Chapter 1742


    Charlotte returned home after seeing Francesca off to find Zachary sipping on his coffee with an open


    newspaper in his hands.


    ring up instinctively, she stomped toward him. “Why did you lie to Francesca, Zachary?”


    He folded the newspaper and smiled pleasantly at her in response. “You''re home, Wifey. Have some


    breakfast.”


    Charlotte wrenched his ear. “Answer me.” “I will after you make yourselffortable.” Zachary coaxed


    her patiently despite the pain. “Have you seen her ledger?”


    “I did.” Charlotte maintained her frosty re. “Though what she did was over the line, you were the one


    to have agreed to it with your thumbprint. Don''t make promises you can''t keep!”


    “I was so ill that I did not even know what I was agreeing to,” he protested indignantly. “All I remember


    was my thumb being nipped for blood whenever she charged me for something. You can imagine how


    much I''ve been taken advantage of.” “When I regained consciousness,” he added fearfully, “she


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    threatened to have her wolves devour me if I did not agree to her exorbitant sum.”


    Charlotte''s anger abated momentarily. “That does sound like her. She''s definitely capable of something


    like that.”


    As if suddenly recalling that she was in the middle of chastising him, her brow hardened again. “Be that


    as it may, you owe her your life. If you didn''t find the terms agreeable, you should have discussed them


    with her instead of manipting her with the five million!”


    “I did no such thing,” Zachary replied calmly. “As all of the resources of Nacht Group are currently


    under your name, I''m left with only ten million or so by Rodney''s estimate. Her fee alone is exactly half


    that amount.”


    “You!” Charlotte blurted, too angry to speak. “You businessmen are all the same! Cunning and


    deceitful!”


    Zachary burst outughing as he gave her an affectionate squeeze. “I don''t really intend on defaulting,


    you know. I was only teasing you.”


    Charlotte waved her hand resignedly. “There''s no need for that anymore. I''d just given her the three


    hundred million I have on hand on top of a bunch of jewelry which amounts to a billion and a half, give


    or take. Since she considers herself wellpensated for her troubles, I think we''ll call the matter


    resolved.”


    “What?” Zachary eximed as his eyes widened with shock. “Why didn''t you tell me before handing


    over that kind of money?”


    Charlotte rolled her eyes. “What else could I do? You were the one to have promised something before


    running away when things began to look bad. As your wife, it is my duty, unpleasant as it is, to take on


    your debt. Besides, it is to my future sister-inw you owe money. I''m trying to wee her to the


    family, not drive her away from it!”


    “Give her money instead of the jewelry I bought you!” Zachary protested. “They carry sentimental


    value. I would have just paid her if I knew you were going to do something like this. I was going to,


    anyway.”


    “I can''t be asking her to hand everything back, can I? I made up for the bnce with the jewelry. At


    least it''s still within the family!”


    Zachary did not say more on the matter as awful as he felt about it.


    “I''ll try not to,” replied Zachary meekly, sumbing to his wife''s irate re. New ch?pter av?ble o?


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    If my silly wife finds out about it, is she going to give it all back?