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Chapter 53 - FAKE PREGNANCY?

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ONE WEEK LATER

CHARLOTTE'S POV

Fueled by my determination and weighed down by the expectations of my father, I made my way to George's office.

As I entered the room, his head snapped up from the laptop, his shock and anger at my presence written clearly across his face. But I remained undeterred, my energy radiating from my very core as I approached him with a single-minded purpose.

"George," I said, my voice low and dangerous. "We have unfinished business."

"What are you doing here?" George snapped, his voice dripping with anger. His expression hardened into a mask of stone, his lips pressed together in a thin line.

It was clear that my visit was not welcome, that my presence in his office was an unwelcome intrusion. His eyes blazed with fury, betraying his displeasure at my unexpected arrival.

But I would not be deterred.

But since I had made up my mind to execute my plot on George I wasn't going to back down from my course, neither did I flinch when I saw the displeasure in his fac
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