Kennedy was frustrated and wanted to yell at her, but saw she was so worked her forehead was full of sweat and her eyes were red with unshed tears.
So Kennedy held back his words and frowned. What happened to him? He should discard the unscrupulous woman standing before him who replaced her sister and married into the Moore family. Why did he continue to let her stay?
Kennedy quickly composed himself and grabbed Charlotte’s wrist and shoved her away. Charlotte didn’t expect it and her frail shoulders slammed into the solid wall. She lifted her head and looked into Kennedy’s chilling eyes.
“Get the hell out!”
She rubbed her shoulders in pain and stared at him in bewilderment.
“What’s the use of staying here if you don’t know how to do anything? Get the hell out before I get angry!”
“You!” Charlotte clenched her fists and felt Kennedy was going overboard. But she thought for a while and realized she indeed hadn’t anything for half the day. Her anger eased and hugged herself as she left the bathroom.
“Nathan!”
Kennedy’s impersonal voice of indifference thundered through the door. Nathan, who was still hiding outside listening in, immediately tensed up.
“Get in here!”
Nathan scrambled into the bathroom.
“Mr. Moore, how did you know I was outside?”
He hadn’t expected Kennedy to know that he was still around. Nathan felt awkward when he saw Charlotte glaring at him as he entered the room.
Since he’d appeared as soon as Kennedy called him, didn’t that mean he had been outside eavesdropping at them?
Kennedy glared at him coldly, and Nathan quickly shut up.
…
After Charlotte left the bathroom, she went to lie down on her bed by herself and took out her phone to browse.
She looked at her social media app and saw her ex-husband publicly displaying his affection. He was holding a beautiful woman, and their bodies were affectionately intertwined. The caption was ‘Love you forever, my one and only.’
Charlotte’s heart started to hurt when she saw that. They were married for two years and he never once had sexual relations with her because he said he was busy with work. Charlotte didn’t think too much into it as they were already married and had to live together, anyway. Two years passed by in the blink of an eye.
When her ex-husband Aldrich struck the lottery and won five million dollars, she didn’t rejoice at the windfall because he suddenly wanted to divorce with the reason that she didn’t consummate their marriage and fulfill her duties as a wife.
She didn’t know what a wife’s duties were. Each day, she woke up when it was still dark outside to prepare breakfast for him. She did all the housework, and she even paid the household expenses. She transformed from a young lady to a simply dressed wife.
Who had she done all that for?
Charlotte knew it was all an excuse because she’d already met the woman in the picture. There was a day when a heavily pregnant woman came to look for Aldrich when he wasn’t home.
“I’m carrying Aldrich’s child, Charlotte. If you know what’s good for you, then get the hell away. That’ll save me from doing anything.”
Charlotte was stunned at that moment and didn’t know how to react, as she didn’t believe it.
“Impossible. Aldrich hasn’t been sexually active these past couple of years. Are you trying to fool me?”
“So he’s never touched you before? You two got married two years ago and I told him not to touch you. That’s why you’re not pregnant at all. Now I’ve tolerated enough and I want to be by his side. Get the hell away from him!”
Charlotte was shocked. She knew that Aldrich never had sexual relations with her. The woman saw that Charlotte didn’t believe her and took out her phone to show Charlotte her video with Aldrich. In the video were the woman and Aldrich and there wasn’t any need to detail what was in the video. Charlotte backed off before the video ended and forced the woman to leave.
The woman grinned happily and turned to leave after achieving her objectives.
A few days later, Aldrich struck the lottery and divorced her. Charlotte felt nauseous when she recalled their interaction. Her stomach churned and the urge to vomit was overpowering.
She couldn’t endure it any longer and Charlotte covered her mouth and turned to run to the bathroom, but Kennedy was inside. She had no choice but to rush out of the room to the bathroom on the second floor. All she vomited was some bile before going back to her room.
Kennedy was still bathing and hadn’t come out of the bathroom, so she crawled under her blanket. Perhaps she was exhausted from all the vomiting and she fell asleep as soon as her head touched the soft blanket.
After Kennedy finished bathing and left the bathroom, he noticed the blankets piled in the corner with only Charlotte’s head sticking out, revealing only a few strands of her hair.
Kennedy glanced at her before looking away.
“Towel.”
Nathan brought a towel and Kennedy dried his hair while speaking to Nathan. “You may leave.”
As Kennedy stared at her, Charlotte must’ve gotten too warm because of being completely under the blanket. She suddenly kicked off the blanket to reveal her fair, slim legs.
Charlotte’s skin was very fair and her legs were slim. The sight of her exposed skin was eye-catching. Nathan looked in her direction because of the sudden movement, but before he could look directly at her, Kennedy’s voice thundered through the room, even though it was barely above a whisper.
“What are you waiting for?”
Trying not to react to Kennedy’s anger, Nathan turned back his head and raised his hand to scratch his head. Why did Mr. Moore become so cold and distant? While curious, Nathan didn’t dare to think too much about it and quickly left the room.
After Nathan left, Kennedy looked over Charlotte’s body once again.
Damn woman. She still acted pure, like she didn’t know anything. She was so seductive even when she was asleep. Kennedy scoffed and continued to dry his hair.
*****
The next day, Kennedy had already left when Charlotte finally woke up after a decent night’s sleep. She held her head as she sat up. Did she really have such a deep sleep that she didn’t even realize he’d gotten ready and left?
When Charlotte tried to get up to get ready for the day, everything around her turned black when she stood up. She fell back down in fear and closed her eyes while focusing on her breathing for a while until her sight recovered.
Her cold had somehow gotten worse after a full night’s sleep. Charlotte sat in her makeshift bed for a while before attempting to stand up again. Once she was sure on her feet, she washed up and proceeded downstairs and met Mr. Reynold.
“Christina?”
“Mr. Reynold…” Charlotte tried to keep her voice steady, but became inexplicably nervous when she saw him.
She always felt that the old man’s gaze was very sharp and could see into her heart. It terrified her that her true identity would be exposed.
“Why didn’t you go to the office with Kennedy these couple of days?”
Although the question was very simple, Charlotte could sense a hint of reproach in his tone.
She meekly looked up at Mr. Reynold and spoke in a soft tone. “I’m sorry, Mr. Reynold, I’m not feeling well these couple of days, that’s why…”
“Not feeling well?” Mr. Reynold’s fierce eyes narrowed. “I’ll get the doctor to come over to give you a checkup.”
Charlotte’s expression changed immediately. A medical checkup by a doctor? Wouldn’t her pregnancy be exposed immediately? No, absolutely not!