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 she could possibly sell or pawn off for some quick

 

there was nothing else besides the ruby necklace. Zachary Nacht had gotten it for her

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

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

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

a high-pitched voice echoed

was the other girl from

heard that you took emergency leave today, so I just wanted to check up on

“I’m fine, thank you.”

what had happened yesterday, she couldn’t trust anyone enough to let her guard down. Until now, she was still in the

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 Night’s manager told us that your boyfriend had already paid for

I just drank too much,” Charlotte avoided the

today as well. 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.

in crime! No wonder things seemed so fishy. The way Yolanda had repeatedly

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

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