“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.

with tears as

and she could

her to confess that she had not voluntarily

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

believe anything she

at the sight of the bruises along

blouse viciously, and his world came crashing down the

gaze and froze, realizing that she had

How could you do this to me? Why

fist forward, causing Charlotte to close her

landed in an antique

of which landed on Charlotte’s face and body. One of the pieces slashed

was full of

to no avail as Marino continued holding her

Louis finally lost his composure and whipped out the gun in his sleeve. He yelled,

was taken aback at his actions, having never expected the typically gentle Louis to

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