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.

her closet and drawers, hoping to find something valuable that

 

else besides the ruby necklace. Zachary Nacht

felt miserable. The ruby necklace wasn’t something she could use right now although it’s worth a hundred million. She had to return

no other way? She rested a palm on

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

Lily. Are you okay?” a high-pitched voice echoed

Lily was the other girl from the administration department. “I’m fine… How did

HR department. I heard that you took emergency leave today, so I just wanted to check

“I’m fine, thank you.”

her guard down. Until now, she

suite with Yolanda! Your boyfriend never came back either after he left to search for you,” Lily responded. “Everyone thought you lot were trying to escape from the bill, but Sultry

just drank too much,” Charlotte avoided the question. “I’m sorry for

today as well. The company had just announced that she was involved in

seemed so fishy. The way Yolanda had repeatedly confronted her about Wesley all this while was

had undoubtedly felt a push from behind. She thought she must’ve been imagining, but at Lily’s explanation, she was now certain that

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