For the last sentence, he was almost whispering, and the others could barely catch what he said, except Zachary.

He looked at Henry in bafflement. Put it to an end? How to end it?

“Let me tell you one more thing.” Henry gazed at Zara in dejection. “I have actually kept a large sum of money for Chris. It is more than enough for you to lead a free and easy life. Nevertheless, you insist on digging your own grave!”

“Stop nagging and save me immediately!” Zara shrieked impatiently. She had apparently forgotten about how she had held her father as a hostage a while ago. Not to mention, she was even exploiting him as her shield against the gunshot!

“Time’s up!” Charlotte lost her patience and prepared to fire.

At the same time, the siren sounded from a distance away.

her voice and reminded Charlotte, “Ms. Lindberg, quite a number of police cars are advancing toward us.

“I don’t care, and I can barely wait

of ear-piercing gunshots. It seemed someone had

had shot his

he slumped onto the floor. He lowered his head as tears

Zachary crouched down beside him to

as she looked at a grief-shaken Henry and Zara’s lifeless body. As a wave of indecipherable complex emotions crashed

in a way, yet the feeling was kind of different as she did not end the woman’s life in her own hands. Nevertheless, she could not reprimand Henry for doing so. She

anymore!

and took prompt action, putting the tense situation to an

pouring the whole night. By the time Charlotte

she stepped into the house with her

took out the bullet for her and attended to her wound at once. “You

how about Mr. Zachary

send you home,” Charlotte told her

Lindberg. Thank you.” Mrs.

Lupine assigned a few bodyguards to send Mrs. Rawlston and a few maids from

in the room, Charlotte’s heart sank as another wave of mixed emotions swept

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