Charlie shook his head and replied, "I live in another building."

As he said that, he pressed the button for the first floor in the elevator.

The woman nodded slightly and said with a smile, "I thought you two were a couple. You look so well-matched."

"No, no..." Nanako, feeling embarrassed, quickly replied, "Uh... We're just friends."

The woman nodded and stopped teasing her.

The elevator soon reached the first floor. Charlie bid farewell to the two women, got off the elevator, and walked toward the villa area.

At this moment, he could never have imagined that the woman who had been in the same elevator with him was actually an underling of his biological mother. The reason she had returned a step ahead of him was also part of a carefully planned arrangement.

Ashley was worried that Charlie might overthink things, so she had deliberately arranged for the woman to appear in front of him, allowing him to confirm that the woman was just an ordinary person who knew nothing a