“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

Lupine, that meant he knew about what he and Lupine were about to do. If he were to say the wrong

 

was why Ben had snapped back to reality and regained his

little trick was bound

terms of scheming, Charlotte could

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

she

“Ben!”

“Lupine!”

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

not help but

been to almost everywhere with Zachary and had

cold?” Lupine

lifted his head to look at Lupine, thinking, She’s so pretty

were the words he did not dare to let pass his

“I’m cold,” Lupine grumbled.

before he

That way, she would be able to lean into his arms and begin their intimate moment. Then, she would be

was telling her that the inside

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