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 gravity of

to enter the room, but he had

realized that he might have seen her face at

had been married to Arthur for five years, and she had never seen

“This

keeps talking, Arthur may discover my secret

Before

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heart raced as she hastily nodded. “Oh,

so sorry. I’ve

my

May I ask

his lips together, his gaze stubbornly locked on her. “I’ve seen you,”

Charlotte froze.

thought, “What does

hand off Charlotte’s arm. He

shook off

continued staring at Charlotte.

etore

them, his tone icy.

expression flickered with a change in emotion, his eyes momentarily revealing a crack of vulnerability. His already pale face seemed even more fragile as if he had been struck by a deep sense of

might say something that would expose

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his broken, sorrowful expression, she

and after a long pause, he hoarsely

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“Nice to

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