“Can’t you knock?”Zachary spoke in a cold voice through his lips, riddled with water droplets.Only then did Charlotte snap back into her senses. A delayed reaction of embarrassment overwhelmed her in a fit of hysteria, causing her to blush furiously. “Ah… Sorry, sorry. I’m so sorry. I… didn’t know you were here! I really didn’t know you were…” She fumbled over her words in panic, turned around, and prepared to leave.“Get back here!”His noble yet majestic voice rang like an icy wind. Charlotte was stupefied from shock.She was immediately reminded of the first time Zachary had kissed her and his frosty gaze. She also remembered how he had nearly strangled her to death when she had sleepwalked all the way into his bed. He had even warned her not to overstep ever again.This time, not only had she walked into the bathroom while he was in the shower, but she had stared at him for a very long time too…‘I’m doomed! Not even God can save me now!’ Charlotte shut her eyes in despair
Charlotte shivered.Zachary pushed her up against the wall.She was lost in a reverie and wrapped her arms around him.Everything spiraled out of control!The cold frost within his pupils gradually melted away…Unfortunately…“Second Uncle, Carlie is even more important to me. Without her, my life would be meaningless!“You took advantage of my absence from the country and married Carlie before I could. I may be late, but it doesn’t matter. I’ll win in the end.“Carlie is no more important to you than other antiques in your house. She’s, at best, an antique that you love, but you don’t love her as a person. I’m more qualified than you to stand by her side as her lover!”Everything that Zenios had said to him immediately echoed in his mind like an incantation. These words were like a bucket of ice-cold water, splashed upon Zachary’s head, awakening him from his passion-driven stupor. He realized that he was only one step away from sealing the deal with Charlotte and suddenl
‘Charlotte Simmons! What are you disappointed about? Have you forgotten who you are to Zachary? The one and only time you both had sex was because he used you to release his frustrations from a drug! He’d never take that step with you sober! Besides, he once used a forced kiss as your punishment. Now you’ve made another mistake, so of course he’d use the same punishment on you, even if you’ve consummated your marriage! Oh, Charlotte Simmons! He would have tortured you even more than the last time if he hadn’t relented and stopped!’Zachary donned a loose nightgown.He stood by the window in front of his bedroom, and moonlight shone upon him like silver sprinkles, which made him seem even more perfect and elegant than ever.However, Zachary’s thoughts were not elegant at all!Despite having pushed Charlotte away, his soul seemed to linger in that bathroom. Even now, he could still feel Charlotte’s body wrapped around his…‘D*mn it! What’s wrong with me?’He never had any interest
In the end, even Lucas, who was an informant wunderkind that could unearth the deepest darkest secrets in the world, could not find anything on Tiffany at all.Tiffany’s backer hadn’t just wiped away every speck of dirt on her, but they had cleared her of any clues.Her benefactor was clearly powerful.‘That explains how she managed to have Bryson wrapped around her little finger!’Charlotte was tossing and turning in bed.She couldn’t shake this feeling that she owed something to Zachary.Finally, she set her alarm to 06:00 a.m. and got up bright and early when it rang the next morning.As expected, Zachary, who had a habit of reading in the morning, was standing in front of the French windows, reading classic literature. “A-hem!” Charlotte cleared her throat. This was also a means for her to gather her courage.“Uh… You’re up pretty early. Do you get up at five every morning to read books?”Zachary swept his gaze toward her, then turned his attention back on his book.“Mm
However, given her mastery in reading a person’s emotion, Charlotte could not understand the reason behind the change in Zachary’s gaze.And now, she did not have to think about these anymore as she had told Zachary everything that she should have told him. She could finally breathe a sigh of relief and stay far away from him.“Sorry for the interruption. You should continue with what you were doing.” Charlotte turned around in a hurry before she could finish the whole sentence.“Don’t forget, you’re the one who took the initiative to kiss me last night.” Zachary’s cold and melodious baritone that resembled a sound made by a flute from the peak of a snow-capped mountain suddenly came from behind.Charlotte’s heart skipped a beat, and at the same time, her cheeks seemed to be on fire.“Charlotte, since you want to clarify everything to me, I might as well do the same with you.” The faint but heavy footsteps gradually approached, but Zachary stopped when he was only a palm’s distanc
The servants had prepared breakfast.Charlotte and Zachary had been married for more than a month, and they had only eaten on the same table a few times. Zachary ate naturally, but because of his cold and majestic temperament, Charlotte still felt very stressed.Therefore, Charlotte only took a few bites before putting down the tableware and left in a hurry.“Where are you going?” Zachary asked casually.Charlotte answered with a smile, “My studio.”After speaking, she felt that her response to Zachary sounded very rude, practically ending the conversation in an awkward place, so she added, “Painting is what I do, and that studio is where I work. So from now on, if there are no exceptional circumstances, I’ll go to my studio to paint and sell my paintings, is that alright?”Zachary looked unconcerned. “Yes.”Charlotte breathed a sigh of relief.Before this, she was worried that Zachary, the president of the legendary Hathaway Group, would look down upon her profession as an ord
Zenios grasped Charlotte’s hand firmly, dragged her, and left.“Hey! Hey! Hey!” Charlotte flung Zenios’s arm away in a panic. “Tell me first, where do you want me to go with you?”Zenios looked at her sincerely. “We’re going to meet my parents, your in-laws.”Charlotte heard a buzz in her mind.“Yesterday, Second Uncle used my father to threaten me, and he stunned me at that time. However, I thought about it after you left. We have love and even a child. Everything between us is perfectly justifiable. So why should I be afraid? He’s the person who should be afraid. So, I’ve decided that I’m not going to wait for Second Uncle to go to my father with a complaint. I’ll bring you and our son to my father and tell him everything!”Ever since Zenios had reached the legal age of marriage, his parents had been urging him to marry someone and have children together.In the past year or so, his parents had forced Zenios to participate in at least three or four blind dates every day on aver
Zenios took a diamond ring out of his pocket and presented it to Charlotte—the diamond that was bigger than a dove’s egg was dazzling under the bright morning ray.Charlotte remembered that this diamond ring was the one that Zenios had used to propose to her last time.Charlotte had been able to maintain her composure the last time this happened, but Zenios was proposing to her in public this time around, which made her panic.The number of people who stopped by and witnessed the scene increased by the seconds, but fewer and fewer people were talking—they were all staring at the two of them blankly.More people took their mobile phones out to record the scene, and many of them had already posted the video online due to the lack of patience. Given Zenios’s popularity, these videos would soon trend up on the Internet...“Zenios... Get up quickly!” A layer of sweat could be seen covering Charlotte’s forehead.She knew that Zenios loved her, but she did not expect he would be so madl