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.

 

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

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

within her sight, and she drew

you act like that, everyone in the office would be afraid of you. Your existing

afraid of me,”

until her back was against the wall and she had

his other hand pinched her cheek to force her

“I…” Charlotte stammered.

did not know what she could say to get out

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

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

cold laughter, like

that her

“I…have to go…”

frame was like a cage around her. Therefore, she bent down and weaseled her way out

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

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