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

outside gasped in shock. A few employees who had just exited the normal elevator covered their mouths and

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

man looked at her retreating

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

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

present, so she wasn’t about

introduced himself to her colleagues. He also ordered bottles

over eight

then, she could pay for everyone’s drinks here in Sultry Night. These are nothing

A few female colleagues got curious. They surrounded Charlotte and bombarded her with

“No—”

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

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

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

a mixture of

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