qJust as “Zachary” spoke, he leaned in to kiss Charlotte's ear, but she avoided it by reflex and even pushed him away. “There's a huge controversy brewing now. Didn't you read the news?”

“Just ignore them,” he reassured her. “They will naturally stop in a couple of days.”

“Stop?” She narrowed her eyes at him. “Did you actually read the news? Given how haywire the speculations have become, how can they stop naturally? When you were missing, an internal conflict occurred within the company, with the board of directors trying to remove me. After painstakingly suppressing them, we now have another controversy on our hands. Do you really think it will go away by itself if we don't do anything about it?”

“I...” The man was taken aback at first. However, he quickly apologized, “I'm sorry. It's all my fault.”

“Did Kallum come and see you just now?” she asked candidly. “What did he say?”

“Nothing much. He came to see for himself whether I was still alive and asked me if the auditor could return to the company. Also, he even said...”

Looking at Charlotte meekly, “Zachary” dared not continue his explanation.

did he

inappropriate for a lady to be at the helm and that I should return to take control,” he answered

was Charlotte not angry, but she also lamented, “In the few days in which you were missing, I was flooded with accusations from all kinds of people. Now that you're back, a new controversy has been ignited. The last few days have been the most tiring time of my entire life. If I could, I really don't want to do this. Therefore, you'd better receive

to share with you,” “Zachary” remarked with an earnest expression. “These few days, I can feel my condition improving

noticed the same about you too. Since the poison came about under strange circumstances, it wouldn't be a surprise if it disappeared in an equally

“In that case—”

a blood

Charlotte picked up her phone

don't think there's any need to do so. If she finds out that I've not healed, it might cause me unnecessary

treatment Dr. Felch left behind? We can

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