After settling the children down, Charlotte pulled Zachary into her room and gave him an earful.

“Zachary, what’s the matter with you? Don’t you know that this place is full of my brother’s spies? As much as I can try my best to tolerate you for the sake of the kids, Danrique won’t! I can’t even imagine the consequences if he finds out that you’re here.”

“Danrique will be too occupied to be bothered about me, so don’t you worry,” Zachary said confidently.

“What do you mean? What did you do?” Charlotte was dubious about his statement.

“Oh, you haven’t heard? His illegitimate child is exposed,” he gloated with a raised eyebrow. “Someone’s getting busy.”

“An illegitimate child?” The news came like a bolt from the blue. “Are you kidding? My brother has never had a girlfriend, let alone a child?”

 

“Come on, how can a normal man have no girlfriend? Unless he’s gay.” Zachary continued placidly, “He’s just very good at hiding his dirty little secrets from you.”

“How did you find out?” she asked suspiciously.

 

I must know him very well.” He smiled smugly. “He’s been giving me a lot of headaches. I’m just returning the

to mean? Did you

situation…” He shrugged. “Anyhow, there’s nothing for you to fret about. Even if he knows I’m here,

and slumped on the bed.

him up, but he managed to turn her

doing? Let go of me

and looked her in

gaze was gentle

a split second, Charlotte almost fell for his charm.

Zachary shouted in agony. He curled into a fetal position and muttered, “Darn

hit him on the

never

him away angrily. “I’m Charlotte Lindberg, not Charlotte Windt who lived at

loss if you handicapped me.” Zachary just had to emphasize that, though he was in excruciating

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