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.

fumbled through her closet and drawers, hoping to find something valuable that she could possibly sell or pawn

 

Zachary Nacht had gotten it for her

miserable. The ruby necklace wasn’t something she could use right now although it’s worth a

really no other way? She rested a palm on her

phone suddenly rang again. Puzzled at the unknown number, she hesitated briefly

It’s me, Lily. Are you okay?” a high-pitched voice echoed from

recalled that name. Lily was the other girl from

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

“I’m fine, thank you.”

anyone enough to let her guard down. Until now, she was still in the

left to search for you,” Lily responded. “Everyone thought you lot were trying to escape from the bill, but Sultry Night’s manager told us that your boyfriend had already paid for the entire

the question. “I’m sorry

just announced that she was involved in some criminal activity with Mr. Holt! Apparently

 No wonder things seemed so fishy. The way Yolanda had repeatedly confronted her about Wesley all this while was

night when Wesley was about to stab her, she had undoubtedly felt a push from behind. She thought she must’ve been imagining, but at Lily’s explanation, she was now certain that Yolanda

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