All of a sudden, it felt like the surrounding temperature had dropped a few degrees.

The man was tall and looked like a Greek god. He stood behind her imposingly and exuded an intimidating aura.

Charlotte bit her lip hard. She was subconsciously holding her breath. Through the reflection of the mirror in the elevator, she saw the man gazing at her sharply.

He looks like a lion staring at its prey.

Hurry, hurry!

Charlotte gazed at the number flashing on the elevator screen, hoping to quickly escape this suffocating place.

 

Thirteen, twelve, eleven, ten…

She counted the numbers silently, her heart thumping furiously. Unbeknownst to her, Zachary was inching nearer to her.

 

Ding! Finally, the elevator reached the ground floor.

Once the doors opened, she scurried out. She was in such a hurry that she tripped and fell down.

 She collapsed face down like

few employees who had just exited the normal elevator covered

so ashamed that she wanted to dig a hole and hide in it. She scrambled to her

man looked at her retreating figure as a smirk flitted

dinner in a restaurant, but it turned out to be a drinking session at Sultry Night. To her

the administration department’s gathering. Why is someone

about it, but her colleagues were present, so she wasn’t about to

ordered bottles of expensive liquor, which were currently placed

male colleague spoke up. “Mr. Holt, this liquor costs over eight thousand. We

grinned. “Charlotte is an heiress. She’s rich. Back then, she could pay for everyone’s

Seriously?” A few female colleagues got curious. They surrounded Charlotte

“No—”

you are.” Wesley cut her off rudely and snickered. “The only daughter of

off a building four years ago?” a man uttered. “No

son’s engagement to Ms. Windt, and then she came to

mixture of curiosity, excitement and

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