Chapter 950

Richard was about to speak, but Thalassa beat him to it. “Richard, you guys go on ahead. I can catch a cab back home,” she said. She could tell that Charlotte meant the world to Richard. Whenever he looked at Charlotte, his eyes would soften with affection.

When you like someone, it’s impossible to hide the fondness in your gaze.

Thalassa didn’t want to be the reason for any discord between Richard and Charlotte.

With that, she walked to the curb to wait for a ride.

Seeing Charlotte’s outright refusal to let him drive Thalassa home, even threatening to cut ties with him, and Thalassa’s insistence on not being chauffeured by him, Richard gave in. With a mix of exasperation and endearment, he said to Charlotte, “I can never win with you. When will you ever change that stubborn streak of yours?”

“If changed, would I still be Charlotte?” she retorted with a roll of her eyes.

if Charlotte were to lose that naive, adorably clueless part of her, would she still be the Charlotte he knew?

he took the lead towards his car. Charlotte glanced back at Thalassa, who was still waiting at the curb, then followed Richard, her heels

road, watching as Richard drove off with Charlotte, the car disappearing near

As Richard had mentioned, it was peak travel

to wait, confident that a ride

her waist from behind. Startled, she struggled, but the person’s other hand pressed a cloth over her mouth.

strange fragrance that quickly invaded her nostrils and filled her lungs. She tried to expel the odd smell

stranger was strong, unmistakably

her mouth was sealed shut, her cries muffled.

it only took a few seconds for her body to weaken, her head to grow heavy, and darkness to engulf her vision as she lost

events before she passed out, sending a wave of shock and fear through her. She snapped open her eyes to find a circular chandelier above, surrounded by buzzing mosquitoes and fluttering

squinted against the light, and then she heard

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