“All right. I understand.” Ben raised his head to look at Lupine, who was getting closer and closer to him, and he snapped back to reality. “Tell Mr. Nacht that I’ll be back soon.”

“Oh, okay.”

After ending the call, Marino cast a tentative glance at Zachary and said, “Ben said he’s going to come back soon.”

“Okay.” Zachary then made a dismissive gesture.

With a lowered head, Marino left, closing the door behind him quietly.

In the dark, Zachary continued to smoke as he mulled over his emotions. He had instantly realized that Charlotte had asked Lupine to invite Ben out so that she could sound him out.

was a smart man; he should have

Nevertheless, he still went.

he wanted to use that way to relieve his guilt in leaking out the secret so that Charlotte could

everything, by meeting Lupine, Ben was prepared to become a

told Marino to make the call and tell Ben that he knew he had

now, Marino still had trouble comprehending what they meant. On the other hand, Ben understood them

he had gone out in secret to meet Lupine, that meant he knew about what he and Lupine were about

snapped back to reality

was bound to

terms of scheming, Charlotte

delighted to find out that she had done all those to figure out

meant that she was

“Ben!”

“Lupine!”

the first time the two had met in private, let alone on

help but feel nervous

to almost everywhere with Zachary and had seen countless scenarios, it was

cold?” Lupine

so pretty today. With a little

were the words he did not dare to let pass

“I’m cold,” Lupine grumbled.

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