Meanwhile, in the Quinn Mansion's underground prison, Charlotte was lying on the bed, staring at the man standing before her with a look of repulse and contempt. "Are you going to let me live in this shithole?"As she said this, she started munching on some almonds in a bowl next to her and gave the man a once-over. "Sirius—oh, wait, you're called Quentin now."I thought that as the master of the Quinn family, you'd have plenty of power and influence over people, but it seems that I overestimated you."She tossed a few nuts against the man and added, "I haven't lived in such a shitty place for more than ten years now, ever since I was taken from the orphanage by Jim. How can you treat your own daughter like this?"Quentin narrowed his eyes when he heard this.He shot Charlotte a murderous glare and said coldly, "What the fuck do you want? Do you expect me to bring you home and declare that you're my daughter?"You're a fucking murderer, Charlotte, a fugitive now! Even though the
She, Charlotte, was his daughter, and his only daughter at that. He would protect her no matter what!Charlotte curled her lips into a smirk and repeated gleefully, "I said that you're an even bigger monster than I am, Quentin."Her triumphant smirk was nothing but a threat to Quentin.Quentin narrowed his eyes, lunged forward, and wrapped his hand around her throat, lifting her from the ground by her neck. "Charlotte, there's plenty of things that I choose to let go of simply because I know your mother never taught you any better when you were young, but some things aren't supposed to be said."He stared at Charlotte with a gaze so cold there was not even a hint of emotion a father was supposed to have toward his child in it. "Do you understand?""Ack!" Charlotte coughed. "I…I understand…" Her entire face had turned scarlet from the lack of oxygen, looking as though she would die at any moment.She struggled against his grip and begged for his mercy, "I…I'm sorry, Quen—no…Father
"I honestly have no idea what I'm doing here either."As soon as she saw Jim, Bonnie suddenly felt as though her heart could not even beat. She sported a bitter smile, then turned to glance at the two people behind Jim. "Mr. and Mrs. Landry, I don't think I came at the right time."Since Mr. Jim Landry doesn't want to see me, I should probably go wait outside. I'll come inside as soon as Mr. Jim is finished with his visit."With that, she turned and left without even giving the three of them any time to react.Jim furrowed his brows when he saw Bonnie leave but did not reply.Rosalyn almost leaped off the bed in alarm. "Jim, stop her! I invited her here to talk to her; please don't let her leave!"Jim frowned when he heard this, then turned to glance at Rosalyn. "Why did you want to talk to her?"Rosalyn rolled her eyes at him. "Just because you don't like her anymore doesn't mean I can't, right?"Charles quickly added, "That's right, Jim. Your mother has just woken up from her
Jim had always taken a liking to gentle, elegant, yet resilient women like Number-9 or Charlotte.Bonnie was gorgeous and alluring, not unlike a rose with thorns on its stem. Even though she was stunning, there seemed to be something else hidden underneath the surface—something venomous and potentially fatal.As he thought of this, he reached Bonnie's side and suddenly realized that at this moment, Bonnie was staring at a photo, enlarging it on her phone and scrutinizing it intently.It was a photo of a man.Jim lowered his head and glanced at the photo, trying to make out who it was. Then, his expression darkened.He had seen this man before.It was Sean, the new mechanic and driver that Joshua had hired.The same man who bore a striking resemblance to him and had been admitted to a hospital just the night before due to their fight.At this moment, Bonnie was scrutinizing every detail of Sean's photo, staring at his eyes one minute, then looking at his lips the next.A surge
Jim's words made Bonnie's entire body stiffen.A split second later, she understood what he had meant.She tucked her phone away, sneering, then shot Jim a cold glance. "What's wrong with me looking at pictures of my boyfriend? Why do you even care, Mr. Landry? Besides—"She stood up suddenly and added, "The reason I even came here was that Mr. and Mrs. Landry requested me to come. She called me three times, insisting that I had to come."If you don't like me visiting them, Mr. Landry, you should tell them this and make it clear that it wasn't me who didn't want to come."I'll go now."With that, she turned and walked away.Jim furrowed his brows as he watched her leave, then stormed forward to grab her shoulder. "Where do you think you're going? My parents sent me out here to find you."Bonnie paused in her steps and said in a cold, emotionless tone without even looking back, "Don't you hate seeing me here, Mr. Landry? Aren't you the one who wanted me to leave? If so, why are
Bonnie furrowed her brows when she heard Christopher's name. "How…is Christopher doing now?"She had not seen Christopher since the last time he was over at Joshua's place with Jim, demanding her to return home with him.Joshua claimed that Christopher had fallen sick and that he had sent him elsewhere to seek treatment.However, Bonnie did not know that Joshua had sent Christopher to Lincoln City to be with Rosalyn."He's doing much better now." A hint of pity crept into Rosalyn's gaze at the mention of Christopher. "He even wanted me to apologize to you on his behalf…"He told me that he had done many things to you that he shouldn't have during his sickness."He hadn't meant to do any of those things to hurt you, but he couldn't control himself in his psychotic state."Then, she glanced at Bonnie's finger, which was wrapped in a bandage. "Are you okay now? Does it still hurt?"Tears brimmed in Bonnie's eyes as soon as she heard this.Luna had been the only person who had ask
The entire room fell silent.Both Bonnie and Jim were entirely stunned by Rosalyn's announcement.Bonnie was the first one to recover from her stupor. She glanced at Rosalyn somewhat sheepishly and said in a shaking voice, "Mrs. Landry, surely…you must be kidding?"A wedding? Between her and Jim?How could this be?She and Jim had broken up ever since he lost his memories, and she had been the only one who kept trying to bring his memories back.She had already given up on ever reconciling, so why was Rosalyn announcing that she wanted their wedding to go on all of a sudden?Besides, even if Bonnie agreed, that did not mean Jim would.As soon as she thought of this, Bonnie instinctively glanced at Jim.His expression was calm and impassive, without a single trace of emotion.Bonnie bit her lip, glanced at Rosalyn, and said in a low voice, "Mrs. Landry, I know you must have had some misunderstanding about my and Jim's relationship…""No, I didn't." Rosalyn curled her lips int
"But Bonnie, since you've already agreed to be his boyfriend, you shouldn't betray him."Jim smiled gracefully at Rosalyn and Charles and added, "Father, Mother, I think it's best that the two of you calm down first."I will never marry Bonnie."Then, he turned and left the room.Bonnie remained motionless, clenching her fists as she watched him leave.She was already used to Jim's coldness and hostility, but…She could not help feeling a little sad when she heard him say these things to his parents.She knew that Jim was an obedient child, and he rarely ever turned down Rosalyn's requests.Even though Jim was not particularly fond of his father, he seldom talked to Charles like that and was always respectful toward him. The only times he would ever show disrespect toward Charles was if Jim was under severe emotional stress or turmoil.However, at this moment, he was willing to talk back to Rosalyn and Charles because he refused to marry Bonnie.What else was she supposed to