Zachary, perfect like a Greek god, replied indifferently, “Four minutes ago.”‘Oh my God! Four minutes ago was the start of my conversation with Jebediah! Has Zachary heard everything?’“You’re back, Zach…”A light shone in Jebediah’s bloodshot eyes when he glanced at Zachary while crouching down.“You must’ve heard every word she said. This was all part of her plan. She said that she instigated Nicholas to hurt Lory.”Charlotte heard a buzzing noise in her ear.Zachary’s icy exterior showed no signs of emotion. His voice was just as cold and indifferent as ever. “Yes.”A bad feeling slowly crept up on Charlotte’s body, like a cold current.She had said those words not too long ago just to irritate Jebediah and make him and Lorraine release Nicholas. She never thought that Zachary had been listening to every word on the side at the time.Not even Zachary would let her get away with this this time! She was doomed!“Well, if that’s the case, what more do I have to say?” Jeb
Then, was Jebediah’s explanation funnier than Lucas’s jokes to him?But…What was so funny about whatever Jebediah had said?“Sorry, I know that I shouldn’t be laughing under these circumstances, but you’re so good at telling jokes, Uncle Jebediah. Have you lost a screw, Uncle Jebediah? Is that why you think that I’d seek revenge on my own wife over an outsider?”Zachary reverted to his calm exterior and spoke in a cold, chilling tone.Charlotte, however, felt that his voice was even more majestic than rolling thunder.‘Zachary! Is he really not going to do anything to me, even if I actually manipulated Nicholas into hurting Lorraine?’“Zach… What’s with you?”Jebediah’s voice shook. He was too shocked.Out of all the people he had met, Zachary was the most devoted man and had the most principles!He was endlessly indulgent to the people he cared about but would set the strictest rules upon them too. He never let them commit crimes…This was the exact reason Miranda had neve
“Hehehe, Charlotte Simmons, you truly are a scheming b*tch...” Jebediah stared sternly at Charlotte’s eyes. “Remember, I won’t let Lory be wronged for nothing this time around. I may not be able to deal with you as the person behind the scheme, but I’ll make sure that the b*stard who was instigated by you pay for it with his blood!”The suspense in Charlotte’s heart had reached its peak. “What are you going to do to Nicky?”Jebediah felt like his heart had been cut wide open. His eyes were gloomy as if he was the devil who came to Earth, wanting to reap someone’s life back to hell.“I’ll send him to prison. And don’t think that he’ll be having a peaceful life while he’s in prison. I’ll arrange for someone to cut his face inhumanely in prison, just like how he disfigured Lory!”Charlotte could only feel a cold gust hitting her. Her whole body was completely frozen for an instant.When she returned to her senses, Jebediah had already left. Zachary had taken over the spot where Jebed
As Tito was speaking, he suddenly felt an extremely strong and chilly aura approaching him like an ice wall. He could not help but look at the source of the aura. He met Zachary’s ferocious glare in the next second and could not help but tremble!Then, he hurriedly retracted his hand that was reaching out for Charlotte’s as if he had just gotten struck by lightning.“Mr. Ortiz, what’s the matter with you?” Charlotte looked dumbfounded. Her right hand, which was about to complete the handshake with Tito, froze in front of Tito’s chest. It was inappropriate for her to continue to stretch forward, but it was not polite for her to retract it...“Um...” Tito looked at Zachary’s extremely attractive but yet terrifying face without a trace. “I just remembered that I had a skin disease, and I haven’t fully recovered from it. So, in order to prevent it from spreading to you, we shouldn’t be shaking hands.”Charlotte shivered with fright and retracted her hand immediately.At that moment, Z
At the Intensive Care Unit, Room 201...Two nurses stood on both sides of the hospital bed and kept staring at Lorraine, who was lying on the bed.The doctor had specifically ordered that they must take good care of the patient.The first thing the wounded had done after waking up from the sedative of the operation was clamoring to take a look at herself in the mirror. However, when the nurse had given her a mirror, she had actually lost her mind and wanted to tear off the gauze wrapped around her face, saying that she must know how her face looked now...Fortunately, the nurses had held her down in time.Look at the right side of her face, which was not covered by gauze. The skin was extremely delicate, and its complexion was as fair as snow. It looked like a work of art that was carved by God Himself. It could be imagined that she was once an incomparable belle if her left face was as perfect as her right face.However...If she were to see how her left face looked now, just h
“You can’t even tell a lie. Even if the injured skin could recover, it would be a miracle for it to look the same as before the injury was inflicted. How can it be more beautiful than before?” Lorraine’s tears rolled downward even more vigorously.“Carlie’s scheme is so vicious! She asked somebody else to destroy my face. This is more inhuman than asking the person to end me directly. Before this, Zachary wouldn’t even take a glance at me when my face was fine. He’ll only give me his disdainful looks after this incident, and he won’t change his mind and come back to me anymore! Boohoo... Jebediah, this time, it’s over for me! I’ll never be able to get back with Zachary ever again! Boohoo… Boohoohoo......”The woman’s painful sobs reverberated in the ward while Jebediah wanted to tell her that he would not despise her even if her face were to become ugly.He wanted to tell her that as long as she could be his wife, he would hold her in his arms and treasure her for the rest of his li
People walked back and forth in the corridor outside the ward.Charlotte stood in front of the door of Room 201 and waited for at least ten minutes before knocking her finger on the door again.Knock! Before she took her finger off the door, someone had pulled the door open from the inside, and a tall figure approached her like a moving mountain.“Aaah—” Charlotte first screamed in fright before calming down as quickly as possible. “Jebediah, I have important matters to discuss with Lorraine. Please let me in.”“Something important?” Jebediah sneered. “I think that silly boy Nicholas is just a pawn on this chessboard of yours. Is the life and death of a pawn really that important to you?”Charlotte’s eyebrows twitched.‘Jebediah! It turns out that he knows why I came here to see Lorraine!’Jebediah, who had already walked out of the ward, slammed the door to close it while Charlotte was still in a trance.In the next second, Jebediah’s powerful hands grabbed her by her slende
Every time when she stood in front of him, she would be awash with so much apprehension and nervousness that she would forget how to act like herself. That being said, she would miss him whenever she was separated from him, even for a few hours. She would approach him without any hesitation the moment she saw him, just like the moth that darted into the flame. When she was walking to him, although she felt apprehensive, she would become more and more excited and elated as she got closer to him… This was the first time Charlotte walked up to him reluctantly. She stopped one step away from Zachary. She feared that the longer she waited, the more indecisive she would become. As such, she said, “Zachary, can you promise me that you will divorce me?”The moment she finished speaking, she was startled by Zachary’s cold, deathly gaze. It was to the point she took three steps back.“So this is the answer you’ve come to after discussing with Lory?” Zachary’s seductive voice wafted into
As expected, a video had been sent to Charlotte’s inbox.Charlotte opened it and found a video of her recent sexual encounter with Zachary in the car. She screamed and blushed furiously.Before long, she received a message from Rufus.“This exciting clip of you with Zachary is your remuneration. I will keep it safe and save it for my future enjoyment. Our debt has been repaid. You’re welcome!”Charlotte’s expression stiffened.A few minutes later, she received another message.“I won’t let anyone see this. Don’t worry.”Charlotte questioned herself.She had no idea how Rufus had managed to get this video. He was in a different city. However, she let go of the question soon enough, as Rufus had already sent the information to her inbox.The next day, at a high-class hotel in Rothesay.A black Masserati was parked outside the hotel entrance. As two bodyguards escorted a pot-bellied, middle-aged man out of the hotel, the driver hurriedly opened the Masserati’s door and said in a
“Lory…” A clear and melodious voice called out.A fair hand held her by the wrist as a car stopped nearby.“Zachary is openly making love to another woman in front of you. He’s obviously just trying to hurt you. You know this, so why are you still standing here, watching foolishly?”Lorraine shook her head feebly. It took her a while before she calmed down and replied shakily, “You’re wrong, Jez. Zachary isn’t doing it with her to hurt me. I’m nothing to him now. Carlie is the only thing that matters to him. He would never use tools to hurt me. He’s doing this because he’s so in love with Carlie that he’s lost control!”“Uh…” Jezebel turned awkwardly toward Charlotte’s car, shook her head, and said, “Lory, since you know you mean nothing to Zachary, why are you still torturing yourself? Forget him, and I’ll take you anywhere you like. Isn’t that much better?”“No!” Lorraine grimaced. Her eyes flashed hatefully.“It’s all Charlotte’s fault that Zach and I have ended up this way. I
The corners of Charlotte’s lips twitched. “I don’t think that’s a good idea.”“Why?” Zachary kept his eyes on her.There was no doubt about it. Not only did his wife have an extremely exquisite face, but her figure was also graceful and well-proportioned, better than a supermodel’s.The subtle display of fair flesh underneath her skirt seemed to exude a seductive fragrance. Her waist, which was the width of an A4 size paper, was slender. He felt an urge to hold her in his arms. She crossed her slender and well-proportioned legs naturally, creating a dark silhouette…‘D*mn it!’Zachary realized that the longer his gaze lingered on Charlotte’s body, the brighter the flames of passion burned within him, even though he had always abstained.“Based on Rothesay tradition, a man and a woman can only be considered husband and wife after holding a proper wedding ceremony. I know we’ve registered, but people will talk if we live together without having a ceremony,” Charlotte replied calmly
Charlotte remained sitting calmly in the car. She knew that this time, Zachary was determined to strangle Lorraine to death.Of course, she didn’t want Zachary to do it… But not because she didn’t want Lorraine to die. It was because Lorraine had Jezebel’s support. If Zachary killed her, Jezebel would do everything to avenge Lorraine.It wasn’t worth it for Zachary to plunge into mutual destruction with Lorraine. She didn’t deserve him.Charlotte knew very well that since Lorraine, who was a natural schemer, had the nerve to seek her out alone, it meant that she would have been prepared to run into Zachary and would ensure that Zachary would be too afraid to kill her.Thus, even though Zachary was strangling Lorraine, Charlotte did not exit the car to stop him.The car door opened and closed.Charlotte felt a bone-chilling aura throughout the entire car as soon as Zachary entered the co-driver’s seat.Zachary didn’t speak. Instead, he stared at her.Despite her intimate relatio
“What have you done?” Zachary’s voice was as cold as a frosty wind.“I’ve hired a few assassins. The assassins and I have had an agreement. If anything happens to me, they will do everything in their power to kill Charlotte and her two kids!”Charlotte’s entire body went cold as soon as she heard this.“Hehehe… Sorry, Zach, I misspoke. I shouldn’t have said ‘her two kids’. They’re yours and Charlotte’s kids, aren’t they?”Lorraine supported herself as she rose to her feet.In the past, no matter what happened, she would always do her best to maintain a good impression in front of Zachary, to show him the best parts of her.Now, she knew that his impression of her was gone with the wind. She cackled freely like a maniac. “Hahahaha… Look at that nervous look on your face, Zach. You’ve always been fearless, but she’s the only one who’s ever been able to make you lose your sh*t, isn’t she?”Zachary eyed Lorraine icily, his gaze as sharp as cold knives. Lorraine, whose heart was no
Lorraine forgot about the pain due to the intense panic she felt and stared at Zachary in disbelief. “Zachary, what do you mean by these scary remarks? I’m pregnant, yet you kicked me, disregarding mine and the child’s well-being. Could you be... Are you thinking of... Are you thinking of killing me?”“A wicked woman like you deserves more than just death.” Zachary’s cold voice slapped Lorraine in the face.Lorraine’s lips trembled, but she could not utter another word, as if her throat was being severely strangled by an invisible hand.Cough! A large mouthful of blood was spat out of her mouth, dyeing her white dress red.Although she did not feel pain or fear, her heart was glacial.She also knew that she deserved more than just death!‘But... wicked woman?‘I didn’t expect to be labeled as a “wicked woman” in Zachary’s heart someday!’As he was glaring at this pitiful woman, there was not even a hint of sympathy in Zachary’s eyes, and his voice still sounded frigid and merci
Lucas called not long after Charlotte put down her cell phone. “Milady, I just received a call from my ex-girlfriend, who I dumped last month, and she said that she just found out that she’s pregnant and she suspects that the baby might be my child... Ahem!“Therefore, I have to go to the hospital to get a paternity test with her as soon as possible. I don’t have time to drive Naomi back to your house, so you can either pick her up yourself or just let Naomi stay at the Second Master’s house.”Charlotte decided to pick Naomi up.As soon as she drove out of the yard gate, a crimson Ferrari dashed toward her head-on. She immediately turned the steering wheel sharply, avoiding a direct clash with the car.Braking harshly, the Ferrari hit the tree and killed its engine.Charlotte also stepped on the brake.The Ferrari’s door was pushed open abruptly, and Lorraine walked in front of Charlotte’s car angrily. She then pointed at Charlotte with her trembling right hand. “Charlotte Simmon
“Don’t forget who I am. There’s nothing that I can’t find out as long as I want to know... Aaaah—“Baby, you‘re hurting me. Don’t be too greedy... Oh, slow down, I’m on the phone. Oh. Ow—” The man’s voice was interrupted by a series of his own cries, and a woman’s moans were coming from the background at the same time.Charlotte vaguely pictured a rather explicit scene, blushed, and cleared her throat. “Um... I can call you later if it’s inconvenient for you to speak now.”“There’s no need. It’s convenient. Very convenient... Good girls, wait for me on the bed. I’ll get angry otherwise, understand?”“Hmph, are we less significant than your phone calls? Hmph!”“Don’t keep us waiting!”The sound of footsteps faded away.The man squinted his rare violet eyes and said languidly, “My little Simmons Princess, I’ve long heard people say that you’re still alive, and I really want to take a look at you with my own eyes, but I’ve sworn to never take another step into Rothesay. You should
Zachary looked at Charlotte through the window as a surge of pride swelled inside of him. “She’s my wife right now, so she’s your niece-in-law. You shouldn’t call her ‘that woman’ anymore.”The corner of the man’s lips curled up a little when he heard what Zachary had said. However, he soon reverted to his serious expression and continued. “Zach, even if she’s your wife now, I have to warn you. You have to think twice before you act. My great-grandfather, who’s also your great-grandfather, was framed and died in prison for offending someone from the royal family. Your great-great-grandmother wrote a letter with her own blood and came up with a family rule. The Connors are only allowed to do business. They are not allowed to deal with people from the government. Do you really want to break the family rule for her?”“Yes,” Zachary replied, his deep brown eyes filled with murderous intent. “I owe her a wedding, and I don’t want them to interfere with my wedding.”The man opened his mou