Chapter 509
It was Zoe Gibson. She was the same woman who had looked at her with barely concealed hostility.
The realization made Charlotte’s expression turn cold.
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By ten o’clock that night, Charlotte picked up her phone right on time.
Sean still had not called.
There was no message either.
Their last exchange was still from dinner time, when she had replied, “I miss you too.”
Fresh out of the shower, her hair blow–dried, she sat on the sofa in a white lace nightdress, her expression shadowed as she stared at the phone screen.
Ten minutes later, she opened her contacts and dialed Sean’s number.
The call did not go through right away. It rang until it was almost about to disconnect automatically before someone finally picked up.
“Are you done with work?” Charlotte asked.
“Is this Miss Riley?” A woman’s voice answered instead.
Charlotte’s lips pressed into a thin line, her brows drawing together.
That voice was the same one she had heard earlier that afternoon.
It was Zoe.
“Why do you have his phone?” Charlotte’s tone turned cold. “Where is Sean? Put him on.”
Zoe let out a slow, almost lazy laugh. “Miss Riley, Mr. Jasper is a little busy right now. He’s in the shower.”
Before Charlotte could respond, Zoe hung up.
In that instant, heat surged through Charlotte, blinding in its fury. Her hands trembled so badly she could barely hold the phone.
The last time she had run into Zoe at the restaurant, she had already told Sean that the woman seemed to have an inexplicable hostility toward her.
Now Sean had gone to Stanley City and taken Zoe with him.
And he had not even mentioned it.
Charlotte tried to reason with herself. Staff assignments and transfers within Jasper Corporation were not something Sean needed to report to her. Perhaps he had not thought much of it.
But how was she supposed to explain Zoe answering his phone?
In that moment, Charlotte could no longer control her emotions.
She trusted Sean completely. She trusted his feelings for her and his character, and she knew he would never betray her. However, the simple fact that Zoe could answer his phone, whether it was a misunderstanding or not, was something she could
not accept.
It was not even about betrayal. She simply could not stand the idea of Zoe answering Sean’s phone and speaking to her in that smug, taunting tone.
Charlotte immediately called back.
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The call was rejected.
She called again, only to find the line was now busy.
The call was cut off.
“Had he blocked me?” Charlotte wondered.
She forced herself to hold back the overwhelming surge of anger. She made a video call to Sean.
To her surprise, the call went through.
But before she could say a word, she heard a man’s rough, heavy breathing on the other end.
Her mind went blank for a split second, the sound exploding in her ears.
She knew Sean’s breathless, desire–laced breathing all too well.
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Listening to that low, ragged sound, Charlotte’s face went white. A cold wave crashed through her as her blood seemed to surge straight to her skull.
Then, a woman’s voice broke through, breathy and drawn out.
“Mmm… Mr. Jasper, slow down… ah, it hurts… ah… Mr. Jasper, please, take it easy…”
Zoe’s voice was both coy and sultry, laced with little gasps.
Charlotte couldn’t stand to listen any longer.
With trembling fingers, she pressed the button to hang up.
