A sparking light crossed Zachary’s glittering icy eyes when the scene of him helping Charlotte to take a bath that day came into his mind.“Yeah. I still remember.”Lorraine looked at the fruit knife on the table. Although Charlotte did not say it explicitly, she knew what Charlotte was talking about. She had heard it all from Ivan. That day, when Ivan had gone to Charlotte’s house to catch them in the act, they had found Charlotte in the bathroom with Zachary, and both of them were in their birthday suits. God knew what they had done that day.As Charlotte repeated those things in front of her, Lorraine was so jealous that she wanted to plunge the fruit knife on the table into Charlotte’s chest.Charlotte continued. “But I didn’t tell you the reason that day because it wasn’t time yet, and now the time is ripe. I’m going to tell you in front of Lorraine the reason I divorced you four years ago... Lorraine gave you a poison for which only she had the antidote. If I didn’t file
Charlotte was so shocked that her jaw dropped.She knew that Lorraine’s image as a figure of purity was solidified in Zachary’s heart, so she always believed that slandering Lorraine without concrete evidence to Zachary would only equal to self-humiliation.Charlotte had never dreamed that it would turn out like this!However, Lorraine felt as if a knife had been driven through her heart. She felt as if her soul were trembling.“No! This isn’t fair…”It was as if a hole had been cut in her tear ducts. Crystalline tears streamed wildly down her beautiful face, like a broken pearl necklace rolling down her cheeks.“Zach! You’re being very unfair to me!”Zachary’s perfect, glacier-like face only displayed iciness.“It’s not about being fair. I trust her. She is as bright as the sun. Renata Valentina and Melina Shore have both hurt her, yet she forgave them. You’re her half-sister. She wouldn’t have resorted to using hearsay to slander you if you were completely innocent.”The cor
“What are you doing here, Jebediah? What… Did you say? I don’t understand.”“It would be understandable if anyone else failed to understand what I’ve said. But how could you possibly fail to understand me?”Jebediah had entered the hall at this point, staring at her haggard face from afar. His icy pupils were a mixture of pain and regret. “Actually, I arrived when Charlotte arrived. I’ve been standing at the door, listening to your conversation. Do you still not understand, Lory? Zach trusts Charlotte. If you confess now, Zach might forgive you based on your past. Your obstinate refusal to confess will only bring you harm.”“Jebediah…”Lorraine, who was already in despair, had an even worse feeling creeping up on her.However, she refused to give up. She fought with her very last breath, like a drowning woman, struggling against death.“What’s with you today? Why are you saying such things too? Did Carlie bribe you? Or is it April Fool’s day? Are you playing a prank on me?”“L
Zachary’s eyes were terrifyingly cold. “No wonder Carlie insisted on ending your life on that cliff, of all places.”Lorraine’s enchantingly red lips quivered.Zachary did not say it explicitly, but she could detect a kind of “she deserved to be pushed off a cliff by Charlotte” in his tone…The next second, she heard Zachary continue in an even voice. “That year, when Carlie was pushed off the cliff. I mentioned that once I found the person responsible, I would make him or her go through whatever she or he had done to Carlie and push him or her off a cliff. Even if I were close to that person, I would not stand for it. I always keep my word.”‘What?’Lorraine gasped.Even Jebediah, who was rarely ever surprised, showed signs of shock on his handsome face.It had occurred to him that Zachary would not let him and Lorraine off easily after finding out the truth…However, he thought that Zachary would show them mercy out of consideration of their relationship and the fact that Lor
Mr. Schmitt immediately stopped. Zachary’s aura was too strong and cold. He was so shocked that he did not dare say a word. He simply lowered his gaze and glanced at Charlotte.Charlotte had been frightened by Zachary’s current state too. She quietly took a few breaths, gathered her courage, and turned her eyes toward his cold and devil-like face.“Well… Ahem!”She cleared her throat and gathered her courage.“I don’t think you need to do that, so could you please take your order back and tell Mr. Schmitt not to push them off a cliff?”Zachary nodded.“Mm.”Then he asked, “Why?”“Well, it’s like this…”Charlotte organized her thoughts, “Lorraine’s sin in pushing your uncle into pushing me off a cliff is vile, and they don’t deserve forgiveness, but I stabbed Lorraine three times with a knife that year and personally pushed her off the same cliff. She may have been lucky enough to survive, but I already personally had my revenge that year. So she and I are even.”“I understand
“Enough!”Zachary’s voice icily replied as he coldly smacked Lorraine’s hand away at the same time.“Ah!”The man used such force that Lorraine let out a cry and fell back on the staircase again.The skin on her elbow tore and bled.Zachary’s dark, inky eyes showed no signs of pity. His voice was still cold and unfeeling.“Remember, if anything happens to Carlie again from now on, the first thing that will come to my mind is that you’ve hurt her again. If you hurt her, I will make you pay with the addition of your previous debts.”Lorraine, who was half-lying and half-sitting on the staircase, stared despondently at his cold and distant face. She couldn’t speak. Only her tears streamed down her face uncontrollably.Zachary refused to look at her anymore. He turned around and walked to Charlotte.“Lory!” Jebediah cried out to her worriedly as he strode toward Lorraine. “I know you probably resent me, but it’s best to bite the bullet at this point. Everything I’ve done is for yo
Lorraine was madly in love with Zachary.Everything that she had painstakingly done was for the sake of being with him.Lorraine’s greatest fear was that Zachary would cut ties with her.Now, Charlotte had shown Zachary Lorraine’s true nature. Zachary’s impression of Lorraine as a symbol of purity was completely shattered. This was the cruelest form of retribution for Lorraine…Jebediah carried Lorraine out of the door in the blink of an eye.Zachary arrived in front of Charlotte and gently held her small hand.“I remember you telling me that Poopoo was our child that year. What was that about?”The thought of Poopoo made a knife-like pang shock Charlotte’s heart. She tried her best to smile flawlessly and pull her thoughts back to the past. “Five years ago, Tiffany and Bryson worked together to trick me into a one night stand with you on my and Bryson’s wedding night. That night, I got pregnant with your baby. Ten months later, I gave birth to that baby. He was taken away bef
“Alright, Zachary. It’s getting dark. I should go home.”Charlotte released Zachary, raised her hand, wiped her tears, and then got to her feet and walked away.“Don’t go.”She felt a faint pang on her wrist. Zachary’s strong, large hand had caught her wrist in a firm hold. His clear, enticing voice along with his warm breath rang aloud behind her.“You may have been forced to divorce me at the time, but you’ve always been my wife in my mind and the only mistress of this villa. This is your home. Stay here. I’ll go take Naomi and bring her here. From now on, we’ll live here as a family.”“I understand that you want to be reunited with me, but no!”Charlotte kept her back against him, and her clear eyes overflowed with tears.“Zachary, do you have any idea what people are saying about me? They’re calling me a tramp who’s seducing someone else’s husband and saying that I’m an insatiable sl*t whose only priority is to sleep with men… Even though they’re only saying that because the