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.

trembling ceased, and

only deepened, and he couldn’t help but wonder, “What in the world is going on? Is this some sort of joke? Are you trying to trick me out

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 peculiar about that

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

with me ever since, too indecisive to

lips puckered up as she returned his smile, “Perhaps it’d be best

track down its rightful

proposal for a

doubt the owner even remembers it exists,” he

back into his pocket and motioned for Nanako to follow,

ahead is where Mr. Tanaka purchased your

pulled the

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

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

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

vision of grace

was a perfect representation of Japan’s intellectual and demure

but feel a twinge of inadequacy in front of Nanako.

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

car had been stuck in the basement

all too well that Charlie possessed a powerful aura and heightened senses, and was too scared that he might overhear her.

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

replied,

just a bit

she teased, “Oh come on, I saw you stealing glances at that handsome guy outside the

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

by our car down in the

full-blown panic, “Are you sure? I didn’t see him… I was probably distracted or

Maria

next

okay…” Angela was trying not to be too transparent but

earlier suspicion that Angela had come to

phone and

scrutinizing every detail to deduce his identity, experience, business dealings,

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

had seen her walking alongside Charlie earlier, Maria had