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.

the trembling ceased, and the object remained motionless in

on? Is this some sort of joke? Are you trying to trick me out of

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,

with me ever since, too indecisive to toss it

smile, “Perhaps it’d be best to turn it over to the authorities,” she

can track down its

proposal for a moment,

the owner even remembers it exists,”

his pocket and motioned for Nanako

lobby up ahead is where Mr. Tanaka purchased

the car

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

with Charlie, Maria had

Charlie was, but she had a gut feeling that

of grace and beauty,

then Nanako was

Hong Kong, she couldn’t help but feel a twinge of

help but notice the

in the basement earlier, Maria had

that he might overhear her. But now that they were out in the open, Maria felt a sudden rush

to Angela and playfully quipped, “What’s wrong, Sis? You seem like you’ve seen a ghost! Is

Angela replied, “What?

just a

saw you stealing glances at that handsome

blurted out, “Where? How could I have missed it… I wasn’t paying attention to

the tall, handsome guy who passed by our car

sure? I didn’t see him…

worries,” Maria responded

know the next

Angela was trying not to be too

her earlier suspicion that Angela had come to meet

Maria whipped out her phone and typed in “Nanako Ito” into

Charlie’s dossier, carefully scrutinizing every detail

Shipping, she had dug deep into the Banks and Ito families, paying

alongside Charlie

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