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
The baby didn’t seem too fond of Charlotte either. He burst into tears not too long after Charlotte began holding him.“Why are you crying, baby? This is your mommy. Your mommy loves you more than anything else in the world. Be a good boy. Don’t cry, don’t cry…”Zenios wasn’t particularly fond of children in the past. However, he had suddenly morphed into a super dad. He took the baby from Charlotte’s arms and began coaxing and coddling him.Unfortunately, it was useless.The baby didn’t seem too fond of Zenios either. The more Zenios tried to pacify him, the harder he wailed.Zenios had no choice but to give him back to the nannies.Thanks to the collective efforts of all six nannies, the baby’s cries gradually stopped.He fell asleep as soon as he stopped crying.Zenios had meticulously hired eight nurseries for their son. The nannies took the baby to one of the nurseries for his nap, like a myriad of stars circling the moon.Charlotte remained dazedly standing in her spot,
As soon as Zachary left, Zenios approached Charlotte with stars in his eyes.Charlotte was a little confused. “What decision are you referring to?”“Carlie! What’s wrong with you? It’s already come to this. Do you really want me to be so direct?” Zenios’s handsome, wicked face was filled with astonishment.“The last time, I went to Second Uncle’s house and begged you to come with me, but he asked you to make a decision, and you chose to stay… Carlie, I know you. You made that decision because we were in his home. You were scared of him. Besides, we hadn’t found our son then, and you didn’t want to risk crossing him.”‘Oh god! I thought I made things clear to Zenios. Why is he still delusional? I don’t know!’Zenios loved her deeply. The most unacceptable thing to a man who was madly in love with a woman was the fact that that woman did not return his love…Hence, despite the fact that Charlotte had clarified her feelings to him and that her decision to stay with Zachary hadn’t be
At that point, Zenios had suffered enough.Therefore, she would set aside these even more hurtful words for another day when he was in a better mood.“Zenios, some things, once spoken, will leave a heavy wound. But you’re a smart man, so please think about what I’ve told you, and you’ll understand.”Charlotte patted Zenios on the head consolingly and smiled sheepishly.“I’m sorry, but that’s it for today. I’ve got to go.”It was as if Zenios had turned into stone.With every word Charlotte said, he felt as if he were splashed with buckets of cold water, one after another in succession. He was freezing.However, regardless of how horrible he felt when Charlotte smiled at him, he couldn’t help smiling back. He gathered all of his strength and lifted the corners of his icy lips into a smile.Charlotte walked out the door.Meanwhile, Zachary was leaning against his car door with a cigarette in between his well-defined fingers.This was Charlotte’s first time seeing him smoke.Sh
At that moment, the gloominess in Zachary’s clear icy eyes dissipated. It was replaced by an overflowing warmness that gave Charlotte the wrong impression that she had an illusion.It was the warmest gaze she had ever seen. It was so warm that it reminded her of the bright sun that woke the flowers up from their slumber in spring.A man would only have this kind of gaze when he was looking at the love of his life.Charlotte blinked hard, and by the time she opened her eyes to look at Zachary again, his face had turned normal. His expression had regained its usual sternness and rigidness. There was no gloominess in his dark brown eyes, and there was no warmness either, only the usual icy coldness. As expected, she was hallucinating again!However, Charlotte let out a sigh of relief. After all, if she was really sure she had seen Zachary, the devil in disguise, looking at her with that warm look, she was afraid she was in the late stages of paranoia and had to go into a mental ho
Charlotte’s head buzzed.She had known Zenios for more than three years, and she treated him as dearly as her brother. Even though he had an air of aloofness, he was reasonable.‘How come he becomes so stubborn all of a sudden?’ Charlotte thought to herself.At that moment, Zachary’s perfectly sculptured face turned even grimmer.“People always say that the third time’s the charm, but that doesn’t work for me here. You know me better than anyone else, so I guess you know what I’m trying to say, right?”“Yes, I understand, Second Uncle. I’ve been pestering Carlie to get a divorce, and you’ve already given me two chances. You’re warning me that if I ever do anything stupid again, you won’t tolerate me anymore, and you will let me taste the consequences of my action, although I’m your nephew, right?” Zenios said as he looked defiantly at Zachary’s icy eyes.Setting his jaw tight, Zachary met Zenios’s defiant gaze as he said coldly, “Since you’re aware of that, then keep it in your m