Jordan’s eyes met with Sotiria’s. She blushed.“Uh… May I ask you a personal question?”“Mm.” Sotiria nodded.Jordan rubbed her black-rimmed glasses. “Usually, a newly-wed couple would consummate their marriage on their wedding night. So, did you and Mr. Larson do it?”Sotiria’s face immediately looked inflamed. She opened her lips awkwardly, “No…”“Why?” Jordan, who was feeling slightly embarrassed moments ago, was now bursting with curiosity. Her eyes lit up, and she spoke two times faster than usual. “I know that Mr. Larson has always wanted to do it with you. He’s been waiting eagerly for your wedding night. He should have been very eager last night. Did you refuse him? Were you traumatized by whatever happened between you and Mr. Connor last night? Is your body subconsciously rejecting other men because you just had sex with Mr. Connor?”‘My God!’Sotiria, whose face was initially bright red, instantly turned purple. “Get out!”“Huh?” Jordan looked aggrieved. “Tiria, I t
“Zachary… Connor…”Sotiria breathed the name in a trembling voice.The man nodded, feeling pleased. “Since you’re aware, Mrs. Larson, please don’t make things any more difficult for us. Please, let us maintain niceties and go home.”Sotiria looked at Garrison helplessly.Garrison was enraged. However, when he looked around him, he realized that there were a few men in sunglasses staring fixedly at him. They were men sent by Zachary to stop him and Sotiria from boarding their plane. If he forced his way through and fought with those men, it would be more than just a fruitless endeavor. He might even be detained for starting a fight in public.He had no choice but to grab Sotiria’s hand and snap angrily. “Tiria, we have plenty of ways to leave Rothesay, regardless of Zachary’s great abilities. He could stop us from taking a plane, but he can’t possibly restrict our freedom. We’ll drive to Bay City.”Sotiria rolled her eyes at the man who stopped her.“Hmph! Please send a message t
Garrison’s throat quivered. His eyes were like balls of flame. “Who submitted that report on me? Why is he picking on me?”The man sighed. “I don’t know why he’s picking on you, but I dare not speak his name. All I can tell you is that everyone always calls him Mr. Connor.”“Zachary! That b*stard again!”Unable to contain his anger, Garrison punched the car door.“You can’t trust him. He has other intentions. Regardless of his report, he’s framing me!”“Uh…” The man was at a loss. He calmed himself and pointed at the three policemen behind him.“Please be sensible, Mr. Larson. Get out of the car and come with us, or we’ll have to do this by force.”“I will not leave this car! I’m going to Bay City with Tiria! Don’t stand in my way!” Garrison patted the car seat. “Jordan, ignore them. Smash through those police cars and keep going.”How could Jordan possibly have the guts to do that?Realizing that Garrison wasn’t going to cooperate, the policemen had no choice but to drag hi
“You sound very upset that Garrison was taken away.” Zachary’s voice was as cold as ice. Sotiria was breathless from rage. “Yes! I’m upset. Wouldn’t you be upset if your family member was humiliated and framed like this? Zachary, I’m telling you, if you’re not rotten to the core and you have any semblance of a conscience left in you, please revoke the report you filed against my husband and let him come back to me so we can be reunited.”“Heh.”Zachary let out a cold chuckle. “Your reunion with him will never come. Your husband will be given the death sentence today, so you can just wait to collect his body!”‘What?’Sotiria immediately exploded. “How could you do this, Zachary? Don’t you have a conscience at all? Hello? Zachary! Hello? Hello…”Zachary had ended the call.Sotiria put the phone down. Her hands were trembling, and her eyes were filled with tears. “You heard it yourself, Jordan. It’s nothing like you described it. Zachary’s hell-bent on hurting Garrison.”J
At that moment, a tall and slim woman suddenly pushed her trolley over to her and blocked her way. “Tiria? Is that you?”‘Oh my god! Do I have a target on my back or something? How could someone have recognized me?’Sotiria pulled up her face mask, then raised her head and looked over at the woman. She gasped when she saw her enchanting, fox-like face.“Oh my, it’s you!”‘Melina!’The woman who had nearly turned her into an invalid not too long ago, who she had later made sure paid dearly for her actions! That day, she had sent two ugly men to humiliate her and take a video of it too… Melina definitely hated her!Now, she had recognized her and would never give up on this chance to expose her in public and use the ugly gossip about her to publicly humiliate her. She was doomed!“Don’t worry, Tiria. I harbor no ill intentions for you.” Instead of raising her voice, Melina lowered it so that the people around them wouldn’t be able to hear them. “I heard what happened yesterday,
“Alright, I need to go home and cook.”Melina pushed her trolley, which was full of groceries, and left.“Wait.” Sotiria hurriedly stopped her. “I sent those two ugly men last time to… Sigh! I don’t understand. Don’t you hate me? Why are you helping me?”“Everyone says that I look like a fox. At first glance, I don’t look like a good woman to them, but in reality, I have a very clear perception of right and wrong. I hurt you and had those two ugly men take pictures of the entire process and post them online. I even told them to turn you into an invalid. The things you’ve done to me are far more merciful than everything I wanted to do to you. Besides, Mario has been running around with prostitutes every day. Ever since that incident, my heart has become steadier than ever…”Melina stroked her belly. “So, I don’t hate you. In fact, I’m kind of grateful to you. Just remember to stay away from Mario from now on, and I will remain grateful to you forever.”The corners of Sotiria’s li
“Where is your Second Master? I need to see him!”“I didn’t come here with him. I came to see you behind his back.” Lucas approached Sotiria and squinted his bright eyes. “Do you know why the Second Master was angry with you yesterday?”Sotiria’s eyes were filled with confusion.‘Zachary was angry yesterday? Alright!’Zachary had a paralyzed expression on his face that made him look like a glacier. He never showed any emotion, so even if he had been angry, she would never have been able to tell!Then, she heard Lucas say, “Because people might be afraid of him, but they respect him. No one questions his character. After that incident, everyone believed that you seduced him and you started it. That’s why everyone’s still cursing you even now, and no one is cursing him.”Sotiria obviously felt a sense of unfairness.If she took a step back and looked at the situation, even if she and Zachary had sincerely wanted to have an affair yesterday, she and Zachary should have shared the b
Lucas smiled casually and freely. “Don’t get me wrong, everything I do, I do it for Second Master. Poor Second Master. He’s been dead for four years, and I hope he’ll come back to life.”Sotiria stood there expressionlessly.Lucas, who just got into the car, also stared at her blankly.Although he had met Sotiria and spoke to her several times before, this was his first real face-to-face contact and conversation with Sotiria.‘It’s weird! Although Sotiria’s face is far less pretty than the original Charlotte, her expression and temperament are giving me the impression that the person standing in front of me is Charlotte. This woman named Sotiria seems to have Charlotte’s soul.’Lucas finally understood why Zachary, who had been so determined to die alone, had been shaken after meeting Sotiria.Stardust Tower—the headquarters of the 602 companies that Zachary owned.As Zachary had handed over his most profitable companies to Jebediah unconditionally for Charlotte five years ago,