She smiled at Zachary. “Luke told me that you have to drink warm water whenever your symptoms flare up. There’s a cup of warm water on the table. You should drink it.”A crack formed in Zachary’s chiseled face.Charlotte knew that he would never be able to catch up to her at this point, as he was pretty far away from her. So she wasn’t scared. In fact, she giggled and stuck out her tongue. “Why are you still glaring at me, Zachary? Your sickness is more important. Drink your water!”She ran upstairs at top speed as soon as she said this.‘Zachary! He must have seen Lorraine again today. That’s why he’s experiencing symptoms and is so tense. From now on, I’m not going to coax him or console him whenever he experiences his symptoms. I’m certainly not going to be his punching bag either. I’m going to annoy him, just like today!’Click! Thud!The door on the second floor opened and closed.Zachary stood at the doorway of the first-floor living room like an ice sculpture. His sulle
“Of course. You’re Miss Larson’s sister and Mr. Connor’s wife. Poopoo is no different from your own son. You can hold him whenever you like.” The nanny pushed the stroller nearer to Charlotte.Charlotte’s fingers stiffened.‘Poopoo is no different from my own son…’The nanny was simply making a nonchalant statement, yet it brought an earth-shattering tsunami into her heart, like a hurricane.She picked up the baby excitedly.The baby’s unique fragrance washed over her as a special kind of happiness overwhelmed her too. She could feel his heartbeat as she held the tender little baby in her arms. The rhythm of his heartbeat was strangely in line with hers as if their hearts were beating as one…“Ma… Ma.”The baby gurgled in a babyish tone.Charlotte’s mind went blank.She nearly lost her sense of rationality and nodded in response, at first.However, she was still quite conscious.She knew that the first word that babies less than a year old was commonly “mama”. In other words
“Weren’t you badly injured? How did you do it?”“Well, it’s obvious. One word—money…”At this point, Lorraine suddenly felt as if a fishbone had been stuck in her throat because she had heard Poopoo calling Charlotte “mama” in her arms. Was there some sort of psychic connection between mothers and their children?She had been trying to get Poopoo to say the word, over and over again, every day, but he had been vehemently refusing to call her “mama”. Yet as soon as Charlotte held him in her arms, it came from his lips so naturally…Lorraine calmed herself.“You can go online and see for yourself. The technology in plastic surgery has certainly grown rapidly. Changing your face is pretty easy as long as you’re willing to pay for it, let alone getting rid of a scar. I’m glad that Jebediah’s willing to spend on me. He even told me that I could make my face even prettier if I wanted to since I’m getting rid of the scar. But I refused. I’d like to go back to the way I used to be. That
Charlotte was shocked.In the past month or so, Zachary had fallen ill more than once. She had always thought that Zachary had been meeting with Lorraine frequently. Only now did she learn that he had never seen Lorraine all this time...He would only get sick when he saw Lorraine in the past.Now, his condition had become so serious that he would fall ill without having to see Lorraine? Even thinking about her was sufficient to cause that?Zachary had already come to Lorraine and casually opened his pearl-white teeth and thin lips. “Congratulations on the great recovery.”Charlotte bit her lip unhappily. A hole seemed to have been drilled open in her heart the moment Zachary congratulated Lorraine, and endless jealousy started gushing out like crazy...Unexpectedly, Lorraine’s face seemed to be frozen.Ever since Zachary arrived at the scene, his gaze had always been on Charlotte. He had never looked away from Charlotte, even when he was talking to her.‘He didn’t even take a
Okay! He had gotten a little too excited indeed after he saw Charlotte.Miranda rubbed Zenios’s head and gave Charlotte an irritated sideways glance. “Sigh! Poor Zenios. As one of your elders in the family, let me warn you about something. When it comes to some overly ambitious women, there’s no need to try to do anything to win her heart after she’s gotten herself a man that’s better than you. Because after she’s secured that man, there’s no way that she’ll set her eyes on you anymore. Unless you’ve become better than the man that’s standing next to her, or pray that the man will someday reduce to a standard that’s inferior to you, that’s the time when she may reconsider you.”“About this… Ahem!” Of course, Zenios understood that the “better man” that Miranda referred to was Zachary.He could not help but glance at Zachary.Unexpectedly, Zachary was glaring at him with a cold and terrifying gaze. The moment his gaze collided with Zachary’s glare, he trembled with fright and hurrie
“Okay.” Lorraine gave off a sweet and faint smile.No one could see the disdain in her eyes.‘In fact, the more domineering some people are on the outside, the more fragile they are deep down. The reason why such people are arrogant and domineering on the outside is actually to satisfy their self-esteem and make others look up to them...‘Such people are often very ingenuous. So if someone were to want to please such a person, all they need to do is tell them things they like to hear, endure them, and compliment them!‘Miranda is such a person.’Therefore, in the past few months, Lorraine had been creating several random encounters between her and Miranda. She had invited Miranda to a meal several times, had given her two designer bags and three clothes, and had always been complimenting her for her “fine skin”, “good figure”, “sincere personality”, and so on...Gradually, Miranda had forgotten about their former enmity and started to treat her as her best friend...Lorraine wan
Charlotte’s heart skipped a beat, and her body became as stiff as a rubber band that had been stretched to its limit.She knew that Zachary was a man of his words.Since Zachary had promised to fulfill all of Miranda’s birthday wishes, he would definitely keep his promise. Hence, Zachary would surely comply with Miranda.‘No! I would never allow such a thing to happen!’ Charlotte decided that once Zachary agreed to comply with the request, she would bravely stand up and stop him at the risk of offending him! ‘I’m Zachary’s legal wife! I will never allow my husband to kiss any woman other than myself!’Therefore, she stared at Zachary, holding her breath...“Mimi, although I know you did this for my sake, my relationship with Zachary isn’t exactly the same as it was in the past, so don’t—”“Lory, don’t say anything anymore. This is between my brother and me, and it has nothing to do with you.” Miranda interrupted Lorraine, slightly raised her delicate face, and looked at her breat
Knowing that Zachary was a man who would not take back his own words, Miranda immediately changed her wish. “Okay, then I’ll change my wish. I’ve grown bored of the Bugatti that you gave me last year. I want the latest version of the gold Lamborghini.”Zachary responded with a glacial expression. “I’m afraid that your wish will only come true in the coming year.”Miranda was a little flustered. “Why?”The syllables that escaped Zachary’s thin lips sounded unconcerned. “Because I only promised you that you’d only get one chance at naming your birthday wish each year, and you’ve already made yours this year.”“Zach! How can you do this to me!?” Miranda, who went for wool but came back shorn, was so furious that she was trembling with anger. However, she knew better than anyone that she could not change Zachary’s mind no matter how hard she tried once he had decided on something. She could only stomp her feet unwillingly.“Hmph! If you’re not going to give me anything, then we’ll jus