“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
There was no response.Zachary was still holding the binoculars and staring at Charlotte, who was on the bridge.These binoculars were the latest product developed by a tech company that belonged to Zachary. It could visualize the image of a person who was being blocked by thin obstacles thanks to its infrared technology. Although the thick fog was covering the Rainbow Bridge, Zachary could see every detail between Charlotte and Garrison extremely clearly.“Second Master, Mrs. Connor has already left Garrison and got off the bridge by herself. What else are you looking at? If you want to see Mrs. Connor that badly, you can just rush onto the bridge while she’s not paying attention, then kiss her up there. Isn’t this better—”“Shut up.” Two piercing cold syllables escaped Zachary’s thin lips.Lucas shut his mouth obediently.Charlotte’s car was parked on the other side of the bridge.Zachary put the binoculars down only after he confirmed that Charlotte had gotten in her car, sta
As soon as Charlotte walked into the living room on the second floor, she heard heavy footsteps coming from the spiral staircase.She wanted to go out and see who it was. However, just when she was turning around, the heavy door was pushed open hurriedly, and a tall figure caught her eyes immediately.She first saw the pair of slender brows and bright eyes found on the man’s face, then his tall and well-built figure. Charlotte suspected that this was an illusion.“Tsk, tsk, tsk... Are you so surprised to see me? My little princess of the Simmons!” The man got closer and closer to Charlotte while talking mischievously and playfully.Charlotte had not recovered until the man had arrived in front of her.“Rufus Michaels? Is this you?”“Ha, ha, ha!” The man laughed while his rare violet eyes squinted into a narrow gap. “Didn’t you say that you’d be able to recognize me even if I were to be incinerated into ashes back then? But why, why can’t the little princess of the Simmons not rec
Charlotte walked further and further away.A dark aura bloomed within Rufus’s ethereal purple eyes as he squinted at her.‘Charlotte Simmons!’ The most wanted socialist was a nightmare in his eyes.Charlotte locked her room door. The copper cipher box lay quietly in the deepest corner of her closet.She entered the password and opened the box, revealing the Dragon Blood Ring before her eyes. The room was dim, yet the glow from the ruby on the ring was still dazzling.She had kept this ring for five years.According to legend, the ruby in this ring contained a drop of dragon blood, and this ring was the key to uncovering the ultimate puzzle of life after death…This was why Charlotte was fascinated by this ring.This was the reason Charlotte had persistently used deception to take this ring, which should have belonged to Rufus that year.‘Sigh!’Charlotte couldn’t help blushing at the thought of this.She carefully picked up the ring and left the bedroom.She had only ju
Charlotte panicked even more when she heard Lucas’s scream, as she realized that her current position beneath Rufus could easily generate a misunderstanding. “Rufus, let go of me this instant. Zachary’s back. He’s right behind you.”Rufus, who fully intended to take the ring back, completely ignored Charlotte.He moved his handsome, Adonis-like face further toward Charlotte’s breast. His thin, charming lips moved closer and closer toward her body…Zachary’s dark, inky eyes grew colder and colder as he stood behind him. “Sir, Rufus is your good friend. Don’t go too far…”Lucas failed to hold him back. Zachary’s strong, iron-like right hand landed heavily on Rufus’s right arm.Regal Zachary had frighteningly great strength. Rufus was lifted from Charlotte’s body despite his tall and strong figure and was flung away from her.Thud!Rufus landed on the ground, right on his buttocks. He narrowed his unique purple eyes, temporarily unable to get his bearings. He stared at Zachary ab