“All right. I understand.” Ben raised his head to look at Lupine, who was getting closer and closer to him, and he snapped back to reality. “Tell Mr. Nacht that I’ll be back soon.”

 

“Oh, okay.”

After ending the call, Marino cast a tentative glance at Zachary and said, “Ben said he’s going to come back soon.”

“Okay.” Zachary then made a dismissive gesture.

With a lowered head, Marino left, closing the door behind him quietly.

 
 

In the dark, Zachary continued to smoke as he mulled over his emotions. He had instantly realized that Charlotte had asked Lupine to invite Ben out so that she could sound him out.

Ben was a smart man; he should have realized that as well.

 

Nevertheless, he still went.

Perhaps it was because he could not reject Lupine, or perhaps he wanted to use that way to relieve his guilt in leaking out the secret so that Charlotte could go back to the Nacht family.

Regardless of everything, by meeting Lupine, Ben was prepared to become a traitor.

Therefore, Zachary had told Marino to make the call and tell Ben that he knew he had gone to meet Lupine.

Marino still had trouble comprehending what they meant. On the other hand, Ben understood them

knew about what he and Lupine were about to do. If he were to say the wrong words, then he would no longer be able to

 

was why Ben had snapped back to reality and regained his

trick was

Charlotte could

that she had done all those to figure

that she was worried about

“Ben!”

“Lupine!”

met in private, let alone on a dark

help but feel

Ben had been to almost everywhere with Zachary and had

cold?”

Ben then lifted his head to look at Lupine, thinking, She’s so pretty today. With a little bit of dressing up, she looks like a beautiful

were the words he did not dare to let

“I’m cold,” Lupine grumbled.

Ben answered dumbly. It took a second or two before he recollected his senses. “Then let’s hurry into the car.

it on her. That way, she would be able

her that the inside

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