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
Zachary’s eyes were so cold that they could freeze everything in the world.Charlotte, who was being hurdled in his arms, clearly felt the powerful and murderous intent that he released. She was so scared that she did not dare to breathe.“Zachary, as a man, you actually want to confine your wife and take away her freedom. Carlie didn’t do anything to wrong you, she— Argh!” Garrison’s voice was interrupted by his own yell because Zachary’s fist had landed harshly on his left cheek.The power of this punch was so strong that even Garrison, who was as well-built as a male model, could not bear it and collapsed onto the lawn instantly.He struggled, wanting to get up, but when he was halfway there, Zachary thrashed his chest vigorously with a heavy kick, causing him to fall on his back again.Before Garrison, who saw stars swirling around his head like it was the Milky Way, could catch a breath and get on his feet, Zachary had already grabbed him by the hem of his collar, picked him
“Huff...” After taking a sharp breath, Garrison raised his eyebrows and sneered. “I thought you were really going to choke me to death. It’d be great if you were to strangle me to death. That way, you’d regret it for the rest of your life. Carlie would hate you for a lifetime while she remembered me for the rest of her life.”Zachary’s face did not look worried. “I’d be careful not to twist my tongue if I were to be you. You’re just full of bullsh*t.”Garrison was rendered speechless. His expression was slightly embarrassed, however, he quickly pushed Zachary away and stood up arrogantly in the next second.“Carlie didn’t lie to you. We’re innocent, and this is why I came to your house to help her clarify.” While saying so, he took a hard drive out of his car and flung it toward Zachary. “Carlie was asleep in my bed last night. She was afraid that you’d misunderstand her, so she escaped in a panic once she woke up. My home surveillance system recorded the whole process from when I c
“I don’t believe you. Zachary Connor, your empty bluff is useless.” Garrison looked at Zachary’s eyes as if he were staring straight at the arrival of doomsday.Rainbow Bridges—that was the place where Carlie made him a promise six years ago!As long as he waited for her on the Rainbow Bridges every day for 10 years without any interruption, she would be his wife.In order to actualize this agreement, he had insisted on doing so for the past six years and four months.If the Rainbow Bridges were torn down, all his efforts would be in vain, and his ultimate dream of marrying Carlie would go down in flames.Zachary chuckled, and it made Garrison even more panicked.At this time, the cell phone in Garrison’s pocket vibrated. It was a call from Butler Foster, so he picked it up.“Mr. Larson, I have bad news for you. I just passed by the two bridges you’ve been to every day for the past six years and saw that someone was demolishing them.”Garrison was shocked. “Stop them! I don’t c
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