CHAPTER FOUR

Charlotte quickly snapped out of her trance as she heard Teddy yelling at her. He charged towards the masculine man in the corridor to drag Charlotte out, and to beat her mercilessly.

Jack stood in between Teddy and Charlotte, protecting Charlotte behind him, and he demanded of his younger brother, "What's going on with you, Teddy? Is that how to welcome me on my return from abroad?"

Charlotte was shocked that the man who had just kissed her now was Teddy's brother, Jack Hudson. How did she not recognize him? That was because she had switched off the corridor light and controlled it with an artificial intelligence that controlled their mansion.

"Welcome, you? You dare to show up in my house unnoticed and just that? You kissed my wife in my house and in my presence?" Teddy roared as he stared at Jack with so much hostility in his eyes.

"Move away from Charlotte now? I'm going to deal with her today. I never knew that she was a hòrny bìtch and slept around with men in my absence!" Teddy shouted as he reached Jack to attack Charlotte, who was shivering to be caught kissing her husband's elder brother, as it had slipped her mind that Jack Hudson was arriving to their house.

"Your wife? Stop the drama, Teddy, and stay calm." Jack commanded, but Teddy didn't and approached Jack to shove him aside, and beat Charlotte angrily.

Teddy was enraged at the way he saw Jack and Charlotte kissing. Charlotte hadn't kissed him like that before, and though he hadn't acknowledged Charlotte as his mate, neither did he want to consummate his marriage with Charlotte. But they had kissed in public, and she hadn't kissed him like that.

When Teddy got near Charlotte, he wanted to beat her up, but Jack held him away with great force and tossed his younger brother aside. This made Teddy stagger backward, and he glared at his elder brother, who was shielding Charlotte away from his reach.

"Jack, you dare to attack me in my own house? Get out and leave here now! You're not welcome in my home, and stay away from my wife and my affair." Teddy shouted at Jack, and pointed at the stairs for Jack to leave.

Jack was wearing a yellow shirt and black trousers as he wanted to speak and apologize to his younger brother that he didn't know Charlotte was his chosen mate. 

Jack didn't attend the wedding of Teddy and Charlotte because he was abroad. Likewise, he didn't see their photos, because when he arrived at the mansion, the intoxicating lemonade scent that he perceived around the mansion and in the living room. Had led him to go upstairs to find the sweet, alluring scent. 

Although Jack saw the lights were on when he climbed the stairs to find the owner of that sweet scent that was making his wolf charge in within himself, and making him hard and wanting to claim her. 

Jack hadn't thought that the owner of the sweet lemonade scent was his brother's wife.

"I am sorry Teddy. I didn't know Charlotte was your wife. I'm sorry about kissing her, but she's my real mate!" Jack said, and Teddy's eyes narrowed to look at his older brother, who he hadn't seen since ten years ago. 

Not only did Jack change and grow taller. He looked well built with a masculine body and strong hands. 

Jack looked more brutal and tough than Teddy, and Teddy, who had thought his brother would appear weak when he returned home and wouldn't be able to challenge him for the Alpha's position, was shocked to see that Jack was, though.

With the small push that Jack had pushed Teddy away, and shielded Charlotte from Teddy's attack. Teddy could feel the amount of energy flowing in his brother's vein. He was an alpha and strong.

"Hmph… That's no excuse, whether you perceive Charlotte as your real mate or not. She is my wife and has to be punished for cheating on me, and also kissing you in my presence," Teddy said, his anger boiling.

Meanwhile, Anne had just finished putting her clothes back on in the master bedroom. She wondered why Teddy had run out with such speed after he was through wearing his clothes. 

Teddy didn't even explain to her where he was going, and Anne knew Charlotte was up to something again.

Several times that she and Teddy were mating, Teddy usually stopped midway, leaving her hanging and demanding more, as he would withdraw and run home to Charlotte's aid.

"That witch, why is she always stopping Teddy from discharging in me? How am I supposed to carry his pups if he keeps on withdrawing from me like that?" Anne was annoyed, so she quickly put on her red dress to find out what was going on in the corridor. As she could hear the voices of two men arguing. Teddy's voice and another person's voice that she wasn't familiar with.

As Anna stepped out of the room, she met eyes with Jack, who was looking at her in shock. 

Jack's eyes shifted to look at Teddy, and he asked his younger brother, "What's Anne doing here if you're married to Charlotte?"

Charlotte was still hiding behind Jack's back, as she couldn't bring herself to speak in the presence of the two Alphas arguing. She was still embarrassed with how she had kissed Jack not too long ago.

Charlotte knew she hadn't kissed Teddy like that before. He wasn't her real mate, but she loved him and respected him as he was her husband. However, Teddy disrespected her even on her 22nd birthday, and their fourth wedding anniversary night—by bringing Anne Robert to their home. Likewise, he took Anne to the master's bedroom, which he had never shared with her and mated with Anne on their matrimonial bed.

"She's my assistant, Anne Robert," Teddy said, looking away from Jack, as it was already midnight. The full moon was out and shining brightly above the sky.

"I know Anne was your friend, and you used to admire her then before I traveled out. But what's she doing here at this time of the night, and also coming out of your room? Are you cheating on Charlotte with Anne?" Jack demanded. However, he remember that he had seen tears in Charlotte's blue eyes? 

Turning to look back at Charlotte, who was looking at them, Jack saw that her face looked swollen, like someone hit her, and she had dark circles around her big blue eyes.

Jack's anger boiled, and he turned to look back at Teddy and charged at his younger brother with so much rage.

He attacked Teddy and started beating him up.