However, Charlotte did not seem bothered at all when faced with Luna’s anger.
She had already planned out an excuse for this before Luna returned to Merchant City.
Seeing how outraged Luna was, Charlotte let out a sigh and walked over to grab hold of Luna’s hand.
“Don’t be angry; listen to me.”
Luna flung her hand away and took a small step back. “I’m listening.”
Charlotte let out an exhale and said, “It’s not that I didn’t care about you at all. I was just worried that if
you had known, you wouldn’t have been able to act naturally, so I chose not to tell you about the party
last night. As for ignoring your cries of help…”
Charlotte sighed and explained, “I don’t know if you noticed this, but no one at that party last night was
on their phones.
“The reason being, Mr. Hanson had installed a signal blocking device in that room, and even though we
were using the best communication devices, it was only sufficient to ensure temporary communication,
and any signal after that was blocked off.
“We tried to get in touch with you, but no matter how hard we tried, we couldn’t.
“After that, I went to the restaurant to find you myself, but when I got there, you were gone.”
Luna’s entire body stiffened when she heard this.
Her memory was a little hazy after being drugged the night before, and at this moment, no matter how
hard she tried to remember, she could not recall if anyone had been on their
phones that night.
It seemed that…Charlotte was right.
Seeing Luna’s attitude had softened, Charlotte shot her a concerned glance and said, “Think about it: did
you take your bag with you when Joshua left? If I hadn’t gone to find you, how would I have managed to
retrieve your bag and get my hands on the videos and recordings?”
Finally, she took a step forward to grab hold of Luna’s hands earnestly. “I admit that I committed a
mistake last night, which was failing to equip you with the best communication devices on the market.
“Don’t worry; I won’t allow you to go on such dangerous missions ever again!”
Even if Luna wanted to, there were no such missions again in the future.
Luna bit down on her lip when she felt Charlotte’s sincerity, as well as the warmth spreading through her
palms. All the anger had dissipated at this point.
Just as she was about to say something, a cold male voice rang out from the other end of the hallway,
“Luna!”
It was Jim.
Charlotte immediately panicked. She let go of Luna’s hand and, without another word, scampered up the
stairs to hide in the stairwell a floor above.
As soon as she disappeared, the door to the stairwell was pushed open.
Jim strode in and grabbed hold of Luna’s arm. “What are you doing here? Who are you talking t
0?”
Luna quickly came to and shook her head. “No one. I was on a call with Theo, talking about visiting
Gwen.”
Jim let out a sigh when he saw Luna’s pale face. “Charlotte was the one who had helped you lately,
wasn’t she?”
Luna paused for a moment, then glanced in the direction Charlotte had disappeared in. She tried to deny
the truth, blurting, “No, I…”
“Don’t lie to me; Heather has told me everything.” Jim let out an exhale and patted Luna’s shoulder.
“She’s not a good person, so don’t get fooled by her.
“As for what happened last night, it appears as though you had successfully managed to do business
with Mr. Hanson after threatening him, but do you know what’ll happen from here?”
He stared at her with a stern expression and continued, “The reality is, you have lost the right t o attend
other parties and gatherings and thus lost your opportunity to socialize with other businesspeople.”
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