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
Charlotte looked blankly at Garrison’s handsome face. Then, she slammed the door shut, got into the driver seat, started the car, and drove north at top speed.Broken Hill was a cliff in the suburbs where few people trod. Charlotte could never forget this place.After all, Broken Hill was where Lorraine had instructed her murderers to kill her. The moment she had fallen off the cliff, she had bitten her lip and vowed to make Lorraine pay in blood. Today was the day she would make Lorraine pay in blood. The mountain path was rough and difficult to navigate.The car was so bumpy that it risked stalling at any time, yet Charlotte drove the car to the edge of the cliff in one go.Garrison and Ivan still had not regained their senses.She was slim and delicate, and she used almost all her strength to drag these two big men out of the car. In the next ten minutes, she used the rope prepared in advance to tie Garrison and Ivan back to back in a circle as tightly as she could.Ivan
Since Lorraine would not arrive anytime soon, Charlotte took a bottle of cold water out and poured it on Garrison’s face.“Carlie…” Garrison had finally come around to his senses. He looked around at the unfamiliar environment, and his eyes were filled with confusion when he realized what was happening. “Why are my dad and I both tied up? Where is this place? What are you up to this time?”Charlotte squatted in front of Garrison, her eyes filled with remorse. “You know what? I didn’t have to wake you up at all, but I wouldn’t be able to forgive myself if I let you face your sister’s death without knowing anything before I paid with my life, so I had to apologize to you.” Garrison blinked his eyes hard.“Carlie, you can play as much as you want, but can you not say something so scary? Why would my sister die, and why would you pay with your life?”“Haven’t you understood yet? Who would play such an extreme game? Garrison, this is not a game. This is a conspiracy that I’ve caref
Lorraine’s driving skills were far worse than Charlotte’s.The path leading from the bottom of the mountain to the top of the cliff was less than 300 meters, but it took Lorraine more than three minutes to arrive.“Dad, Garrison!”Lorraine, who was burning with anxiety, dashed toward Ivan and Garrison the moment she got out of the car and helped untie them.However, the moment her fingers touched the rope, a knife appeared near her throat.“Lorraine, how presumptuous of you to think that I would allow you to untie them?”“Huh?”There was not a single trace of fear on Lorraine’s face. Instead, she lifted her head, and her lips turned up into a sneering smile.“So? Are you going to kill me?”Charlotte did not reply, and her eyes suddenly turned as cold and sharp as the knife in her hand.“Hah! Don’t make me laugh, please…” The sarcastic grin on Lorraine’s face grew even wider as she stared at Charlotte. “Please stop acting like a cold-blooded killer in front of me, Charlotte
She could not finish her sentence anymore, for Charlotte had stabbed her in the stomach. There was not a single trace of sympathy in Charlotte’s eyes as she looked at Lorraine’s pain-ridden face.“This is for Cora.”Lorraine’s mouth opened so wide that it could fit an egg, but no words came out. Her face was contorted in pain, and although she was not talking, Charlotte could discern from her gaze that she was asking for mercy.She was badly injured, but she could still be saved if Charlotte got her to the hospital in time. After a great deal of bitterness and sorrow, she had finally separated Charlotte from Zachary. All she needed to do was use some tricks to make Zachary give up on Charlotte, and then she could reunite with Zachary. She did not want to die!“Argh!”The sharp pain that spread from her scalp caused her to let out a shuddering scream, but Charlotte paid her no mind. She grabbed her by her hair and dragged her to the edge of the cliff. Then, she pointed at t
The wind on the mountain was strong and cut through Charlotte’s skin like knives. Back when she’d decided to avenge herself with her own hands, she had planned everything in detail, but she hadn’t considered where she would go after killing Lorraine. Lorraine was dead.Even if she was not sentenced to death, she would have to spend the rest of her life in prison.Zachary would hate her as well, so there was no way they could be together again.Right now, she was walking alone down the road below the mountain, feeling more confused than she had ever felt before.“Hey, what are you doing alone in the middle of nowhere? I’m heading back to the city. Do you need a ride?” Charlotte only realized there was a red car beside her when she heard the voice. She looked absentmindedly into the car and said, “Thank you.”As soon as she went into the car and sat in the passenger seat, the person in the driver’s seat shouted, “Charlotte Simmons? It’s really you?!”Charlotte looked at the w
Four years later...“Charlotte Simmons!” A big hand that felt as cold as steel clasped Sotiria’s neck abruptly. “Tell me, why did you betray me?”Sotiria, who had difficulty breathing, could not make a sound.The hand tightened as time went by, and the eyes that were glaring at her looked cold, gloomy, and bloodthirsty.“Why?“What have I done to wrong you? Why?“Why?”“Aaah!” Sotiria woke up with a scream, and her forehead was covered with sweat.She had this dream again. It had been four years, and this dream had been haunting her like a curse through these years.She knew that the man was calling her by another name, but she forgot what that name was once she woke up.She could not see the man’s face clearly—the only thing that she knew was that the man’s cold and powerful aura made him feel like the devil. She would still feel like she had just crawled out of an ice cave and felt a sheer coldness all over her body even after waking up.“Ms. Green, you’ve woken up!” The p
“Mr. Connor...” The woman was still not reconciled. She took out a white towel in a panic and patted the man’s chest with it.“Mr. Connor, please don’t be angry. I’ll wipe it off for you—”“Scat!” The man’s cold voice was like a deadly blizzard.The huge auditorium was filled with a terrifying and murderous aura instantly. Everyone held their breaths, and the boisterous auditorium seemed to have turned into a cemetery at that moment.The woman was frightened. She was leaning forward because her original plan was to fall into Zachary’s arms while she was trying to clean his suit. At that moment, her legs indeed weakened. She lost her balance and was about to fall into Zachary’s arms.However, before she could even come into contact with the man, the man had grabbed her neck and flung her away coldly.“Aaaah!” This scream echoed in the auditorium as the woman fell to the ground. It felt like her body was about to fall apart, but she did not dare to make a sound due to the man’s suf
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