Chapter 216


    Charlotte shook her head. "I''m older than you anyways."


    "But I thought that women care a lot about who''s older or younger between each other, especially


    for a rival like me. Don''t you feel self-conscious at all?"


    She did.


    To get along with this woman, you either had to love to pretend or behave as if you were born


    stupid.


    Charlotte said helplessly, "I already told you that I don''t see you as a rival."


    "That means you don''t love Rick."


    "Kendall, if you can make Rick happy and he''s willing to give me up to be with you, I won''tin.


    Maybe you were right, my feelings for Rick are still not enough to be called love. I just...don''t want


    him to get hurt." Charlotte lowered her gaze.


    In her heart, to love and not to love were actually not that important anymore.


    She was only thinking about how to create profit for herpany and speed up the process of


    retaking Emerson Corporation so that ine can pay for what she deserved to pay.


    As for the other reason.


    She honestly didn''t want to think about it, nor did she dare to think about it.


    Kendall looked at the woman beside her and suddenly reached out to hold her arm. "There''s no


    such thing as to hope that someone doesn''t get hurt or not, there''s only to love or not to love. If you


    love someone, you won''t ever think of letting go, even if both of you were deeply scarred."


    For some reason, Shane''s face appeared in her mind. She shuddered and shook her head


    forcefully.


    "You''re thinking about someone, aren''t you?"


    "I..."


    "I want to tell Rick that you''re being unfaithful to him," Kendall lowered her guard in front of


    Charlotte and yfully said to her like a child.


    Feeling helpless, she was about to rify that she wasn''t being disloyal to Rick but she thought that


    it could only be said after she had married Rick. Charlotte had already restrained her feelings for


    Shane and even tried her best to stop seeing him. All of a sudden, her phone rang.


    She took out her phone and was slightly surprised to see the word ''Rick''. Then she picked it up and


    said, "Rick?" "I heard that Kendall went to see you?" His tone was a bit cold.


    "Yes, I was nning to bring her over to see you. She''s still quite worried about you," exined


    Charlotte.


    "Bring her over to see me... What am I to you, Charlotte?"


    "What''s wrong?"


    "Whatever."


    Rick straightaway hung up the phone.


    Charlotte looked at Kendall in confusion. "Rick called me. I said I wanted to bring you over to see


    him. Then, he asked me what he means to me in a furious tone. What is going on with him? "


    "It''s so pitiful for Rick to like you." Kendall sighed.


    "What?"


    "He must have called to exin that he had nothing to do with me and wanted you not to listen to


    whatever I said. However, you immediately said that you wanted to take me there. How can he not


    be angry?"


    Did it mean that being jealous should have been her normal reaction?


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    Charlotte said helplessly, "But isn''t it better to have one more friend than to have another enemy?"


    "In his eyes, I''m just a devil in human form. I''m the only one who bullies others and no one bullies


    me in return. He always just sees me as being mischievous and naughty. Never knowing how hard I


    tried to close the gap between us," said Kendall while biting her lips.


    "I can see that. Obviously, you have a very soft and cute personality but had to pretend as if you


    were arrogant and cold when you first met me."


    "Which one do you think suits me better?"


    Charlotte thought for a second and said bluntly, "To be honest, you look just like how you are now in


    my expectation. An adorable little girl. Not a soulless businesswoman who tries to hide her true


    personality."


    Kendall had never thought that her enemy would think that she looked cute.


    "Don''t think that I''ll stop stealing Rick from you just because you called me cute."


    "It''s his honor to have you to adore him. And if a lover can be stolen, it was never meant to be


    called a lover," said Charlotte as she smiled.


    For example...


    Shane, who divorced her because of another woman.


    Honestly, it was only because she didn''t feel anything for him. So, to love or not, to get married or


    not, didn''t matter so much.


    She believed that Rick loved her, and that''s why she wasn''t afraid of Kendall at all. Right?


    That was probably why she wasn''t jealous.


    In the hospital.


    Charlotte brought Kendall to the front of the ward and knocked on the door. A nurse opened the


    door and said, "Miss Charlotte, you''re here."


    "Where''s Rick?" She looked inside.


    "He is undergoing rehabilitation training at thepartment, said his legs were a little numb."


    Charlotte nodded and walked over with Kendall.


    As soon as the door was pushed open, Kendall immediately jumped into Rick''s arm and hugged


    him tightly. "Rick!"


    Rick was startled. Then, he pushed her away with a sullen face. "Didn''t I tell you not to hug me like


    that again?"


    "Don''t be so mean." Kendall held his arm and pouted.


    "You...Don''t be so disgusting."


    Although Rick called Kendall disgusting, he didn''t recoil from her friendliness.


    Kendall''s eyes brightened as she ran back over to


    Charlotte and whispered in her ears, " As expected, all I have to do is to pout at him. I didn''t even


    know that it''s easier to approach him by being gentle to him than being forceful to him. I thought that


    he would pay more attention to me if I annoy him."


    The little girl in front of her was full of energy,pletely different from the one she first met at the


    reception room.


    From the bottom of her heart, Charlotte actually liked this little girl a lot. She reached out and


    caressed her hair.


    "You two..." Rick found it hard toprehend the scene in front of him.


    "Can''t we?" Charlotte lifted her head and smiled at him.


    Rick pursed her lips.


    Although Kendall missed Rick very much and didn''t want Charlotte and Rick to be alone together,


    she could tell that they had something to say to each other.


    Instead of staying here like a nuisance, she thought that it would be better to wait for them outside.


    "Charlotte had just said that, if you treat Rick with courtesy, he would definitely reciprocate it. Rather


    than thinking of how to behave like an independent woman or a trouble maker, it was better to be a


    delicate and cute girl," Kendall thought.


    "I''ll go out first. You guys can talk. But, you have to invite me for dinner tonight, Rick." Kendall


    looked at Rick expectantly.


    Rick hesitated for a moment and nodded eventually.


    Kendall shed him a sweet smile and left the room.


    Charlotte took out the documents from a folder and handed them to Rick. "The incident about ke


    may not be that simple."


    "Did youe here just to tell me this?" Rick epted the documents and ced them on the side


    table.


    "Kendall is very cute. I will be good friends with her, and you don''t have to worry about her


    hurting me. I wasn''t jealous because I believe that you love me to a great extent and will never


    choose to be with her." Charlotte said word by word.


    She believed that he loved her?


    Rick said with a self-deprecating smile, "Do you carethat I love you?"


    "We''re already engaged, Rick. I''ll try my best to do what a wife should do."


    "Charlotte, I just want you to tell me, do I receive anything for loving you?"


    Charlotte fell silent for a moment and slowly nodded. "I''m human too. I''ll be touched and moved.


    Maybe those are still not enough to be love'', but I can still try my best to fall in love with you, right?"


    Rick turned away from her and said in a harsher tone, "You really don''t care if I date Kendall?"


    "I trust you."


    "Do you really trust me or you just don''t care?"


    Charlotte felt extremely wronged. She gently held Rick''s hand and said in a gentle voice, "It''s not


    wrong for you to not believe me. You doubted me because I failed to make you feel secure in our


    rtionship. I will try my best, Rick. Let''s be good to each other, alright?"


    The love of his life told him softly that she believed he wouldn''t cheat on her and wanted them to


    stay together happily.


    He should have jumped with joy.


    However, what emerged in his mind was that man''s face!


    Those vicious, cold eyes and thin, bloodless lips...


    Rick realized that all the times he said he didn''t care about Charlotte''s past and only wanted to be


    with her, they were all just empty words.


    People wouldn''t be able to overlook their past when they were involved in an intimate rtionship.


    The closer they were to one another, the more they would wonder if the other had felt the same way


    for their former partner in the past as well.


    Rick closed her eyes and said in a calm tone, "I understand."