Chapter 16

Charmine walked into Violet Villa with the man’s shirt still on her. She could not fight back the incident that kept looping in her mind nor calm her burning cheeks. Anthony was not the ideal man in mind, but she could not deny that his muscular physique was rather beguiling, especially those abs, so firm and hard… All caught up in her thoughts, she never noticed a figure approaching her. Slap! Charmine did not see it coming. She was slapped harshly at her cheek and it began to burn. At that moment, a few guards hidden around the perimeter wanted to step out from the shadow they were hiding in. Kay, their leader, stopped them. “Wait. The boss asked us to stay out of it, and it’s best we respect that.” “We can’t just stand here looking at Boss getting attacked? She’s so precious, and everyone in our organization treats her with utter respect. The person can’t just hit her and not face us. I’m going out,” one of the guards spoke, angrily as he did. “Calm down,” Kay assured him. “I’