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.

drawers, hoping to find something valuable that she could possibly sell

 

was nothing else besides the ruby necklace. Zachary Nacht had gotten it for her back at the charity

now although it’s worth a hundred million. She had to

is there really no other way? She rested a palm on her head and let out a helpless

a deep furrow when her phone suddenly rang again. Puzzled at the unknown number, she hesitated briefly before

Are you okay?” a

that name. Lily was the other girl from the administration

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

“I’m fine, thank you.”

polite as she could. After what had happened yesterday, she couldn’t trust anyone enough to let her guard down. Until now, she was still in the dark as to why Yolanda had ambushed

without any notice after you left the suite with Yolanda! Your boyfriend never came back either after he left to search for you,” Lily responded. “Everyone thought you lot were

I just drank too much,” Charlotte avoided the question.

come into the office today as well. The company had just announced that she was involved in some criminal

fishy.

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

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