job. She was at a loss

find something valuable that she

Zachary Nacht had gotten it for her

she could use right now although it’s

way? She rested a palm on

rang again. Puzzled at the unknown number, she hesitated briefly before picking it up.

me, Lily. Are you okay?” a high-pitched voice

that name. Lily was the other girl from the administration department. “I’m fine… How did you know

department. I heard that you took emergency leave today, so I just wanted to check

“I’m fine, thank you.”

anyone enough to let her guard down. Until now, she was still in the dark as to why

either after he left to search for you,” Lily

the question. “I’m

office today as well. The company had just announced that she was involved in some criminal activity with Mr. Holt! Apparently they’ve been handed over to the police. We’re all shocked! It’s so scary…” Lily

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