“If you still won’t let go of her, I’ll take it personally!” Zachary’s voice was cold, and his gaze was terrifying. He looked like a tiger protecting its cub.Zenios placed Charlotte back onto the car seat immediately. As soon as he placed her down, Zachary grabbed his arm and dragged him out of the car abruptly.Zachary’s strength was so immense that Zenios lost his balance and fell butt-first under the London planes beside the driveway. He then gasped and rubbed his hurting arm.“Second Uncle, that was really cruel. Even though Carlie hasn’t chosen me, she is still our child’s mother. What’s wrong with me caring about her?”“I don’t mind anyone caring about her, but I’ll never allow any man except me to care about her excessively, and you’re no exception.” Zachary’s eyes were gloomy and freezing cold.“Zenios, brand what just happened into your brain because this is the last time it happens. If I see another attempt, don’t blame me for not treating you as my nephew.”The corner
As he watched Zenios go further and further away from them, Zachary was still very tense.He had always been a very cold and arrogant man deep down, and he had never been afraid of anyone since he was a kid. At that moment, however, he was inexplicably afraid that Zenios would succeed in snatching Charlotte away from him.Zenios was not inferior to him regardless of his appearance, body figure, or excellence. Besides, Zenios knew Charlotte more than three years earlier than him, and they even had a child now...“Second Master, that useless piece of sh*t, Victor Rutherford, is just another good-for-nothing. I only disclosed what I was going to do to torture him, and he already peed in his trousers before I even did any of those things that I mentioned. He even passed out after that. Let’s just wait for him to wake up, and we’ll see what I can do to make him feel like he’d rather die. I’ll make him regret what he’s done to Mrs. Simmons.” Lucas walked toward Zachary while talking.Zac
Charlotte jumped out of bed, ran into the living room regardless of the servant’s obstruction, looked in the floor-to-ceiling mirror, and almost stunned herself.‘Oh my God!’At present, her face looked like a ripened tomato due to the wounds. She could not even remember her original appearance at all.‘Okay! Don’t panic... Don’t panic! The doctor said that it’d recover and get back to how it was before. It’s just a matter of time!’Charlotte had really thought she was going to die due to Victor’s beating. Now that she had survived the beating, what else could she hope for?“Second master is truly brilliant. He said that milady should have woken up now and ordered me to come and get you. Sure enough, you’ve woken up exactly at this time, not even a minute later.” The voice of a young teenager came from the door.Charlotte looked away from the mirror anxiously. “Zachary... Why would he get you to come and get me...” She was very afraid that Zachary would see her awful look all of
Charlotte took a closer look.‘Aren’t these girls the very same ones who dropped by my art studio to buy an art piece?’“Second Master has obtained surveillance footage from the area around your studio. These girls tricked you into letting your guard down under the pretense of buying an art piece from you. They knocked you out when you weren’t looking and force-fed you with drugs. Please have a closer look, milady. Are these the ones?”Lucas reminded Charlotte as he followed closely behind her.Charlotte may not know Zachary enough to be able to read his emotions, but Lucas knew that he was fuming. The girls who had drugged Charlotte were destined for a tragic fate.Therefore, Charlotte needed to confirm their identities. It would be a disaster if they ended up hurting innocent people.Charlotte nodded firmly.“It’s them.”Charlotte was not a pushover. She would have found a way to find those girls, even if Zachary hadn’t done it for her.She would never forget their young, wi
“Thank you.”Zachary looked at her, concealing his emotions.Her face was as red as a tomato at this point. She was as ugly as one could be. However, Zachary felt that her smile was far more beautiful than the most gorgeous scenery in the world.“Well, milady, what would you like to do to them?” asked Lucas.Charlotte turned toward the two girls in the cage.“Don’t you have the surveillance footage from my art studio? Use the part in the footage in which they tricked me, hit me, and forced medicine down my throat, and send it to the teachers and principal of their school. Then call the police and let them handle them.”The girls wailed when they heard that, sobbing even more profusely than ever.Students at this age weren’t afraid of their parents discovering their misdeeds nor the consequences. Their greatest fear was their teachers and principal.Based on their vile level of mischief, their principal would certainly call them out during a school assembly, expel them, and have
Charlotte nodded.Lucas said enthusiastically, “Since your beating already crippled Victor, I had an epiphany. What would happen to a crippled man if I made him drink that liquid that was forced down your throat?”Charlotte’s eyes brimmed with curiosity, while a hint of disgust flashed across Zachary’s eyes.“So I thought… Why not use Victor as an experiment? I’ve locked him up in a quiet room. He ran around anxiously then passed out, foaming at the mouth. When he woke up, we found that he was reduced to a lunatic.”Charlotte pursed her lips but felt no sympathy.Perhaps it was a good thing for a societal scum like Victor to become a lunatic. He deserved it anyway.If Zachary hadn’t arrived on time after Charlotte had been drugged, that drug’s effects would have caused her to end up like Victor, even if he hadn’t beaten her to death.“I think that assh*le got away too easily. I’ve concocted 17 different types of torture, just for a man like him. I wanted to try them all out on h
Charlotte swallowed nervously. She took three deep breaths to find her voice.“H-hey… Don’t be mad. Luke said that you’d help me find the real culprit. I don’t want to send you on a wild goose chase before telling you the truth. Regardless, I guarantee you that it’s definitely not Bryson.”Her infatuation for Bryson didn’t just stem from his outstanding good looks. She was more attracted to his character.Actually, Bryson had been very good to her throughout their four years together. He had given in to her in every way and had never lied to her.The only time he had ever lied was because of Tiffany… That was the only time!Zachary’s face blackened to the shade of a cauldron’s bottom at some point. He glared at her icily and remained completely silent.“Hehe…” Charlotte forcibly curled the corners of her lips and stared at him with a forced smile. “I still haven’t thanked you. So… Thank you, from the bottom of my heart.”Zachary had saved her life twice. He had saved her father
“Around my neck.” His ice-cold voice sounded again.“Oh…” At this point, Charlotte had morphed into an android, programmed to listen to commands solely. She removed her hands from Zachary’s waist, went on tiptoe, and wrapped her arms around his neck.Zachary lowered his head just a little bit. His thin lips and warm breath slowly closed the distance between their lips. Charlotte’s mind instantly went blank. She felt as if her heart was going to leap out of her stomach…‘Is he going to kiss me?’Charlotte had been in this very same position not too long ago. She couldn’t help giving in to her impulses and kissing him.‘This time… He’s kissing me?’However, Zachary’s lips didn’t touch hers. He brushed it against the tip of her nose instead. Then, he bent down even more and scooped her into his arms.Zachary was already carrying Charlotte in his arms and steadily walking by the time she returned to her senses.‘He didn’t want to kiss me. He wanted to hold me!’Charlotte felt a se
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