Chapter 70
Histone dripped with sarrası.
Charlotte felt a flash of indignation.
This was her personal business. Even if he had saved her life, even if he was her bons, her marital situation was hardly something he had any right to
mock
But confusion dominated her feelings at the moment,
“I never gave him the door code. How dal be even get
How had he bypassed all the security–griting to the building, past the lobby, and up the elevator?
Hearing this, Zarek’s expression shihed from contempt to puzzlement
Tc staggered to his feet and stumbled toward Charlotte, reeking of alcohol that made her wrinkle her nose How
“Did you sleep with him?”
you get up here
Issac ignored her question, gripping the wheelchair armrests as he shouted loud enough to wake the entire floor.
Charlotte slapped him across the face. “Have you lost your mind? Take your drunk nonsense somewhere else! Go find your precious Sugar Baby” Instead of getting angry, Issac dropped to his knees in front of her, taking the hand that had slapped him and placing it over his heart. In an instant, be transformed from raging ball to wounded puppy. “I was wrong to doubt you. I know you wouldn’t do that to me. You still love–you would never betray me.”
Charlotte was beyond words.
So he could cheat all he wanted, but she couldn’t? Was that the male?
She glanced at Zarek, who was watching the scene unfold, then back to the drunkissa
It was past midnight. Could they please just leave her alone…
She forcefully pulled her hand away, “Can we talk about this tomorrow? Go home and sleep it off. When you’re sober-
Before she could finish. Issac suddenly wrapped his arms around her.
He kept mumbling apologies, his tears running down her neck and into her collar, a grown man crying like a heartbroken teenager.
Charlotte fro
She couldn’t identify what she was feeling–it was absurd and tragic all at once.
This wasn’t the divorce battle she’d imagined. This man had always been proud, arrogant, bad tempered, and controlling he should not be the
broken mess before her
“Let go of me first. Please calm down,” she softened her voice.
The gentler she was, the Lighter he held on
Issac began hargaining “Say you still love me. Say you won’t leave me
Charlotto was at her wit’s end.
She noticed Zarek, who had been watching silently, now making a phone call, bis expression frigid.
She heard him requesting someone to come upstairs.
Forbidden Past.
Chapter 20
Shortly after, the night–shih property manager arrived with scurity guards Zerek pointed.
who was still clinging to Charlotte. “This man
The manages looked uncertain. “One moment. Mr. Weadey. Let me check something fire.
It seemed impossible that an outsider could enter a resident’s home undetected…
After checking, his expresion turned troubled. “Mr. Wood is actually a resident of the 20th floor. Security footage shows he was headingsbur stopped at the 11th floor. The elevator prohalily stopped here because either you or Miss Whitmore pressed the up button, creating this confusion.”
What?!
He bought an apartment on the 20th floor ?!
Charlotte wasn’t just shocked–she was stunned.
Was Issac planning to pursue her relentlessly until the end of time?
Zatek fell silent as well.
After a moment, he addressed the manager: “Then please help him hack to the 20th floor.”
The
he property manager found this request perfectly reasonable, especially coming from the wealthy penthouse owTRE.
He immediately directed the security guards to assist.
Issac remained kneeling
He held Charlotte tightly, his large frame pressing against her, his face buried in her neck. He’d been crying and muttering apologies a moment ago. but now he was eerily quiet.
The security guards tried to pull him away but couldn’t budge him.
Charlotte tried to help, but their combined efforts couldn’t break his grip.
It was as if he intended to remain entwined with her like this forever, never to be separated.
oll him away from Charlotte.
Zarek stepped forward, unceremoniously prying Issar’s arms apart, using considerable force to pull |
Issac opened his bloodshot eyes. “Zarek! Weasley!”
He scrambled to his feet, swaying as he attempted to throw a punch. He was so unstable that his fist missed wildly without Zarekeven needing to dodge
The property manager quickly directed the guards to restrain him.
Issac shoved them away. “Get off me! All of you!”
“Mr. Wood, please calm down. You’re on the wrong floor. Let us help you back upstairs,” the property manager said in a soothing voice. He was a mediam height, chubby man with a naturally calming demeanor
“Who says I’m on the wrong floor? She’s my wife!”
“What?”
The property manager was dumbfounded.
The security guards looked equally confused
The penthouse resident escorting a woman on the 13th floor, a drunk resident from the 20th floor barging in and claing she was his wife…
What kind of soap opera drama was this?
Zarek “He’s talking nonsense. If you don’t remove him now, we’ll have to call the police.”
“Are you saying he’s not Miss Whitmore’s. The property manager was uncertain who to believe. He turned to Charlotte. “Miss Whitmore, is Mr.
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Wood your henband?“.
Charlotte’s face was enld as she spoke.
Issac stared at her in disbelief, his eyes filled with pa
It was obvious in anyone with eyes that
at these people knew each oth
But the 13th floor resident denied the relationship, and the 20th floor resident was clearly intoxicated. If something happened, they world be held
The best solution was to escort him back to the 20th floor
Together with the property manager, the three men forcibly dragged Intar into the elevator, ignoring his rage and shouts
The elevator doors closed.
They could hear hanging and roaring from inside.
As the elevator ascended, the sounds faded.
Charlotte let out a sigh of relief
Then her expression grew serious again
If Issac intercepted her in the parking garage every time she came home, the’d never escape him
She couldn’t possibly sell this place and move again.
“I’m curious–do you actually want this divorce or not?”
Zarek’s voice came from beside her.
Charlotte snapped back to reality, looking up at his inscrutable eyes. She wasn’t sure why he was curious, but she answered honestly. “If I didn’t want a divorce, 1 would have pretended not to know about his affair looked the other way. Since I’ve decided to divorce him, I won’t turn back.”
Zarek nodded slightly.
“Stay at my place for the next few days. Tell your friend not to come by for a while. Liam will prepare your meals. Focus on healing first.”
“..Stay at your place?” Charlotte felt that was
it was inappropriate.
“Would you prefer a repeat of tonight? Or do
o you h
I have a better solution?
“She didn’t.
in her current state.
Issac could intercept her here, but he’d have no access to Zarek’s penthouse.
This was indeed a temporary solution. Whatever happened, she needed to heal her leg first–she couldn’t even run away i
*All right.”
Charlotte agreed to his plan.
She gathered a few clothes and followed Zarek back to the penthouse.
Liam had already gone to bed
Zarek showed her to the guest room.
“It’s late. Get some rest.”
he said before leaving
Lying in the unfamiliar bed, Charlotte felt surreal. Not only had she scored free dinner, but now she was staying in her boss’s luxury penthouse?
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Her night was filled with strange dreame
The next morning.
She was still half asleep when her phone rang. Through bleary eyes, she saw it was Gloria–calling.
She answered. In before she could speak, Gloria’s excited voice came through “Barling, finally! Your phone’s been impossible to reach! Never mind that now–check Instagram immediately!”
