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.

find something valuable that she could possibly sell or pawn

nothing else besides the ruby necklace. Zachary Nacht had gotten

right now although it’s worth a hundred million. She had to return it to the Devil himself one

really no other way? She rested a palm

woven in a deep furrow when her phone suddenly rang again. Puzzled

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

was the

HR department. I heard that you took emergency leave today, so I just wanted to check

“I’m fine, thank you.”

she could. After what had happened yesterday, she couldn’t trust anyone enough to let her guard down. Until now, she was still in the dark as to why Yolanda had ambushed her

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 from the bill, but Sultry Night’s manager told

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

she was involved in some criminal activity with Mr. Holt! Apparently they’ve been handed over to the

Wesley’s partner in crime! No wonder things seemed so fishy. The

thought she must’ve

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