Lorraine stared at Charlotte hatefully. “Jebediah said that you made a deal. What kind of deal did you make with him?”Charlotte shook her head and smirked. “That’s a secret between us. I’m not telling you.”“A secret between you?”A hint of disdain appeared in Lorraine’s resentful glare. “I see. It’s just as I thought.”Charlotte was slightly stunned.“What did you think?”Lorraine’s smile was filled with even more ridicule. “What else could it possibly be? Your best quality lies in seducing men. Isn’t that right? You must have seduced Jebediah, just like you seduced Zach. Who knows, maybe you crawled into his bed. That’s why Jebediah is willing to abandon me for you.”“You…” Charlotte couldn’t take it anymore. She raised her hand and slapped Lorraine’s face.“Argh!”Lorraine’s graceful figure, which was already extremely haggard, wavered. She landed on the ground with a thud.She didn’t seem to feel any pain. Instead, she lifted the half of her face that had been sl
Why had she said that she would make her suffer a complete defeat in three days, as if she had a well-thought-out plan?Charlotte gradually walked further and further away. However, the image of Lorraine’s haggard face still lingered before her eyes…‘Lorraine Larson, my half-sister.’Come to think of it, pushing Lorraine off the cliff four years ago could be considered a conclusion to the animosity between her and Lorraine. This time, she only needed to take Zachary back, whom Lorraine had snatched from her. That would be enough.However, when she’d given Lorraine a chance yesterday, not only had she refused to comply, but she’d even gritted her teeth and said that she would kill everyone she cared about, just like she had done four years ago.Hence, she wasn’t going to show Lorraine any mercy.She had planned everything out.In three days, she would expose Lorraine’s true colors to Zachary!Charlotte was immersed in her own thoughts as she walked ahead. By the time she real
Charlotte looked annoyed. “I don’t want to see you. What do you want? You can tell me on the phone.”Renata waved at her.“Tiria, I came here today for your own good. Since I’m here, why don’t you take a few minutes out of your schedule to see me?”Charlotte ended the call impatiently, said goodbye to Zenios, and walked toward Renata.Renata nervously took a few deep breaths when she saw her finally walking toward her. Then, she quickly moved to welcome Charlotte.“We used to be best friends. Previously, Melina and I joined forces and hurt you very badly. From that moment on, we never talked again. I…”“Let’s not talk about the past.”Charlotte cut Renata off.“Didn’t you say you had something important to tell me? Get to the point.”Renata looked slightly embarrassed. She calmed herself and said, “Last night, your stepmother visited my house. She wanted me to help her hurt you.”Virginia’s fat face appeared in Charlotte’s mind. Ever since she had regained her memories, she
“Virginia asked you to pretend to patch things up with me, right? Fine, I’ll do it. Let’s be friends again, Renata!”She walked to Renata’s side as she said this and linked her arm with hers.“I don’t understand, Tiria. What do you mean?”Renata felt humbled by her sudden favor.Ever since she had lost Sotiria as a friend, she’d realized how precious Sotiria was to her. In the past, she’d always wanted the chance to apologize to her. However, she knew that Sotiria was never going to forgive her, so she’d decided to quit while she was ahead.She had never thought that Sotiria would be so generous. Not only was she letting go of the past, but she had even voluntarily linked her arm through hers.“Renata, ever heard of sowing discord among your enemies?”Charlotte winked at Renata. “I’ll be frank. Virginia’s been wanting to hurt me for a very long time. She killed my mother. My addiction to drugs was a result of her schemes too. You wanted to help me out, right? Go back and tell
Charlotte and Renata came to the maple forest, found a space, set up a tent, took pictures, had some fun nearby for a while, and then began a picnic.Charlotte and Renata placed the food that they had brought along on the ground.Renata then took out a glass of apple juice. “Tiria, I know that you love apple juice the most, so I personally blended this glass of apple juice at home and brought it for you.”“Okay.” Charlotte took the glass of apple juice and drank two mouthfuls immediately.After a few minutes, her eyes were tightly closed, and she laid on the ground.Renata shoved her shoulders in surprise. “Tiria, what’s the matter with you? Can you hear me?“Tiria, wake up.“Tiria!“Tiria!”However, Charlotte never responded.Renata raised her voice and said, “I know you’re hiding nearby. She’s out cold now. Come out.”At this time, Virginia, who had been hiding behind a big tree in the distance, finally showed up. She came to Charlotte and kicked her leg twice. Seeing that
Renata’s body trembled as she thought of her unbearable past.Virginia took a step closer to her. “I know that you hate Sotiria very much. That’s why you chose to help me when you know that I want to kill her. Since you want to help me, at least help me until the very end of the scheme. Let’s do it this way...“Aren’t you in urgent need of money? With that tiny amount of monthly salary, not only do you have to repay the mortgage but also pay for your father’s treatment. You’re very pressed for cash now, aren’t you? So, if you help me carry her to the bank of the lake, I’ll pay you an extra $30,000 to help you with your urgent needs. How about that?““This...” Renata hesitated for a moment and then turned to Virginia. “To make it clear, what you just said was that you’ll pay me another $30,000, plus the $15,000 that you still owe me. In other words, after we’re done with the matter, you’ll pay me a total of $45,000.”Virginia nodded decisively. “That’s a deal!”While all she felt d
Charlotte’s voice sounded clear and tactful.However, Virginia seemed to have heard a grenade exploding in her ears. She looked back tremblingly and saw Charlotte, who had surfaced and was swimming toward the edge of the lake. Virginia’s face turned pale instantly.At that moment, a cold voice sounded from a corner not far away. “Virginia Swenson, what else do you have to say now!?”Virginia shifted her gaze in the direction of the indifferent voice and saw Officer Zimmerman walking out of the woods by the lake. Her legs weakened due to intense fear, and she fell to the ground backside first.Officer Zimmerman, who strode quickly to her, patted the camera in her hand. “Before this, we‘ve always been suspicious of you ever since Sotiria called the police and told us that you tried to kill her in this lake. However, you hid everything deeply, and we hadn’t found any evidence against you. But it’s a different story now. You just threw her into the lake and tried to drown her, and we’v
Charlotte pulled her gaze away from Virginia’s face and smiled lightly at Renata. “Thanks.”While she was wiping her hair, Renata looked at her meaningfully. “I heard rumors that your memory has recovered, hasn’t it?”Charlotte nodded. “Yeah.”“Then, please allow me to ask you a question...” There was a trace of sorrow in Renata’s eyes. “I’ve been very close to you for more than four years after you lost your memory. Although I was close to you because I had an ulterior motive, I can feel that you’re a very kind person deep down. However, you did do a lot of unbelievable things back then...”“Tiria! I’ve always wanted to ask you. I was your only best friend back then, and you clearly knew that I loved Frank very much. We even got engaged and bought a wedding house together. Why did you seduce him and break us up?““This...” Charlotte pursed her lips awkwardly, then sighed. “Rena, in fact, even I don’t know why.”Renata was slightly startled. “How’s this possible? You don’t know t
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