“<b>I’m </b>sorry, Lottie…” Zac took a step forward, reaching out
ching put to touch Charlotte’s arm, but she pped his hand away
“Don’t touch me!” she <b>snapped</b>, ring at him with fury in her eyes.
Zac’s <b>gaze </b>darkened, his face <b>twisted </b>in pain. “It’s my Lault. <b>Ladidn’t </b>meet Joseph’s expectations, I failed to break you two aquart. If I had seeded in separating you <b>and </b>Sean back then, Joseph work’ve gotten what he wanted. He wouldn’t havee after your gone after your dad and Jodio, ”
Charlotte stared at him in disbelief, “What is this guy even bring himself?” she wondered.
She let out a disbelievingugh. “So now <b>you’re </b>apologizing became you didn’t manage to break up me and Sean?”
“… that’s not what I meant, Lottie Zac stammered, his eyes flickering
Charlotte’s emotions were surging. Her eyes were red at the corners, her voice rising with anger. “My sister was kidnapped by Joseph’s ment We had a chance to get her back, but thanks to you reporting it to <b>the </b>police, they showed up and blew everything. Now she’s been taken to Antis<b>!</b>”
Zac’s eyes flow open in shock. <b>“</b><b>What</b>? <b>Jodie </b>was kidnapped too?”
Charlotte’s voice trembled with rage. “You’re seriously telling me Vivian didn’t tell you to call the cops? Do you even know what Josephi sald to <b>Sean </b>on the phone? He said if the police showed up, he’d kill the hostage on the spot!
“She knew. Vivian knew. She told you to call the police because she wanted Joseph <b>to </b>kill me. She used you, <b>Zact </b>Don’t you get it?”
Zac stood <b>there</b>, stunned. His face drained of color as the weight of what he had almost done hit him. His eyes filled with pain and pande.
“I’m sorry, Lottie. I didn’t know. If I’d loown, I never would’ve gone <b>to </b>the police
“That’s enough!” Charlotte shouted, cutting him off sharply. <b>“</b>Tell me the math–did Vivian really have nothing to do with your call?”
Zac’s jaw tightened.<ol><li>ed. His hands curled into fists at his sides.</li></ol>
He was on the verge of telling her the truth, but too much was weighing on his mind.
Even though Chester had been arrested, the person listed as the majority shareholder of Gibson Corporation had not been touched
Thepany was, for all practical purposes, already Joseph’s ything. He might be bacle in Antis, but a single word from him could bring Gibson <b>Corporation </b>crashing down again.
Right now, thepany still bore the Gibson name<b>, </b>but in truth, it already belonged to Joseph
weighed the risks. Gibson Corporation <b>was </b>his father’s life’s work it was better to keep it barely alive than see it destroyedpletely.
He couldn’t afford to expose Vivian. Not yet.
“It had nothing to do with her,” Zac said, his voice hoarse.
Charlotte just looked at hin
After a few seconds<b>, </b>she gave a soft, bitterugh. She said nothing else and turned <b>to </b>leave.
Werdy, who had been standing off in the side listening, rund over. “Zac, are you okay? I’ll go get <b>you </b>an lee park
Zar shoved her away roughly, his face full of irritation. “Get out of my way.”
Furious, Zac turned on his heed and pulled out his phone, dialing as he walked.
He needed to find out whether Vivian had known what Joseph Tuld Sean !
If she had known, then she had used him<ul><li>had used him to indirectly kill the woman he loved most</li></ul>
se, he would never forgive her.
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