However, Zachary, the devil incarnate, had actually kidnapped his beloved wife to threaten him, just to force him to defend Charlotte. He wouldn’t dare defy him.“Miss Larson is determined to send you to prison. She’s even hired a highly capable lawyer. All I can do is try my best to reduce your sentence.”Charlotte’s exquisite face flashed with hints of panic. “Are you saying that a prison sentence is inevitable? How long would I have to stay in prison?”Tito’s gentle gaze was filled with hints of sympathy. “Based on my understanding of this case, I can only reduce the length of your sentence to one and a half years at most.”‘Does that mean that I’ll have to stay in prison for at least a year and a half?’She was ready for this.Even though she had not considered the unavoidable consequences when she’d strangled Lorraine, Lorraine had not received her just deserts for sending people to fertilize her with someone else’s child and throwing her off that cliff. She, on the other
“Ah! Zach’s home. I won’t bother you then. You two go right ahead and talk.”Walter hurriedly ended the call.Zachary was now right in front of Charlotte. He lowered his gaze and looked at her charming face.“Has Mr. Ortiz spoken to you?”“Mmhm.”Charlotte was seemingly calm on the surface, but her fingers curled nervously.Time flew.According to her calculations, she and Zachary had been married for more than 130 days. She was familiar enough with him, but he still made her so nervous that she had difficulty breathing whenever he was next to her, just like the first day they had met.“Don’t worry. Whatever Mr. Ortiz described won’t happen.” Zachary’s magnetic, melodious voice brushed against her like music.Charlotte’s snow-white face was filled with confusion.“I don’t understand what you mean.”“You’re not going to prison. I won’t let it happen,” Zachary replied indifferently with an expressionless look on his face.‘What?’“Mr. Ortiz made it very clear. Lorraine has a
That explained why she’d sensed such a weight in Zachary’s heart when he’d stood in front of her. He was going to issue Lorraine a merciless ultimatum for her sake once again!Charlotte had no idea how she managed to find her way back to her bedroom.She tossed and turned on her bed. Her mind was filled with all the things Zachary had done to Lorraine for her sake…Charlotte couldn’t sleep the entire night.She got up the next day at the crack of dawn.When she pushed the bedroom door open, she saw Zachary standing in front of the French windows, reading his book as usual.No! To be more accurate, Zachary wasn’t reading a book. He was holding a book of classic literature and staring into space!This was Charlotte’s first time seeing him in a daze.She used to think that a man like Zachary, who earned a lot of money per second, would value his time more than the average human. He would never waste his time daydreaming…The most shocking thing of all was that Zachary, who was al
“Garrison,” Lucas answered, shaking his head before he quickly ran after Zachary.Charlotte immediately called Garrison. However, his phone was turned off.She hurriedly washed up, changed clothes, and rushed down the spiral staircase.A maid called out to her when she saw Charlotte rushing past the dining table. “Ma’am, breakfast is ready. Perhaps you should eat before you leave?”“Not eating!” Charlotte kept running ahead without turning back.“Madam, your body isn’t completely healed yet. You have to monitor your nutrients. The doctor said that breakfast is important… Ma’am… Ma’am!”Charlotte had disappeared out of the door long ago.Zachary saw on the couch, quietly watching the entire scene. His gaze was so dark that it seemed like he could swallow the world.“See, sir? Mrs. Connor won’t even eat her breakfast because she’s too eager to see Garrison. Sigh… Hard work certainly pays off. The love of this highly-devoted Garrison has finally moved her…”Lucas noticed Zachary’
“Garrison?”Garrison’s melancholic gaze immediately shone. “Carlie! Is it really you, Carlie?”“Yes.”Charlotte gently placed her hands on the railing of the bridge when she arrived directly opposite Garrison. Garrison’s handsome face was faintly discernible amidst the fog from two meters away.“I just found out that you made Lorraine drop the lawsuit today. How did you convince her?”“I’m her brother and the one person in this world who loves her the most,” Garrison replied with a nonchalant gaze. “I could make her drop the charges easily. All I needed to do was say the word.”“I don’t believe that…” Charlotte shook her head. “Lorraine really cared about that baby. I could tell. The heartbroken look on her face after that incident was no act. She was determined to make me pay for it. You could not have managed to convince her to give up so easily despite being her brother.”“Well then, you don’t have to feel so conflicted. Consider it an expression of sentiment between us.” Gar
“Charlotte Simmons!” Lorraine was so angry that she lifted her arm and wanted to slap Charlotte’s cheek.However, considering that she could not beat Charlotte, she retracted that arm in time.She was so furious deep down that it felt like a knife was jammed in her heart. Her body trembled as if she was being submerged in a sub-zero lake. “You took away my beloved man and our child, don’t you think that’s enough? Now, you even want to take my brother away from me!”Although Charlotte did not know what Garrison had done to Lorraine, she did care to explain.She stood two steps higher than Lorraine on the staircase, and arrogance was the only emotion found on that exquisite face of hers.From now on, she would never lower her dignity in front of Lorraine.“Sure enough, you instigated my brother into doing this. He loves me so much, so if it weren’t for your bewitchment, how could he be so cruel to me?” Lorraine was more certain of her guess when she saw Charlotte’s cold and haughty
“Who’s scared? You... You’re the one that should be scared!” Lorraine, who stood up stubbornly, concealed the panic in her eyes immediately. “Just you wait, Charlotte Simmons!”After leaving the threat behind, Lorraine quickly walked down the steps and ran toward the end of the bridge.The mist on the bridge was so heavy that Lorraine’s figure disappeared in a blink of an eye.Charlotte looked in the direction where Lorraine’s figure disappeared in a daze, and a trace of loss that had been hidden at the bottom of her eyes gradually surfaced.In fact, Charlotte had really thought about making peace with Lorraine. She had thought to treat Lorraine well if she would recognize her as her elder sister.However, Lorraine’s cruelty and decisiveness had cut off the remaining sisterhood that Charlotte had for her. Everything that she had done had forced Charlotte step by step into a situation in which everything between them was now irreconcilable.“How are you feeling?” This mellow voice
‘Garrison is a person that has cardinal principles. He must know that Lorraine will only go deeper and deeper down the road.‘If Garrison were to show Zachary the truth, even though Zachary would inevitably hate Lorraine, he would still let Lorraine go, considering that she once saved his life. And in that case, although Lorraine would hate Garrison for a short while, she would totally give up on Zachary and would not commit any more crimes in the future...‘That would benefit everybody! And Garrison must know about these. Therefore, he’ll definitely go to Zachary and tell the truth!’At that moment, even Garrison could feel Charlotte’s excitement from the other bridge.However, Garrison shook his head. “Sorry, Carlie, I can’t do so.”Charlotte panicked. “Why!? You should know that it’ll only do everyone good if you do so! You clearly have the ability to expose her very easily!”“Carlie, wake up, don’t be delusional already...” The handsome man revealed a trace of helplessness th