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, "
“You’re so wonderful and dazzling. I actually believed that you were a scheming b*tch, just like Tiffany, not too long ago. I even scorned you and said bad things about you in front of Second Master. Sigh! Thank goodness Second Master never listened to me and was still very nice to you. However, I’ve neglected my duty as Second Master’s right-hand man. I’m a disgrace, totally ashamed… Milady, you can slap me a few times if you’re mad at me. I have thick skin, so I’m not scared of the pain. Just go ahead and hit me.”Lucas lifted his face. His clear, limpid eyes filled with sincerity.“Hah! It’s no wonder your Second Master’s always kicking you. You’re always asking for it.” Charlotte raised her hand but did not hit Lucas in the face. Instead, she ruffled his blonde head.“It would’ve been strange if you didn’t get the wrong idea about me after all of that. Let bygones be bygones. From now on, you’re still the cute little Luke in my eyes.”Lucas blushed. His eyes filled with tears.
Zachary’s cold, hard heart showed hints of warmth when he saw Charlotte’s pleading gaze.“Okay.”“What?”His sudden act of indulgence surprised Charlotte. She stared at Zachary, looking for validation. “You’re saying that you agree to my request and that you won’t hit him anymore? Correct?”Zachary’s icy pupils held an expression that Charlotte could not discern, barely noticeable. “Yes.”Charlotte heaved a sigh of relief.Zachary turned his cold gaze toward Lucas. “Take your filthy hands off her!”Lucas immediately released Charlotte’s arm as if he were shocked by an electrical current. However, he hid behind Charlotte like a child who had made a mistake, too afraid to face Zachary.Naturally, he knew why Zachary was enraged.Zachary’s jealousy illness had seeped into his bones long ago and was incurable.So due to his mouthiness with Charlotte and enduring countless kicks from Zachary, Lucas would usually stay away from Charlotte under normal circumstances, even if he w
Lucas had completely disappeared from view. Only then did Charlotte, who was as dazed as a statue, slowly return to her senses. She gulped. “Uh… Luke’s been investigating this for quite a while, yet he hasn’t been able to find out about Bryson. How did you manage to find out, simply through guesswork?”“Guesswork?” Zachary furrowed his dark, inky, shapely brows enigmatically. “I never base my conclusion on simple guesswork.”Charlotte raised her pretty brows. “But… If it wasn’t a guess…”“You told me yourself.” Zachary curved the corners of his lips intriguingly. “You really should have a good look in the mirror. Every time you think about Bryson, your eyes look different than usual.”‘Heavens! Have my eyes betrayed me? Wait!’“But I cut ties with Bryson long ago. How could my eyes possibly look different whenever I think of him?” Charlotte asked, looking aggrieved.“Oh, really?” Zachary’s gaze looked cold with a hint of jealousy. “Then why does your gaze seem warmer every time y
The corners of Charlotte’s lips curved complacently as soon as she ended the call.‘This time, Lorraine is done for!’However, once Zachary uncovered the truth, she wouldn’t let him be as cruel to her as he was to those two doctors. She would try her best to ask for leniency for Lorraine.Lorraine was her half-sister. She couldn’t be too cruel to her. Besides, Zachary was in love with Lorraine. If Zachary was left with no choice but to be cruel to Lorraine just to avenge her, Zachary himself would be hurt…She couldn’t bear for him to be hurt because of her!Zachary, who was sitting on her left, saw the huge grin on her face and immediately felt a tightness in his chest. It was a feeling of jealousy that he hadn’t felt in a long time…Just a few minutes ago, he said that her eyes seemed particularly soft whenever she thought of Bryson, yet she still tried to cover it up.However… One call from Bryson, and she looked so happy, like a teenage girl in the thralls of her first love,
Charlotte initially thought she would feel conflicted when entering their former newlywed home after breaking it off with Bryson.However, she felt nothing at all. Instead, she was suddenly reminded of her home with Zachary.“Igor is in this room. You can go in and talk to him. I won’t disturb you—” Bryson pushed the door of the bedroom on the southeast side of the first floor. However, his expression changed as soon as he saw the scene in the bedroom.“You! Who are you? When did you get into my home?”Charlotte saw the scene in the bedroom as well when Bryson opened the door.Igor was tied to the bed. His mouth was firmly gagged with duct tape, and he was not alone in the room—a man in a ski mask was standing by the bed, holding a pitch-black gun in his hand. Igor was staring at the masked man fearfully.The masked man did not speak. He simply glanced grimly at Bryson, lifted his gun, and pointed it at Igor’s head.“Don’t shoot!”“Stop!”Bang!A gunshot echoed. There was a
‘Ms. Larson? It must be Lorraine! Since Igor has died, Zachary shouldn’t know whether Lorraine instigated Igor. Why did Zachary tell Luke to summon Lorraine here?’ Charlotte looked in the direction Lucas was pointing with suspicion and saw a white Lamborghini approaching them. It only took seconds for the car to arrive in front of them.The door opened, and Jebediah helped Lorraine get out of the car.Seeing Charlotte, Lorraine immediately greeted her with a gentle smile. “Carlie, I heard that you miscarried a few days ago due to an accident. I wanted to come by to visit you after learning the news, but I thought that Zachary wouldn’t welcome me here, and I wasn’t feeling too well either, so I didn’t come.”“Bah!” Charlotte made no secret of her loathing for Lorraine. “Actually, I don’t welcome you either. You were right not to come.”“Carlie...” Lorraine bit her lower lip lightly and looked extremely aggrieved and pitiful.Charlotte sneered when she saw her expression. “That won’
‘Isn’t he afraid of scaring Lorraine? Why would he show such horrible things to Lorraine?’“Look at your reaction.” Zachary’s voice was clear and cold, just like the melodious sound of a flute coming from the peak of a snow-capped mountain.The corners of Lorraine’s trembling lips twitched. “What do you mean by... Look at my reaction? What reaction… Do you want to see from me...?”“The people who instructed Igor to frame my wife knew that I was looking for him, so they sent a killer to murder him in advance and shut him up. The killer then committed suicide by shooting himself in the mouth. If you weren’t so shocked when you saw Igor’s body just now, it would show that you already knew about his death a long time ago, which means that you’re the person behind the murder of Igor.” Zachary’s voice sounded indifferent.Lorraine was so shocked as if she had heard abrupt thunder on a sunny day.Her voice sounded like weeping blood in pain as she looked at Zachary. “Zachary, it turns ou