Gregory thought for a moment, then stood up from the couch. “I’ll take you home.”
“Okay, thanks!” Charlotte replied softly, making sure to stay a bit away from him.
Gregory didn’t say anything more. He grabbed his car keys and took her to the garage
He opened the car door.
“Get in.”
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“Thanks.” Charlotte got in and buckled her seatbelt.
Gregory got in the driver’s seat and started driving her home.
The roads were quiet at night, with hardly any cars around.
Ten minutes or so had gone by.
Charlotte sat there quietly, staring out the window the whole time.
Gregory was the first to break the silence. “You like Timothy, don’t you? Why do you wanna break off the engagement?”
Charlotte swallowed hard but said nothing.
If she told him she was reborn, he’d probably think she was nuts.
“Is it that you don’t wanna answer, or you don’t know how?”
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After a moment of silence, Charlotte said, “I don’t love him anymore!”
Gregory looked thoughtful. “Is it because of what happened that night?
“If so, I can make it up to you and keep this between us. And if you want me to take responsibility, I won’t back out.”
Charlotte furrowed her brows, her voice cold. “I already told you, I don’t need anything from you–no compensation, no responsibility.”
Gregory raised an eyebrow and glanced at her.
“So, what do you want?”
Charlotte grew annoyed by the questions, and her temper started to get the better of her. “I want Timothy dead. Can you do that?”
Gregory was momentarily stunned
Of course, he could.
But there was no need.
To him, Timothy was nothing more than a parasite in the Bradford family.
“Did he do something to hurt you?”
Charlotte got even more annoyed. “Why do you have to ask so many questions?”
“Well, I’m worried about you.‘
“Come on, save it!”
She wanted to get back at Timothy herself.
Only then would she feel better.
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Seeing she didn’t want to talk, Gregory shut
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After another twenty minutes, they pulled up to the Lindsey’s manor.
“Here we are.”
Charlotte got out of the car and said, “Thanks.”
Gregory rolled down the window and looked at her with a smirk. “Nothing you wanna tell me?”
“Good night.”
Watching her walk away, he couldn’t help but chuckle softly.
Hmm…
Maybe it was time to start thinking about marriage.
Charlotte had given him her first time.
Plus, both families knew each other inside out, and he didn’t have any issues with her. The memory of that night lingered vividly in his mind.
He was 28 now, due to settle down and have kids.
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Charlotte sneaked into the villa, hoping to quietly slip back to her room.
But as soon as she got inside, Kathy, who was still up, was waiting for her in the living room.
“Lottie, you’re finally back! Where have you been? Why didn’t you pick up your phone?”
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“Oh, my phone was broken,” Charlotte said, trying to hurry back to her room with her head down.
Kathy was shocked. “What happened? How did you get such a large bump on your head?”
Not wanting to worry her, Charlotte shrugged it off. “Don’t worry, Mom. I just had a little fall.”
“Really? Let me see if it’s serious.”
“Yeah, it’s fine. It has been wrapped up.”
Just then, there was a loud thud.
Someone dropped to her knees right in front of Charlotte.
She was startled.
Looking down, she saw it was Claire.
“Ms. Lindsey, please, don’t make us leave. Have mercy!” Claire’s eyes were all red and puffy, and she kept bowing down to Charlotte.
Charlotte felt both disgusted and annoyed. “Mom, why is she still here?”
This was Claire’s usual move–always kneeling and crying, trying to play the pity card.
Charlotte and her mom had been fooled by this act in her last life.
They had helped Claire and Jocelynn with all their heart.
But instead of gratitude, it bred resentment.
In the end, the two claimed that the Lindsey family had taken advantage
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