"Dinner is ready. I'll meet you in the kitchen." Sharlynn left the two men and headed for the kitchen.Dante breathed a sigh of relief, but the man next to him gave him a stern look. Feeling the attention, Dante turned his head and looked at Richie."If you dare mess with him, I'll have you out of here right now!" Richie threatened."Young master, don't you just love this woman? Why do you get mad when I stare and admire the beautiful and kind Sharlynn?" Dante's question made Richie stare at him even harder.Richie's nimble hands tugged at Dante's shirt collar. His eyes flashed. This made Dante a little surprised, and his goosebumps bristled."Right now Sharlynn's status is my wife! You know what I mean? A wife belongs to her husband, which means Sharlynn is mine and if you dare touch mine, I don't care who it is, even if it's you. I will still throw you into hell right now!" The emphatic tone was accompanied by Richie's piercing stare like an eagle ready to tear its enemy to pieces.

Sharlynn's eyes were starting to look dull, but her feet still wanted to walk down every aisle of the Mall of Berlin. Just like she did almost every day, and for nearly a whole day to avoid seeing Odette's crocodile tears when she asked for something."Are you still hungry?" The baritone voice seemed to wake Sharlynn, who was walking while remembering her past."You're like a psychic; indeed, my stomach is still hungry after walking around the mall," Sharlynn answered honestly. "But I haven't found what I'm looking for yet."What item do you mean?" Richie wrinkled his brow in curiosity.Sharlynn stopped walking and turned ninety degrees to face Richie, who was walking on her right side."Don't worry, it's not a big item that can fill your apartment. I just want to buy some work supplies to get my project done quickly," Sharlynn replied. "We'd better get going." The two of them got moving again. After going to the stationery store, Richie accompanied Sharlynn to Hashir Burger to fill

"Richie, what did you get from Heinz's corporate database?" asked Keenan.The four of them were already in Keenan's office. They were sitting on the round sofa—Mr—Madison, Richie, Keenan, and Sharlynn, who were still listening to their conversation.Sharlynn knitted her eyebrows when Keenan asked Richie. She had never seen her contract man fiddle with the laptop or ask him about the company database. She had almost forgotten about it and had lost hope in Richie."I found a lot of irregularities here." Sharlyn's brow furrowed further at Richie's answer. The man fiddled with his eleven-inch tablet computer device for a few seconds, then showed it to Keenan.Keenan took the sleek, flat object and examined each document Richie had managed to retrieve and secure. Then Keenan showed it to Mr. Madison.The older man looked puzzled; it turned out that the problem was not just embezzlement of company funds."Looking at this, it looks like Heinz doesn't know anything about embezzlement," Richie

"Why am I still here?" Sharlynn patted her cheeks. Seeing Richie's cold expression made her consciousness seem to freeze. It had only been two days since the man had begun to warm Sharlynn's heart, and suddenly, just because of a necklace, the man was frozen like a polar iceberg.Deciding to return to the kitchen, Sharlynn removed the fruits and vegetables from the bag and arranged them in the refrigerator. Her hazel eyes glanced at the watch on her left wrist. The time passed so quickly."It took me five minutes just to get to Richie's door. God, I'm such an idiot," Sharlynn cursed as she chopped up five kinds of fruit, deciding to make a fruit salad to fill her small stomach after she glanced at the polar man's door, which seemed to show no sign of life.The bowl of fruit salad was brought to the sofa, and the woman started to open the laptop. She finished her unfinished work. Sharlynn's eyes widened as she opened an e-mail and started to check it."Is this real? The del Vecchio fami

Sharlynn still sat thoughtfully in her seat. Richie's words last night had made her lose her temper.Imperceptibly, the tears that had gathered on her eyelids began to fall. She felt that she had made a foolish decision.Being betrayed by her future fiancé and step-sister, who was also banished and no longer considered a biological child, made Sharlynn cry even harder."Mom, I need you," she whispered between sobs.Sharlynn didn't know where else to turn. She didn't have many friends; most of her comrades-in-arms had scattered to pursue careers in other countries. Luckily, Melanie was still willing to help her, but Sharlynn was not someone who always made things difficult for others. She couldn't possibly keep asking Melanie for help.Sharlynn was startled by the ringing of a message notification on her cell phone, which was lying on the bed beside her. She glanced at it, and the screen lit up, showing a small envelope mark in the upper right corner.The woman grabbed the phone and s