Charlotte hurriedly took back her hands and clenched her fists. "I'm sorry."
Leandro tilted his head and took a look at the index finger that was held by Charlotte just now. Then, he left without saying anything.
Charlotte kept thinking of what Leandro said about taking her home in a week. She couldn't even eat well.
She felt that Leandro did it on purpose. She forced him to marry her. And now, he began to take revenge on her for her rude and outrageous request for marriage.
Charlotte hadn't told Greyson about her marriage with Greyson.
When Elizabeth gave her a video call invitation, Charlotte was not in the mood for dinner anymore. She let go of her fork, picked up her phone, and pushed her wheelchair to the sofa.
"Lottie, did you have dinner?" Elizabeth asked.
"Just had some, but I didn't have much appetite," Charlotte replied.
After a short pause, Charlotte was about to confess to Elizabeth about getting the marriage certificate with Leandro. But before she said anything, Elizabeth gritted her teeth and angrily yelled on the other side of the video, "Lydia is really a shameless bitch. Honestly, you should've slapped her more yesterday! But we don't have to blame ourselves for that bitch. Lydia will be doomed sooner or later! But you know what pisses me the most? Marcus actually..."
Charlotte thought that Elizabeth was still angry about what happened yesterday morning. But the more Elizabeth said, the stranger her words sounded.
Charlotte didn't interrupt Elizabeth but zoomed out the video screen and searched for her name online.
As soon as she typed her family name, Charlotte saw the latest news.
Then, she checked Twitter. As expected, she was on Twitter trending.
The trending "A runaway groom is not the worst thing about a wedding" was in fifth place. It would be difficult for Charlotte not to see it.
Charlotte clicked the trending. What came into her view was the photo of Marcus and Lydia choosing rings.
The title of the trending topic was taken from a post written by a so-called "acquaintance of the poor bride whose fiancé escaped the wedding in Aelmere". The post was entitled "A runaway groom is not the worst thing about a wedding".
Charlotte clicked it and looked through the post.
The post of that "acquaintance" said: "Guys, remember the poorest bride that shocked the country more than a month ago? It was Ms. Bernard whose fiancé escaped the wedding and who got into a car accident later. I have a friend who's close to them. And I just found something even more outrageous today. It's said that today is the third anniversary of the day Ms. Bernard and her runaway groom were together. They also planned to get their marriage certificate today after their honeymoon. But you know what? My friend went shopping for bags today and saw the runaway groom choosing a ring for his true love! Ridiculous! I thought Ms. Bernard was miserable enough, but I didn't expect things would get worse!"
Comments on this post had mixed opinions. Some said that Charlotte wasn't miserable because she got rid of the scumbag. Some said Charlotte was unfairly treated by that scumbag on their love anniversary. Some were just enjoying the show. Others even expected this thing to get intensified through Charlotte's fight with the runaway groom's true love...
Charlotte looked through the comments for a while. Looking at the most-liked comments that mocked her, Charlotte instantly knew who arranged this trending topic.
Lydia used to deliberately arrange her own trending to rank before that of Charlotte after Charlotte's performance ended.
Charlotte was used to keeping a low profile. Although she found Lydia disgusting, Charlotte didn't want her beloved career to be interfered with by outside voices.
Most of her performances wouldn't be deliberately announced on Twitter. Occasionally, she would appear on trending topics, but the ranking wasn't high, and not many people would pay attention to it.
Last month's wedding was such a big fuss. Netizens made all kinds of malicious verbal abuses about her, but Charlotte never thought of fighting back.
Charlotte was no pushover, but she wasn't as thick-skinned as Lydia who always liked to show private matters to the public.
Elizabeth cursed for several minutes on the other side of the video. As she didn't hear Charlotte's voice for a while, she began to feel worried. "Lottie?"
"Yes?" Charlotte said with a smile, "I'm checking my Timeline."
She and Marcus had been childhood sweethearts for twelve years. They had too many common friends both in reality and in Timeline.
As it had become a trending topic that Marcus bought a ring for Lydia, many people in Timeline sympathized with Charlotte.
Some deliberately took the opportunity to mock Charlotte.
Lydia's friends all posted the photo of Lydia and Marcus on Timeline with almost the same post "Lydia deserves it".
Seeing this, Charlotte laughed out of anger. Elizabeth also saw Lydia's friends' Timeline, and she was pissed off. "Why are they so shameless?"
But somehow, Charlotte didn't feel bitter at all. She even liked their Timeline.
Without saying a word, she slowly pushed her wheelchair back to her room, placed her marriage certificate issued a few hours ago in front of the dressing table, and took a photo of it. After blurring important information, she posted it on Timeline and captioned: "Married."
Elizabeth was cursing while looking through Timeline. Suddenly, her phone notified her that Charlotte made a new post.Elizabeth was a bit stunned. "Lottie, what Timeline did you post?"Charlotte knew she couldn't explain it clearly, so she just said, "You'll know after you look at it."Elizabeth slid her finger on the screen and immediately saw Charlotte's new post.When Elizabeth saw the photo of the marriage certificate, she thought that Charlotte married Marcus to piss off Lydia. But when she saw the groom's name clearly, she was totally shocked. "What? I'm not dreaming, am I?"Charlotte's face burned up when she heard Elizabeth's exaggerated tone over the phone. "It's true, Liz."After Elizabeth realized what was going on, she burst out laughing. "Well done! Hah! Seriously, Leandro is way much better than Marcus! Now I wanna see if that bitch Lydia still has the nerve to show off! Oh, this is so good! Lottie, you've truly surprised me!"Charlotte was initially worried that Elizab
After Charlotte hung up the phone, she found the Timeline she posted had over 99 responses.She clicked and found they were all likes instead of comments. In just ten minutes, the number of the likes surged to 300.Even if they didn't say it, Charlotte knew how surprised they were.When she was about to leave the page of Timeline and check Elizabeth's Twitter post, she suddenly saw a very strange post. There were only two words: "Got it."Charlotte had no impression of this Line friend, so she didn't pay much attention to it.Caroline acted quickly. After all, Charlotte was the most promising young female piano player in the country. No matter how low-key she was, she still had some connections and popularity.To vent anger for Charlotte, Caroline deliberately arranged the trending topic to reach fifth place. However, in less than two hours, it became the first trending topic.The visits to Charlotte's Timeline and Twitter account were beyond imagination. The marriage certificate she
Several of Lydia's best friends spoke for Lydia on Twitter. But within a few minutes, they were so criticized by netizens that they didn't dare to comment anymore.Lydia's friends Janiah Barron and Harley Walter couldn't bear netizens' criticism. They took a screenshot and mentioned Lydia in the chat group.At the same time, Lydia cried hard to Marcus and said she didn't know why they were photographed when choosing a ring and why the photos were posted on Twitter.Marcus naturally didn't believe that Lydia would do such a thing. He asked Lydia for help in choosing the ring, but someone took photos of it and posted them online. But anyway, it had already caused such a big fuss, and Marcus thought that this wasn't a good thing for Lydia.He consoled Lydia, "Lydia, don't worry. I'll find out what is going on. OK, take care and rest more. Goodbye."As soon as the phone was hung up, Lydia checked the news on the chat group. When she saw the screenshot, she turned pale with anger.Meanwhil
Kenneth sent many more screenshots, but Marcus no longer had the mood to look at them.Marcus threw his phone aside, quickly put on the seat belt, and drove to the Bernard's home.Charlotte's Twitter account was overloaded. As soon as she tried to log onto it, her phone was stuck on the page.She planned to wait a day or two before logging onto the Twitter account. Anyway, she had taught Lydia a lesson.Lydia often posted sentimental texts on Twitter to live up to the title of "beautiful young author" created by her company. She posted and waited for people to praise her in the comments.Lydia deliberately arranged for trending topics today to disgust Charlotte.Now everyone's attention was on her marriage with Leandro. Charlotte instantly changed from the poorest bride to the most successful company president's wife.Lydia was supposed to feel disgusted today.Thinking of Lydia's irritated face, Charlotte felt an unprecedented pleasure well up in his heart.Her calf hadn't fully reco
Before picking Charlotte back, Greyson told the maids and the housekeepers that when the Gallagher family members showed up, no one could let them in unless Charlotte agreed.Marcus used to be able to enter the Bernard's villa as he pleased. Now he was stopped at the entrance.The weather was not very good. It was cloudy early in the morning. Now it started to rain.Marcus stood at the entrance of the villa. The housekeeper's words made his expression extremely sullen.The rain started quite lightly. But it gradually got heavier.Marcus looked inside the villa a few times and finally returned to the car.There were quite a few missed calls. It caused a sensation on the Internet that he bought a ring for Lydia. Charlotte's marriage with Leandro was also known to the whole city.Marcus glanced at the ten or more missed calls and had no intention of calling back for the time being.He found Charlotte's number and dialed it, only to hear customer service saying, "Sorry, the number you dia
The rain was getting heavier and heavier. Greyson had a dinner invitation today, so Charlotte ate dinner alone.Everyone knew about her marriage to Leandro, and Lydia's secret intentions were revealed by netizens.Netizens either envied and congratulated Charlotte or ridiculed and abused Marcus.At around eight o'clock in the evening, Charlotte finally received Leandro's reply on Line.When she saw it was Leandro's message, Charlotte felt so guilty that her hands were shaking. It only stopped when she saw Leandro's reply. "You're welcome. I was just stating the facts."The response was simple, efficient, and direct.He was just stating the facts, stating the fact that they received the marriage license today.Charlotte looked at it and smiled. Her psychological burden suddenly disappeared.She edited another text and replied to him, "No matter what, I still caused you a lot of trouble. Anyway, I am both grateful and sorry."This time, Leandro responded quickly and concisely with just
Greyson paused to take a sip of water and then went on, "Marcus is not the man for you. Even if he apologizes to you on his knees, I won't let you marry him! Besides, you're already married. So, I'm declining...""Dad," Charlotte called out, interrupting him.It was a cry of protest.Greyson felt sorry but didn't stop. "Lottie, what's so good about Marcus anyway? If not for the incident at the intersection that day, you... you would have..."Charlotte knew what Greyson was trying to say. She shook her head. "Dad, I'm not going to forgive him."After a pause, she said in a cold voice, "Marcus said he would apologize to us on his knees, so we let him. We'll watch him do it. After all, he does owe me and the Bernard family an apology!"Charlotte was looking forward to watching the scene.Greyson had wanted to refuse this stupid dinner since he did not want Charlotte to associate with the Gallagher family anymore.But now he thought Charlotte had a point there and he had to go to dinner w
Charlotte tapped on her phone screen. After a moment of hesitation, she texted, "It's about us getting married. I don't think my dad will give you a hard time about that. Tell me if he does, and I'll talk to him."She could understand Greyson's feelings, and she was confident that Greyson trusted her and cherished her.Charlotte and Leandro got married out of the blue. That would inevitably make Greyson overthink. In that case, he would go to Leandro and ask questions.Only then did Charlotte realize that she had caused Leandro a lot of trouble since the day they went to city hall. She didn't want to add to it."Mrs. Romero, you're overthinking."Leandro's reply put a grimace on Charlotte's face.She murmured to herself, "Fine, I'm overthinking it."To Charlotte's surprise, he was not exactly what she thought he was."Never mind. We're going to get divorced sooner or later," Charlotte said to herself.Charlotte tossed her head to shake off those irrelevant thoughts.The Gallagher fami
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
Charlotte and Elizabeth had planned to go to that popular restaurant on Saturday to take photos, but it wasn't until Friday night that Charlotte remembered she hadn't told Leandro about it!Charlotte quickly sat up from the bed!At that moment, Leandro had just come out of the bathroom.She looked at Leandro, who had just finished taking a shower, and her gaze fell on the water droplets on his hair tips, lost in thought for a moment.Ah, this man, why does he always look so good no matter when?"Do you want to go out and play tomorrow?"A deep male voice sounded in front of her, and Charlotte finally came back to her senses.She averted her gaze guiltily, looking down at the bedsheet in front of her, and awkwardly raised her head, saying, "I forgot to tell you, I made plans with Elizabeth to go shopping together tomorrow."Leandro threw the towel, which had just been used to dry his wet hair, into the laundry basket on the side
It was night.Just after taking a shower, Dangelo, with a slight raise of his eyebrows, walked over to the vibrating phone on the table. He casually picked it up and glanced at it.Seeing the incoming call display, he answered and immediately put it on speakerphone on the table, saying, "What's the matter?"There is no doubt that this call was made by Jayden.Jayden on the phone was furious: "What's wrong with you? Why did you tell 'Secret Travel' that you would only participate if they also include Charlotte as a guest on the show?""Dangelo, are you out of your mind? She got married! She is now Mrs. Romero and has a great relationship with the Chairman of the Splendid Group! Didn't you see yesterday's Twitter trending?""You have been living a clean and focused life, dedicated to music all these years. How come at this age, you are acting like an impulsive youngster, doing things without thinking?"Almost every word Jayden said was
After finishing dinner, the sky had just turned dark.Leandro had an urgent document to read, so he went to the study after dinner. Charlotte realized that she hadn't played the piano in a long time, so she went to the music room, planning to practice for two hours before taking a break.Charlotte tactfully didn't bring up Marco's birthday anymore.Charlotte finished practicing the piano and found Leandro still in the study. She went downstairs, cut a plate of fruit, and brought it to his desk. Then, she quietly closed the door and left the study, returning to her room.At that time, it was still early, and Charlotte took a shower and played with her phone in bed.Karissa sent her a Line message: "Charlene, are you interested in making some extra money?"Karissa asked this question with a lot of uneasiness. Ever since she found out that Charlotte's husband was Leandro, she felt that her previous thoughts were too shallow and childish.
Charlotte shook her head, getting rid of unhealthy thoughts from her mind, and then poured a glass of water. She walked to the sofa and waited for Leandro to finish his phone call, asking him what they would have for dinner that night.As soon as she sat down, she heard Leandro say, "Since you don't welcome my wife, we won't go back and bother you."The person on the other end of the phone didn't know what to say. Leandro remained silent, with the sunset casting its rays on his face. His superior jawline added a touch of sharpness and coldness to his appearance.Charlotte pursed her lips and felt that the person on the other end of the phone should be Marco."Whatever you say."After saying these words, Leandro hung up the call.He seemed not to have noticed Charlotte on the sofa, standing in front of the French window, looking ahead after hanging up the phone.Charlotte was leaning on the armrest of the sofa, watching him. As the sun set, Leandro's figure became increasingly desolate
Charlotte had not yet realized what was happening when the man's lips descended directly onto hers.Thin lips tightly pressed against her lips, skillfully and effortlessly attacking, and rubbing against her ear.Charlotte was in the water, relying solely on the strength of her hands supporting her waist.The passionate kiss instantly made her go weak in the knees, and she instinctively sought support in the water.I grabbed his hand in the water and Leandro held me tightly around his waist.Leandro tightened his hand around his waist, and the two of them leaned closely together.The breathing of the two became increasingly heavy, and it seemed as if the quiet garden was filled with their breaths.The cool water at this moment turned scorching hot, and Charlotte felt a rush of heat from her feet to her head.This kiss lasted for an unknown amount of time. When it ended, Leandro gently kissed her lower lip and lightly bit it.Very light, a little tingly and a little crispy.Charlotte tr
Leandro swam butterfly, his form was perfect and pleasing to the eye.He swam to the other side and then turned around and swam back in the water. Charlotte watched as he gradually got closer and closer to her, feeling her heart beating faster inexplicably.Soon, Leandro swam back.He stopped in front of her, raised his head above the water, and the water flowed down from his short hair, running along his cheeks to his neck, and then from his neck to his chest, finally merging back into the water of the swimming pool.Charlotte's gaze subconsciously followed the water droplet, watching it glide across the man's collarbone. She couldn't help but lower her head to take a glance at her own collarbone!Leandro's collarbone was even more attractive than hers!It was probably because her gaze was too intense, Leandro clicked his tongue lightly and asked her directly, "What is Mrs. Romero looking at?"Charlotte was comparing herself to his clavicle, and for a moment, she didn't react. Her mi
More precisely, Leandro was only wearing swim trunks.After all, men's swimwear only had one option, which was a pair of square-cut swim trunks.Charlotte had just looked over and immediately saw the well-defined abs.It wasn't the first time she had seen it, but she still couldn't help but blush: "You, you want to go swimming?"She averted her gaze in a panic, anxiously looking around for a place to rest her eyes.After searching for a while, Charlotte finally found a good spot - the handrail behind the stairs, where Leandro was.She looked at the handrail of the stairs, paused for a moment, calmed down, and then shifted her gaze to Leandro's eyes, locking eyes with him.His black eyes looked at her, and the usually calm gaze now had a hint of amusement. "Isn't Mrs. Romero coming along?"She shook her head instinctively, "No."Upon hearing her words, Leandro furrowed his brows slightly and said, "I have never seen Mrs. Romero swim."It seemed quite regretful.Charlotte pursed her lip
The car they were given was right at the door, and the staff took the luggage for them, allowing them to go out and get into the car directly.As soon as the two of them got into the car and closed the door, the nearby journalists also realized it and immediately ran to their car to take photos.Charlotte glanced sideways at Leandro and said, "So exaggerated."The man chuckled and took her hand, playing with her ring finger. "Mrs. Romero's flow was excellent."Charlotte frowned and said, "I am not a celebrity.""You're better than a celebrity."Upon hearing his words, Charlotte became even more embarrassed.The car slowly started moving, and those few reporters gradually couldn't catch up.Charlotte glanced at the rearview mirror and raised an eyebrow at the videographer who was still running and filming.What dedication!It was hard to say how much influence she could have as a non-celebrity.After the car got on the highway, Charlotte took out her phone and sent a Line message to Ka