Charlotte immediately felt as if she had fallen into an ice cave. Even her eyebrows trembled.“One month ago, when someone launched an investigation on Zachary, didn’t you say that he was an upstanding man and that he would be fine? Why is he still under investigation? It’s been so long!”“Obviously, it’s ‘cause the people investigating him are following someone else’s orders!”Lucas replied on the phone, clearly yet glumly, “The Second Master may be upstanding and unafraid of looking suspicious, but in the past month or so, the people investigating him have remained persistent, like dogs chasing after a bone. They just won’t let him go. They’ve been hounding him every day, milady. You know that the Second Master is an important figure in his company. The company needs him, but with these people hounding him all day, he has no time to manage the company. If this continues, the Second Master’s company will go bankrupt.”At that moment, Charlotte finally understood why Zachary had su
The corners of Charlotte’s lips curled disdainfully. “You don’t need to resort to such meaningless words. You know why I called you.”“Oh?” Jezebel grinned. “I guess you’re going to rant in Zachary’s defense then.”Charlotte had suspected that Lucas may have falsely accused Jezebel. Now that Jezebel had said this on her own, it meant that she had confessed to doing all those things to Zachary.Charlotte contained the urge she felt to hit her.“There is no hatred without a cause. Your hatred is directed at me. If you want someone to vent on, pick me. Don’t drag other people into this!”“Other people? What a joke. Is Zachary like any other person to you? Ha ha ha…” Jezebel’s exaggerated laughter felt as if it could tear through Charlotte’s eardrums.When she finally stopped, she charmingly said, “Since you’ve put it that way, fine! You brought this upon yourself, Charlotte, with the cruelty you’ve shown me. I’ll leave Zachary alone if you can make it up to me.”Charlotte was con
Charlotte drove the car into the courtyard. Before her car could come to a full stop, a somber-looking butler arrived in front of her car and respectfully said, “Miss Simmons, Mrs. Valentine has been expecting you. Please come with me.”Charlotte followed the butler.“I’m not looking for Lorraine today. Is Jezebel here? Has she left?”“Miss Atson hasn’t left yet. She’s waiting for you. Miss Atson’s time is precious. If you want to see her, you’ll have to follow me. Don’t make Miss Atson wait.”The butler’s expression was filled with reverence at the mention of Jezebel.He then led Charlotte to a bedroom.“This is Mrs. Valentine’s room. It’s inconvenient for me to go in. The door is open. Mrs. Valentine and Miss Atson are inside. You can go in.” He turned around as soon as he explained.The door wasn’t completely closed. Charlotte pushed the door open and saw Lorraine and Jezebel holding hands on the bed.Lorraine quickly smacked Jezebel’s hand away when she saw Charlotte.Jeze
“So, it really was you… You sent those assassins after Jebediah…”Charlotte finally found her voice after calming herself for a while.“Jebediah loved you more than anyone. He did everything for you. I met him the day he was murdered. He couldn’t help smiling every time he talked about you. You got pregnant with his baby, and he was as happy as a child, but you… Why? Why did you do this?”“You were the first person to suspect me when Jebediah died. Do you really not know why?” Lorraine, who had been sitting by the bed, pushed Jezebel away.She eyed Charlotte hatefully as soon as she got up.“If you hadn’t enticed Jebediah, he would never have betrayed me and schemed with you to slander me in front of Zachary, you little snake. Jebediah! He died long ago… The same Jebediah who indulged me all the time and would give me anything I wanted died long ago, when he colluded with you to betray me.”“Oh?”Charlotte smirked.At the same time, she felt sorry for Jebediah.Previously, Jeb
Jezebel and Lorraine lay side by side in a pile of garbage. She was seeing stars due to the heavy impact, so it took her a while to regain her senses.Charlotte scanned the two women with a cold gaze. She didn’t want to spare them another glance, so she turned around and walked out of the room.She’d had enough of the sight of Lorraine and wanted to go home at once.Her trip there had not been pointless. At least she knew who was behind Jebediah’s death now and had completely seen through Lorraine’s ruse!Lorraine had never changed. She had only been secretly biding her time.She should never have shown Lorraine mercy!Lorraine was right. She had caused Jebediah’s death. She had been harboring hope for Lorraine, hope that should never have existed. That was how she had caused Jebediah’s death! This time, it wouldn’t happen again!“Are you going to leave just like that, Charlotte?” Jezebel crawled to her feet, enduring the pain in her chest. She smiled in a twisted manner as sh
Lifting her eyebrow, Charlotte asked calmly, “What do you guys want?”“Long before you came, our master instructed us to lock you up if you dared to do anything stupid in this house. You just beat our madam and you expect to walk away as if nothing has happened? No way!” a jowly-faced man said in a grim voice.“Your master?” Charlotte scoffed. ”Oh yeah, Jebediah was your master, so now that he’s dead, Lorraine took over his place and became your new master. This is interesting. I wonder, if you knew that your former master was killed by your new master, would you continue to pledge your loyalty to your new master, who murdered her own husband, or would you kill her to avenge your former master?”“Our… Our master… Ms. Lorraine would never do that. Stop talking nonsense!” The man hissed, but his voice had become faint and tremulous.“Shut your d*mn mouth! Don’t listen to her, guys. She’s just spewing nonsense! Hurry up and lock her up!”They then threw themselves at her.It went wi
“Please calm down, madam. You’re pregnant, so you shouldn’t get angry. I’ll go get it for you…”Very soon, a man walked back to Lorraine with a whip in his hand.When Lorraine snatched the whip from the man’s hand, although Charlotte looked calm on the surface, in reality, her heart was pumping as fast as a hopping rabbit inside her chest.She was very certain that Lorraine would not show her any mercy.Smack!The whip landed relentlessly on Charlotte’s wrist.Just as Charlotte had expected, Lorraine was not going to show her any mercy. She lashed with her whip with so much rage and hatred that Charlotte’s fair skin was torn until it was raw and blood was flowing all over it.Although Charlotte was in a lot of pain, she refused to give in to Lorraine. She forced a smile on her face and looked at her rebelliously. “Is this all you got, Lorraine? No wonder you can’t fight back every time I beat you.”“B*tch!”Lorraine lost it this time. Her clear eyes turned crimson red from ang
“Ms. Larson is emotionally unstable right now. Someone please help her rest on the chair over there. We'll bring her away after she calms down.” Officer Zimmerman gave out orders calmly.Charlotte did not want to stay in this house for another second. Without looking at Lorraine, she headed out of the living room with quick steps.She kept thinking about Jebediah on her way back.She remembered how happy and satisfied Jebediah had been when he’d told her about Lorraine in the jewelry store. She also couldn’t forget the desperation and despair in his eyes when the killers had told him that it was Lorraine who wanted him dead.The two killers had not been lying, and she had not misjudged Lorraine.Lorraine was too good at acting. Besides, somewhere deep in Charlotte’s heart, she had still been clinging to the flimsy hope that Lorraine was actually innocent, as she could not believe that she would be so cold-blooded as to kill the father of her unborn child.However, Lorraine had sh