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.

hoping to find something valuable that

 

the ruby necklace. Zachary Nacht had gotten it for her back

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

really no other way? She rested a

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

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

a while before she recalled that name. Lily was the other girl from the administration department. “I’m

that you took emergency leave

“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 her like that. She couldn’t

you left the suite with Yolanda! Your boyfriend never came back either after he left to search for you,” Lily responded. “Everyone

avoided the question. “I’m sorry for leaving you guys

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. We’re all

fishy. The way Yolanda had repeatedly confronted

push from behind. She thought she must’ve been imagining, but at Lily’s

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