belief, their ey
The other three people in the elevator stared in disbelief, their eyes nearly popping out
Summer quickly pulled Charlotte h
Liam and Rex silently averted their ga
They hadn’t seen anything
gazes, choosing selective blindness.
Charlotte bang her head, one hand covering her forehead, fingers rubbing her temples as her face hurned with embarrassment.
The elevator reached the 13th four
She was intensely grateful she hadn’t bought an apartment on the 23rd or 3rd floor–she’d have completely melted from mortification before reaching home
Summer politely said goodbye, pulling Charlotte’s wheelchair out of the elevator at a speed that made her heels sound like spinning wheels.
The elevater doors slowly closed.
Rex and Liam simultaneously sneaked a glance at Zarek
He maintained his cool, detached demeanor, looking as if the leg–touching incident hadn’t happened to him at all except for the distinct fash coloring his handsome face.
“Spill it–what’s really going on between you and Mr. Billionaire?
The moment they were inside, Summer started her interrogation.
Charlotte, still recovering from the shock of accidentally groping her boss, groaned. “Hand me a heart medication first.”
“Don’t try changing the subject!”
Charlotte wanted to try.
Left with no choice, she explained how she’d met Zarek and ended up becoming his secretary, detailing the entire sequence of events.
She hadn’t intended to keep it secret–at was just that divorce matters had been the priority whenever they talked recently, leaving line room for other topics
After hearing the whole story. Summer clicked her tongue in amazement. “Wow, these coincidences and chance meetings, it’s like the universe is selecting your true soulmate
Charlotte rolled her eyes dramatically
“First of all, he would never be interested in me. Second, my life doesn’t need a soulmate. Finally, we have a purely professional relationship–he needed a secretary, and I needed to escape Issie’s network. Being executive secretary to the Domines CEO helps me build new professional conections. That’sn.”
With a guy
y that gorgeous, you’re seriously saying you can control yourself?” Summer teased.
She didn’t actually want her friend to close herself off to love forever.
But clearly, Charlotte had surgically removed the romantic part of her brain
Do you think Zarek Weasley is the kind of man who would just stand there and let me lose control? Let me do whatever I want?”
n after not seeing him.
“The last woman who couldn’t control herself armand bim–someone he actually cared about according to Rex–tried to hug him a for a while and nearly got thrown out of a car.”
“III dared to have appropriate thoughts about him or touch him deliberately, he’d probably have me thrown in the river.”
She looked deadly serimn
Summer paused, then tried reavaner: “Turtle so pessimistic. You just groped his thighs, and he didnt do anything to you. Have me confidere In your beanny”
At the mention of this Clini lotte’s face heated up again. “Edudat ‘grope his thighs‘! You suddenly probed me forward, and if L stop myself, my face would have been Imuried in his “The last two words were fou endarrassing to say out loud.
Summer collapsed onto the sofa laughing, whatever mental image she’d conjured clearly hilarious to her.
She rolled her 975,
After their laughter subsided, Summer rerequized that there genuinely wasn’t anything between Charlotte and Zarek
Which made sense–after an eight year relationship with Issar, even if love had turned to hate, completely eradicating those feelings wouldn’t be i
e take a shimeer.
Summer helped Charlotte t
During her hospital stay, her wound couldn’t get wet, and
of the nurses had only given her sponge baths.
This was day five since the injury, and while the surface had healed, she still couldn’t make any
sudden movements.
Hearing about how Charlotte was injured, Summer worriedly suggested she might be having a run of bad luck this year, with misfortunes clustering together. She insisted on taking her to a temple once she recovered fully to pray for safety and get a protection amules
Early evening.
Charlotte sat on the balcony watching the sunset
Summer had gone out to buy groceries at a nearby supermarket.
“Buzz–buzz-
Charlotte’s phone, resting on the small side table, rang with a call from an unknown New York number.
She frowned.
She’d thought he’d leave her alone for at least two days, but it had only been three hours…
She hung up and blocked the number.
At the hospital, Issac handed his phone to Ronald. “How’s the apartment situation?
Ronald nodded. “All set. Your wife’s on the 13th floor, and there was a unit available on the 20th that we’ve already purchased. The paperwork complete. You can move in anytime.”
“Good work.”
Issac patted his shoulder.
He’d assigned Ronald this task the day he left for Portugal.
He absolutely couldn’t let Charlotte live in the same building as Zarek, but convincing her to come back wouldn’t be easy. For now, the best approach was to get his own apartment there.
Winning back his wife would be a marathon not a sprint he needed patience, even though her current tempekebabe was hard to deal with.
Whimpering cries drifted from the hospital room.
Issac walked in.
Evelyn lay there with swollen cheeks and injured lips, tears filling her eyes–a truly pitiful sight.
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“Twa…” she reached out her hand, calling
The duct says you’re fine. You can leave
hospital after resting
i tote detached
But clearly, it was an improvement from his previous murderous coldness toward her, when he treated her like prin
Taclyn’s heart leapt with hope,
She kept her hand extended “bac, can1 hot you one more time?” Senting his hesitation, just… knowing I have to go back in being post your little sister makes me sad‘
#sparkly added timidly. “I don’t mean anything by a me
More tears follmyed
Most men in the world fall
ald Exil for this routine.
Issar’s heart indeed softened.
After a moment’s hesitation, he walked over.
The moment he reached the bedside, Evelyn sprang up and wrapped around him like a water snake, arm around her, leads want.
“Evelyn!”
Issac angrily tried to pry her off.
Evelyn clung tighter, becoming increasingly bold–breathing heavily, making sensual sounds in his ear. “Don’t push me away. I feel so empty. feel how much I want you just holding you like this makes me desperate for more..”
She kissed his neck, her hands roaming across his broad back.
Stop this
Issac warned her.
But his breathing had already grown irregular, his efforts to remove her hands weakening.
Evelyn sensed his wavering and wrapped herself tighter, enticing him with her body and bold words. Kneeling on the bed, her hands went for hi
zipper..
“STOP!”
Issac suddenly saw a mental image of Charlotte’s devastated expression while burning their wedding photo. His heart felt pierced by a needle, i body suddenly doused in ice water.
He forcefully pushed Evelyn away, fixed his pants, and strode toward the door.
Practically fleeing the hospital room.
Evelyn pounded the bed in frastration.
She’d been so close
If she could just get him to give in and sleep with her again, he wouldn’t be able to abandon her.
Sumner had just returned with groceries when she received a call from home saying her mother had twisted her back,
She reactantly told Charlotte she needed to leave.
“T’ll be fine. I’ll just order takeout to take care of Aunt Casse.”
“Calle if you need anything.”
“|| will.”
