“I’ve heard that Lorraine severed ties with you in public at a jewelry convention a few months ago, just to appease Annalita. Carlie wouldn’t. Carlie has more sentiment for you than Lorraine. Carlie and Lorraine are both your flesh and blood. How could you treat them both so differently?”Kourtney smirked with disdain.“Because she’s been the very picture of my humiliation from the day she was born. Every time I remember how she still walks this earth, I hate myself. Why couldn’t I have used more force and smothered her to death? Do you understand now?”Coraline’s eyes turned to shock.‘Poor Carlie! She’s such a kind person that she’d do anything for the people she cared about. Why, of all people, did she have to have such a cruel mother?’Charlotte’s mood plummeted ever since Kourtney’s appearance. The dark cloud over her heart remained, even after Zenios and Coraline had finished their meal.22nd Century Pearl wasn’t too far away from the Divine Sanctuary District. She decided
Lucas hit the brakes and understood as soon as he followed Zachary’s gaze. He smirked. “She’s using your reputation to cause trouble everywhere. Ignore her, Second Master. Let’s just stay here and watch her. That’ll teach her—”Bam!Zachary had already kicked the car door open and left the vehicle.Across the street...“Who dares reduce the car I’ve given to my wife to this state?” The man in the frontmost of the group asked in a grim, creepy voice while smoking a cigarette.The woman immediately pointed at Charlotte and cried, “It’s her, darling. You gave this car to me as a present when you asked me to marry you. She didn’t just destroy my car. She’s destroyed your pride too. You have to teach her a lesson.”The man took off his sunglasses and stared craftily at Charlotte. “It’s you?”The sight of the man’s oily and pimple-ridden face made Charlotte’s stomach churn. “That’s right. It was me. It’s a simple dispute. You don’t have to bring so many men with you. Let’s discuss t
Charlotte heaved a long sigh of relief. She felt a warm current in her heart.‘Zachary!’Even though he still held some form of misunderstanding against her and believed her to be a scheming b*tch, he still came to her rescue when she was in trouble, like a knight in shining armor.She too instantly felt incomparably secure from the moment she laid eyes on him, as usual. She felt as if nothing and no one could hurt her again.Zachary finally released his grip around Arnold’s neck when his eyes became completely bloodshot, reddened all over, and resembled a corpse.“Ugh… Ugh…” Before Arnold could catch his breath, he fell on his knees in front of Zachary.“I’m sorry, Mr. Connor. If I had known that you were acquainted with this little chick, I would never have touched her, even if I had swallowed ten bottles of liquid courage. Spare me, Mr. Connor! Mercy!”Arnold was close to bowing and scraping before Zachary.‘Mr. Connor? Could it be? Is he the devil of Rothesay? Mr. Connor?
All color was gone from the woman’s face as she said in a flustered manner, “Arnold, I’m your wife. How can you let other people see my body like it’s an exhibition item?”The more Arnold thought about it, the angrier he became. “It’s you who brought it onto yourself, you stupid woman! Of all the people, why must you mess with Mr. Connor’s wife?”The woman trembled in fear as she was frightened by the harsh tone of Arnold's voice.Arnold then pointed at the group of men wearing sunglasses and said, “Hurry up and hold her still!”“No! Arnold, please! No! Leave me alone, no—”The group of men pinned the woman on the ground. Then, in spite of the woman’s cries, Arnold personally stripped the woman naked. A commotion was spreading among the crowd of onlookers.Charlotte did not want to see such a scene. She wrapped herself even tighter in Zachary’s black coat and then resumed walking toward the Divine Sanctuary District. “Mrs. Connor! Please wait for a moment!” Arnold quickly ran
Lucas stuck his head out of the window, and his golden hair dazzled brightly under the sun.“Yeah, Second Master? Do you need anything else?”“I’ll go myself!” Zachary growled, his voice low and his gaze cold.Then, he opened the door and went into the car.Lucas and Butler Benson shared a glance, and both of them could see the fear in each other’s eyes. Their Second Master often considered himself above others. Every time he wanted to seek revenge on his enemies, he would only send his men to do it. This was the first time he would get to get his enemies himself.In any case, those two people were doomed.At that moment, Zachary was sitting in the middle row of the car like an iceberg. His gaze was cold, and at the same time, he was pierced to the heart with guilt.He was extremely perceptive, and the moment he heard Butler Benson say that two people had sneaked into Charlotte’s room in the middle of the night, he understood that they must have done something to her. Charlo
“Huh? Hasn’t Mr. Connor said anything to you yet?”The chubbier female doctor raised her head to look at Zachary. However, when she met his cold, frightening gaze, she trembled with fear and hastily lowered her head.“About two months ago, someone gave us a considerable amount of money to operate on you. So we snuck into your room the other night, knocked you out cold with a drug, and then transplanted a fertilized egg into your body.”‘Oh my God!’The hair on the back of Charlotte’s neck bristled after she heard what the doctor had said. However, she was relieved that Lorraine did leave her some dignity. Although it was shameless of her to arrange someone to perform such surgery on her, at the very least, Lorraine did not find a guy and…It took Charlotte a long while to calm herself down and find her voice back. “How much money did Lorraine give you two?”As she was talking, she unwittingly looked towards Zachary. She found that his gaze was cold, and his face was devoid of
Charlotte’s gaze turned even colder. “What you have heard is the old me. Now I’ve changed, and I will never again be tolerant and kind to those who maliciously hurt me!”After that, she turned around and left.“Ms. Simmons, you can’t leave us just like that!”“Please, Ms. Simmons, I beg you. I just got engaged to my fiancé and will get married to him next month. My happiness is not easy to come by, so you can’t let Mr. Connor destroy me!”“Ms. Simmons, please, I beg you, Ms. Simmons—”“That’s enough!”Zachary growled, and the two doctors fell silent. At the same time, Lucas, who had been waiting for orders outside the basement the whole time, came up to Zachary with a smile on his face, “So, Second Master, what do you want me to do about them?”“Bring Dr. Stewart over here and ask him to implant a child in each of these two women’s wombs.”Zachary’s voice was clear, regal, and emotionless, but it sounded like a thunderclap in the two doctors’ ears. Both of them were instantly
Zachary felt relief.However, when he thought of Charlotte's hardships, a trace of pain entered his glowing eyes that looked like ice crystals. "I will find out who is behind all this and give you a satisfactory explanation."Charlotte felt she was hallucinating. She seemingly had captured a hint of affection and loving compassion from his voice. It was the kind of affection and loving compassion that would only be exuded by a man when he was in deep love with a woman.She jerked her head back, but his stunningly handsome face was frigid like a glacier, and his pair of dark, pretty eyes reminded her of the everlasting ice. He was still as regal, aloof, and indifferent as he used to be.'See! He will always be that Zachary, a walking iceberg! He's a one-girl guy, and the person he has ever fallen in love with is Lorraine, so how are there any chances he would transfer his affection from her to you?'Charlotte concealed the disappointment, whipped up a faint sweet smile, and said, "