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.

and drawers, hoping to find something valuable that she could possibly sell or pawn off for

 

necklace. Zachary Nacht had gotten it for her back

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

way? She rested a palm on her

brows were tightly woven in a deep furrow when her phone suddenly rang again. Puzzled at the

a high-pitched

name. Lily was the other girl from

you took emergency leave today, so I just wanted

“I’m fine, thank you.”

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 remember having done anything

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 the

much,” Charlotte avoided the question. “I’m sorry for leaving you guys just like that

worry about that. By the way, Yolanda hasn’t come into the office 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

fishy. The way Yolanda had repeatedly confronted her about Wesley all this

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 Yolanda was the person who had tried to push her

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