Zac stared into the sunlight streaming through the window, his eyes lowered. His voice was hoarse and low.

“Charlotte.”

Eugene’s voice jumped an octave bin /bsurprise.

“bWhat/b?charlotte? She’s getting engaged? To who?”

“It doesn’t matter who,” Zac said, his toneced with obsessive intensity. “I won’t let her many that man. She belongs to me. I’ll win her back”

“Uh…” Eugene was momentarily speechlessb, /bstunned by what he was hearing

After ba /blong bpause/b, he bcautiously /bbasked/b, “zac… don’t you think thus is kind of wrong?”

Zac gave a bcold/b, bitteugh.

“Mocality? I don’t care about morality. I just want her back by my side,”

Eugene waspletely bat /ba loss.

“Seriouslyb, /bdude?” he thought.

”

When Charlotte was with Zac, he treated her like a bstand/b–in. The moment bhis /bfirst love came back, he tossed bCharlotte /bbaside /bband /bstarted messing baround/b.

Now she had finally moved on and was about to get engaged band /bsuddenly, he wanted to y the heartbroken romantic?

Saving he didn’t care about morality and he just wanted her by his side?

Unbelievable.

Absolutely insane

Eugene opened his mouth, speechless, then let out a long sigh.

*Zac, stealing someone else’s fiancée Isn’t exactly something I’ve done before, so I’m not really qualified to give advice. Different field, different rules. Anyway… good luck. I bguess/b.”

Over the weekend at Brightwood Residences, Sean cooked lunch for Charlotte.

she said, “I made ns with a few coworkers to visit ba /bcolleague in the hospital this afternoon.”

After they ate, she

b“/bThe one who was injured in that knife attack a while agob?/bb” /b

bCharlotte /bnodded. “Yeah. A few of us from the blitigation /bteam are going. We’re going to stop by and get some flowers, fruit, and supplements on the bway/b.”

Sean bsaid/bb, /b“I have my assistant handle that”

Charlotte didn’t tom him down. “Alright.”

Sam arrived

to bpick /bher up.

“Mr. Jasperb, /bhere are the flower baskets, fruit, and supplements byou /bbasked /bfor,” he said, opening the trunk of the Cullinan SUV. Everything Charlotte needed was thereb. /b

Sean bnodded/b. “Good.

b“/bThank you, Sam,” bCharlotte /bsald with a warm mile.

Sam returned the smile. “It’s trouble bat /ball.”

Fultero minutesterb, /bthe Cullinan pulled up in front bof /bthe hospital.

Charlotte bstepped /bout of the car band /bwalled to the back to get the gift baskets.

just as the Cullinan drove all, someone bcalled /bout to wr

“Well, well, Misa Riley. Did see that right? You just stepped bout /bbof /bba /bRolls–bRoyce/b?”

Charlotte frowned, “So what if I did?”

Yasmine gave her ba /bstrange, sancastle senile.

b“/bDidn’t think byou /bhad it in you, Missley.”

Her male coworker, Willy Kennedy, leaned in with a gossipy edn.

‘Wio was that guy just now?”

b1/2 /b

Charlotte answered honestly. “My boyfriend ”

“Boyfriend?”

17* bYasmine /bughed mockingly

+25 Bonus

Charlotte ignored her weird tone, picked up the basketsb, /band walked off.

“I’m going to see Mr. Zimmer.

As Charlotte walked away, Tasmine stated after her, whispering tob, /b“That guy in the Rolls? Definitely her sugar daddy. Who knew Charlotte was being keptb?/b”

bwilly/b, another bgossip/bb, /bnodded quickly.

“Yeah, that exins it. I was wondering how she could afford to treat the entire firm to dinner at Sushi Kimura. That bmeal /bhad to cost nearly $100,000, and she didn’t even blink of course–it’s the man behind her footing the bill.”

Yasmine’s expression twisted with disdain,

“Total disgrace to the profession”

It was Monday attemoon at S&G Law Firm. ?

Just before the workday ended. Yvonne, the department superitur, walked over to Charlotte’s desk and handed her a file.

lette, nomnally these case negotiations fall under the business team, but as you know, being ba /bgoodwyer means bowing how to negotiate. It’s a key sill, and sometimes bit’s /bbest to handle things yourself. I’ve bgot /ba case I need you to talkthrough with a client.“

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