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?

to? Not even a “thank

Wretched gigolo!

balance flashing on her screen. There was only seven hundred left,

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

through her closet and drawers, hoping to find something valuable that she could

was nothing else besides the ruby necklace. Zachary Nacht had

use right now although it’s worth a hundred million. She had to return it

there really no other way? She rested a palm on her head and let out a helpless

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

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

It took her a while before she recalled that name. Lily was the other girl from the administration department. “I’m fine… How did you know my

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

“I’m fine, thank you.”

polite as she could. After what had happened yesterday, she couldn’t trust anyone enough to let her guard down. Until now, she was still in the dark as to why Yolanda had ambushed her like that. She couldn’t remember having done

Yolanda! 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,

avoided the question. “I’m sorry for

Yolanda hasn’t come into the office today as well. The company had just announced that she was involved in some criminal activity with

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