When Charlotte arrived at the hospital, she saw a familiar car park at the gate. With his long legs crossed, Darren leaned against the car door, a cigarette between his lips as he patted his parents for a lighter.From the corner of his eyes, Darren saw Charlotte and he quickly put away his cigarette, walked over to her, and clasped her hand in his.A shy smile bloomed on Charlotte’s face and tried to wrench her hands-free, but Darren only tightened a grip. A smile tugged at his lips when he looked at her. “You are wearing the ring. You are mine!”Charlotte blushed. She bravely looked into his eyes and said, “We will go and see Grandma later? Its too blatant.”“Can’t I hold my wife’s hand?” Darren asked lightly and hugged her as they walked into the hospital.“Charlotte, Darren here you are!”Hearing Lillian’s voice they broke their embrace and Charlotte turned her head to see her and standing outside Jennifer’s door. She quickly disengaged herself from Darren and hurried towards Lill
After dinner, Charlotte left with her bodyguard.“We are only one left in the house. Now you can tell me what you want.” Darren asked indifferently.Silently, Stella rolled up her sleeves, revealing the hideous scar and bruises. “Except for my arms, I have more scars like this all over my body!” She said in a shaking voice. “My husband runs a nightclub, and he is very violent. Each time something makes him unhappy, he makes himself feel better by turning me into a punching bag. About a month ago, he became addicted to gambling and lost a lot of money. To make some of the money he lost back, he asked me to do a striptease for the guests and when I refuse, he beat me up. I ended up being hospitalized due to the serve injuries I suffered.”With that, Stella threw herself into Darren’s arms and cried. “You have to help me, Darren. It was very difficult for me to escape him. And I know I won’t make it out alive if he ever finds me. I can’t go back to that living hell. Please say you will h
“Here your coffee, Mr. Venzor.” Tina walked into the office, placing a cup of coffee on his desk.“Thanks Tina. By the way, have anyone come for interview lately?” Darren asked.Tina shook her head, disappointed. “I have already interviewed several people, but none of them meet your standard. But don’t worry, boss, there are still several interviews scheduled for this afternoon.”“Well, hurry up than! Otherwise, I’m not going to let you resign unless you find someone worthy to take over your position.” Darren replied.Tina answered solemnly, “No worries, Sir. I will find an excellent assistant for you before I resign.”“Thanks for all your hard work, Tina. I really appreciate it.” Darren smiled with satisfaction.“It’s not a big deal. I will work even harder in my last week in the company. I if I don’t do that, I wont even able to repay you for the apartment you gifted me,” Tina bantered.“You deserve it. You have always been dutiful right-hand women to me. And you have done a lot for
The next day, when Darren went back to his office, he saw the coffee cup was already placed on his desk.After taking a sip of the coffee, Darren was delighted by its taste. This was his favorite brand of coffee, and it tasted just right. It had all the right notes of bitterness and fragrance that he loved in coffee.“When did Tina knew me so well?” Darren wondered.This coffee was the best out of all the ones she made for him before. The taste was so exquisite that Darren couldn’t help but take another sip. Sipping it eased his worries away.At that moment, someone knocked on the door.“Come in,” Darren said, putting the cup of coffee and looking at the door.Tina opened the door and came in with another woman.“Stella? What are you doing here?” Darren stood up, surprised to see Stella there.Tina said, “Mr. Venzor, she is the new assistant that I recruited for you. I took her here in order to help familiarize her with the company’s environment and to introduce her to you. But since
“I’m not sure yet, but I feel like something about him has changed. Please, keep an eye on him for me. I really hope my intuition is wrong this time.”As Charlotte looked at Elena’s confused expression, she leaned against the back of her desk chair, lost in thought.“Got it.” Elena replied with a nod. She hesitated to leave right away and said, “Miss Wilson, Adam was seriously injured and was taken to Mr. Edward’s West bank villa.”“My dad is so soft-hearted. I’m going to talk to him once I come back from Boston. We need to be on a guard against Adam.” Charlotte heaved a sigh.Her father was an old-fashioned man. He attached great importance to kinship. Even though he was deceptive and resolute when it comes to running the business, he would always compromise and look out for his brother, no matter what an asshole Adam was.That evening, Charlotte decided to call her father.“Hello?” Edward’s weak voice comes from the phone.“Dad, are you sick? Why do you sound so weak?”“No, I’m fine
“Are you pertaining to me?” Darren asked with a smirk.Charlotte stood up and kicked him on the side. “Get out of my way. I’m going to the lavatory.”Darren withdrew his legs and made way for her. But just as she was about to walk past, he stretched out his leg on purpose, and it was too late for her to take her leg back. So, she tripped over his feet.Charlotte thought she was going to fall and make a fool out of herself. But then a pair of strong arms caught her. She tried to get out of Darren’s grasp, but he pulled her closer and held her even tighter.“Honey, I just wanted to support you. Don’t you want me to go with you on your business trip?”Hearing that something suddenly occurred to her. “Where is Corey Stanton. Why didn’t I see him? Shouldn’t I go with him today?”“Oh, I forgot to tell you that Corey is my man.” Darren smiled and reached out to ruffle her hair.Charlotte felt as though a lightning bolt suddenly struck her. She was too shocked to say anything, and it took her
The moment the plane landed safely, everyone on the plane breathed a sigh of relief. They all had varying degrees of joy and extreme relief on their faces.Just like them, Darren also smiled in relief as he crushed Charlotte’s to his body. A few minutes ago, he had done his best to keep calm and present a brave front for Charlotte, even as he mentally prepared himself to meet his end with her by his side.Holding Charlotte in his arms and breathing her scent when a few moments ago he had thought their deaths were imminent, he couldn’t help but feel very lucky.“Yes, we are safe now.” Darren mumbled into her hair and held her securely, even as she shuddered in her arms. Over and over again, Darren petted her hair and whispered soothing words into her, until the last of her tremors faded away.Charlotte wiped away the tears on her face as she continued laughing and crying. “Darren, I have a lot to tell you. I thought I would never have a chance to say them.”“You can tell me now. I’m li
Hatred field in his heart and rage had snarled curling his lips. Simon clenched and unclenched his fists repeatedly before he finally found the strength to answer Roger in a natural voice.“I’m afraid it’s a private matter, not something I can discuss with you.”“Then why should I do what you want?” Roger asked lazily.“Correct me if I wrong, but didn’t your father suffer a heart attack a few days ago? I believe it was because several European funds attack your funds. You are outnumbered and you have lost miserably.” Simon said coldly.The silence on the other end of the line was very telling. Eventually, Roger asked furiously, “How did you get that information? What the hell do you want to do?”“Don’t worry, Mr. Henry I just want to make a deal with you. What do you like most now is money. If you want more working capital its in your best interest to withdraw the investment from Wilson Group.”Idly, Simon tapped his finger against the sofa as he waited for Rogers's answer. In truth,
Darren carried Charlotte to the suite upstairs of the hotel near the church, where the reception was held. Inside, he placed Charlotte on the bed while he sat on the edge of the bed and said, “When are you planning to open your eyes?”Charlotte kept her eyes closed and held her breath nervously, not daring to open her eyes.“Well, it’s good things you that you don’t want to wake up!”Before Charlotte could even begin to understand what he meant, she felt his warm breath seep into the skin on her face. Charlotte opened her eyes and met Darren’s deep-set smiling gaze. His face was inches away from her and he was about to kiss her. Fortunately, he stopped the second she opened her eyes.Seeing his smile made Charlotte excited. “You know that I just pretending?”Darren didn’t answer the questions. “Were you aware that I was outside at the time?”Charlotte couldn’t respond to his query, so she just looked at him blankly. She had won the bet. At first, Charlotte just hoped that Stella could
Today was Peter and Anna’s wedding day.Darren came to the villa early in the morning to pick up Charlotte. However, Charlotte didn’t want to show up with him in the same place.“Charlotte, if you don’t want to see news about us breaking up tomorrow morning, then you had better come with me.”Even if their relationship was on the verge of breaking right now, the truth remained that the public still saw them as a loving couple. Though Charlotte was uncomfortable about the idea, she had no choice but to go to the party with Darren.When they entered the banquet hall, Darren wrapped his arm around her waist and pressed her body against her.The fabric of Charlotte's dress was thin, so when his palm landed on her waist, Charlotte’s body temperature rose and she felt her blood coursing through her veins.All the other guests at the wedding looked at them with envy. Teasing and sighing at how sweet they were.Charlotte was so embarrassed that she turned to him and said, “Let me go, will you
Peter was right behind the door when he saw Stella badgering Darren. He watched as Darren pushed her away and ran after Charlotte.Stella fell to the ground, but she got up held onto Darren’s lap, and continued begging regardless of how humiliating her act was.“Darren, where are you going? Don’t go! Please.”“Let me go,” Darren growled. In an act of desperation, Stella shook her head, held on to him, and refused to let go. She was no longer the proud woman she once was.“Darren, I’m begging you. Just give me a chance to be with you!”Finally losing his patience, Darren pushed her away from him and stopped her before she could latch him again.“Stella, you have no idea why I’m letting you show your face to me. It’s not because you are my friend, nor it’s because I want to keep some sort of connection to you.”“Then why?” Stella asked with tears in her eyes.Peter didn’t hear what Darren said in the end. He saw how despair consumed Stella and it showed on her face. She fell on her knee
“Its fine. Rose and I share a birthday. Charlotte is a good friend with her, so I’m sure she will be willing to celebrate her birthday.” Stella said firmly.At that moment, Dora crap out by Stella so well-informed. ‘And she is so adamant on getting her hands on Darren.’The more Dora thought about it, the more she sensed something was amiss.As soon as Dora got home, she told Charlotte everything that Stella asked her to do.Charlotte pondered for a moment and said, “You should ask him directly. He can make decisions on his own.”“Aren’t you worried that rumors would circulate if he attended her birthday party?”“He probably won’t go,” Charlotte replied after some consideration.Dora nodded in agreement.The next morning, Dora asked Darren for his opinion. He just looked at her, and asked, “What did Charlotte say?”“She said that it’s up to you,” Dora answered.“Up to me?” Darren frowned in confusion.“Yes, but she also said that he probably won’t go,” Dora added.“Is that so? I will
“But I can’t stand it anymore, baby! Just let me fuck you, okay?” Darren lifted her chin with his finger and begins sucking on the tip of her tongue.Everything he did felt so good that Charlotte eventually gave in. He began caressing her tits, rubbing her nipples, and then pulling them. Soon, Darren loosened his grip on them. Charlotte’s breasts jiggled and bounced after he let them go.“Ugh,” A moan escaped Charlotte’s mouth, completely arousing Darren. He pressed his body against Charlotte. Thereafter, Charlotte felt he is huge manhood rubbing against her vagina. As Darren kept moving, Charlotte's desire grew, and she could no longer think of anything else.“Charlotte, can I?” Darren pressed his manhood against her, making her wetter by the second.“Darren, I want It. Give it to me.” Charlotte had no strength to hold back his neck. She wanted to grab something, but all she could do was to randomly wave her hands in the air.“What do you want me to give you baby? Tell me.” Darren be
After the meal, Darren touched Charlotte's forehead to check her temperature again and pulled her out of the Starlight restaurant.“Come with me to my office.”“But I wanna go home and rest,” Charlotte complained.“Well, you can sleep inside my office, too. Come on!” Darren put his hand on her shoulder and gently pushed her to his car.When Charlotte got into the car, she was about to fasten her seat belt, but then Darren leaned into it and fastened it for her. The tenderness in his eyes made Charlotte blush.Darren then cupped her cheeks, smiled at her, and leaned closer to her face. “Kiss me!” he said.“Huh?”Just before Charlotte could gather her composure, he lifted her chin and kissed her lips. Charlotte held her breath nervously too anxious to make any noise.It was already lunchtime, so many people were coming and going outside the place. Their car park was visible to many people. Passerby could easily spot them if they would look at them.Charlotte didn’t want other people wat
Because of how he reacted, the doctor felt tense and uncertain about what to do.Charlotte's face palmed and said to the doctor, “Honestly, I am feeling alright already. I’m sure I will get better after taking the antipyretic injections. Thank you, doctor!”The doctor nodded with a smile and left the room.Once he was gone, Darren sat back in his chair and directed his attention back to Charlotte. “You really can’t take your eyes off a handsome man when you see one, can you?”“What are you talking about? I was not looking at him.”He was so angry that he was practically snarling at Charlotte. “Are you not attracted to me anymore, Charlotte?”The look of jealousy and frustration on his face was amusing. He looks so childish!Once Charlotte's infusion was done, Darren held her out of the hospital while holding her wrist. By the time they reached the gate, their fingers were already interlocked. Charlotte’s heart felt a sense of comfort and warmth as she held his hand with him.After the
For a long time, Anna I stood frozen on the spot with her hand hovering above the door.Eventually, she dropped her hand with a sigh. She found a corner by the porch and curled up in it to cry her eyes out. the crowd.After a long time, Charlotte came back and was surprised to see her at the door. “Anna?”Anna looked up at her, her cheeks red with embarrassment. It was indeed abrupt for him to come here, but she had nowhere else to go. “Charlotte, can you take me in for one night?” She wiped the tears on her face and asked brazenly.Charlotte gaped at her for a few seconds before walking up to her. She held her hand and took it. “Come in!” Charlotte said.Charlotte asked the maid to cook some soup and bought it for her.Seeing the steaming hot soup in front of her, Anna felt the warmth and acceptance of the family, which was also something she earned for most. Anna picked up the bowl and felt a lump in her throat.Charlotte’s three kids sat opposite and looked at Anna curiously. Anna
Stella called Peter out of the blue and asked him to come to the bar where she was and keep her company.During her drunken speech, she broke into sobs several times.When Peter hung up the phone, he hesitated for a while but eventually decided to drive to the bar.Judging by Stella’s near-incoherent speech, she was very drunk. Not only that, she was a drunk woman in a bar alone. The number of things that could happen was too high for Peter to even contemplate.When Peter got there, he saw many empty bottles on her table. Stella was in the process of pouring more wine when Peter walked up to her and confiscated the bottle.“You have enough to drink!”With tears streaming down her face, Stella turned to look at him in disappointment. “Why are you here?”“Who else could it be if it were not for me?” Peter asked him confused.“I don’t want you. I want Darren.” And all of a sudden, Stella grabbed his shirt and looked up at him with hatred and determination.Her reaction pissed Peter off a