Chapter 44 Just a Kiss

Charlotte clenched her fists, barely stopping herself from pushing Arthur’s hand away.

His thumb brushed gently over her lips, then suddenly pressed down, rubbing them firmly.

Charlotte’s eyelashes fluttered slightly. After he withdrew his hand, she said, “Arthur, I apologize on her behalf. I’m sorry.”

Arthur’s gaze dropped to the lipstick stain on his thumb. A shadow flashed in his eyes as he spoke calmly, “You think one apology will erase two hundred million dollars? Who do you think I am? A charitarian?”

Charlotte asked, “Then tell me, what do you want us to do?”

Arthur pulled out a tissue and wiped off the lipstick stain. His movements were casual, but his eyes never left her.

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The room fell eerily silent. The lights in the corner flickered in all kinds of colors, and Charlotte felt her anxiety grow.

He remained silent. The tension in the air made her feel as if she were being grilled over an open flame, uncomfortable and helpless.

“Charlotte, have you really lost your memory?”

Just when the atmosphere seemed ready to freeze, Arthur’s deep, magnetic voice

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broke the silence.

Charlotte’s eyelashes fluttered. She raised her head to meet his gaze, her locking with his deep, seductive ones. “Why would I pretend to have lost my memory?”

eyes

herself, she would only fall into his

a moment, a swirl of

he offer

he knew what her life had been like over the past five years,

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he simply didn’t care.

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means, to him,

her clear eyes, which held a strange

inexplicable frustration surged

He thought, “That’s right.

she pretend to have lost her

She has an enviable and prestigious status. I am never one to fool around, and our son was well–behaved and outstanding.

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possibly have?

she really has

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Arthur’s chest again, and

accompany me

tomorrow

ow night.

I won’t press charges

away, his

in relief. “How should I behave

pure. She didn’t

KISS

jeans that perfectly

angle, he could see the soft curve of her chest

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