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
So, anyone unfamiliar with their situation would have mistaken him and Jebediah as identical twins.Actually, even though he addressed Jebediah as “Uncle Jebediah” due to family hierarchy constraints, their relationship was more like a brotherhood.In the past, when Zachary had been deeply in love with Lorraine and had discovered that Lorraine had suddenly cheated on him with Jebediah and bore him a child, he couldn’t bring himself to sever his ties with him…Zachary never thought that Jebediah, his special “brother”, would one day cut ties with him over Lorraine!Zachary, who had always been as regal as a king, was now staring dazedly at Jebediah as he drew further and further away from him with a childlike, absentminded look on his face. He was like a little boy who had made a mistake.Bam!Jebediah angrily slammed his car door shut.He was just about to start his car when an exquisite gift box on his passenger seat caught his eye.He stared at the gift box, momentarily taken
Charlotte’s heart pounded rapidly against her chest. Her face looked like it was lit up in flames.She moved her lips but could not say a word. Instead, she simply buried herself in Zachary’s arms and wrapped her slender arms around him gently.She could feel his body trembling violently.It’s true, even the strongest person in the world had moments of anguish. The regal, kingly Zachary was no different…Not only had Zachary been cruel to Lorraine for her sake, but he had severed ties with Jebediah too. He had lost too much because of her. She had to treasure him, be good to him, and love him…Unbeknownst to her, when she buried herself into Zachary’s arms, the melancholic gaze in his eyes, which had been frozen like ice, instantly disappeared. His eyes instantly filled with determination.‘Yes! Losing a close relative and friend like Jebediah felt like a stab in the heart. But it was worth it, for Charlotte’s sake. It doesn’t matter what I lose. It’s worth it, as long as it’s fo