“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.

now, Marino still had trouble comprehending what they meant. On the other

were about to do. If he were to

 

why Ben had snapped back to reality and

was bound to

terms of scheming, Charlotte

to find out that she had done all those to figure out what was wrong with

that she

“Ben!”

“Lupine!”

first time the two had met in private, let alone on a dark night like

not help but feel nervous and

been to almost everywhere with Zachary and had seen countless scenarios, it was the first date

cold?” Lupine

so pretty today. With a

did not dare to let

“I’m cold,” Lupine grumbled.

took a second or two before he recollected his senses. “Then let’s hurry into the

jacket and put it on her. That way, she would be able

that the

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