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.

trembling ceased, and

help but wonder, “What in the world is going on? Is this some sort of joke? Are you trying to trick me out of

Charlie’s bewildered expression as he examined the unremarkable ring in his hand, Nanako spoke up once more, “Excuse me, Mr. Wade,

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

me ever

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

can track down its

over her proposal for a moment,

doubt the owner even remembers it exists,” he

back into his pocket and motioned for Nanako to follow, “Forget about it,

up ahead is where

then, Michelle pulled the car out

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

Charlie,

woman accompanying Charlie was, but she had a gut feeling that it was

was a vision of grace

was a perfect representation of Japan’s

feel a twinge of inadequacy in front of Nanako. The mere thought

help but notice the subtle shifts in her expression and

stuck in the basement earlier,

senses, and was too scared that he might overhear her. But now that

quipped, “What’s wrong, Sis? You seem like you’ve seen a ghost!

flustered Angela replied,

Maybe I’m just a

saw you stealing glances at that handsome guy outside

“Where? How could I have missed it… I wasn’t paying attention

handsome guy who passed by our car

panic, “Are you sure? I

worries,” Maria

next

trying not to be

her earlier suspicion that Angela had

and typed

over Charlie’s dossier, carefully scrutinizing every detail to deduce his identity,

dug deep into the Banks

when she had seen her walking alongside Charlie earlier, Maria had immediately recognized

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