“Everything I did was a joke to you! An utter joke!” Zachary’s voice had lost its usual charm. Instead, it had turned hoarse with dejection.

He sounded both sad and spiteful.

Charlotte refused to allow her heart to soften. “We could never go back to the way things used to be. It’s far too late.”

“Look at me, Charlotte.” Zachary desperately clung to his hopes for a reunion. He cupped her cheeks and forced her to meet his gaze. “Tell me you were forced and sabotaged. As long as you didn’t agree to any of this, I’ll forgive you!”

At that moment, Zachary had sunk to the lowest point of his life.

He had never begged so pitifully for a woman before, to the point of tossing aside all his pride. Nonetheless, it was a worthwhile sacrifice if he could regain her trust and love.

 

Charlotte’s eyes welled with tears as she took in his bloodshot eyes.

She had never seen him in such anguish, and she could not help but sympathize with him.

 

Regret and hatred filled her soul, urging her to confess that she had not voluntarily agreed to this marriage, that she had no idea what had happened.

to me!” Zachary bellowed impatiently. He needed to hear the words from her own

believe anything

Charlotte was about to say something when Zachary stiffened at the sight of the bruises along her

blouse viciously, and his world came crashing down the moment he saw the hickeys littered on

that she

me?

a fist forward, causing Charlotte to close her eyes and

past her and landed

and body. One of

was full of

to Charlotte’s aid but to no avail as

Louis finally lost his composure and whipped out

actions, having never expected the typically gentle

had perhaps lowered his guard

Louis, please stay calm and put the gun

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