Chapter 25 My Boss Is A Psychopath
“Stop fooling around!” Charlotte pulled on his arm and looked at him with worry lining her features.
“I went to your private room and when they said that someone died, I thought that it was you! Also, the cheque that those three women gave me have been canceled. What on earth happened last night?”
“Let’s go somewhere else to talk!”
With that, Zachary led her out through the back door.
The bodyguards of those rich women wanted to go after them, but they were easily incapacitated by Ben.
Once out of Sultry Night, the sound of heavy metal music faded and the world became quiet once again.
Charlotte hurriedly apologized, “Yesterday was my fault. I shouldn’t have given you to those three women. What exactly did they do to you?”
Zachary did not answer, but made a gesture to his bodyguards that were not far behind.
They immediately retreated upon seeing his signal.
“Are you still mad at me? I won’t treat you this way ever again…” Charlotte tugged on his sleeve. “Gigolo, you’ll forgive me, won’t you?”
“Call me something else!” Zachary frowned.
“Well, I don’t know what your name is.” Charlotte was pushed forward by him. “Where are you taking me?”
Zachary gave another signal behind him, to which Ben instantly tossed the car keys to his Aston Martin toward him.
Zachary caught it midair and smoothly opened the door before shoving Charlotte into it.
“Is this your car?” Charlotte was astounded. “This car probably costs tens of millions, right? How come you own such an expensive car? Don’t tell me you’re actually a wealthy heir and came out to work part-time as a gigolo out of boredom?”
“Can you think like a normal person?” Zachary rolled his eyes at her.
“Then what is it?” Charlotte’s curiosity was piqued. “Does it belong to a client?”
“Mm, it’s a client’s.” Zachary was fretting over coming up with an excuse, but it turned out that he didn’t have to.
“So, does this mean that besides working as a gigolo at Sultry Night, you also have a sugar mommy?” Realization dawned on Charlotte just then. “No wonder the other time…”
She was about to say that she saw him inside a Rolls-Royce once, but fortunately, she held her tongue in time.
She had brought her three children out that day. He probably didn’t see her, but it was better not to mention about it, so that she could continue keeping the children’s existence a secret from him.
“Mm?” Zachary started the engine and drove away.
“How many sugar mommies do you have?” Charlotte probed.
“One is enough. How many did you think I need?” Zachary raised his brows.
“Well she seems to be a very, very, very rich woman.”
With both the Rolls-Royce and Aston Martin in mind, Charlotte did a mental calculation, concluding that this sugar mommy of his probably had a very extraordinary identity.
“What’s going on with you?” Zachary took in the miserable state she was in with a look of disdain.
“Cough, cough. Sorry.”
Charlotte hastily took out a handful of tissues to wipe her nose before airing her grievances.
“Today was such an unlucky day for me. I was almost run over by a car at work this morning. I fell and now there’s a big bruise on my butt, and my hands were scraped too. Later on, I had to clean the swimming pool on the top floor as punishment, and got myself soaking wet in the process. Then, I was almost harassed by a pt. And just now, I got into a fight and a handful of my hair was ripped off my scalp…” She wailed pitifully.
“That’s called karma.”
Zachary was gloating at her misfortune, thinking that she deserved all of this for her evil deeds last night.
“What?” Charlotte argued.
“It’s all because I have a devil as a boss. You don’t know what a psychopath he is! His driver almost ran me down, but instead of apologizing, he glared at me like I owed him or something!”
“After that, when I was cleaning the pool, he threw his ring into the water and asked me to retrieve it. I almost froze to death doing that!”
“The point is, I didn’t even offend him, so I can’t figure out why he’d do that to me. Maybe he suffered some kind of childhood tragedy and was traumatized by it, that’s why he grew up to be so cruel…”
While listening to her, Zachary’s face gradually darkened. Then, he abruptly floored the accelerator before sharply turning the steering wheel.
The car swerved to the side, causing Charlotte’s head to slam against the window with a bang…“Argh!”
Charlotte held onto her head as the pain brought tears to her eyes.
Zachary smirked. “Continue, what happened with your boss?”
“It hurts. The pain is killing me. Boohoo…” Charlotte pursed her lips and answered with an innocent tone, “Are you taking revenge for what happened last night? I know I was wrong…”
“Why were you wrong?” Zachary asked.
“I shouldn’t have sold you to the three rich ladies…” Charlotte replied in remorse. “Luckily, you escaped. Or else, you may have puked blood and died.”
“That’s unlikely!” Zachary grunted coldly.
“Why not? The three ladies put together weigh over seven hundred pounds. Their weight alone is enough to kill you.” Charlotte seemed to have found her conscience. “If you’re dead, who is going to earn money for me? I won’t force you next time. Let’s just do this slowly in a more sustainable way…”
“I’m glad you’ve found your conscience.” Zachary was finally satisfied.
“Erm, how much did your sugar mommy give you a month?” Charlotte asked nosily. “Given that she gifted you such an expensive car, I’m sure she must be very generous.”
“Why are you asking?” Zachary had a bad feeling about it.
“I’m just curious.” Charlotte probed, “Is it one million?”
Zachary ignored her.
“Eight hundred thousand?” Charlotte guessed again.
Zachary furrowed his eyebrows.
“Five hundred?” Charlotte became desperate. “She can’t be that stingy, can she?”
“What do you want?”
“Do you still remember the contents of our agreement?” Charlotte leaned closer with a grin. “The agreement states that you have to pay me half your earnings within three months. And the earnings don’t just include those from Sultry Night…”
“I knew it!” Zachary squinted his eyes in displeasure. “You are both greedy and a nymph. You just can’t change…”
I shouldn’t have softened my stance against her.
When she sold him to the three rich ladies yesterday, he was outraged. Hence, the first thing he did in the morning was to teach her a lesson.
However, she did send him a message expressing her regret last night and sounded sincere. Also, he heard from the manager of Sultry Night that she had waited for him from evening till late in the night…
Therefore, he couldn’t help but go to Sultry Night to check on her. He then saw her fighting with a few other ladies over him. That was when he saved her again.
He thought she had sincerely regretted her actions. But little did he expect that she just wanted to make money for the long term using him as a gigolo.
“That’s part of our agreement.”
Worried that he would be upset, Charlotte tugged his arm and persuaded, “Actually, it’s good to have a sugar mommy to take care of you. The stable income is definitely better than the individual clients at Sultry Night. However, it would be even better if you work at both places. That way, you can earn even more….”
As she rambled on, she didn’t notice that Zachary’s face had darkened significantly.
“You can get a few sugar mommies. If every one of them gives you five hundred thousand, ten of them means you will get five million. Ah! I will then receive two and a half million…”
Before she could finish, Zachary suddenly placed his hand on the back of her head and pulled her towards him. He snapped, “Does it not hurt anymore?”
“Huh?” Charlotte was briefly stunned before she began to feel nervous. They were only an inch away from each other. She could feel his breath and the beast-like dominance he was exuding.
The atmosphere became tense and dangerous.
Noticing something was amiss, Charlotte quickly apologized, “Don’t be angry. I was just making a suggestion. If you think my demands are too much, we can split your allowance sixty forty. Sixty for you; forty for me….”
“I think you haven’t suffered enough today.”
Zachary pinched her chin and rubbed her lips with his thumb. He looked as if he was considering how to devour his prey.
“Thirty Seventy?” Charlotte quickly suggested. “You can’t expect twenty eighty!”
“Get out!” Zachary suddenly stopped the car by the side.
“Gigolo, please don’t be angry…”
“Get out!” Zachary yelled as a sudden chill fell upon the car.
Charlotte was so terrified that she frantically unbuckled her seatbelt.
Having run out of patience, Zachary kicked her out of the car.