Charlotte got through to Garrison.Seeing the caller ID “Cutie Pie” being displayed on the screen, Garrison trembled and could not hold his cell phone securely.He then answered the phone in a panic, “Carlie? Is this really you? Carlie!”“Yes, I’m calling you in need of something. Do you have Lorraine’s phone number? I have run into some issues, and I need to talk to her.” Instead of beating around the bush with Garrison, Charlotte went straight to the objective of the call.Garrison spoke incoherently. “Lory is my sister, so of course I have her phone number. I’ll send it to you right away.”“Well, thank you.”“You’re welcome. Carlie, your voice sounds sad. What’s wrong with you? Have you encountered something that upset you... Hello? Carlie, Carlie!” Garrison, who sensed that something was wrong, took a glance at the screen of his cell phone and found out that Charlotte had hung up the phone long ago.He stared sorrowfully at the Rainbow Bridges opposite of him.More than two
Charlotte immediately understood as soon as she heard the man’s words. This man was working with Lorraine!At the same time, Charlotte sensed that there was a high possibility that this man was the father of the child in her belly!“I’ve revealed everything about us to Mr. Connor. I know that he might punish me for this, but what kind of a man would I be if I didn’t stand up and take on this burden for your sake and our unborn child?”The man gazed at Charlotte affectionately. “Carlie, there’s no use keeping this from Zachary at this point. Tell him that we’re truly in love, that you forced yourself to be his wife out of gratitude for everything he’s done for your family. Mr. Connor will forgive us on account of our true love and our unborn baby.”He grabbed Charlotte’s hand as he spoke.Charlotte pushed him away. “Don’t touch me!”The man couldn’t help but take a step back. His eyes filled with warmth and helplessness as he stared at Charlotte. “Why are you doing this, Carlie—
“I gave Mr. Connor these pictures in hopes that Mr. Connor would grant us forgiveness. Furthermore, I’ve shown him our Facebook chat records.” The man spoke up again at just the right time.Zachary, Lucas, Jebediah, and Lorraine silently turned their gazes at Charlotte.“What chat records?” Charlotte spoke with great difficulty.“How on earth could we possibly have any chat records?”The man looked even more helpless than ever.“We met after you married Mr. Connor. It was love at first sight. You said that I looked a lot like Bryson, and you saw a sense of loyalty in me that Bryson did not have. You said that you wanted to be with me forever, but you owed Mr. Connor too much. Thus, you had to be his wife and repay his debt of gratitude. We had no choice but to be together in secret.”The man looked at Zachary, his eyes filled with guilt.“To avoid detection, I gave you a cell phone. In that cell phone was a fake Facebook account for you. You’d usually talk to me via that Faceboo
‘It doesn’t matter anymore!’She was now at the deep end of someone else’s trap. She was already embarrassed enough. What was wrong with a little more embarrassment?She wanted to see what that phone contained!Lucas grabbed a bunch of his poofy hair and quickly ran upstairs. Soon, he reemerged with a rose-gold phone.“It’s password protected.”“Carlie used my birthday as her password—980306,” the man smoothly replied.Lucas entered the six digits. The phone was unlocked. He walked toward Charlotte with a grin. “Your lover showed these chat records to the Second Master before your arrival. You should have a look too.”Charlotte mechanically accepted the phone.The name on the fake Facebook account on that phone was “Cece”. She had been chatting with someone named LV1314 every day for nearly three months. Their conversations were intimate and flirty.There was even a stream of pictures that Charlotte had sent to LV1314. There were plenty of pictures of her dressed in translucen
Lucas looked confused.“Second Master, are you alright?”Zachary’s attention had been fixed on the man’s filthy hand around Charlotte’s waist. He managed to return to reality when he heard Lucas’s voice.When he returned to reality, he snapped back to his senses.His eyes, which had been full of rage at first, were now filled with disdain.“Get out of my sight. You disgust me.”The small sliver of hope that had been newly ignited in Charlotte’s eyes vanished.She thought she still had a place in Zachary’s heart, which was why he was infuriated by the sight of another man holding her.Now, she understood that he was simply disgusted by the sight of someone else showing affection in front of him!She had failed to notice the hints of pain in the depths of Zachary’s heart, spreading silently at that very moment.‘Charlotte Simmons! She already has a kid with this man. Plus, she’s slept with him many times! What kind of intimate act have they not tried? Like a clown, I flew into
Zachary curled his perfect lips icily. “Is this why you’ve been hiding this? Would you and that man have even bothered to cover up if you weren’t afraid of me taking revenge on your family?”The corners of Charlotte’s mouth twitched.“Zachary, I never told you this, but you’re the last person I’d ever want to lie to or betray. However, at this point, if I fail to explain myself well enough and you end up vomiting blood, I will be upset too.”A hint of disdain flashed across Zachary’s icy gaze.In the past, she had put on an act in front of him every second of every day. He had heard too much of her candy-coated words, yet she still insisted on continuing her sweet talk even now. Charlotte felt as if her heart had been stabbed by a knife when she saw that look on his face. However, she forced the corners of her lips into a smile. “You have to believe me, Zachary. One day, I will uncover the truth and give you a satisfactory explanation.”She turned around. Once her back was facin
Charlotte sneered. “I understand that the one who controls and uses you is Lorraine Larson!”“Sorry, Charlotte. How did you manage to figure out this whole plot is none of my business? The thing is that I can’t say anything,” the man said in terror while glancing at Lorraine and Jebediah, who were walking in the distance in front of their car.“I must leave now. Please stop harassing me.” He walked past Charlotte as if he was fleeing from the scene.Charlotte looked at the man’s figure hatefully. “You may get to escape from all this for a while, but you can’t hide from it for the rest of your life. Don’t you forget, not only did you tarnish my chastity, but you also deceived Zachary. He’ll definitely make sure that you suffer hell when the truth is revealed.”Thinking of how cruel and ruthless the devil of Rothesay could be when he was dealing with his enemies, the man felt a sharp coldness shot straight down his spine.Nonetheless, Lorraine and Jebediah were checking on his actio
Lorraine carefully caressed his flat belly in his hands. “He’s the biological child of Zachary and I. I’ll do my best to protect him.”The irony in Jebediah’s eyes intensified. “Then, you’d better never let Zach know that you got pregnant using his frozen sperm.”“Yeah.” Lorraine not only did not feel a trace of shame but smiled as brilliant as the midday sun in a cloudless sky.She had never aroused Zachary. Therefore, she had to go to the hospital for an in-vitro fertilization a year ago in order to conceive a child with Zachary.Unfortunately, she had not gotten pregnant after countless procedures, so she could only borrow Charlotte’s uterus through twists and turns as a last resort...And more than two months ago, she had tried to use the remaining frozen sperm that Zachary had left at the sperm bank last year, and she succeeded in only one go!‘My love for Zachary must have moved God Himself that He started to favor me!‘Nowadays, Charlotte has affected Zachary’s thinking t