Win My Forsaken Ex-wife Back (Charlotte and Arthur)

Chapter 23 Too Many Coincidences

Arthur, being rejected again, regarded her

with increased interest.

She seemed resistant to him.

She wanted to make his money but always maintained a distant attitude.

After careful recollection, he didn’t remember he had offended her.

As he watched her nibbling on her dessert, he suddenly stood up, grabbed a few pieces of cake from the buffet, and placed them in front of her.

“Ms. Aroma, before you say no, please reconsider,” he said.

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Arthur observed her calmly. Even with her mask on, he could read the emotions reflected in her eyes.

When she scanned the cakes and caught sight of one topped with strawberries, a look of disgust flashed across her face.

He noticed that and narrowed his eyes.

Charlotte, uninterested in engaging with him, simply stood up and walked away.

As Ms. Aroma, she couldn’t afford to dismiss him so casually.

Arthur stayed seated, crossing his legs and staring coldly at her retreating figure.

Was it just a coincidence?

She seemed to hate strawberries.

Charlotte was also allergic to strawberries, a fact he remembered all too well, having witnessed her suffer an allergic reaction- small rashes dotting her delicate skin as she scratched at them in pain.

figures and allergies; the coincidences

their voices

a call.

Charlotte is.”

“Understood,” his subordinate replied.

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her standing by the window, gazing at

night sky.

approached and said, “There are five companies interested in your fragrance and three that want to connect with you. I neither accepted nor declined. Do you have time

no longer preoccupied with Arthur, I have plenty of

continued, “Then you can make a few fragrances, and I’ll handle the negotiations. By the way, Evie asked if you could come to her new

Diana, and Charlotte were good friends, but Charlotte had lost touch with them during her marriage.

Arthur.

ces

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there,” Charlotte replied

I’ll call and tell

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a call from his subordinate, who informed him that Charlotte was at her

Diana by the window chatting and commanded, “Tell her I have something

“Yes,” his subordinate replied.

she was already under

bar after the birthday party when

she saw the caller ID, her

was her mother,

“Hello,” Charlotte answered calmly.

mind? Do you think this marriage is a joke? I won’t allow it,”

composed herself before replying, “Mom, did you know I was

fine now? That doesn’t justify

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