“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 she took in his bloodshot

in such anguish, and she could

her to confess that she had not voluntarily agreed to this marriage, that she had no idea

impatiently. He needed to hear the words from her own

anything

something when Zachary stiffened at the sight of the bruises along her neck

viciously, and his world came crashing down the moment he

gaze and froze, realizing that she

this to me? Why

punched a fist forward, causing Charlotte to close

past her and landed

on Charlotte’s face and body. One of the pieces slashed her cheek, and

bloody fist was full of

to Charlotte’s aid but to no avail as Marino continued holding her

and whipped out the gun in his sleeve.

the typically gentle Louis to point a gun

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