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.

Charlie released it, the trembling ceased,

but wonder, “What in the world is going on? Is this some sort of joke? Are you

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

his daze and flashed a nonchalant grin, “It’s not anything special, just some random piece of junk I found lying in the

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

it’d be best to turn it over to

can track down its

a moment,

doubt the owner even remembers it exists,” he said

back into his pocket and

up ahead is where Mr. Tanaka

Michelle pulled the

two women seated in the backseat breathed a collective

with Charlie, Maria had now

Charlie was, but she had a gut feeling that it was his

was a vision of grace and beauty,

beauty of China, then Nanako was a

an accomplished young woman and leader among her peers in Hong Kong, she couldn’t help but feel a twinge of inadequacy in front of Nanako.

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

stuck in the basement earlier,

and heightened senses, and was too scared that he might overhear her. But now that they were out in the open, Maria

and playfully quipped, “What’s wrong, Sis? You seem like you’ve

flustered Angela replied, “What? No,

I’m just a

you stealing glances at that handsome guy outside the car

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

our car down in the garage,” Maria replied

now in a full-blown panic, “Are you sure? I didn’t

Maria responded

you know the next time I spot a handsome

trying not to be too transparent but

behavior only confirmed her earlier suspicion that

whipped out her phone and typed in “Nanako Ito”

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

had dug deep into the Banks and Ito families, paying close attention to any information

when she had seen her walking alongside