She watched as Bryson’s face turned purple, and his body struggled. However, Zachary’s eyes were like knives—there was no sign of an intent to release him.Charlotte wrapped her arms around Zachary’s arm, the one he was using to strangle Bryson, in panic. “Zachary, wake up. Let go… Let go!” She used every fiber of her being, but she couldn’t move him at all. Zachary was so strong that it was like he was made of metal. Charlotte broke into a cold sweat. She steeled herself and prepared to bite the back of Zachary’s hand.Just as she opened her mouth, Zachary relaxed his grip.“Gasp… Cough, cough, cough!” Bryson curled himself into a ball, taking deep breaths. His heart rate, which had slowed to a near stop, was increasing again.He knew, without a doubt, that Zachary would have strangled him to death if Charlotte hadn’t stopped him.“I’ll let you live… for now.” A cold, icy tone slipped through Zachary’s lips. “However, I’ve warned you before. If you ever touch my wife again, I
One of them said coldly, “Do you want to stretch out your hands by yourself, or do you want us to do it for you?”Bryson raised his eyebrows and chuckled. “Come on. We’ll see who will come out on top!”The two bodyguards approached Bryson with an intent to kill, and one of them took out a dagger.Upon witnessing this scene, Charlotte was so frightened that her legs became feeble. Nonetheless, she still managed to muster up the courage to step out. “Don’t hurt Bryson!”The ferocious bodyguards both stopped obediently at that moment. They were carrying out President Connor’s orders, and no one else could ever stop them from doing their job—except Charlotte!Who was Charlotte? President Connor had given very specific instructions to his personal bodyguards that they must obey Charlotte unconditionally.Bryson was startled slightly. He then looked at Charlotte’s eyes and could not help but feel the warmth while experiencing a shock.At that moment, Zachary’s footsteps stopped for a
Charlotte stared at Zachary in a daze, her eyes were full of guilt.In order to get Zachary to let go, Charlotte did bite Zachary’s arm with everything she had.“Heh.” The domineering and majestic Zachary, the corners of his lips were lifted and formed an arc, it looked extremely indifferent and ironic. However, just a glimpse of that smirk would captivate anyone’s soul, it was just irresistible.Sure enough! A woman would really go all out for the one she truly loved!Charlotte was so afraid of him that she would tremble in panic every time she was in front of him. But in order to save Bryson, she was not afraid to even bite him. And now, she was looking straight at his grim eyes bravely and pleading for Bryson...This woman must not know, as long as he had decided to do something, it would be pointless for anyone to intercede.But why did his indifferent heart just melt when he stared at Charlotte’s arrogant but coquettish appearance and the gaze coming from her pleading eyes?
After all, such a decision was unprecedented for Zachary.The other bodyguard could not recover from the trance for a while. He then heaved a long sigh. “Second Master had promised Mrs. Simmons, what else can we say? Let’s go.”The two ignored Bryson’s existence and left side by side.In a blink of an eye, only Bryson was left beside the once boisterous fountain.Charlotte stood next to the fountain, gazing at Zachary’s back in a daze while Bryson stared at her blankly.Mr. Connor was the legend of Rothesay. Any order that came out of his mouth had always been an imperial edict, which would definitely be carried out, and it was useless for anyone to intercede.Therefore, when Charlotte tried to intercede with Zachary, Bryson believed that she would surely fail. However, the outcome shocked him!He had investigated them. Zachary and Charlotte were married because of an agreement, and Zachary never loved Charlotte.However, Bryson had a feeling that something was wrong since not
Charlotte now understood why Zachary always kicked his buttock—his mouth was really...However, thinking back to his advice, getting onto Zachary’s bed?‘Save it!’The last time she had accidentally gotten onto Zachary’s bed because of her sleepwalking habit, she had woken up to Zachary choking her. She still remembered clearly that Zachary had warned her sternly not to enter his bedroom again. Thus, if she were to do so again, Zachary would definitely strangle her to death.Lucas noticed that Charlotte’s eyes were filled with rejection and grabbed his oversized earrings, feeling extremely defeated. Charlotte totally had no idea that Zachary had fallen ill because of her.Hence, he tried to help her to come up with ideas earnestly, but she thought he was joking!At that moment, Zachary, who was in the car waiting, was staring at Lucas with a grim glare.Apparently, the warning that he had directed at Lucas, asking him to stay away from Charlotte, had gone down the drain long ago
Zachary also seemed to be petrified while watching Zenios clinging to Charlotte’s hand. His eyes were cold, but he did not yell at Zenios, asking him to let go of her hands.He lacked the confidence to do so all of a sudden.Even though he and Charlotte were married, Zenios was the father of Charlotte’s child, and now their child had been found... This made Zachary feel a sense of loss as the genuine third wheel of the love triangle...“That... Are you sure?” It took a while for Charlotte to calm down and regain her voice. She also yanked her hands out of Zenios’s forcefully.“I’m sure. I was sure that he was our son at first glance. He has blue eyes just like me, and his nose, mouth, and face are just a tinier duplicate of yours!”Although Zenios was thrilled, thinking that Charlotte was still his ‘Second Aunt’, he stopped pulling her, and his eyes started to tear up. “Carlie! This child is the fruit of our indulgence in love on that night and the bond that we won’t be able to cu
Blue Water Bay area, at Zenios’s luxurious villa... A cool supercar could be seen from a distance, and two custodians rushed to stop it. “This is Mr. Connor’s personal villa. No one is allowed to enter without an invitation from Mr. Connor… Huh? Sorry! You’re Mr. Connor’s Second Uncle, aren’t you? Come in, come in!”The custodians opened the gate. Zachary’s car had just entered the courtyard when a gold edition Rolls-Royce drove past his vehicle and stopped in the courtyard first. The door opened, and the very tall Zanios got out of the vehicle, turned to Zachary, who was one step behind, and said, “See, Second Uncle? I left much later than you, but I arrived first.”Zachary’s expression was as cold as ice. His tone was frosty. “Stop beating around the bush. What are you getting at?”Zenios raised his sharp brows. He looked at Charlotte, who got out of the car along with Zachary, his eyes filled with confidence. “You took advantage of my absence from the country and married Ca
‘Why does Second Uncle care about Carlie so much?’Zenios’s Blue Water Bay villa was just as large as Zachary’s in the Divine Sanctuary district. His main living room was bigger than a soccer field.There was a new addition in the living room, a baby’s cradle. Six platinum-level nannies surrounded and hovered around the baby in the cradle as if they were worshipping a prince.One nanny smiled fawningly when they saw Zenios entering the living room.“Mr. Connor, your baby is very healthy and such a good boy. Look at him, how exquisite! He’s definitely going to grow up into an exceptionally handsome man, just like you, Sir.”Zenios swept his gaze across the nannies.“You are all excused.”“As you wish, Mr. Connor.”The nannies stepped away.“Carlie, our son is here. Come, have a look.” Zenios was cold and indifferent to others but a kind and considerate little lamb when it came to Charlotte.Charlotte walked toward the cradle.The little one was less than two months old, tende
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