Chapter 47 I’ve Seen You Before

Charlotte jumped, startled. She turned to find herself face–to–face with a man whose features were striking yet unnervingly pale. His eyes bore into her with an intensity that made her uneasy, and the mole at the corner of his eye added an almost otherworldly allure.

He gripped Charlotte’s arm tightly, and the pressure made her wince in pain.

“Excuse me, sir. Who are you? Could you let go of me?” Charlotte tried to pull her arm free.

But the man’s hold only tightened.

Charlotte gasped in pain.

“Jayce!”

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Arthur’s cold voice rang out, cutting through the tense moment. “Let her go.”

“Jayce? Jayce Caldwell?” Charlotte thought in disbelief, her eyes widening. She hadn’t realized the man before she was Edward’s grandson, Jayce.

The room had been dim that day, and she hadn’t gotten a good look at him.

“I remember you,” Jayce said, ignoring Arthur entirely. His eyes remained fixed on Charlotte.

“Could you please release me first?” Charlotte’s voice wavered as she felt the blood draining from her arm.

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Jayce didn’t seem to hear her. “I’ve seen you before,” he repeated.

then that Charlotte realized the

day she went upstairs, she had tried to enter the room, but he had dropped

realized that he might have seen her face at

to Arthur for five years, and she had

thought, “This

he keeps talking, Arthur may discover

Before

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hastily nodded. “Oh, sir, maybe you saw me at

so

my

May I ask who you

stubbornly locked

Charlotte froze.

does

Charlotte’s arm. He frowned and asked, “Did you come

off Arthur’s hand

continued staring at Charlotte.

etore

between them, his tone icy. “Jayce, she’s

a crack of vulnerability. His already

She feared Jayce might say something that would

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at his broken, sorrowful expression, she suddenly felt a

long pause, he hoarsely said, “It’s my pleasure to meet

efore

quickly nodded. “Nice to meet

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