The Charismatic Charlie Wade

On the other hand, Maria breathed a sigh of relief as Michelle’s car pulled away, but her sense of calm was short-lived.

Angela let out a sudden exclamation, jolting Maria out of her reverie.

“What’s wrong?” Maria asked, her voice barely above a whisper.

Angela’s gaze locked onto something behind Maria, and as she turned to look, she saw Charlie walking alongside Nanako.

A cold sweat broke out on the back of her neck as Maria’s heart raced with fear.

She quickly shut her mouth and instinctively covered her nose with her hand, terrified that Charlie would spot her.

Maria knew she had to remain hidden at all costs.

She couldn’t risk being caught by Charlie. She felt a surge of panic rising in her chest as she tried to steady her breathing and calm her nerves.

She couldn’t let Charlie find her.

At this time, Michelle drove past Charlie and he instinctively pulled Nanako behind him to protect her from the car.

The two women in the car noticed this kind gesture.

At that moment, Michelle asked, “Miss Lombardo, are you alright?”

Angela shook her head subconsciously and couldn’t help but turn her head to look at Charlie’s back.

She whispered awkwardly, “Michelle, let’s drive quickly.

I’m hungry too.”

At this time, Charlie, who was standing shoulder to shoulder with Nanako, suddenly felt a strong beating in his pocket.

He subconsciously covered his trouser pocket with his hand, frowned slightly, and thought to himself, “Strange, why is this broken ring convulsing again?”

Nanako was originally following Charlie, but when she saw him suddenly stop and frown, she hurriedly asked him, “Mr. Wade, what’s wrong?”

Charlie said with a confused face, “I don’t know…”

As he spoke, he subconsciously took out the ring. As he held the object between his fingers, it quivered as if it were held by someone with Parkinson’s disease.

released it, the trembling ceased, and the object remained motionless in his

and he couldn’t help but wonder, “What in the world is going on? Is this some sort of joke? Are you trying to trick me out

bewildered expression as he examined the unremarkable ring in his hand, Nanako spoke up once more, “Excuse me, Mr. Wade, is there anything peculiar about that ring?”

not anything special, just some random piece of

been carrying it around with me ever since, too indecisive to

returned his smile, “Perhaps it’d be best to turn it

they can track

mulled over her proposal for a moment, his thoughts drifting to

remembers it exists,”

he slipped the item back into his pocket and motioned for Nanako to follow, “Forget about it,

up ahead is where Mr. Tanaka purchased your

the

the sunshine, the two women seated in the backseat breathed a collective sigh of relief, both secretly thinking

their unexpected encounter with Charlie, Maria had now relaxed, while

was, but she had

a vision of grace and

pure, classical beauty of China, then Nanako was a perfect representation of Japan’s

couldn’t help but feel

Maria, who was seated beside her, couldn’t help but notice the subtle shifts in her expression

the car had been stuck in the basement earlier, Maria had

he might overhear her. But now that they

quipped, “What’s wrong, Sis? You seem

Angela replied,

just

buying it, she teased, “Oh come on, I saw you stealing

could I have missed it… I wasn’t paying attention to see if there were any good-looking

tall, handsome guy who passed by our car down in

a full-blown panic, “Are you sure? I didn’t see him… I

Maria responded with

know the next time I spot a

trying not to be

behavior only confirmed her earlier suspicion that Angela had come

and focused, Maria whipped out her phone and typed in “Nanako

Charlie’s dossier, carefully scrutinizing every detail to deduce his identity, experience, business dealings, and sphere

to believe that Charlie was the mastermind behind BAIT Shipping, she had dug deep into the Banks and Ito families, paying

alongside Charlie earlier, Maria had