“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
Only then did Charlotte wake up, feeling as if she were in a dream. She forcefully pushed Zachary away and took a few steps back, putting some distance between them.“Uh… That’s all for today. Bye, bye…”She quickly turned around as soon as she spoke and bolted out the door.Zachary stared at her figure as she ran away, then looked at his well-defined finger, which had been misbehaving around her. An evil glint flashed in his icy pupils.Jebediah placed Lorraine in the car.Lorraine, whose heart was in pieces, sat in the car seat, not moving a muscle. Her eyes were dull and lifeless, making her look like a soulless ragdoll.Jebediah felt as if a knife had gone through his heart as he stared at Lorraine in this state. He pinched Lorraine’s cheek in a comforting manner.“Accept the truth, Lory. You and Zach are over. Actually, this isn’t exactly a bad thing. Zach’s heart is set on Charlotte. Even if you cling onto him for the rest of your life, you may never get his heart back. Yo
“Heh.”Lorraine snorted with derision as she faced the gloomy, terrifying Jebediah.Jebediah picked up the blue packet and looked closely at the writing. His eyes turned even colder, as if he could turn the river by the road into ice.His voice was trembling as if a knife had been driven through his heart.“Even though I’ve wronged you, our child was innocent. You actually killed it… Lory… Why did you have to be so cruel?”“Cruel? He he he…”Lorraine laughed at the sight of Jebediah’s pained expression.However, her laughter only continued for a few seconds before coming to an abrupt stop. She stared at Jebediah as if she was looking at a clown.“Don’t be silly, Jebediah. I’ve told you so before. You don’t deserve to have me bear your child. I wanted to get rid of it the day I found out I was pregnant. Didn’t you notice that I bought the abortion pill ages ago?”Jebediah’s throat quivered. His dazzling, crystalline eyes turned as red as flames.Lorraine glared at him hatefull
Lorraine’s ward...By the time Charlotte arrived at the ward, Garrison was pacing anxiously outside her room.Jebediah sat on the ground with his back against the wall, looking up. His eyes were staring in a daze at the ceiling… Charlotte had never seen this gloomy, terrifying man so broken before…Garrison strode toward Charlotte when she arrived. Charlotte stopped and asked, “What happened, Garrison? How did Lorraine lose her baby?”Garrison sighed.“She didn’t want it and she used this as revenge against Jebediah.”‘Okay!’Based on the look on Jebediah’s face, Charlotte could pretty much conclude that.At that moment, Garrison’s melodious voice rang out again.“Carlie, Jebediah mentioned something to me before you arrived. I was shocked when I heard it. I never imagined that Lory would do all those things.”Charlotte chuckled.“Of course you wouldn’t. Lorraine is the wonderful little sister you’ve treasured from a young age. Who would believe that his own sister could be
“I said I don’t want to see anybody! Leave me alone!” Lorraine, who was sitting on her sickbed right now, shouted hysterically as she threw a cup at Charlotte.Charlotte hastily went out of the way, and the cup shattered after being smashed against the wall.At the same time, two nurses stood in front of Charlotte. “Ma’am, Ms. Larson is very unstable right now. She doesn't want to see anyone, so please leave.”Just as Charlotte was about to say something, Lorraine, who finally saw Charlotte’s face clearly, interrupted. “Don’t stop her. Let her come over here.” The two nurses looked at each other in surprise and then moved out of Charlotte’s way, just as they were told.“It's okay. You guys can wait outside. Don't come in until I ask you to. I have something to say to her.”“Okay, Ms. Larson. Remember to call us if you need anything.”The two nurses then exited the ward and closed the door.Charlotte walked up to the sickbed and looked down at Lorraine’s haggard face with her
It turned out that she had been holding a fruit knife in her right hand underneath the blanket. After she lifted the blanket, she mustered up all her strength and plunged the knife into Charlotte’s chest. “Pfft!”The sharp end of the fruit knife made contact with something soft.However, it was not Charlotte’s chest. Instead, it was the mattress. Charlotte knew something was wrong with Lorraine and she must be up to no good. Thus, she had kept her guard up around Lorraine, which was why she’d been able to dodge the strike in time. After Lorraine missed, her knife stabbed deep into the mattress. Lorraine had not expected that Fu Zhi would be able to evade her ambush with such practiced ease. She was slightly stunned but she refused to give up just like that. She pulled the knife out of the mattress and threw herself at Charlotte again. This time, Charlotte did not dodge the attack. Instead, she grabbed Lorraine’s wrist with deadly accuracy. Then, she twisted it down with all h