With a tap on her phone, Charlotte transferred a lump sum to his account. To give herself additional peace of mind, she dialed his number. “I’ve transferred one hundred and seven thousand in total. Please check if you have received it.”

“Okay,” the familiar voice answered plainly.

“Goodbye!”

Within a second after hanging up, she erased his number from her contact list.

She couldn’t help but feel irritated. What’s with that cold attitude? Wasn’t he so gentle and passionate just a while back at the hotel? Was it all a pretense?

Where did all his manners disappear to? Not even a “thank you” after she returned his money!

Wretched gigolo!

Apart from that, she stared blankly at the remaining balance flashing on her screen. There was only seven hundred left, it wouldn’t even be enough to buy milk for the kids…

It hasn’t even been a month yet since she started on her current job. She was at a loss on how to manage until payday.

something valuable that she could possibly sell

 

the ruby necklace. Zachary Nacht

could use right now although it’s worth a hundred million. She had to return it to the Devil

other way? She rested a palm on her head and let

suddenly rang again. Puzzled at the unknown number, she hesitated briefly before picking it up.

me, Lily. Are you okay?” a high-pitched

her a while before she recalled that name. Lily was the other girl from the administration department. “I’m fine… How did you know my

it from the HR department. I heard that you took emergency leave today,

“I’m fine, thank you.”

down. Until now, she was still in the dark as to why Yolanda

search for you,” Lily responded. “Everyone thought you lot were trying to escape from

too much,” Charlotte avoided the question.

The company had just announced that she was involved in some criminal activity with Mr. Holt! Apparently they’ve been handed over to the police. We’re all shocked! It’s so scary…” Lily

wonder things seemed so fishy. The way Yolanda had repeatedly confronted

from behind. She thought she must’ve been imagining, but at Lily’s explanation, she was now certain that Yolanda was the

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