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.

valuable that she could possibly sell or pawn

 

ruby necklace. Zachary Nacht had gotten it for

although it’s worth a hundred million. She had to return it to the Devil

other way? She rested a palm on

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

you okay?” a high-pitched voice

her a while before she recalled that name. Lily was the other girl from the administration department. “I’m fine… How did you know

got it from the HR department. I heard that you took emergency

“I’m fine, thank you.”

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

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 trying to escape from the bill, but Sultry Night’s manager told us that your boyfriend had already paid for

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

the office today as well. The company had just announced that she was involved in some criminal activity with Mr. Holt!

been Wesley’s partner in crime! No wonder things seemed so fishy. The way Yolanda had repeatedly confronted her about

behind. She thought she must’ve been imagining, but at Lily’s explanation, she was now certain that Yolanda was the person

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