By the time she returned to the Nachts’ residence, the sun had set. As night approached, it looked as though a black veil had blanketed across the sky, making it look mysterious and distant.

Coming down from the car, Charlotte was distracted. Various questions were running amok in her mind, waiting for the answers that could settle them down.

“Ms. Windt,” greeted the surrounding guards and maids.

For a moment, Charlotte felt as if she was the lady of the house.

She shook her head, trying to shake the thought off her mind. “Where’s Mr. Nacht?” she asked.

“Mr. Nacht is at the pool. I’ll lead you there,” a maid replied. 

“All right. Thank you.”

Charlotte followed the maid across the garden to the pool. From afar, she could see a large blue lamp shining at the pool.

 

The light made the surface of the pool shimmer, and she could see a figure swimming in it.

Under the light, his slender figure seemed nimble. Looking at him, she could feel that familiar enigmatic sense exuding off him.

 

Charlotte jogged toward him. She wanted to use the opportunity to find out whether he had the tattoo on his lower back.

realized the pool was huge, and Zachary was swimming in the middle of it. From the land, she could see a patch of dark green on his back, which meant he had a tattoo. Nonetheless, she could not see

she

closer to him

to the other side.

happened next was her running after him as he

face, he gave her a mocking

he was looking at

as she hunched

smile, he lowered himself into the water again and

tattoo seemed to fade in and out of his back, tempting

to leave, but her footsteps

can’t leave. If I don’t find out about his identity today, I’m not sure I’ll have any more future opportunities to

I would have the time nor sense

here, so he can’t

lounge chairs and tables. On the table was a bottle

from the bucket and

landed beside him, and Zachary jolted a little

another piece. Like the previous

out of the water and shot

handful of ice cubes at

cubes landed on Zachary’s

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