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Charlotte glanced at her clock, and they'd been here in the restaurant for like an hour. She was waiting for that woman to come up but there's none. She crossed her arms and waited for Donovan to speak to her. But he's getting a lot of calls.

"I should leave." She said facing Jace who was puzzled.

"Wait~~"

Donovan frowned as he turned off his phone as he faced Charlotte.

"It seems that I am not meeting your sister and what's the use of being here?"

"I want to ask you some things."

"Please do ask. Time is running."

Donovan placed his intertwined hand over the table.

"You saved my sister. How did you get in that van?"

Charlotte squinted her eyes.

"You knew well, why ask?"

Jace cleared his throat and felt a little uncomfortable between the two.

"You just have to tell me." Donovan insisted.

"Fine." She looked him straight in the eye. "I was on my way home from work when a van pulled out and grabbed me inside. Then, I saw your sister and another woman in that van. Then, that's it. I don't remember anything else."

"Hmm," Donovan was still thinking. "Jace, you can escort her to our hotel."

"I want home."

"Yeah, I'll send her home." Jace stood as Charlotte did as well. Then, she grabbed her bag and looked at Donovan once again.

"Goodbye, Donovan." She then followed Jace.

She was pissed. Pissed and don't know why she's so pissed. She was glad when Jace sent her home. He even handed a calling card to her.

"Call me, okay? Anything you need."

"There's nothing I need from you." She said, "Goodbye. Please don't contact me again."

"Uh," Jace bit his lower lip and shook his head. "I'm afraid that we are not done yet. You haven't met Lesley."

"Then, why did I meet her brother instead of her?"

Jace shrugged.

"Well," She shrugged. "This is the last." She said and headed to the gate of the apartment building.

Jace sighed and wanted to smack his face in frustration. Donovan had it wrong. There's not much conversation at all and it's just a waste of time. Also, the food was nice and it seems that she wants to go home badly. He then went back to the office where Donovan was preparing to sleep.

"What the hell?" He exclaimed. "You just waste her time."

"My intentions are clear. I want to see her." Donovan grumbled as he headed to his bedroom in his office.

"See her?" He scoffed. "So, that was Autumn?"

"Yeah. Go and find something else about her. I want all of the details." He said as he started unbuttoning his shirt and removed his pants. Then, he dived to his bed. Jace groaned as he rolled his eyes. Time for a few more things. However, Jace has others to prioritize like the Da Silva Ferreira case. He reached his head.

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Instead of going straight to sleep, she burned her calories by cleaning and organizing not because she's Charlotte, but because she's Autumn who has to work on something. She makes sure that everything is organized with her color system, from clothes to books, to the linen. She took all of the laundry downstairs to the laundry shop with the sheets. She paid for it and went upstairs to dust off everything and clean the mirrors. It only takes two hours for her to clean it. She exhaled and took a long shower and scrubbed her body. She counted ten times every time she scrubbed every spot of her body.

Then, Autumn went to her table and sat down while she was still in her robe. She turned on the computer and checked her emails. That's when her phone rang. Her editor was calling.

"Yes?" Autumn answered casually. "I just opened my email. I was a little busy for the past few hours."

"Sorry to call. But I need to clarify something. I sent messages."

"I am currently reading it now. I will answer you one by one. Make sure to take note of everything."

Autumn was done with explaining everything to her editor. Then, she gave her some footnotes. There's another call that she doesn't know so she lets it ring. Then, a message popped out.

"Charlotte, are you asleep?"

"I will call you back soon." She told her Editor and hung up. She ignored the person but then she got work to do to earn money. Her phone rang again, and she answered the number.

"Hi, Charlotte. I thought you'll never answer."

"Who is this?"

"You forgot already? It's Jace. Donovan wanted to have breakfast with you tomorrow. How about that? This time you can stay in a hotel so you can rest right away."

"I'm busy. Don't call me again." Then, she hung up. She doesn't know who Jace was, but she needs to earn money rather than dating those men.

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Donovan can't take rejections right away. He continued running on the treadmill. He just woke up thirty minutes ago and it's already four in the morning. He doesn't like the news that Jace gave. He hasn't provided any information yet but they have someone to take care of it. He's focusing on another case rather than the woman that Donovan wants to have.

"Okay, tell Lesley about this. I'm done." Jace said.

"We are forcing her then." Donovan shrugged.

"Forcing someone is a bad thing." Jace crossed his arms. "Go home to Lesley. Tell her about what happened. I'm out of here. I need to relax."

"Yeah, go and relax," Donovan said as he continued running on the treadmill. He was panting with the thought of Charlotte in his dreams. He never had any sexual dreams, but he was kissing her and somehow, he didn't feel like throwing up. He doesn't kiss. He just fucks. Most women he slept with only get what they want, getting it. And whatever he shared with Charlotte in his dream was sensual. He wants her.

He gets whatever he wants.

After his workout, he took a bath, took a few documents, and headed home to where Lesley was. His baby sister, Lesley quickly approached him.

"You found her?"

"Yeah, I had spoken to her this morning."

"What?!" She exclaimed and followed him upstairs. "Why didn't you call me?!"

"I need to see her first."

Lesley was already pissed.

"You better bring her to me tonight or tomorrow." She insisted.

"Hmm,"

Lesley frowned.

"Donovan! I can't believe you did that."

"I'm going to sleep~~"

"Let's eat first. Your chef is here." She rolled her eyes. "Let's eat downstairs!"

He rolled his eyes and dropped his gym bag. He followed his sister anyway. She's been bored being home for a few days. So, he's trying to at least do his best to accompany her to her dinner. Lesley is a cheerful girl. The maids love her. There are times when he comes home and they are having a hotpot. Eating all together. It's because she never experienced it as a child. She might have but most of it was traumatizing.

Donovan sat down as her food was served by the chef who was wearing gloves and a cooking mouth shield. He doesn't like to eat anyone's food. A chef with a high standard of sanitary from ingredients and how it was served to him. He also needs to see how they prepare his food. His table setting was also perfect.

"So," She smiled. "You can bring her here in the house. We can have sleepovers and we'll be best friends!" Lesley giggled about that thought. "How is she?"

"She's irritated."

"Yeah," She rolled her eyes and shook her head. "I had predicted that. She's not the type of person who would fall on your handsome face. I love you, but… you are too much."

"Hmm," he mumbled, not commenting on whatever his sister blurted.

In just a few minutes, Jace came downstairs yawning. He sat down to have his dinner and he just ate without opening any conversation.

"Jace, let's drink later. You have to join me since I can't go out." Lesley said as Jace nodded.

"Yeah, sure. I am currently relaxing while waiting for the reports. Do you want to join us?" He looked at Donovan.

"No. I have to sleep."

"It's a good thing that you've been wanting to sleep after sleepless days." Jace shrugged. Lesley looked curious as she smirked and eyed Jace. Jace winked at her and after dinner, Donovan headed to the gym to walk lightly on the treadmill while watching global news. After an hour of light walking, he headed to his room and sat down to check Charlotte's latest photos. How she spoke to other people. He zoomed in on her pretty face, very simple and her face was different~~she looked foreign.

He took two gummies of melatonin and chewed it. Then, he sipped on his water. He lay down as soon as he closed his eyes, dreaming of that woman. She's on top of him naked. He fondled her breasts and devoured it but it wasn't vivid at all. However, he stared at her beautiful face gaping at him. He scooped her chin and sucked her mouth and tongue that he had never done to any woman.

He pinned her down to the bed, holding her wrists together with one hand as he made love to her.

He then woke up and he hated that he did. He has become more desperate now. But maybe he should stop himself or he can take her to be his.