“Very good.” Zachary gave him a satisfied smile. “A man who knows and submits to his own circumstances is a wise man.” “Mr. Nacht, can you-”

“Send him off.” Zachary gave no opportunity for Hector to speak.

The security guard entered the room to escort Hector out of the villa.

The entire time, Hector’s guilt-filled eyes were fixed on Charlotte, but the latter never lifted her head to look at him.What happened four years ago had been fate’s cruel trick, but everything that happened now was his choice.

No matter how stumped he was about the options, he still made the same decision he made back then—to give up on...