The wound that Michael had at the corner of his lips was still raw. However, he did not let that distract him as he took Charlotte away from there.

Her heart was still pounding from all the adrenaline as she cupped the bird to her chest.

Despite having eluded the guards whose silhouette vanished into the distance behind them, she felt neither exhilarated nor relieved, but a profound sense of apprehensiveness.

She felt as though she had done something wrong.

“Hey,” Michael said comfortingly. “You’re safe now!”“The kids are still nowhere to be found, and Mrs. Berry is still at the hospital.” Charlotte was distraught. “Would Zachary harm her if he learned that I’ve escaped? And the children…”

“Not to worry, I’ll figure something out,” he said as he held her hand. “No way that Zachary Nacht is above the law!”

After a brief pause, he continued, “Worse comes to worst, I’ll go look for old Mr. Nacht. I’m sure he would handle this justly!”

“Old Mr. Nacht?” Charlotte furrowed. “He’s a bit of an oddball. I’m unsure if he would help as he doesn’t seem to like me very much.”

frown. “If he wants a successful union between the Nachts and the Blackwoods, he’d have to see to it that Zachary stays away from

out of other options.” Charlotte’s mind was in a disarray. “We should try to locate the

I’m on

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president’s office on

on his door with

before uttering cautiously, “Ms. Windt

over the keyboards as he lifted his eyes. “Come

before he reiterated that last part, “She’s

me that the stupid woman had escaped from the hospital in the full view of so

Ms. Windt took the opportunity to break free when Marino was

frowned intensely, and a bone-chilling glint flashed across his eyes. His hand clenched around the

pen snapped between his

white as a sheet. “Please calm down, Mr. Nacht. I’ve already tracked

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