Charlotte parked the car on the side of the road, took out her cell phone, and dialed a series of numbers.The cell phone number was her father’s.Charlotte had never seen her father in the past four years or so. Thus, she did not know how her father was doing now. She did not even know if he was still alive.It took a long time before the call was connected.“Hello?”Upon hearing this voice, Charlotte almost dropped her cell phone due to the excitement.“Hello? Who are you? Why aren’t you speaking?” Walter’s mellow and kind voice sounded in Charlotte’s ears again.She heaved a sigh of relief and tried to keep herself sober. “Hi, I’m a friend of Charlotte’s back when she was still alive. Could I meet you?”“Carlie! Is that you? Carlie!” Walter, who was on the other end of the phone call, was so excited that his voice trembled.Charlotte was dumbfounded.She then heard Walter’s sigh, and he continued saying, “I’m sorry, your voice resembles that of Carlie’s, so I was a little
Only then did Walter extinguish the half-lit cigarette in the ashtray, turned around slowly, and took a look at Charlotte. There was a hint of shock in his eyes when he saw her face clearly. “It’s you!?”Charlotte was stunned. “Do you know me?”“Yes, of course. You and Carlie were in that accident together four years ago. She was trapped in the car, and you were lucky enough to survive when the cars exploded. I know you. Your last name is Green, and your first name is…”Alfred reminded Walter instantly, “Master, it’s Sotiria!”“Yeah! Sotiria!” Walter patted his head. “No wonder you and Carlie were involved in the same accident back then. It turns out that you’re good friends.”Looking at her father’s bloodshot eyes and haggard face due to depression, Charlotte felt like her heart was being sliced into pieces by a razor-sharp blade. Nevertheless, she tried her best to keep calm on the surface. “Yes.”Walter looked at her bewilderedly. “It’s been more than four years, and you’ve ne
“Father...” Charlotte turned around and looked at Walter, tears streaming down frantically on her cheeks again. “How did you recognize me?”Upon hearing Charlotte calling him “father”, Walter became even more convinced of her identity, and he hugged her in tears. “Carlie, although you refused to admit it, I already felt that it was you when I heard your voice over the phone when you called me. I was even more convinced that my baby girl had come back to visit me after seeing you! Carlie, daddy has missed you so much. Since you’ve been alive and well, why didn’t you come to me until now!?”By now, Charlotte did not need to conceal it anymore. She cried as she told Walter about her amnesia.Walter was overjoyed.Charlotte stayed at home to accompany Walter for dinner and stayed there for another night. She then had lunch with Walter the next day and reminded Walter to keep her identity a secret repeatedly before leaving.Alfred caught up with Charlotte after she got in the car. “Ms.
The taller security guard frowned impatiently. “Mr. Connor has always been very tough-minded. Since he said that he wouldn’t be seeing anyone, he wouldn’t even see his Second Uncle if he came here, let alone you. You—”“Hey! Stop talking for now!” The shorter security guard interrupted his partner and then whispered to him in his ear.Upon hearing these words, the taller security guard’s face turned pale with fright, and the way he looked at Charlotte became respectful in an instant. “I’m sorry, lady. You just said that the person who has come to see Mr. Connor is Ms. Charlotte Simmons? But, Ms. Charlotte Simmons has... Hehe, I would like to ask you, why are you bringing this up? How are you related to Ms. Charlotte Simmons?”Everyone who worked in this villa knew how important Charlotte was in Mr. Connor’s heart. There was no way that they could offend this woman if she was truly Charlotte’s friend!Charlotte raised her face. “You don’t have to ask that many questions, all you nee
“I’m not messing with you,” said Charlotte. Her brows slightly arched, and there was a faint smile playing around her lips. “Look, this might sound very absurd, but this is also the secret between you, me, and Charlotte. I can’t afford to let anyone know about it. We have to find a secret place so that no one will eavesdrop on our conversation.”Zenios looked at her, his eyes filled with doubt. “Really?”Charlotte nodded profusely. “Come with me, then.” Zenios then let Charlotte enter the courtyard.The guards immediately made way for her as well.Charlotte made a few quick steps and chased up to Zenios.Zenios looked at her coldly and said, “Sotiria, let me make it clear for you. If I find out that you’re messing with me, I will not let you off the hook so easily for tarnishing Carlie’s name and making fun of me!”Charlotte lifted her head and replied, “Alright, alright!”Zenios could not help himself and took another look at her.No one could come back from the dead.
Charlotte ignored the pain and got back on her feet. Then, she pushed the door before Zenios could close it and ran into Zenios’s study. Zenios’s expression darkened, and a surge of anger flooded his heart. He pointed at her face with a trembling finger while his shapely lips were quivering vigorously. “I warned you before, and I will tell you again, stop defiling her name. You’ve stepped out of line, and if you don’t want me to hit you, then get the hell out of my house now!”Charlotte heaved out a sigh and said innocently, “I know. I know that it’s almost impossible for you to believe me, but can you stop being so furious when I mention her name? Think about it calmly. I know how sad you are about her death, so how are there any chances I would use her death to provoke you for no reason? Do you think I’m a fool?”Although Zenios had regained his composure, his gaze was still filled with indignation and coldness as he stared at her. “I’d rather believe that you are a fool than b
“Carlie!” Zenios was overfilled with joy, but he regained his composure in the next second.“Cut it out, Sotiria! You think you can fool me just by rolling your eyes and pretending to fall down?”“What are you talking about, Zenios? I’m Charlotte! If you don’t believe me, you can ask me something that only we both know.”Charlotte walked step by step up to Zenios, but Zenios stretched his hand to stop her.“Stand where you are. If you’re really Carlie, then tell me where we first met?”“Cardinal Place,” Charlotte answered without any hesitation.Zenios’s tall body shook, and his voice began to tremble as he asked the second question.“Then, how did we meet that time? What were you doing at that time?”Charlotte curled her lips up calmly and replied, “It happened so many tears ago. On that day, my father contracted a serious illness. He was in the hospital with a persistent high fever, and when he was in delirium, he kept mumbling Kourtney’s name. As such, I went to beg Kourtne
Charlotte was nearly choked to death in Zenios’s embrace. She grinned painfully and said, “Zenios… You’re holding me too tight. I… I can’t breathe…”“I’m sorry.” Zenios hastily apologized and let go of her. He lowered his head slightly and gazed at her with his blue eyes filled with tears. At that moment, her face seemed to have become Charlotte’s beautiful face in his eyes.“I thought I would not be able to see you ever again in my life. Carlie, I’m so happy to be reunited with you. Why don’t you just make Sotiria’s body your own? In this way, you can stay by my side forever!”“I’m afraid I can’t do that.”Charlotte smiled through her tears as she recalled those scenes that she had read from ghost stories in the past. Then, she said, “Listen to me, Zenios, ghosts and human beings are two different species. Although I can return to the mortal world through Tiria’s body, I can’t linger here for too long. My soul can only stay in her body for a few minutes at maximum. However, I won’