q“Of course.” Lupine bobbed her head. “I'll report back to you when the results are in.”

“Mm. It's late. You should go to bed,” Charlotte reminded her.

“What about you?” Lupine asked with concern. “It's almost two in the morning. Aren't you going to bed? You need to go to the company early tomorrow morning.”

“I'll just read a few more documents...”

Charlotte's sentence was cut short when her phone began vibrating. She glanced at the screen and shot a look at Lupine.

Lupine immediately shut the door to prevent someone from eavesdropping on the conversation.

After answering the call, Charlotte greeted, “Ms. Gold.”

“Ms. Lindberg, I hope I didn't disturb you.” Nancy's careful voice sounded over the line.

“No.” Charlotte hadn't expected her call. “What is this about, Ms. Gold?”

“I have some questions,” Nancy stated hesitantly. “I don't know if I should pose them to you.”

“Go ahead,” Charlotte answered.

“I—” Nancy was about to speak when the line got cut off.

“Hello? Hello!” Charlotte said, but the call was hung up. Frowning, she wondered if she should call Nancy back but thought the better of it.

If something happened to Nancy, I might make things worse by calling her back.

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“Okey, Lupine.”

turned to the buyer. “You should drive sefe insteed of driving recklessly. The winding

turned to the buyer end yelled,

the call

what it was, but before they could start talking, the

“But Nancy must've called me because she realized something was up. That's a good

do next?” Lupine

we're in the open. We have no choice but to

Lupine was about to go on when her phone rang. She answered it hastily and demanded, “Hello,

of the restaurant that was transporting some fresh beef. The packaging was torn, causing the blood to splatter on

right.” Lupine heaved a sigh of relief. “I'm glad it's nothing. You guys should return and

“Okay, Lupine.”

turned to the buyer. “You should drive safe instead of driving recklessly. The winding road is narrow. It's dangerous if we were

we understand.” The restaurant manager nodded. He turned to the

was dripping with

him a slap, but Emma stopped her

Jade, the manager slapped the shorty's head. “Just be careful! Don't talk back to

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