“Fine!”Charlotte shrugged. Fiery-red blood trickled down her chin and dripped on the floor.She allowed the blood to trickle down as she stared at Garrison calmly.“I admit, that promise I made with you ten years ago was the most idiotic mistake I’ve ever made. Even if I should be responsible for the consequences of my mistake, shouldn’t you have told me the truth first before asking me to keep my promise and marry you? Are you really okay with using lies and deceit to get what you want?”Garrison wanted to explain, but when he opened his smooth and perfect lips, he felt as if a large cruel hand had grabbed him by the throat. He couldn’t say a word.Every word Charlotte said was like a sharp needle, piercing into the most sensitive parts of his heart…‘That’s right!’Over the past four years, he had pretty much been living in remorse, every moment of the day because he had lied to the woman he loved.However, he was too afraid of losing her.He was afraid that if he told her
“Get up. Let’s talk about this.”“I won’t get up unless you promise me.” Garrison stared at her with sincerity while his throat quivered.“I know that you’re still in love with Zachary, but he is Lory’s husband now, and you’ve been my wife for a long time. I’m begging you, please don’t go to him. I’m begging you to stay by my side and continue pretending to have amnesia. From now on, live your life as Sotiria Green. I swear that I’ll make it up to you. I swear that as long as you stay with me, I’ll do everything I can to make you even happier than when you were with Zachary. Okay?”For one fleeting moment, Charlotte’s heart nearly softened, and she nearly nodded in agreement when she heard Garrison’s sincere words spoken from the bottom of his heart and saw the tears in his eyes.However, she took a deep breath and tried her best to bury her sympathy at the bottom of her heart, and shook her head resolutely.“Garrison, I believe that you truly want to be good to me, but it’s alrea
“Carlie, why aren’t you answering me?”Garrison’s warm voice rang aloud from beneath Charlotte.Only then was Charlotte pulled back into reality, and she concealed the hatred in her eyes. She lifted the corners of her lips in a downcast manner. “I know how important Lorraine is to you. You wouldn’t believe me if I told you. Forget it.”She tugged on Garrison’s sleeve as she said that.“Get up. If you keep kneeling like that, I’m going to kneel and express my gratitude to you too!”Garrison hurriedly rose to his feet when he saw Charlotte bending her waist and knees, ready to kneel.He stared carefully at her nose and saw that it had stopped bleeding, despite being stained with fiery streaks of blood. Then, he relaxed.“So, what’s your next plan?”“That’s exactly what I was about to tell you…”Charlotte shrugged.“I’m going back to Rothesay. So… Hehe, Garrison, Naomi’s always thought of you as her father, could you stay in Bay City and keep her company?”Garrison shook his he
Charlotte’s car had disappeared at the junction ages ago, yet Garrison still remained standing in his spot. His eyes filled with a sense of loss.Charlotte did not drive the car out of the city immediately. Instead, she made a stop at Naomi’s kindergarten.The teacher was in the garden, leading the kids in a game at this time. The delicate, tender, and smooth Naomi, who resembled an ice sculpture, stood out from the rest. Charlotte did not leave the vehicle. Naomi may be sensible, and if she told her that she needed her to stay in Bay City and that she needed to go back to Rothesay alone, Naomi wouldn’t cry and insist on going with her. However, she didn’t have the courage to say goodbye to Naomi.She stayed in the car, staring at Naomi for a very long time until the game ended. The teacher led Naomi and the other kids into the classroom. Finally, she started her car again.“Hey! You’re leaving, just like that?”A familiar voice suddenly rang aloud from outside the car.She tur
The security guard lowered his head and looked at Charlotte. His face was filled with disdain.“Mrs. Larson, please have some self-awareness. Perhaps Mr. Connor would have allowed you to call him by name when you were involved in an illicit affair, but do not forget, Mr. Connor has cut ties with you. What gives you the right to call him by his name?”Charlotte curled her lips, clearly displeased. “All I’m asking is if he’s at home. Do you really have that much to say?”“Sigh!” The security guard shook his head and stared at Charlotte with an even more disdainful look in his eyes.“Mr. Connor’s home, but Mrs. Larson, even if he is, I’m afraid you won’t be able to see him. Not just anyone is allowed to waltz into his home. Please leave.”“Fine! I see how it is…”Charlotte shrugged and put on a smile. She pointed at the small gap in the gate that was only big enough for one person to walk through.“Why are you so unreasonable? Don’t you know? I’m Lorraine’s sister-in-law. Lory in
However, Charlotte stopped when she arrived by Zachary’s side.Zachary, who always had keen instincts like a cheetah, didn’t even notice Charlotte when she arrived next to him.He continued standing in front of the tree like an ice sculpture. His icy, crystalline eyes gazed at the carved words on the tree—Zachary, Charlotte, Love Forever!Charlotte remembered. Four years ago, before seeking revenge from Lorraine, she had personally carved two hearts joined by an arrow on this plane tree. Then, she carved those very words on the two hearts.The knife that she had used to carve those words was the very same knife she used in her revenge against Lorraine.“Are you missing her again?” Charlotte spoke first.Only then did Zachary realize that someone was next to him. He glanced at her indifferently, then turned his gaze back onto the tree. His voice was cold and freezing.“Who let you in my home?”The corners of Charlotte’s lips twitched.In the past, she would have scampered away
Zachary’s tall figure stiffened. Then, the corners of his lips curled upward icily.“Get her out of here!”He turned away from Charlotte as soon as he said that and left.“Very well, Mr. Connor.”Two gardeners immediately approached Charlotte.Charlotte panicked. She quickly ran, faced Zachary, stretched out her arms, and stood in his way. “Zachary, don’t make them send me away. Give me some time, and let me finish.”Zachary swept his gaze across her face.“Talk.”The two gardeners stopped, staying one step away from behind Charlotte when they heard Zachary’s reply. They did not take another step closer. “I haven’t lost my mind, and I didn’t take drugs. I’m fully sober right now. I love you. I really do love you…”Charlotte lifted her delicate and pretty face. Crystalline tears glistened in her limpid eyes like rubles.“That day at the hospital, you asked me if I had any feelings for you. I lied to make you give up on me, but I regret it now. I’d think of you every day afte
“Zachary, stop right there!”Charlotte’s voice rang aloud from behind Zachary.Before Zachary could return to his senses, Charlotte had arrived in front of him and thrown herself into his arms.Zachary’s eyes immediately filled with an apocalyptic glare.He was about to push Charlotte away, but she threw her arms around his neck before he could touch her, went on tiptoe, lifted her head, and kissed him passionately on the lips…“Mmph…”Zachary’s mind immediately went blank.Meanwhile, his cold, hard, icy heart, which had died a long time ago, immediately felt as if it had been revived and was racing wildly in his chest.However, that feeling only lasted a short while. He icily grabbed Charlotte’s neck in the next second and forcefully pushed her away.“Ah!”He used so much force that Charlotte stumbled three steps back and fell on the lawn with a thump.There was a fiery pain on her neck, and a red, bloody handprint was stamped onto her fair skin, growing increasingly obviou
As expected, a video had been sent to Charlotte’s inbox.Charlotte opened it and found a video of her recent sexual encounter with Zachary in the car. She screamed and blushed furiously.Before long, she received a message from Rufus.“This exciting clip of you with Zachary is your remuneration. I will keep it safe and save it for my future enjoyment. Our debt has been repaid. You’re welcome!”Charlotte’s expression stiffened.A few minutes later, she received another message.“I won’t let anyone see this. Don’t worry.”Charlotte questioned herself.She had no idea how Rufus had managed to get this video. He was in a different city. However, she let go of the question soon enough, as Rufus had already sent the information to her inbox.The next day, at a high-class hotel in Rothesay.A black Masserati was parked outside the hotel entrance. As two bodyguards escorted a pot-bellied, middle-aged man out of the hotel, the driver hurriedly opened the Masserati’s door and said in a
“Lory…” A clear and melodious voice called out.A fair hand held her by the wrist as a car stopped nearby.“Zachary is openly making love to another woman in front of you. He’s obviously just trying to hurt you. You know this, so why are you still standing here, watching foolishly?”Lorraine shook her head feebly. It took her a while before she calmed down and replied shakily, “You’re wrong, Jez. Zachary isn’t doing it with her to hurt me. I’m nothing to him now. Carlie is the only thing that matters to him. He would never use tools to hurt me. He’s doing this because he’s so in love with Carlie that he’s lost control!”“Uh…” Jezebel turned awkwardly toward Charlotte’s car, shook her head, and said, “Lory, since you know you mean nothing to Zachary, why are you still torturing yourself? Forget him, and I’ll take you anywhere you like. Isn’t that much better?”“No!” Lorraine grimaced. Her eyes flashed hatefully.“It’s all Charlotte’s fault that Zach and I have ended up this way. I
The corners of Charlotte’s lips twitched. “I don’t think that’s a good idea.”“Why?” Zachary kept his eyes on her.There was no doubt about it. Not only did his wife have an extremely exquisite face, but her figure was also graceful and well-proportioned, better than a supermodel’s.The subtle display of fair flesh underneath her skirt seemed to exude a seductive fragrance. Her waist, which was the width of an A4 size paper, was slender. He felt an urge to hold her in his arms. She crossed her slender and well-proportioned legs naturally, creating a dark silhouette…‘D*mn it!’Zachary realized that the longer his gaze lingered on Charlotte’s body, the brighter the flames of passion burned within him, even though he had always abstained.“Based on Rothesay tradition, a man and a woman can only be considered husband and wife after holding a proper wedding ceremony. I know we’ve registered, but people will talk if we live together without having a ceremony,” Charlotte replied calmly
Charlotte remained sitting calmly in the car. She knew that this time, Zachary was determined to strangle Lorraine to death.Of course, she didn’t want Zachary to do it… But not because she didn’t want Lorraine to die. It was because Lorraine had Jezebel’s support. If Zachary killed her, Jezebel would do everything to avenge Lorraine.It wasn’t worth it for Zachary to plunge into mutual destruction with Lorraine. She didn’t deserve him.Charlotte knew very well that since Lorraine, who was a natural schemer, had the nerve to seek her out alone, it meant that she would have been prepared to run into Zachary and would ensure that Zachary would be too afraid to kill her.Thus, even though Zachary was strangling Lorraine, Charlotte did not exit the car to stop him.The car door opened and closed.Charlotte felt a bone-chilling aura throughout the entire car as soon as Zachary entered the co-driver’s seat.Zachary didn’t speak. Instead, he stared at her.Despite her intimate relatio
“What have you done?” Zachary’s voice was as cold as a frosty wind.“I’ve hired a few assassins. The assassins and I have had an agreement. If anything happens to me, they will do everything in their power to kill Charlotte and her two kids!”Charlotte’s entire body went cold as soon as she heard this.“Hehehe… Sorry, Zach, I misspoke. I shouldn’t have said ‘her two kids’. They’re yours and Charlotte’s kids, aren’t they?”Lorraine supported herself as she rose to her feet.In the past, no matter what happened, she would always do her best to maintain a good impression in front of Zachary, to show him the best parts of her.Now, she knew that his impression of her was gone with the wind. She cackled freely like a maniac. “Hahahaha… Look at that nervous look on your face, Zach. You’ve always been fearless, but she’s the only one who’s ever been able to make you lose your sh*t, isn’t she?”Zachary eyed Lorraine icily, his gaze as sharp as cold knives. Lorraine, whose heart was no
Lorraine forgot about the pain due to the intense panic she felt and stared at Zachary in disbelief. “Zachary, what do you mean by these scary remarks? I’m pregnant, yet you kicked me, disregarding mine and the child’s well-being. Could you be... Are you thinking of... Are you thinking of killing me?”“A wicked woman like you deserves more than just death.” Zachary’s cold voice slapped Lorraine in the face.Lorraine’s lips trembled, but she could not utter another word, as if her throat was being severely strangled by an invisible hand.Cough! A large mouthful of blood was spat out of her mouth, dyeing her white dress red.Although she did not feel pain or fear, her heart was glacial.She also knew that she deserved more than just death!‘But... wicked woman?‘I didn’t expect to be labeled as a “wicked woman” in Zachary’s heart someday!’As he was glaring at this pitiful woman, there was not even a hint of sympathy in Zachary’s eyes, and his voice still sounded frigid and merci
Lucas called not long after Charlotte put down her cell phone. “Milady, I just received a call from my ex-girlfriend, who I dumped last month, and she said that she just found out that she’s pregnant and she suspects that the baby might be my child... Ahem!“Therefore, I have to go to the hospital to get a paternity test with her as soon as possible. I don’t have time to drive Naomi back to your house, so you can either pick her up yourself or just let Naomi stay at the Second Master’s house.”Charlotte decided to pick Naomi up.As soon as she drove out of the yard gate, a crimson Ferrari dashed toward her head-on. She immediately turned the steering wheel sharply, avoiding a direct clash with the car.Braking harshly, the Ferrari hit the tree and killed its engine.Charlotte also stepped on the brake.The Ferrari’s door was pushed open abruptly, and Lorraine walked in front of Charlotte’s car angrily. She then pointed at Charlotte with her trembling right hand. “Charlotte Simmon
“Don’t forget who I am. There’s nothing that I can’t find out as long as I want to know... Aaaah—“Baby, you‘re hurting me. Don’t be too greedy... Oh, slow down, I’m on the phone. Oh. Ow—” The man’s voice was interrupted by a series of his own cries, and a woman’s moans were coming from the background at the same time.Charlotte vaguely pictured a rather explicit scene, blushed, and cleared her throat. “Um... I can call you later if it’s inconvenient for you to speak now.”“There’s no need. It’s convenient. Very convenient... Good girls, wait for me on the bed. I’ll get angry otherwise, understand?”“Hmph, are we less significant than your phone calls? Hmph!”“Don’t keep us waiting!”The sound of footsteps faded away.The man squinted his rare violet eyes and said languidly, “My little Simmons Princess, I’ve long heard people say that you’re still alive, and I really want to take a look at you with my own eyes, but I’ve sworn to never take another step into Rothesay. You should
Zachary looked at Charlotte through the window as a surge of pride swelled inside of him. “She’s my wife right now, so she’s your niece-in-law. You shouldn’t call her ‘that woman’ anymore.”The corner of the man’s lips curled up a little when he heard what Zachary had said. However, he soon reverted to his serious expression and continued. “Zach, even if she’s your wife now, I have to warn you. You have to think twice before you act. My great-grandfather, who’s also your great-grandfather, was framed and died in prison for offending someone from the royal family. Your great-great-grandmother wrote a letter with her own blood and came up with a family rule. The Connors are only allowed to do business. They are not allowed to deal with people from the government. Do you really want to break the family rule for her?”“Yes,” Zachary replied, his deep brown eyes filled with murderous intent. “I owe her a wedding, and I don’t want them to interfere with my wedding.”The man opened his mou