“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

seen him in such anguish, and she could not

that she had not

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

believe anything

when Zachary stiffened at the sight of the bruises

tore apart her blouse viciously, and his world came crashing down the moment he saw the hickeys littered

gaze and froze, realizing that she had

How could you do this to me?

forward, causing Charlotte to

landed in an antique vase behind

shattered into pieces, some of which landed on Charlotte’s face and body. One of the pieces slashed her cheek, and blood trickled

was

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

doing?” Louis finally lost his composure and whipped out

having never expected the typically gentle Louis to point a gun at someone

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