His intimidation was like a breath of ice hurtling against Charlotte.Charlotte was immediately reminded of Zachary’s punishment for Victor. Her face was instantly drained of color. “L-Listen to me… I-I didn’t mean to do it. I-I was sleep-walking… That’s right! I have sleep-walking tendencies. Just ask my dad. I really don’t know what happened. I really was sleeping-walking!”She noticed the corners of Zachary’s lips lift just as she said this.Even a casual curl of his lips could result in a perfect line on this extremely handsome man, who was absolutely stunning.‘Is he smiling?’However, Charlotte soon realized how stupid that notion was. How could Zachary possibly be smiling? The corners of his lips were obviously quivering from rage!“Are you implying that I look like an idiot to you?” Zachary’s icy lips seethed, enunciating every single word, every syllable coated in bone-piercing frost.Charlotte felt as if she had been turned into ice.Zachary released her, removing his
Zachary promptly marched out of the bedroom as he spoke.Charlotte was close to a breakdown, and her eyes were filled with desolate tears.“You say that you’re placing me in confinement. How long will that last?”“That will depend on your behavior,” replied Zachary. “It could be a week, a month, a year… It could even last until the day you die.”Charlotte’s legs gave way, and she slumped onto the ground with a loud thump. Zachary turned around. His expression was cold and sinister.“Remember, you have ten seconds to get out of my room. One second more, and I’ll extend your confinement by another year.”Charlotte was left speechless, and her face twitched. She scrambled to her feet a second later and bolted out of Zachary’s room.She locked her bedroom door, sat on her bed, and indignantly snatched the teddy bear, which was sitting by the head of her bed. Then, she forcefully jabbed the teddy bear’s nose with her finger. “Zachary, you jerk! You’re a huge jerk! You are an unreason
By the time Charlotte reached the living room on the first floor, Zachary was sitting on the couch. However, since she was in a rush to see her father, she failed to notice him when she ran past him despite his imposing presence.She slowed down a little, but she was still walking toward the door. “My dad is awake. I have to go to the hospital to see him now.”Zachary replied expressionlessly upon hearing her words, “Have you forgotten that I’ve placed you in confinement?”Charlotte suddenly stopped dead in her tracks, petrified by his words. Her face was ashen, and her eyes were filled with disbelief. She turned her head around and looked at Zachary as if she was staring at a demon.“Look, if you’re talking about the incident that happened last night, regardless of the cause, I admit I was the one who climbed into your bed. I didn’t mean to oppose your decision to place me in confinement because of what I did. However, things are different today. My dad’s awake, and I have to see
Charlotte bobbed her head and replied, “Don’t worry, dad.”“How can I not worry about you? You’re my daughter, and I know you the best. Everyone thinks that you’re pretty and intelligent, but none of them knows that’s just a mask you wear to keep your true self hidden. You’re a headstrong girl, and you’re rebellious. You refuse to yield to anyone, and if anyone tries to keep you under control, you will certainly fight back. Anyway, listen to me, Carlie. You have to take it down a notch with your attitude now that you’re somebody’s wife. You must not keep fighting with Zachary, and—”“Hold up, hold up! Please stop wittering on, dad. I know what I’m doing.” Charlotte interjected, laughing through her tears.She talked to her father through the video camera for nearly an hour.She learned from her father that not only had Victor Rutherford dropped the charges against him, but he had also returned Simmons Inc’s management rights to her father. After her father recovered and was dischar
Zachary said, “You shouldn’t.” He then cast a pithy gaze at Charlotte.He was clearly telling her, “I have some private matters to discuss with Lucas. You can go out already...”Charlotte was not so unworldly that she would not even understand what people meant in an instant. Plus, she had no intention of interfering with Zachary’s private affairs, so she shook her head and exited the living room.Lucas continued after Charlotte walked away. “That incident was clearly plotted very carefully, and his purpose was to get you to sleep with that lady. After an around-the-clock, full-throttle, all-out investigation, I’ve finally found out that the person who drugged you that night was one of your uncle’s men. In other words, the person who devised the whole scheme against you behind the scenes isn’t someone else. It’s most likely your uncle!”Zachary’s eyes dimmed—the word “uncle” felt like someone was rubbing salt on the bleeding wound in his heart.“Sigh… Second Master, all that is in
’What?’Charlotte had knocked on the door nine times and had almost broken her finger. She had only opened the door and entered the room because of the lack of response from Zachary, okay?Charlotte, who had walked into the room, saw Zachary staring at the emerald locket in a daze. She did not want to disturb him, so she tried to tiptoe back to the bedroom without making a noise, but she was discovered before she could make a move.Seeing that Zachary was looking rather upset, Charlotte did not want to argue with him, so she smiled. “Okay, my bad. I’ll knock next time. I won’t bother you now, so you can continue to stare at your baby in a trance.”Zachary opened his mouth, but before he had the time to speak, Charlotte had already stridden into her bedroom and slammed the door shut.Zachary furrowed his picture-perfect brows unpleasantly.‘Charlotte Simmons! Is this rebellion?’...Charlotte, who had returned to her bedroom peacefully, heaved a long sigh of relief.If she had
There was a cool and refreshing scent of mint coming from him. It was faint but so unique that it could not be ignored—it was as addictive as a drug.Charlotte had the illusion that she had fallen into a blooming garden and completely forgot that Zachary was kissing her...The person kissing her was Zachary!After his lips twitched and separated from hers, Charlotte gradually regained her rationality.As soon as she became sober again, confusion, shock, and panic struck her all at once. “Zachary Connor, why did you... kiss me?”Zachary was still hugging her tightly—the warmth coming from his breath and chest as hot as a prairie fire. Every extra second in his arms made her lose the ability to reason bit by bit.“Please don’t leave me...” The man’s thin, warm lips were pressed against the spot between her eyebrows, and he was still whispering through them, “I love you.”Charlotte was shocked instantly, “You... What did you say?”“I love you.” He hugged her tighter in his powerfu
Charlotte returned to her bedroom, but her heart was still beating vigorously. While she looked in the mirror, her lips were as crimson as if they were bleeding, and her mouth was filled with a faint sweet and metallic blood aftertaste, as if Zachary’s intense kiss was still lingering on her lips...Whenever Zachary approached her, she would always feel panic and awe. She’d even had the illusion that she had returned to the night when that stranger had defiled her ten months ago.This time around, was it because Zachary had mistaken her for his beloved woman? His kiss had been so affectionate that Charlotte had only felt warmth.“Ugh!” Charlotte gave her reflection in the mirror the middle finger to express her contempt and simultaneously murmured to comfort herself. “Charlotte Simmons, you’re doing just fine. There’s nothing wrong with you. No woman should be able to resist that scourge’s charm.”…As Charlotte was lying on the bed and caressing her belly, she thought of the chil