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
Charlotte calmed herself.“I understand. You’re probably blaming yourself for accidentally hurting Lorraine. Perhaps she might forgive you if you stay with her, and you will feel a little better? Why aren’t you with her at the hospital?”She knew that Zachary was in pain.However, he did not seem any different than usual at the moment. He was still that same tall, cold mountain of ice that never seemed to feel any pain…However, the more he tried to hide his emotions with his iciness, the more Charlotte’s heart ached for him.“It had nothing to do with you.”Zachary gave an abrupt reply.‘What?’Charlotte was clearly stunned. “But… You hurt her because of me. She was so disappointed in you before she collapsed—”“You are not involved in any of this.”He calmly cut her off. As he stared at the haggard yet incomparably beautiful and exquisite girl before him, Zachary finally felt a hint of warmth in his guilt-ridden, cold, and remorseful heart.“Remember, little girl. Regardle
Zachary squinted his eyes. “Name your price,” he replied in a cold voice.“Name my price? Hehe… You’re always hurting Lory. You know perfectly well that she wants nothing more than a simple few words of concern from you, a hug, and a kiss. Yet, the first thing you do is try to use cash to shut her up… But you’re not using cash at all. You’re stabbing her heart with a knife!”The sharp, cold glare Jebediah held upon Zachary increased along with his heartache for Lorraine.The regal-looking Zachary, on the other hand, was as calm as water.“I cannot fulfill those conditions, Uncle Jebediah. Don’t forget. I’m a married man. You’re urging me to betray my marriage by asking me to hug another woman who isn’t my wife.”“Zachary Connor, you b*stard!”Jebediah’s chest was rising and falling rapidly from rage as if he could spit out blood at any moment.He pointed a trembling finger at Zachary’s face.“Looks like you don’t feel any remorse for Lory at all. Otherwise, you wouldn’t have