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

Chapter 28 He Needs You

Diana had been keeping an eye on the surveillance cameras. The moment she saw Arthur leave with his men, she immediately texted Charlotte with the update.

Charlotte let out a long breath, the weight on her chest finally lifting.

She pressed the voice message button and spoke in exasperation, “You don’t understand. I was scared out of my mind! I’m drenched in sweat. I’m taking a shower right now. That man is out of control. This marriage has to end. He’s way too dangerous!”

Diana replied with a faint sigh, “It’s not just about the divorce. The little bit of

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progress you made today? You just slammed the door shut on it yourself.”

Charlotte rolled her eyes. “I’ll think about it later. Shower first.”

One crisis averted, but another one waited in the wings.

After her shower, she lay on her bed, letting her mind settle. She needed a plan, a way to get this divorce over with, fast.

Whether her parents approved didn’t matter to her. She’d made up her mind, and no one was going to stop her.

Her thoughts were interrupted by the sudden ring of her phone. She glanced at the screen and frowned. It was Arthur

again.

the call. But he was persistent, dialing her

sense of unease. Answering on

through the line, laced with

Villa.”

and for a moment, she couldn’t breathe. Her body moved on instinct. She swung her legs

But then she stopped.

had been pretending to have

have forgotten her feelings for Julius. To her current self, he was supposed to be just another

her fists, she forced herself to stay calm. “What good would it do if I came? Don’t you have doctors

sharper now, colder, cutting through her defenses. “You’re his mother.

like an iron grip

go. But Julius was her child, the one she had cherished more than her

swallowed her emotions. “I don’t even remember how to take care

tone brooking no argument. Then

frozen for a

gone pale, but her resolve kicked

garage, selected one of James‘ cars,

the silence of the late hour broken only by the hum of

arriving at the imposing gates of the Harrison Villa in

steadied herself

waiting inside, I