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.

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

and he couldn’t help but wonder, “What in the world is going on? Is this some sort of

examined the unremarkable ring in his hand, Nanako spoke up once more, “Excuse

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

with me ever since, too indecisive to toss

it’d be best to turn

they can track down

over her proposal for a moment, his thoughts drifting

even remembers

and motioned for

elevator lobby up ahead is where Mr.

pulled the car

breathed a collective sigh of relief, both secretly thinking how close of a call that

rattled by their unexpected encounter with Charlie, Maria had now relaxed,

was, but she had a gut feeling

grace and beauty, unmatched

of China, then Nanako was a perfect representation of Japan’s intellectual and

couldn’t help but feel a twinge of inadequacy

but notice the subtle shifts

the basement earlier, Maria had

was too scared that he might overhear her. But now that they

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

flustered Angela replied,

I’m just a bit

you stealing glances at that handsome guy outside

could I have missed it… I wasn’t

tall, handsome guy who passed by our car down in

sure?

worries,” Maria responded

you know the next time I

not to be too

behavior only confirmed her earlier suspicion that Angela had come

and typed

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

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

had seen her walking alongside Charlie

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