“Those animals… What have they done to Cora?” Charlotte looked at Coraline in panic. Various discordant scenes flashed in Charlotte’s mind.She could feel Coraline’s hands trembling more than ever.However, she heard Rebecca’s reply. “They pushed her to the ground and stripped her. They wanted to rape her! Luckily, the security guards arrived on time to stop them. Any later, and they would have defiled Cora… Sigh!“They may not have gotten away with it, but Cora is an old-fashioned girl. She’s never dated. They didn’t just strip her, but they even left quite a few bloody scratches between her legs. By the time her father and I rushed to her clothing shop and saw her, she was staring into space, listlessly, just like this. She hasn’t said a word since… Those b*stards! B*stards! How could they have done such a thing to a young girl? This incident must have greatly traumatized Cora!”Charlotte patted Coraline’s shoulder. Her heart ached.“Why did those men do that to Cora?”“They’ve
Charlotte was going to implement her crazy plan today!Charlotte called Lorraine.“Charlotte?”Lorraine’s melodious voice rang aloud in Charlotte’s ear. Charlotte knew that Lorraine would never speak the truth via phone call, afraid that she would record the call. So she smirked. “You know why I’ve called you. Where are you? I want to see you.”The woman fell momentarily silent from the other end and gave an address.Charlotte ended the call and immediately drove toward the address.Rainbow Bridges...Charlotte had just parked her car under the bridge when a white Lamborghini arrived in front of her.The car door opened. A single, delicate and smooth leg slipped out from the vehicle first, then Lorraine’s lithe, graceful figure and her incomparably beautiful face soon followed.In the past, Charlotte couldn’t help feeling such envy and jealousy whenever she saw this face. But now, all she felt was hatred. She kicked the car door open.“You asked me to leave, Zachary. You go
“You’re mad!”Charlotte slapped Lorraine clear across the face, too enraged to contain herself.“Your body isn’t the only thing that’s filthy, Lorraine. Your heart is filthy beyond repair too. It’s no wonder Zachary doesn’t love you anymore.”Charlotte put the greatest amount of her strength into that slap, causing Lorraine’s ears to buzz from that slap. She glanced at Jebediah, who had simply been watching from the sides, in shock. Then, she curled her lips into a cold smirk.“Charlotte Simmons, you’re just hitting me because you can’t defeat me. It’s just a temporary release for you! You promised me that you’d make Zach give up on you. I’m warning you. If you don’t do as I say, I won’t just send people after Coraline to ruin her body until she’s black and blue. I’ll make your father’s life a living hell too!”If Charlotte had a knife in her hands, she would have stabbed Lorraine’s heart with it by now.However, she tried her best to contain herself at this moment.“Tell me the
However…Zachary…Every time she thought of launching her plan and that she might lose her life over murder, she couldn’t help thinking of Zachary.She turned the car around and headed toward the Divine Sanctuary District.She wanted to see Zachary one last time before she died!Charlotte thought that since she had severed ties with Zachary, he would never let her come and go as she pleased in his villa. She knew his tendency to draw a clear line between love and hatred.However, the gatekeepers had not stopped her during her last visit to the Divine Sanctuary District.This time, when her car arrived at the gate, the guard simply opened the gate for her without question.She drove her car into the courtyard and saw Zachary standing by the pond from a distance. An outstanding man like him was still the most attractive focal point in the empty courtyard, despite its most beautiful scenery.Zachary, who was extremely alert, was holding something that looked like a book and seeme
“You’re just determined to humiliate me, aren’t you?”Zachary’s throat quivered. Despite knowing what kind of woman she was, the feeling of her warm and soft body and the smell of her enchanting scent filled him with such reluctance, and he couldn’t walk away.Charlotte held him firmly in her arms and pressed the side of her face against his back. “I think of you day and night, and I only want the best for you. Why would I ever want to humiliate you?”“Heh.”Zachary smirked.“I see, so I was wrong about you. You still had a place for me in your heart. That whole scene with Garrison was nothing more than an act.”“That’s right! So you knew, this whole time, Zachary! I was forced to put on a show with Garrison to protect you. Nothing happened between us. I don’t love him. It’s always been you. I’ve always loved you!”Charlotte was filled with such emotion that her entire body was trembling.Previously, she had been too afraid to tell Zachary the truth in order to protect him and
Charlotte only had herself to blame for cutting him too deeply.In the past, he had loved her so much. Not only did he indulge her immensely, but he had even stretched his limits into nothingness for her, over and over again. On the other hand, she had used an “extramarital affair” to force him into divorcing her and completely destroyed his trust in her.‘No! I can’t be blamed for that either! It’s all Lorraine’s fault! She’s to blame!’Charlotte helped herself to her feet.She knew that Zachary would never believe her again at this point, no matter what she said to him. If she continued to pester Zachary with those words, it would only make him scorn her even more.However, she couldn’t accept this!She had put a knife in her car.She had prepared that knife to use against Lorraine. The knife was very sharp, enough to split a hair. She took the knife and carved two hearts linked together by an arrow on the London plane tree by the pond. Then, she slowly carved every word.“Za
“Yes,” Garrison agreed without hesitation.“That won’t do!” Charlotte shook her head. “You must swear it.”Knowing that Charlotte was innately a cynic, Garrison complied with her every step of the way. He raised his hands. “I swear, from now on, I’ll do whatever you ask, and I won’t ask why. Is that enough?”Charlotte nodded, satisfied. “Give your father a call right now. Find a way to get him to meet us, no matter what he’s doing.”“Mm?” Garrison was obviously surprised.“Carlie, why are you calling my dad? I thought you always hated him…”“A few minutes ago, you swore you wouldn’t ask my reasons. Why are you breaking the rules at my first request?” Charlotte, who knew how much Garrison loved her, had grown conceited from being in his good graces. Thus, she deliberately put on a sulky facade. “It’s no big deal. It’s just a game, after all. If you don’t play with me, forget it. I’ll play with someone else. Goodbye!”She made a deliberate show of turning around and leaving.“Hey
Charlotte was the one and only everlasting queen of his heart, whom none can ever surpass!She was also the only woman he’d only ever want to marry!He was willing to do everything for her.He didn’t see anything wrong with playing along with her hair-brained scheme and tricking his own father, as long as it made her happy.A few minutes later, a white luxury car swiftly drove toward them.The friction from the tires caused a spark on the ground as the car came to an ear-splitting screeching halt and parked on Charlotte’s right.“Gary!”The car door was kicked open. Ivan, who wore a bathrobe, ran to Garrison’s side, looking very green in the face. He grabbed his right hand. “Tell me, what’s happened? Why did you say such a terrifying thing on the phone? Are you sick? Have you offended someone? Are you being hunted?”Garrison felt even more remorse when he looked into Ivan’s worried eyes. He looked at Charlotte meaningfully and dragged Ivan into her car.Charlotte’s gaze rema
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