Charlotte did not continue. She quietly tidied the documents and placed them on the desk.

Then, she cleaned up the bloodstains with a cloth.

With every wipe, she felt like she was wiping her own wound…

“Do you feel hurt because Hector got injured?” Zachary uttered.

Charlotte did not respond and continued to clean.

Losing his patience, Zachary frowned and seethed, “Are you a mute? Talk to me!”

With that, Charlotte finally stopped cleaning and looked up at him. “Why do you resort to violence? Why can’t you talk it out? Do you have to hurt others?”

Without a word, Zachary gazed at her with a complicated expression.

It took a while before he got up and slowly walked towards her.

Sunlight shone on his body. Although it gave his figure a warm hue, it somehow made him seem colder.

 

in her eyes disappeared. Her eyes shifted, and she guiltily

she was terrified, she still mustered up her courage and confronted, “Mr. Sterling wants to discuss a partnership with you. If you don’t want to

sight, and she drew

would be afraid of you. Your

you are not afraid of me,” Zachary growled

against the wall and she had nowhere else

one hand on her shoulder while his other hand pinched her cheek to force her to

“I…” Charlotte stammered.

panicked and did not know what she could say

by resorting to such tricks?” Zachary mocked. “Or else, do you think I

me…” Charlotte blurted, “A person like

icy cold laughter, like a beast showing mercy

she realized that her

“I…have to go…”

a cage around her. Therefore, she bent down and

stop her but snapped his fingers instead, and the infrared sensor on

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