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?

disappear to? Not even a “thank you”

Wretched gigolo!

that, she stared blankly at the remaining balance flashing on her screen. There was only seven hundred left, it wouldn’t even be

she started on her current job. She was at

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

else besides the ruby necklace. Zachary Nacht had gotten it for her back at the charity

use right now although it’s worth a

on, is there really no other way? She rested a palm on

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

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

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

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

“I’m fine, thank you.”

guard down. Until now, she was still in the dark

happened last night? You disappeared without any notice after you left the suite with Yolanda! Your boyfriend never came back either after he left to search for you,” Lily responded. “Everyone thought you lot were trying to escape

I guess I just drank too much,” Charlotte avoided the question.

that. By the way, 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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