Chapter 1217


    Louis stood at the doorway of the study room, staring at Zachary fearfully.


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    When he finally collected himself, he was surprised to discover a small handgun in his hand. Louis


    hastily stuffed the weapon into his shirt sleeve.


    “What''s it got to do with you?” Charlotte remained as hostile as before and continued, “I''ve cut ties with


    you since the moment you threw me out on the wedding and forced me to leave without my child. You


    have no right to interrogate me about the men I date or marry.”


    “Is this your way of saying that y-you were togetherst night?” Zachary seemed to ignore her


    statement, obsessed with only knowing what had happened the night before.


    Charlotte steeled herself and answered, “Yes.”


    Technically, I was together with Louisst night. He''s the one asking vague questions.


    “Great! Just great!”


    Zachary''s hopes were utterly destroyed, along with his earlierposure. His gaze turned dangerous


    as he emanated a murderous aura.


    He had initially thought that this was an borate hoax by the Laurent family to prevent him from


    reuniting with Charlotte and foiling her marriage ns with Louis.


    In his imagination, Charlotte was a victim of drugging. Even if anything happened between Louis and


    her, he would forgive her if she was not a willing participant.


    Charlotte''s face was, however, devoid of any sadness or regret. Instead, she behaved as if she was


    trying to keep her distance from him.


    She had not refuted anything that Sherlyn and Louis had said earlier.


    And now, she had given him a direct answer to his pressing question.


    Little by little, they chipped away at Zachary''s fantasy of a loving reunion with Charlotte.


    I should never havee here bearing false hope. She''s changed a great deal since returning, and


    she''s no longer the Charlotte of my past.


    How could this be?


    Zachary''s clenched fists were shaking with anger as he red at Charlotte like a starved beast.


    Charlotte continued to avoid his gaze as she dered, “Right then, everything''s cleared up.


    Thank you for bringing Jamie to visit me, and I''d be grateful if you could allow him to stay for a few


    days. I''d love to spend time with him and Ellie. You can take this time to apany Robbie as well.”


    She droned on about the children as ifst night''s incident was nothing of consequence.


    Unbeknownst to her, Zachary''s gaze was growing murderous at a frightful rate.


    “You can even bring Robbie away with you for a couple of days as long as he''s agreeable to it.”


    Charlotte took a deep breath before saying her farewells. “That''s all I have to say. Goodbye.”


    She was about to leave when Zachary lunged at her and pinned her against the couch.


    “Zachary!” Louis rushed forward but was stopped by Ben.


    “Ms. Lindberg!” Morgan was about to do the same when Marino pulled her back.


    Zachary held Charlotte by her chin and gritted out, “Charlotte! Do you know how hard I''ve been trying


    to resolve the feud between the Lindbergs and the Nachts? I''ve been racking my brains for ways to


    approach you and make things up to you.


    He continued impassionedly, “I even risked my life to find you. Whenever I was on the brink of death,


    the thought of you filled me with hope and the determination to survive. I did all this because I believed


    you would be awaiting my return as eagerly as I anticipated our reunion. But it looks like I was wrong.


    You couldn''t even wait one night. You threw yourself into another man''s arms despite knowing that I


    wasing to get you today.”