Chapter 763 Everyone Still Sees Me as a Child

Geez, he wants me to leave already. Waylen left the place at lightning speed.

Soon, Lachlan turned around, and as he was about to leave, he noticed Charlotte peeking out from behind a nearby stone pillar. When their eyes met, she immediately retreated and hid herself behind the pillar. Lachlan looked over and asked impassively, "What are you doing there?"

After a few seconds, Charlotte slowly walked out and whispered, "Lachlan..."

"Do you need something from me?" Lachlan casually placed his hand in his pocket and calmly asked.

As Charlotte stood in front of him with her hands clasped together, she gently nodded. "I came to apologize to you."

"What for?"

Charlotte said, "I was wrong in the past. I was too stubborn. Please don't take what I said to heart. If... if you're furious, you can vent your anger on me, but please don't direct it toward Grandpa and Dad."

After a moment, Lachlan chuckled softly. "Do you think I would get angry because you refused to marry me?"

Hearing that, she pouted and pointed her finger. "It's not entirely because of that... I said a lot of hurtful things back then." Thinking back, she realized she had been quite unreasonable. On top of that, she made it seem like he had some ulterior motives toward her when in fact, he didn't want to marry her either. This was all because of the unnecessary marriage engagement.

child. Now that the engagement has been completely dissolved, you should focus on

felt that Lachlan's words were slightly gentler than what he had said to her before. It was as if he truly regarded her as a child and was comforting her. She softly retorted, "I'm already twenty years

hearing that. "You should go back," he

took two steps forward before turning back. She gazed at Lachlan with a glint in her beautiful eyes as she said, "Well then, let's make a deal. You won't get angry about what happened before, and you can't blame

a little amusing at the same time. Seeing that he was quiet, Charlotte became anxious. Does he really have no intention of letting me off the hook? With that, she

eyebrow twitched imperceptibly as he looked at her expectant and nervous gaze while pursing his lips. After a moment, he finally reached out his hand and turned his head to the side as he played along with her

up with a smile. She didn't care much about anything else and hooked her finger with his while murmuring, "Pinky promise! Cross your heart so that you

hand and exclaimed, "Alright!" With that said, she looked up at Lachlan's expressionless face, and her smile abruptly

met her gaze before speaking slowly, "Charlotte, anyone over the age of ten wouldn't engage

"B-But it doesn't matter. You

that he might change his mind in the next second, so she quickly

ended up tripping into a pile of leaves that the

rubbed his temples with his hand. Fortunately, it was a big pile of leaves, so Charlotte didn't get hurt. She quickly got up

saw a man who had been waiting outside for a long time as soon as they left the studio.

a moment ago. "After saying that, he looked

every day. They would have dinner together, and then he would send her home—just the usual

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