Charlotte looked toward Zachary.He was wearing a black suit, and he looked as regal and perfect as always. Even in her current circumstances, she still could not help but stare at him blankly when she saw his handsome face.Then, in the next second, she snorted with disdain.Zachary—he was nothing but a monster draped in a beautiful shell to seduce people.Aloof? Uninterested in women? A man of principle? B*llshit! He was a sc*mb*g who clung to his old lover!“Get out of the car.” Zachary hissed, freezing Charlotte to the core.If it were in the past, Zachary would have owed her to obedience, but this time, she was going to stand up for herself and say no to him.“I’m not getting out of the car. I’m staying in the car. What can you do to me? Threaten to destroy my family like you used to do in the past?”Zachary did not threaten her. Instead, the darkness in his eyes grew even deeper, and his voice grimmer. “I’m not going to repeat myself again. Get out of the car.”Yet, desp
‘D*mn it! What the hell is wrong with you, Zachary Connor!? How can you lose it? She hadn’t said she had slept with another man yet. Just pull yourself together!’“Ahem!” Zachary cleared his throat. By the time he talked again, he had returned to his usual taciturn and cool-headed self, his gaze cold.“Skip the details. You just need to tell me, did you cheat on me or not?”Charlotte was stunned. She wanted to explain for herself, but the word “cheat” in Zachary’s mouth felt like a pinch of salt that sprinkled on the wound in her heart. Those scenes of Zachary and Lorraine “cheating” on her in the car burst forth like a breaching dyke and flooded her head.All of a sudden, her fear left her. There was only sadness, jealousy, and a trace of unfounded rage—as if someone she loved deeply had cheated on her—twinning and twisting like the tentacles of an octopus that sucked the reason from her brain.She raised her head, looking straight into Zachary’s cold eyes that reminded her of th
As Zachary stared at her face that was as red as a tomato, the jealousy in his icy eyes grew even thicker. “Garrison Larson does love you a lot. He’s so gentle to you.”‘What!?’She thought Zachary was going to let her go, but he just raised his eyebrows coldly and meaningfully and leaned toward her.‘Zachary!’Charlotte’s heart palpitated with anxiety and fear, but there was nothing she could do as Zachary had pinned her down.There was nothing but a dark, cold expression on his handsome face. There was only malice and coldness in his eyes.‘I kissed another man, and I went home with him! Yes, Zachary Connor, I’ve cheated on you! You’re the most miserable man in the world! Not only did your ex-girlfriend cheat on you, but even your wife was unfaithful to you as well!’Zachary stared coldly at her face as her words kept echoing in his ears. He felt empty in his heart…After a long while…“Don’t forget to take contraceptive pills.”Zachary’s voice rang out, freezing Charlotte’
A stern look alone from the regal, intimidating Zachary was enough to send anyone into submission. His anger was like rolling thunder, an irresistible force that could move the earth and mountains.So much so that Charlotte wavered from fright and nearly fell over her feet.“There are more than 10 male servants and janitors. If you flaunt yourself and walk over there, they will see you.” Zachary’s cold, magnetic voice shivered sourly…Charlotte had her back against him and curled her lips with disdain. “You don’t care, so why should I?”She picked up her feet and got ready to leave again.Zachary’s gaze darkened. “If you’re so fond of doing that, I’ll take a picture of you right now and send it to your father.”Goosebumps crept all over Charlotte’s skin from fright. She immediately stopped walking.Then, Zachary picked up the jacket on the ground and covered her with it.The warmth from his coat intermingled with his scent. She felt a warmth that she had never felt for a long t
Lorraine stood in front of her car. Her skin was fair, beautiful, and dazzling. “Zach was with me last night, but when I woke up the next morning, he was gone. He—”“Enough!”Charlotte icily cut Lorraine off.“At the end of the day, you’re just implying that you’ve slept with Zachary, aren’t you? I know!”“You’ve misunderstood, sis. I felt so guilty when I lost my head and ended up with Zachary last night. I don’t want to talk about the matter any more. I’m here to speak to you about something else.”Lorraine lifted her chin in a seemingly inadvertent manner as she spoke—this revealed a string of hickeys on her neck, clearly under the sun.Then, Charlotte, who was determined not to show any weakness in front of Lorraine, felt as if someone had viciously strangled her.“Zachary was in such a rush this morning. I found his watch on the bed when I got up and folded the quilt.”Lorraine presented an expensive wristwatch before Charlotte’s very eyes.“I gave him this watch as a pre
‘That’s impossible!’Lorraine stared at Charlotte as she walked further and further away before finally returning to her senses.She turned around and approached Zachary.“Zach, I know you’re a man of principle. You’d never do anything like that to me while sober, So I don’t want you to take responsibility. Don’t blame yourself either.”Zachary’s expression was deadpan. His eyes were cold and sharp like knives.“If I had any desire for you, we wouldn’t have needed to do an in-vitro procedure at the hospital, just to have a baby.”“Zach…”Lorraine bit her lips with her pearly white teeth as her eyes brimmed with tears.“You know me. How could you accuse me of such things? When have I ever lied to you? Let alone in matters concerning this?”A grim look flashed in Zachary’s eyes.Lorraine lifted her exquisite, oval-shaped face and stared at him with deep affection.“Zach, it’s true that you never used to desire me, but you’re different now…” At this point, Lorraine blushed as i
Zachary’s steely face showed no emotion. His voice was emotionless too.“That’s between us. It has nothing to do with you.”Lorraine’s shadow on the ground trembled. She lifted her trembling right hand. “You left this watch at my house. I gave it to you three years ago—”“I don’t want it anymore.”Zachary’s icy tone cut her off.“The trash can’s on your left. You can throw it in there.”Lorraine’s knees buckled as if she had received a painful punch. She slumped onto the ice-cold grass.The watch, which she held in her hand like a precious treasure, was instantly drowned in her tears.‘Miranda was right! Zachary’s completely spellbound by this tramp! He’s not the same Zachary who was so in love with me anymore!’Zachary silently walked ahead, never bothering to turn around and look at Lorraine at all.‘Why?’ That was precisely Zachary’s question too.Once, he and Lorraine had been so in love that they were willing to do an in-vitro pregnancy without having had sex, just so
Charlotte’s now dented car sat quietly in the courtyard. She walked toward it straightaway.“Where are you going?”Charlotte suddenly heard Zachary’s clear, melodious voice and turned toward him. Only then did she notice Zachary standing beneath the London plane tree, not too far away from her car.‘Zachary!’Once upon a time, the sound of his voice was enough to make her nervous, to make her heart pound against her chest.However, her impression of Zachary was now worse than dirt. She would never look up to him again!She curled her lips with disdain.“I’m perfectly free to go wherever I please. I don’t need to tell you.”Zachary furrowed his shapely brows.“Garrison?”‘What?’Charlotte was shocked. Then, she understood that Zachary was suspecting her of going to Garrison!Previously, she was so afraid of Zachary misunderstanding her that she would quickly explain herself whenever there was a chance of misunderstanding.However, there was no need now.She raised her brow