Half an hour had passed, and Charlotte was still sitting on the carpet in front of the door, staring into space.She had been seized by a fit of impulse and kicked Zachary so badly. The more she thought of it, the more frightened she was.Knock! Knock! Knock!Someone knocked on the door.Charlotte immediately tensed. “Uh… I know I’ve made a mistake. I’ll never do that to you again. Please don’t come looking for me!”“Madam, what are you talking about?” She heard the maid’s voice from outside.Charlotte wiped the cold sweat from her forehead. “Oh, it’s you, Mrs. Plain. Do you need anything?”“Why else would I be calling you at this hour? Madam, we have dinner at this time, every day. What’s gotten into you today, Madam? Why are you in such a blur?”“Oh…” Charlotte massaged her pounding chest. “I’m not hungry. Tell Zachary that he can eat on his own. Thanks.”“Alright! Sigh! Humans can’t operate on an empty stomach. You youngsters always see your meals as unimportant. Seriously…
“Zachy, why aren’t you eating? Why are you daydreaming all of a sudden? You’ve been so busy lately, you should eat more.”Charlotte deliberately spoke in a higher decibel.Zachary’s fingers trembled from an angle that no one could notice.“Mm.”Zachary picked up his knife and fork and continued his meal, showing no signs of emotion.He seemed calm and unperturbed on the surface, but deep down, his heart was overflowing with uncontrollable joy, like a bursting volcano.‘Zachy!’He knew very well that she was only calling him by that name to show off in front of Lorraine, yet he still enjoyed it. It made him feel so loved…Upon closer inspection, one would notice a myriad of changes in his eyes. However, Charlotte kept her focus on Lorraine the entire time.Lorraine had come all the way here to see Zachary alone before the wound on her face had healed. She must be feeling insecure.She deliberately put on a lovey-dovey display with Zachary in front of Lorraine, just to show h
Charlotte was determined to send Lorraine and all her bad intentions back, battered and bruised!She was so preoccupied with Lorraine that she did not notice Zachary, who was seated on her right, tossing all of the carrots on his plate into the trash can underneath the table cloth.Charlotte finally returned to her senses when Lorraine reached the second-floor living room. She hurried to her feet and sat two seats away from Zachary.“Hehe… I… Don’t think you need an explanation from me. I did that on purpose to give Lorraine a show. You want her to forget you too. Οtherwise, you wouldn’t have played along so well. Isn’t that right?”There was no sign of emotion on Zachary’s perfect, glacier-like face.“Yes.”Charlotte heaved a sigh of relief. “Okay. So… Thank you.”“You’re welcome.” Zachary casually answered through his thin lips.‘Am I hallucinating? For a moment there, I thought I saw a hint of disappointment in his icy pupils. It disappeared very quickly. Okay! It’s perfectl
A bad feeling spread throughout Charlotte’s body like cold frost.Was there a flaw in her act with Zachary?“Anyone who’s even remotely familiar with Zachary would know that he considers eating carrots equivalent to eating poison,” said Lorraine. “Yet you fed him several, Charlotte! You’ve been married to him for such a long time, and you’re still not aware of his preferences? All I can say is that you rarely interact with one another. You’re no different than a pair of strangers. Your so-called ‘love’ is just for show.”The tips of Charlotte’s fingers trembled.She felt as if Lorraine had exposed the truth through a mystical mirror…‘Yes! Zachary and I have been married for more than 100 days, but we always sleep in separate rooms. Zachary’s room is still forbidden to me to this very day. I’m too afraid to even set foot in there! Most important of all, I’ve always been scared of him. I’m always trying to avoid him, and I have rarely ever had a real conversation… Zachary and I may
To Lorraine’s surprise, her trip was not wasted!Discovering that Zachary still loved her was the biggest surprise Lorraine had received since Zachary and Charlotte’s marriage!Charlotte sighed, knowing that no amount of affectionate displays with Zachary would fool Lorraine anymore at this point. She turned around and headed toward her bedroom.“You’re going to leave, just like that?”Lorraine glared at her in shock with tears in her eyes.Charlotte didn’t stop. She didn’t even turn around. “Am I supposed to just sit here and listen to you crying about your unwavering love for my husband?”“But… I’ve exposed you. Shouldn’t you be admitting defeat and declaring your surrender?” Lorraine’s eyes filled with disgust as she stared at her.“Hah!”Charlotte acted as if she had heard the biggest joke in the world.“Wake up, Lorraine! Stop being such an idiot! I would’ve surrendered long ago if I really wanted to. Why would I want to involve myself in this mess and bring suffering upo
Silver buttons fell on the ground, one by one.Lorraine widened her eyes as she stared at Charlotte’s fair skin, which resembled fresh snow, now covered in green and black scars, like a perfect piece of porcelain, spoiled by cracks.“Do these remind you of anything?”Charlotte trembled all over, her gaze ice-cold. “That’s right. These are the scars you’ve caused after you sent those men to push me off the cliff. You were so set on killing me that day that I never thought that I’d be lucky enough to survive myself!”Lorraine opened her petal-shaped lips but was so consumed by her guilty conscience that she could not answer.Charlotte stared at her icily. Time seemed to rewind back to the day she fell off the cliff. “When they threw me off that cliff, I was scratched by tree branches and poisonous thorns so many times that no part of the skin on my body was spared. Excruciating pain enveloped me from top to toe, trapping me in an endless cycle of pain as if I were being consumed
Lorraine screamed because she had received a firm kick in the chest.The force from that kick was shockingly extreme, and Lorraine had such a frail body. She was sent flying away like a kite snapped from its string. Her back landed on the wall with a loud thump—that stopped her from flying any further away.Lorraine crumpled onto the ground as blood was spurting from her mouth.However, she did not seem to feel any pain. Instead, her pretty, limpid eyes stared at the man who had just kicked her. “Zach… It was you… Zachary… Why… You?”“Lory…”Zachary looked as handsome as a Greek god. His icy pupils were a mixture of guilt and concern.Ever since his marriage to Charlotte, he would always put on a cold and distant mask on his face whenever he was with Lorraine, no matter what happened, just to make her give up on him. He never showed her his true feelings…However, at this very moment, as he stared at Lorraine, whose chin was drenched in blood and was breathing with thin shallow
“Milady, it’s me.”She heard a fresh, youthful male voice.Charlotte felt even more worried. “Luke, why are you answering this call? Where’s Zachary? Why isn’t he answering my calls?”“It’s just as you’ve expected. Miss Larson is badly wounded. Her life is in danger, and she’s undergoing an emergency procedure… Sigh! I never thought that Second Master would hurt Miss Larson so badly just to protect you. If Miss Larson dies, Second Master will never forgive himself.”Lucas was usually cheerful and bright like the sun. But now, his voice was filled with such sorrow that it was heartbreaking.Charlotte held her right hand, which trembled as she held onto the phone.“Milady, if Miss Larson doesn’t make it, you’ll be the only one who can provide Second Master with warmth. You have to be good to him. Don’t make him angry. Stop accepting Zenios’s flowers, and you certainly mustn’t do any movies with Zenios or fool around with him. It would only make Second Master feel even worse.”Lu