The door to the room opened and a cold draft rushed into the room. A tall figure walked in, its shadow spilling across the bed menacingly.

Charlotte could feel her heartbeat speeding up as she stared at him like a startled kitten.

“Welcome back, Mr. Nacht!” Raina greeted.

Zachary waved his hand and Raina left the room with her eyes on the ground.

The moment the door closed, Zachary began to close in on Charlotte, making her flinch and burrow into her sheets. “W-What do you want?”

“Are you scared of me?” he asked, sitting down on the couch by the window.

Charlotte resisted the urge to roll her eyes. Who isn’t?

“Why did you bring me here?” she asked in the end, trying her best to look calm and collected.

“You were injured during work hours, so I am obliged to make sure that you’re recovering well,” Zachary said. His voice was frigid and emotionless, but his gentle gaze gave away his true feelings. “How are you doing? You’re not dying, are you?”

“Shut up!” Charlotte yelled impulsively, only to regret it immediately. “I won’t be sitting here talking to you if I had died, Sir!”

 

She emphasized the word ‘sir’, as though she had resigned herself to fate.

“Wesley Holt has been detained by the police,” Zachary said as he poured himself a cup of wine. He swirled the wine around as he continued, “So, what rewards would you like to have for your heroic acts?”

without hesitating. “Just give me

care about?” Zachary asked

suppose you’re going to deduct that from my salary? You’re not going to force me to pay for my

and stood

day!” she chirped after him as he walked out of

huge sigh of relief when the door closed behind him. I don’t think he

chip yet…he’ll think that I’m the

this place before anything bad

box that contained the

buried herself in the sheets and opened the box. Phew! It’s still

at her phone and realized that the battery was

chip under her pillow, she called,

into the room just

want to go home. Can you get

that you stay until your injuries have healed,” Raina said with a slight bow of her head. “Do you

They’ll be worried if I

turned on.

to make a call first?” Raina suggested. “I presume that there isn’t anyone around at home to

from care of

want

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