Chapter 161
Charlotte drove to a nearby restaurant, grabbed a quick, simple meal, and returned to her apartment complex around ten at night.
After parking her car, she stepped into the elevator and made her way to her front door, just as she unlocked it with her fingerprint, a familiar voice called out from
behind her.
“Chadotre.”
She turned to see Zac standing there, dressed in a charcoal gray overcoat, his clean–cut features softened by a faint, polite smile
He looked every bit the picture of a refined gentleman
Charlotte’s brows kitted together. “Zac, what are you doing here?”
Instead of answering, Zac asked, “Where have you been? It’s so late. You’re just getting home now?
“That’s pone of your business,” Charlotte replied coldly.
Zac shrugged. “Just concerned about you.”
“I don’t need your concern.”
Not wanting to waste another word on him, Charlotte stepped inside and started to close the door.
But Zac’s voice followed her. “charlotte, do you know where Sean is tonight?”
Her steps hesitated.
Zac’s voice grew a touch sharper. “He’s with Judy Caleb right now.
Charlotte’s hand tightened on the door handle.
Zae’s smile widened slightly, a hint of satisfaction flickering in his eyes. “Didn’t he tell you? Well, of course, he wouldn’t. Why
by would be tell you he’s seeing Judy?”
Charlotte turned back, her gaze cold and wary. “Zac, did you come here just to stir up trouble? Do you really think I’m going to believe anything you say?”
A faint chudde escaped Zac. “I know you won’t believe me. At least, not right away.”
He took out his phone, tapped the screen, and played an audio recording
“I told myself every day that I had to keep going,” Judy choked out between sobs. “I had to stay alive, to escape that nightmare. Because if I died, I’d never see you
“Sean, please…please stay with me. I’m losing my mind. Every time I close my eyes, 1 see them violating me again. The pain in my heart is a thousand times worse than any bruise.
“Just talk to me, please? Even if you just yell at me. Don’t ge, don’t leave me. I just..just wanted to see you. You’re the only light in my
It was judy’s voice, pleading desperate.
1 longer Charlotte listened, the tighter her chest felt. Her fistsclenched so tightly that her knucides turned white, and a storm of emotions flashed in her eyes.
Zac stepped closer, leaning down slightly to meet her gaze. “Sean didn’t tell you, did he? He never mentioned that judy was kidnapped over a month ago. You probably thought she was still in police custody, waiting for trial, didn’t you?”
“What… what did you say?” Charlotte’s eyes widened in shock, her voice rising in disbelief.
Zac was more than satisfied with Charlotte’s reaction
He had guessed correctly. Sean’s family had kept everything tightly underwraps. Charlotte had no idea that paly had been kidnapped.
A sense of snug triumph washed over him.
Straightening to his full height, his tall ume seened to tower over her, exuding an imposing presence.
“Did you really think a woman who chased after Sean for ten year You really dop’t understand men at all.”
ten years meant bothing to him? Zac’s tone was sha
was sharp, almost inording “Charlotte, you’re still so naive.
Quarlotte lowered her gaze, silent, her expression hard to read.
Zat leaned In, pressing on “On the day of your engagement party, Jody was indeed taken away by the police. But later, she claimed to be pregnant. On the way to the hospital for a check up, she was kidnapped.”
He paused, letting the weight of his words settle..
“Think about it. In Jersey City, who has ring power to snatch someone from the police in broad daylight?”
The answer was obvious
In Jersey City, The most powerful family was the Jasper family.
