Chapter 4
Hah.
In cahoots with each other.
Charlotte laughed out loud, which made Mason angrier.
“You still dare to laugh? You did something wrong and you’re laughing? I told you to apologize to Sophia!”
“I won’t! Mason, you asked me to find her, and I did. I didn’t do anything else, and no one can falsely accuse me!”
She turned to leave, but Mason shouted, “Security! Get in here!”
Two bodyguards burst in, blocking Charlotte’s path.
“Since you won’t admit your mistake, I’ll help you.”
Mason carefully lifted Sophia from the glass shards, then spoke expressionlessly: “Hold my wife down and make her kneel on the glass to apologize to Sophia.”
The two guards exchanged glances, unable to believe what they’d heard.
Mason had never allowed anyone to harm a hair on Charlotte’s head.
Had he gone crazy? Torturing Charlotte again and again?
“Are you deaf? Do it!”
“No.” Sophia shook her head, softly saying, “Don’t. It really hurts.”
“Sophia, don’t be so kind, okay? It breaks my heart. She did something wrong and deserves punishment. She made you hurt a little, I’ll make her hurt ten times, a hundred times more!”
His tender words were like a knife twisting in Charlotte’s heart.
In this moment, she finally understood how quickly a man’s love could change.
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These bodyguards were originally hired to protect her after they married–Mason’s way of ensuring no one would hurt her. Yet now they had become tools used against her.
How ironic. How utterly absurd.
“Ma’am, I apologize for this.” The two bodyguards forcefully pushed her down to kneel on the glass. She was wearing a skirt, and the glass shards pierced her exposed knees, cutting deeper and deeper, causing excruciating pain.
Yet she bit her lip hard, refusing to make a sound.
“Charlie, be good. I know you’re afraid of pain too. Just apologize to Sophia and you won’t have to suffer anymore.”
“I told you, I didn’t do it!”
She remained stubborn. Mason sighed wearily, “Continue.”
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Chapter 4
The bodyguards applied more pressure until the tiny glass fragments completely embedded in her flesh. Only when blood began pooling beneath her did Charlotte finally let out a muffled groan.
“Enough.”
Seeing tears in her eyes, Mason relented.
“Charlotte, I’m warning you–don’t ever think of hurting Sophia again. And by the way, Sophia isn’t resigning. Tomorrow marks the end of her three–month probation period. I’m promoting her to advertising planner at the company.”
“Her? An ad planner? Mason, she can barely draw.”
During these three months, Sophia had messed up everything she touched. Charlotte had been cleaning up after her. Being her secretary was one thing, but now he wanted her to be an ad planner?
“It’s my company. I’ll do whatever I want. Sophia likes it, so I’m giving her a chance.”
With that, Mason carried the young woman away without a backward glance.
Watching his retreating figure, Charlotte could barely breathe through the pain.
Forget it. She was leaving anyway.
Whatever happened to the company was no longer her concern.
Seeing her pained expression, the bodyguard offered help: “Ma’am, are you alright? Let me help you up.”
Charlotte shook her head. “I’m fine. Just take me to the hospital.”
“Okay. Take it slow.”
the hospital, the bodyguard borrowed a wheelchair and took her to a ward.
he nurse looked at her bloodied legs sympathetically. “I’m sorry, Mrs. Sullivan. Mr. Sullivan just brought in a young woman and called away all our dermatologists and orthopedists. We might not be able to treat your wounds right away.”
Hearing the nurse’s words, Charlotte felt the pain spread from her legs through her heart to her entire body.
She pressed her lips together, eyes involuntarily reddening.
Did Mason care that much about Sophia?
Yet once, she had been the one receiving such treatment!
Charlotte bit down hard, forcing back tears. “I don’t need dermatologists or orthopedists. Just find someone to clean my wounds. I don’t want them getting infected…”
“Okay! I’ll arrange it right away!”
The nurse had Charlotte taken to a ward and arranged for a doctor to see her.
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