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.

 

approached her, Charlotte started to feel afraid. Unconsciously, she stepped back, and even the stubborn look in her eyes

still mustered up her courage and confronted, “Mr. Sterling wants to discuss a partnership with you. If you don’t want to work with him, you can always turn him down. Why did you have to throw something

drew a sharp breath.

trembled as she spoke, “If you act like that, everyone in the office would be afraid of you. Your existing and potential partners would be scared

are not afraid of me,” Zachary growled

her to retreat until her back was against the wall and she had

other hand pinched her cheek to force her to look into his

“I…” Charlotte stammered.

panicked and did not know what she could say to get

tricks?” Zachary mocked. “Or else, do you think I like you, so

never thought you were interested in me…” Charlotte blurted, “A person like you will never be interested

a burst of icy cold

Charlotte uneasy, and she realized that her words earlier only added

“I…have to go…”

like a cage around her.

instead, and the infrared

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