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!

at the remaining balance flashing on her screen. There was only seven hundred left, it wouldn’t even be enough to buy

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

valuable that she could possibly sell or pawn off for some

there was nothing else besides the ruby necklace. Zachary Nacht had

felt miserable. The ruby necklace wasn’t something she could use right now although it’s worth a hundred million. She had to return it to

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

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

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

she recalled that name. Lily was the other girl from

took emergency leave today,

“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

he left to search for you,” Lily responded. “Everyone thought you lot were trying to escape from the bill, but Sultry

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

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 Mr. Holt! Apparently they’ve been handed over to

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