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.

collapsed face down like a

gasped in shock. A few employees who had just exited

so ashamed that she wanted to dig a hole and hide in it. She scrambled to her feet clumsily and ran out, covering

her, the man looked at her retreating figure as

in a restaurant, but it turned out to be a drinking session at

administration department’s gathering. Why is someone from the HR

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

colleagues. He also ordered bottles of expensive liquor, which were currently placed around the

costs over eight thousand. We shouldn’t be doing this to

then, she could pay for everyone’s drinks

curious. They surrounded Charlotte and bombarded

“No—”

and snickered. “The only daughter of the richest man in H City, Richard

Windt? The one who jumped off a building four years ago?” a man uttered. “No wonder the surname Windt sounded really

I read the news. The Sterlings called off their son’s engagement to Ms. Windt, and then she came to Sultry Night and spent the night

colleagues were staring at her, their gazes a mixture of curiosity, excitement and amazement

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