Chapter 541 Investigating Rufus’s Return To Rothesay

“You asked me why I didn’t give you an explanation… Actually, I wanted to explain, but you were in such a frenzy that I couldn’t say a word. How could I explain?”

Charlotte’s clear and sweet voice rang out beneath him.

Zachary’s Adam’s apple throbbed.

“Why did Rufus climb on top of you?”

“Well…”

Charlotte’s cheeks flared when she remembered the scene.

“It’s a secret between us. We swore among ourselves never to tell anyone else about this. So… all I can tell you is that he wants to take something from me. You can’t ask anything else because I won’t say a word no matter the question.”

She got to her feet as she spoke.

Zachary wanted to help her, but when he remembered her resistance to him, he slowly put his arms down as soon as he reached out. All he could do was stand in the same spot like a statue, watching her walk past him with one hand supporting her body against the wall.

‘D*mn it!’

He caught a whiff of her unique, sultry scent as she walked past him.

His right hand