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.

 

to feel afraid. Unconsciously, she stepped back, and even the stubborn look in her eyes disappeared. Her eyes shifted, and she guiltily tried

while she continued to retreat. Although 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

leather shoes appeared within her sight, and she drew a sharp breath. He is right

like that, everyone in the office would be afraid

are not afraid of me,” Zachary growled in a dangerously low

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

while his other hand pinched her cheek

“I…” Charlotte stammered.

know what she could say to get out

“Or else, do you think I like you, so you have the right to

blurted, “A person like you will never be interested in anyone

cold laughter, like a beast

her words earlier only added fuel to the

“I…have to go…”

wanted to escape, but the man’s tall and strong frame was like a cage around her.

snapped his fingers instead, and the infrared sensor on his

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