No one spoke in the carriage. It was so quiet that Charlotte could hear her own heartbeat.
Although she didn't know why, she could sense that Leandro didn't like her talking about divorce.
Words spoken; water spilled.
What's said is said, she couldn't take it back.
Charlotte gritted her teeth, closed her eyes, and leaned her face forward, "I'm sorry, I misspoke. Maybe you could hit me to let off some steam?"
Watching her lean over, Leandro suddenly wasn't angry anymore.
He raised his hand and tugged at his collar, "Don't want to fight."
Didn't want to fight, wanted to kiss.
Dark pupils stared at that luminous white face, Leandro swallowed slightly, his Adam's apple bobbing up and down, he just felt somewhat hot.
"Huh?"
Charlotte opened her eyes, glanced at him, saw that his expression was the same as before, hesitated for a moment, and felt that Leandro was just being polite to her: "Maybe you should hit it?"
The carriage quieted down again, but the atmosphere was noticeably better than before.Charlotte touched her bumped forehead again, thankfully, it no longer hurt.She lowered her hand, and without paying attention, she hit Leandro directly.The two people sat too close!"Sorry, Mr. Romero, I moved to the side."Charlotte said, moving a little distance to the side.But she felt it wasn't enough, that distance of over ten centimeters was still too close.Just as she was about to move a bit further away, Leandro suddenly spoke up, "Tomorrow is Friday."At first, Charlotte didn't react, "Oh right, the week really flew by!"Lifted my head, directly meeting those deep black eyes.Charlotte's heart gave a fierce thump, and the next second, she remembered something important: she was moving in with Leandro on Saturday!Realizing this, Charlotte didn't feel quite well.Leandro looked at her and added, "Ms. Be
He lowered his eyes, suddenly grabbing her hand, "Cold?"Charlotte's hand trembled slightly, she quickly withdrew it, still stubbornly insisting, "I'm not cold.""Don't cover it up, lest it gets hot again later."He said, reaching out to remove her coat.Charlotte subconsciously tugged at her coat, looking at him awkwardly, "It's still a bit cold."Leandro looked at her, holding his coat, neither exerting force nor letting go, just standing off with her like this.The gaze in his dark pupils was playful yet profound. His thin lips moved slightly, hooking into a faint smile, "Not afraid of the heat?"Charlotte suddenly realized, Leandro did it on purpose!He had long noticed that her blushing just now was due to shyness, not heat at all.This person was really mean, teasing her like one would tease a cat!She suddenly lost her temper, immediately letting go of her hand, and the suit jacket slid right off her body,
Charlotte looked out the car window, not daring to act up anymore.Fortunately, it wasn't long before the car stopped downstairs at the Bernard's villa.Charlotte glanced at the man beside her, took off her coat, and put it aside, "Mr. Romero, I'm home."The man slowly opened his eyes, glanced out the car window, then turned his head to look at her: "Let's go back, rest early, sweet dreams.""Alright, I've gotten out of the car, Mr. Romero. Sweet dreams to you too."Seeing him return to normal, Charlotte breathed a sigh of relief.She might just be cursed, unable to bear Leandro's tenderness, it was too strange, even with a hint of ambiguity.Charlotte pushed open the car door and got out. The driver had already unfolded her wheelchair and placed it next to the car door. As soon as she got out of the car, she sat down in the wheelchair.Before closing the car door, Charlotte took another look inside the vehicle. In the dimly li
The news of Marcus and Lydia renting a room together had been hanging on the internet for a whole day. The Gallagher family tried every means to remove the trending topic, but they were told it couldn't be removed.Raymond was so angry that his blood pressure rose, and Marisa was directly reduced to tears by the anger.Ever since Marcus ran away from his wedding, the reputation of the Gallagher family had been getting worse day by day.The Gallagher family had become the laughingstock of the upper echelons in Aelmere. Charlotte returned home, just in time to find Greyson reading in the living room.News about Marcus today was buzzing around, and Greyson, the "former father-in-law", had heard so much that his ears were calloused.Looking at Charlotte now, Greyson had stared for a long while. He originally had a lot to say, but in the end, it all condensed into a sigh of relief: "Thank goodness you didn't marry Marcus."Looking back, it may no
Yesterday was indeed a bit tiring, Charlotte got up a bit late today. She sent Elizabeth a "ridiculous" emoji and then went to freshen up.Greyson had an early meeting today. He had already returned to the office long ago.Charlotte was eating breakfast while scrolling through Twitter.She didn't go up to see the trashy man and woman, Lydia and Marcus, she went up to see the comment section of Dangelo.Fortunately, the comments under Dangelo's clarification tweet yesterday were all harmonious.Even because of Dangelo's tweet, Charlotte gained over two hundred thousand followers.Charlotte's Twitter had always been a bystander, rarely posting personal updates.Her Twitter wasn't even verified, it had been registered for seven years, and there were only eight posts in total. Three of them were from a couple of days ago when she was having an online argument with Lydia.Every fan who visited her homepage was saying "Sister is too
Marcus had just come out of a meeting, while Terry on the side was hesitant to speak.His face was tired and indifferent: "What is it?""Ms. Wagner wanted to see you, Mr. Gallagher.""Gone!"Upon hearing the name "Lydia", Marcus felt an inexplicable aversion.Yesterday morning when he woke up and saw Lydia naked beside him, Marcus's first reaction was not guilt, but disgust.He had never despised someone so much. Looking at Lydia lying next to him, he even regretted immensely that he had once wronged Charlotte for her sake.That was the first time he didn't feel the slightest bit of pity for Lydia, even when he heard her crying and saying sorry, he just wanted her to shut up.In fact, he did silence her. For the first time, he looked at her with such coldness and disdain, telling her to get lost.He had originally thought that Lydia wouldn't dare to appear before him again, but it seemed now that he had overestimated her
Just after three in the afternoon, Charlotte woke up, sat in her room for a while, then went downstairs to drink a bowl of sweet soup.At five o'clock, Charlotte came out of the piano room, Jaylen Obrien asked her what she wanted to eat in the evening."There was nothing in particular I wanted to eat, Jaylen, you decide.""Alright, I'll make something refreshing then. The weather is hot and it's affecting our appetites."Charlotte responded somewhat absent-mindedly, "Thank you, Jaylen."She would have to go over to Leandro's the next day, and she was hesitating whether to pack or not.Thinking of this, Charlotte's face grew hot.She made it seem like she couldn't wait to move there!Greyson had a dinner party tonight and called to ask Charlotte to go to bed early.Charlotte had originally planned to wait for Greyson to come back and chat with him, but Greyson said he might not be back until eleven that night, so she had
Charlotte set the alarm for seven o'clock, Leandro had said he would come over at eight last night.Just in case, he got up, washed, and changed his clothes even earlier than eight o'clock.The room where Charlotte had slept for over twenty years, she suddenly couldn't sleep in now. She was quite reluctant to let it go, but her reluctance was quickly dispersed by the sound of a car engine from downstairs.Charlotte hastily wheeled her chair to the balcony of her room, from which she could perfectly see everything at the main gate.It really was Leandro!Meanwhile, the second alarm on her phone went off.8:00.True to Mr. Romero's form, when he said eight o'clock, it was exactly eight o'clock, not a minute early or a minute late.Greyson was always an early riser. By this time, he had already finished his run and returned.The butler told him that Leandro had come over, to which Greyson, who was reading the newspaper, exp
Over the weekend, there was some traffic congestion on the Global side, and Elizabeth's taxi was still about two kilometers away.Leandro also said it would take another half an hour to arrive, allowing Charlotte to wander around a bit more.Elizabeth saw Charlotte finish the call and raised an eyebrow, "Lottie, Mr. Romero didn't come so quickly, did he?"Charlotte nodded, "It would take about half an hour to come over.""Should we buy a cup of latte to drink?"Charlotte thought for a moment, "Alright."It is better to not stand here foolishly.The crowd here today was really big, and there were quite a few people waiting at the entrance of the latte shop.Charlotte ordered a cup of fruit tea milkshake, the receipt came out, and there were seventeen people in front.Fortunately, the staff at the latte shop were quite efficient. After waiting for about ten minutes, there were only seven people left.Elizabeth looke
Charlotte actually didn't have much experience buying gifts for the opposite sex. Greyson's gifts were easy to buy, and he didn't pay much attention to his appearance. Whatever Charlotte bought; he was happy.As for Marcus, she had only sincerely given two gifts. One was a valuable watch with collectible value, and the other was a gift she personally prepared. However, Marcus did not cherish them, and even the gift he gave her on their anniversary was extremely perfunctory, so she just picked one casually.Anyway, he didn't care.But Leandro was different!"Liz, what do you think would be a good gift to give?"Elizabeth sighed, "Lottie, this question really stumps me! What do you think someone like Mr. Romero lacks? Well, it's not really about lacking something, to put it differently, what he likes, you might not be able to afford."Charlotte was taken aback by Elizabeth's words, although they were hurtful, they were also true.Leandr
Hanna's friend became more and more excited as she spoke: "You know, back when we were in school, Leandro was really different towards you. It's a pity that your family immigrated during high school! In all these years, I haven't heard of him having any girlfriend, I've only seen him having a good relationship with you.""You see, he told you about his marriage and even asked when you would return to your home country. Isn't this a clear hint?"Hanna smiled and denied, "You are overthinking. He had a good relationship with Mrs. Romero, didn't they trend a few times?"Hanna's friends disapproved, "Don't you know about this? Leandro has a bad relationship with his stepmother. Now that he's of age, his father wants him to get married. He married Charlotte, and we all think it's related to this! Moreover, Marco doesn't like Charlotte at all. Some people say that the first time Charlotte went to the Romero family with Leandro, she was immediately kicked out!"
Hanna almost turned away with a black face, and her friends around her didn't quite understand what they had just heard.Charlotte constantly badmouthed Hanna, and now it seems that Hanna has been cornered by Charlotte, leaving her speechless and infuriated.Hanna's friend looked at Hanna for a moment, hesitated, and then spoke, "Hanna, when did you have a conflict with Mrs. Romero?"Hanna would naturally not let her friends know about such embarrassing matters.She frowned, "I'm not sure where I offended Ms. Bernard. It might be because I have a good relationship with Lance, so Ms. Bernard misunderstood."Upon hearing Hanna's words, the friend couldn't help but say, "Is this Mrs. Romero being too sensitive?"She said, pausing for a moment, "But it's true, she also doesn't know what means she used to make Leandro marry her! Speaking of which, Hanna, you don't know, recently this Charlotte, in our circle, was really in the limelight!"
As soon as Elizabeth said this, Hanna's legs went weak for a moment.Her friend next to her reached out and gave her a hand, saying, "Hanna?"She waved her hand, indicating that it was nothing, and turned to look at Charlotte. "No need to thank me. I have known Lance for so many years, and I am also glad that he has found someone he likes so much. I wish you both happiness!"Hanna was still trying to salvage the situation, and Charlotte narrowed her eyes slightly. "Ms. Norton, if you are truly happy and truly wish us well, I hope that next time you won't mention Leandro's name.""I remember the last time we played golf; Leandro made it clear that his name, except for his grandfather, would not be called by anyone else, and he also didn't like being called by others. Look at me, his wife, I also just call him Leandro, right?""Also, as his wife, I didn't really want to hear other women calling my husband by his name. After all, it's such an intimate
Obviously, Hanna also saw Charlotte and Elizabeth.Hanna has had a hard time accepting that Charlotte was Charlene's thing until now.She certainly couldn't accept it, after all, she had said so many things in front of Charlotte before.Making her admit that Charlotte is Charlene, isn't that just asking for a slap in the face?Of course, it is a fact that Charlotte was Charlene, and even if Hanna pretended to be deaf and dumb, she couldn't resist.After all these days, she could hear someone asking her every now and then, "Is Leandro's wife really Charlene?"She returned to her home country this time quite ostentatiously. Just after her return, people in her circle were inquiring about how well she had been doing abroad and why she suddenly came back.Back then, Hanna was determined to win over Leandro, although she didn't explicitly say it, she did mention phrases like "for the person I like" and "for love."Her family immigra
The restaurant's environment was good, and it was evident that the decoration was done with care.The two of them sat for about ten minutes, and more and more people started coming into the store.Elizabeth and Charlotte had already decided what they wanted to eat. Taking advantage of the fact that the restaurant had just opened, they quickly placed their orders.They ordered their food early and the dishes were served quite quickly.The restaurant had a nice ambiance, but the dishes were average. Charlotte even felt that the ingredients were not very fresh.But there were too many people coming to check in, and she didn't have any substantial evidence to prove that the ingredients were problematic. She just felt that they were a little different from the fresh seafood she had eaten before, so the two of them let it go.Coming out of the restaurant, Charlotte glanced at Elizabeth and said, "This trendy shop wasn't very reliable."Eliz
Just as she withdrew her hand, she reached out again. She propped herself up slightly, cupping his face with both hands, and lowered her head to give his thin lips a gentle suck. Then she quickly let go, wrapped herself in the blanket, and turned her back to Leandro, saying, "Sleep, sleep!"That was exciting!What to do if you are a little addicted?Leandro didn't expect her to have such a "surprise attack", and by the time he realized it, Charlotte had already laid back in bed.The time was already late, and he didn't want to bother her anymore.And, if it happened again, he felt that even a cold shower might not work.In the darkness, Leandro raised his hand and touched his lips.There was still a hint of Charlotte's softness on top, and he also turned sideways, reaching out to hook her slender waist and pulling her into his arms."Goodnight, Mrs. Romero."Good night.This sleep, Charlotte slept a bit "exciting"
The two of them kissed and fell onto the bed, the cold bedsheet briefly bringing Charlotte back to her senses.The soft bed made her feel a sense of uneasiness, and her whole body trembled, like a bullied cat, whimpering and calling out to him, "Leandro--""Good."A low, hoarse male voice sounded in her ear, and Charlotte felt as if her heart had been rubbed against something.The itchiness spread throughout the body in an instant.Her face turned as red as if it were bleeding, and her hands unconsciously tightened.It was not known how long it had passed until Leandro finally withdrew his hand. His large hand gently pulled on her nightgown, tidying up the slightly disheveled clothes.His big hand gently caressed her face, as if to comfort her. His thumb wiped away the tears from the corner of her eye, and finally, he kissed her forehead before letting go.Charlotte's thoughts gradually returned, she lifted her head and immedia