Chapter 123

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?

Where did all his manners disappear to? Not even a “thank you” after she returned his money!

Wretched gigolo!

Apart from that, she stared blankly at the remaining balance flashing on her screen. There was only seven hundred left, it wouldn’t even be enough to buy milk for the kids...

It hasn’t even been a month yet since she started on her current job. She was at a loss on how to manage until payday.

to find something valuable that she could possibly sell or pawn

ruby necklace. Zachary Nacht had gotten it for her back

she could use right now although it’s worth a hundred million. She had

way? She rested a

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

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

the other

heard that you took emergency leave today, so

“I’m fine, thank you.”

she could. After what had happened yesterday, she couldn’t trust anyone enough to let her guard down. Until

after you left the suite with Yolanda! Your boyfriend never came back either after he left to search for you,”

drank too much,” Charlotte avoided the question. “I’m sorry for leaving you guys just like

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 Mr. Holt! Apparently they’ve been handed over to the police. We’re all shocked! It’s

had been Wesley’s partner in crime! No wonder things seemed so fishy. The way Yolanda had

stab her, she had undoubtedly felt a push from behind. She thought she must’ve been imagining, but at Lily’s explanation, she was

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