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

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

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

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

carrying it around with me ever since, too indecisive to

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

they can track down its rightful

mulled over her proposal for a moment, his

remembers

and motioned

lobby up ahead is where Mr.

Michelle pulled the car

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

unexpected encounter with Charlie, Maria had now relaxed, while Angela remained a bit

know who the woman accompanying Charlie was, but

was a vision of grace and beauty, unmatched among Asian

was a perfect representation of Japan’s

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

beside her, couldn’t help but notice the

had been stuck in the basement earlier, Maria

possessed a powerful aura and heightened senses, and was too scared that he might overhear her. But now that they were out in the open, Maria felt a sudden

wrong, Sis? You seem like

Angela replied,

just a bit

you stealing glances at that handsome guy outside

as she blurted out, “Where? How could I have missed it… I wasn’t paying attention to see if there were any good-looking guys

who passed by our car

“Are you sure? I

worries,” Maria

you know the next

trying not to be

confirmed her earlier suspicion that Angela had

and focused, Maria whipped out her phone and typed in “Nanako Ito” into the search

scrutinizing every detail to deduce his identity,

the mastermind behind BAIT Shipping, she had dug deep into the Banks and Ito families, paying close attention to any information pertaining to

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