Annie didn't respond with a single word, her long lashes lowered, hiding a pair of enchanting eyes that easily concealed her thoughts.
"Hmm, Assistant Gray is on vacation, this is just our private gathering." Charlotte Miller's tone became more pronounced when she mentioned the private gathering, just to remind Joseph Shaw he could leave now, hoping he would get lost as far as possible.
Charlotte had no biases against others, but she couldn't stand Joseph Shaw; he had wasted Annie's time for eight whole years, seizing the opportunity due to medical bills amounting to hundreds of thousands, reaching the peak of shamelessness.
What did those hundreds of thousands mean to him? Yet he forcibly took a young girl's purity and eight years of youth, destroying Annie's dreams of love.
"Joseph, who are these two?" Violet Carter, standing beside Joseph Shaw, gently asked, her manner of speaking was incredibly graceful.
