Charlotte’s injured hand hit the sofa, and she sucked in an audible gasp of pain.

 

Zachary frowned, and there was apparently upset in his eyes, but still, his features were schooled into a cold look.

Charlotte then took her phone and ended the call.

“Be mindful of what you’re doing,” Zachary uttered. “Sir Robert came to my office to look for me earlier today. As for why they were there… I’m sure you know.”

“I do,” Charlotte replied.

 
 

The tense atmosphere had no traces of the passionate moment from a while ago.

With an acrid taste on his tongue, Zachary stood up and left.

 

Charlotte watched as he went. Again, she saw nothing amiss with him. Am I really overthinking it?

No. Something is amiss.

Zachary’s hand was on the handle. Right before he opened it, Charlotte yelled, “Zachary Nacht!”

Zachary halted in his tracks. He did not turn around, but his heart was thumping loudly.

want to keep me

his

 

a cup of tea on his pants earlier. It would be an embarrassing moment if he were to walk out immediately. Thus, he called Ben to grab

Charlotte handed him a

from her, he went

had attentive eyes on him. That’s

door, he squinted

nerve was pressed on again, for his vision had gone blurry and flickered earlier. That was why he had come up with whatever he could think of while telling the children their

had returned to normal. Therefore, he had not knocked into anything else after

about the kiss made his throat

when he thought about Louis, his

place as soon as possible, but unfortunately, his pants were stained. Hence, he had no choice but to stay for

sensed something odd about his behavior. Otherwise, she would not have set up a trap for him in

woman was indeed much smarter than she used to

of no match for him; her witty little tricks

shower, he walked out with the

he could not think of, his vision was blurring again. All that was left was a sight

done?” came Charlotte’s

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