That tiny woman did not have a standard figure, so all the clothes she wore had to be tailor-made. Zachary did not expect that her clothes would fit Sotiria so well.‘Sotiria does not only have an appearance that is somewhat similar to that little girl, but her voice also sounds almost exactly the same as hers. Now, it seems that both of their figures were carved out of the same mold! Is there such a coincidence in the world?’Lucas was driving while Sotiria and Zachary sat in the middle row. Her heart felt heavy, and she did not utter a single word along the way.Zachary, sitting on her left, also closed his lips tightly while his icy eyes stared out the window. He was lost in his own thoughts.It was not for Sotiria to reach a conclusion that he was definitely thinking about Charlotte now!‘See! This is just the beginning!‘He regards me as the stand-in of another woman. After I get married to him, he’ll only think of another woman whenever he’s with me, just like what he’s doi
The female clerk looked at Zachary and blushed. “Hehe, Mr. Connor, please present your identity cards and—”Before she could finish, Zachary had placed all the documents needed to obtain the marriage certificate on the desk.Sotiria was surprised to find that there were actually three passport-sized photos of her among all those documents. However, she had never given him any photos of herself. That had led her to think that Zachary had planned to go official with her beforehand, so he had prepared her photos in advance.A few minutes later, the female clerk printed out two marriage procedures and handed them to Zachary while saying, “Mr. Connor, according to our country’s Marriage Law, both parties who are here to obtain their marriage certificate must be doing so voluntarily. Therefore, you and your prospective wife must be asked to personally sign the marriage procedures before I can issue a marriage certificate to you.”In the next less than five seconds, Zachary grabbed his pe
The name that Sotiria had signed on the documents turned out to be— Charlotte Simmons!Sotiria did not know what was wrong with her.Her mind had been blank the moment before she started signing. She had been planning to close her eyes as she signed the word and deal with the whole procedure perfunctorily. However, her hand seemed to have its own memory. It had not been under her control, and everything had gone on extremely smoothly—that was how she had written down “Charlotte Simmons” skillfully...“Do you think this joke is hilarious?” Zachary’s voice was as cold as a blizzard that hit in the midst of December.“I...” Sotiria lowered her head hurriedly when she saw his freezing glare. Her tongue seemed to have been tied and frozen at the same time.“I didn’t... I didn’t mean to joke with you...”“Then, are you playing with me?” Zachary’s voice escaped from the gap between his lips and teeth, and each syllable and every word sounded as murderous as a blade.Charlotte Simmons!
Tears of joy gushed out of Sotiria’s eyes the moment she called out the name.“You’ve come at the right time. Zachary has kidnapped Naomi and threatened me to marry him. Don’t worry about me, go save Naomi first!”Standing at the gate of the city hall, Garrison looked at her fondly and gently. “Tiria, I have rescued Naomi, so no one can threaten you anymore.”As soon as he had finished speaking, Lorraine, who was wearing a pearl-white dress, appeared on his right side with a cute little kid.Tears streamed down Sotiria’s face the moment she saw the kid. “Naomi!”“Mummy!”Naomi let go of Lorraine’s hand and rushed toward Sotiria.Throwing everything to the wind, Sotiria dropped the pen in her hand on the table and ran quickly toward Naomi.“Mummy!”“Naomi!”There was no expression on Zachary’s face, who was standing outside the counter. However, his dark brown eyes were filled with so much emotion it was as if there was a storm brewing in them. At that moment, he suddenly
However, Zachary, a man as noble as a king, never cared about how other people viewed him. He just gazed intently at Naomi’s tiny face without looking at other people.“Your mummy promised to marry me, and she can’t marry anyone else without my permission, you understand?”Blinking her big dazzling eyes, the little girl looked at Zachary and Sotiria.Although she could not fathom much of the adults’ world yet since she was still young, she knew that she had to carry out her promises to others.As if she knew what her daughter was thinking, Sotiria rubbed her head and said, “Naomi, this bad uncle is just joking with you. Mummy did not promise to marry him.” The little girl nodded profusely. “Yes! Mummy promised to marry daddy, so mummy is only allowed to marry daddy and no one else.”Sotiria smiled dazedly. “That’s right.”She raised her hand to wipe the tears in her eyes. Then, her gaze suddenly turned cold when she turned to look at Zachary. “Mr. Connor, you need a reality
At that moment, Sotiria, who had been startled to the core by Zachary’s statement, did not have time to care about other people. She stared at Zachary in panic, and it took her roughly three seconds before she finally found her voice back.“So, what are you gonna do to me?”The man in front of her was as cold as an iceberg. He was staring intently at Sotiria, his gaze gloomy and terrifying as if he was the king of the underworld coming to reap her life.“Garrison can save your daughter once, but he can’t save her for the second time. If you don’t get the marriage license with me today, I will make both of them disappear from the surface of the earth!”“Oh my!”Sotiria was so frightened that her legs went weak, and she nearly knelt in front of Zachary. Her face was as white as milk. It became so pale that there was no trace of blood. “No! I’ve heard that although you never show mercy to your enemies, you follow your principles and never bully people for no reason. Both Naomi and
Garrison unlocked his phone, opened up a video, and handed it to Zachary.Zachary took over the phone half-heartedly, and his handsome face turned dark when he saw the content of the video.“After all these years, you still want to humiliate me with this!?”“I’m not a crooked-minded person,” Garrison said as he stifled a glance at Sotiria.“Four years ago, on the eve of your divorce with Carlie, she went to look for me at the Rainbow Bridges and asked me to do her a favor. After that, she dragged me to the hotel and spent almost an hour with me in the hotel.”At this moment, Sotiria clearly felt that Zachary’s left hand that was gripping her wrist trembled.Time seemed to go back four years ago.Zachary could never forget that Charlotte had “gotten a room” with Garrison.He could never forget that after she had “gotten a room” with Garrison, she had come up to him and straight confessed that the person she had been in love with was always Garrison and that it was not the first
“Why would she do that if she really loved me?” Nobody was able to accept something like this, not even a tough and strong-minded person like Zachary. His voice was shaking, and tears began to well in his eyes.Garrison shook his head, and his bright eyes were filled with confusion.“I’ve also been wondering why she was acting so abnormally at that time, including why she was so hellbent on seeking revenge against Lory… But I still could not think it through even though so many years have passed. Anyway, I think she must have her own reason for leaving you in that way.”There was no expression on Zachary’s handsome face. He maintained his regal, unreserved demeanor, but the tumultuous emotion in his eyes belied his true feelings.A hint of panic crossed Lorraine’s alluring eyes as she watched this scene from afar.Those past events in which she had poisoned Zachary and used Walter and Coraline to threaten Charlotte to divorce Zachary flooded her mind.Luckily, Charlotte was dead!