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.

Charlotte declined the call. But he was

came a nagging sense of unease. Answering on the third ring, she snapped, “What

laced with icy authority. “Julius has

Villa.”

words struck Charlotte like a punch to the chest, and for a moment, she couldn’t breathe. Her body moved on instinct. She swung her legs off the bed,

But then she stopped.

been pretending to

her current self, he was supposed to be just

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

His voice was sharper now, colder, cutting through her defenses.

tightened painfully, like an iron grip squeezing her

so hard to tell herself to let go. But Julius was her child, the one she had cherished more than her own life. Even if he had grown distant, he was still

eyes, she swallowed her emotions. “I don’t even remember

come,” Arthur said, his tone brooking

frozen for

Her face had gone pale, but her resolve kicked in. She quickly

Hardwick Villa was eerily quiet. She slipped into the garage, selected one of James‘ cars, and sped

broken only by the hum of her car. She drove like a

of the Harrison Villa in record

she steadied herself before stepping

is waiting inside,