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.

hesitation, Charlotte declined the call. But he was persistent,

a nagging sense of unease. Answering on the third ring, she

magnetic voice came through the line, laced with

Villa.”

couldn’t breathe. Her body moved on instinct. She swung her legs off the bed, already halfway to the

But then she stopped.

pretending to

To her current self, he was supposed

fists, she forced herself to stay calm. “What good would it do

cutting through her defenses. “You’re his mother. He’s sick, and he

tightened painfully, like an iron grip squeezing her

to let go. But Julius was her child, the one she had cherished more than her own life. Even if

“I don’t even remember how to take

his tone brooking no argument. Then

frozen for

pale, but her resolve

Villa was eerily quiet. She slipped into the garage, selected

broken only by the hum

gates of the Harrison Villa in

deep breath, she steadied herself before

is waiting inside, I

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