Serene’s tears continued falling as she spoke, and she choked up as she said, “I will also need to pay the company twenty times the amount as liquidated damages if I want to terminate the contract. I don’t have that much money, so I can only listen to Mr. Gilliot’s commands...”

Charlie frowned and asked, “Why did you need the one million Hong Kong dollars? Did you encounter any trouble?”

Serene nodded and said in a low voice, “I was originally planning to continue my studies, but something ha