Chapter 286 I Love You Charlotte cursed in a low voice and just touched Joe with her hand, she felt the world spinning, and she was thrown onto the bed by the whole person. Joe unconsciously buried his head in Charlotte’s neck, his slightly cold lips touched her artery. Feeling the strong beating in her neck, Joe didn’t even hold back, and lightly nibbled her artery with his teeth. Bang! Charlotte ruthlessly pushed the person away, and Joe, who was defenseless, was pushed to the ground by her and looked at her blankly. Charlotte did not act in a hurry, but first buttoned up her clothes, and stared at Joe viciously. In a fit of anger, Charlotte poured a glass of cold water and unceremoniously splashed it on Joe’s face. The cold water made Joe’s eyes clear for a moment, he looked at the furious Charlotte in front of him, very puzzled, “Charlie?” is “Don’t call my name so affectionate, my relationship with you not that good.” Charlotte snorted coldly, “Isn’t it common sense not to drink drinks that have left your sight? How could you commit such a simple mistake, grand Mr. Smith?” Joe’s face changed slightly, and a trace of complicated emotions flashed in his eyes. He gasped, and rested his right hand on his forehead, seeming to be very uncomfortable. “You saved me? Thank you.” Joe didn’t forget to thank her, but Charlotte didn’t care at all. “Since you are awake now, hurry up and contact the driver yourself.” Joe seemed to have already guessed Charlotte’s intention and suddenly showed a headache–ridden expression. “I’m still feeling unwell, can you stay a little longer?” Joe […]
Chapter 285 Did I Owe You in My Past Life? If the person in front of her was not Joe, but just an ordinary friend, would she make a move? Charlotte stood there and thought about it, and finally made a decision. Even if she and Joe were just ordinary friends, she couldn’t let him be trapped. She couldn’t let Linda be related to him. She turned her head and went back into the restaurant, summoned a waiter, and gave him some cash. “Do me a favor. Please.” Not long after, a glass of water was accidentally spilled on Linda by the waiter. She had no choice but to put him on the chair temporarily and deal with the water stain on her body first. When she came out of the bathroom, the chair was already empty, there was no trace of Joe. Linda was taken aback, and quickly stopped a waiter, “Where’s the man on the chair just now?” The waiter quickly shook his head, “Sorry ma’am, I didn’t notice the man you mentioned.” Linda was furious immediately. “I want to check the surveillance!” ¦ Just as Linda was looking for Joe’s trace angrily, Charlotte was looking sideways at Joe, who was sitting in the passenger seat with a slightly flushed face, frowning. “Are you still conscious?” Charlotte asked in a deep voice while driving. Joe closed his eyes tightly and murmured continuously, apparently unable to answer her question normally. Charlotte felt a little regretful, why did she meddle in his business? She thought of Jack, who was inseparable from Joe. Since Joe came to Albania, he should have come too. Charlotte dialed Jack’s phone number, but just when she explained the reason for the call, Jack hurriedly replied, “I’m sorry, Miss Clinton, Mr. Smith to Albania this time is entirely his private trip, and he didn’t let me go along.” “Then, what should he do now?” Charlotte asked. Jack, on the other end of the line, seemed to have lost the signal. After a rustle, he hung up the phone. Did Jack think that she was stupid?
Chapter 284 Chance Encounter In order to make up for Rumba’s injured heart, Charlotte specially invited him to a private restaurant for dinner. Rumba snorted coldly as he ate food, “Don’t think using this food can buy me off.” Charlotte smiled and was about to speak, but she saw Joe and Linda also coming in not far away. How could these two be related together? Charlotte saw that Linda sat down with Joe in the distance. It was unknown what they were talking about something. Linda even smiled shyly. He moved on so fast. A sarcasm quickly flashed across Charlotte’s eyes, and she quickly lowered her eyes and stopped looking in that direction. However, Rumba noticed something wrong with her and looked back and asked. “Is that someone you know?” “I don’t know.” Charlotte simply shook her head. Rumba looked at her meaningfully and didn’t ask anymore. During the meal, Rumba went to the bathroom. Charlotte’s eyes fell on the table where Linda sat. However, she saw that Joe had left somehow. There was only Linda left to sit at the table. Seeing that no one was paying attention to her, Linda quickly threw a white pill into the glass of Joe. Charlotte frowned. It was impossible just vitamins or something that Linda threw into Joe’s glass. She looked at the cup and thought that Joe would not be
Chapter 283 Mr. Rumba In the dead of night, Joe suddenly woke up from his sleep. He turned on the bedside lamp, and what appeared in his mind was the scene from his dream just now, Charlotte stood at the door of the Clinton mansion, and smiled at him. “I don’t feel any excitement or attraction at all.” Although it was just a simple word, it was like a steel nail piercing into the bone marrow. It seemed that there was no wound, but it hurt him all the time, oozing out of pain from the bone. At this moment, the cell phone next to his pillow turned on. & It was a message from Sir Smith. In the photo, he and Ben Anna were smiling happily at the camera. Joe curled his lips silently, once again regretting his previous behavior. If he had been aware of his feelings in time back then, Ben and Anna would have grown up happily by his side all the time, right? He threw the phone on the pillow casually, went to the window, and lit a cigarette. So, what if she didn’t have feelings for him anymore? As long as he was still alive, he could try to make her fall in love with him again. What he did wrong in the past, he was willing to use his rest life to make up for it. Charlotte didn’t know what Joe was thinking in the middle of the night. At this time, she was carrying a gift box to the gate of the famous University of Construction in Albania. This architecture university was once the dream of countless architects, and it has also produced countless world–renowned architects. Charlotte’s eyes fell on
Chapter 282 There Is No Possibility of Getting Back Together Charlotte didn’t know what Joe had said to Old Mr. Clinton, her face changed slightly. “What he thinks is useless. I don’t accept it.” “Nonsense!” Old Mr. Clinton glared at her angrily. “Do you want Ben and Anna to have no father?” “They were doing well to be with me before.” Charlotte frowned. “It’s impossible for me to get back together with him.” Old Mr. Clinton glared at her angrily. “I think you’re just a fool. Even Linda knows that she needs to find a man to cooperate with, but you just push him away. Charlotte didn’t expect that Old Mr. Clinton to find Joe here for this matter. She was a little helpless, “I don’t need…” “You’re as stubborn as your mother.” It was unknown whether it was because he thought of Judy, but Old Mr. Clinton did not continue to force Charlotte. He just said, “Your mother was so stubborn to follow that man away, and ended up… Alas. If you don’t want to get back together with him, I won’t force you. As long as you are fine.” Charlotte moved forward and hugged Old Mr. Clinton with emotion. “Thank you, Grandpa.” When they went downstairs, Linda had already disappeared. Only Joe was sitting on the sofa. Seeing Old Mr. Clinton go downstairs, Joe immediately stood up. Old Mr. Clinton waved his hand impatiently at him. “I can’t take care of what’s going on between you. She just does whatever she wants.” Joe didn’t expect that Old Mr. Clinton would change his mind so quickly. He looked at Charlotte. Charlotte looked indifferent. “It’s a misunderstanding today. Mr. Smith, please go back.” She originally thought that Joe would get angry, after all, today’s scene was inexplicable, as if it was just a prank on him. But Joe just nodded politely to Old Mr. Clinton. “I’ve bothered you today, and I will visit you again when available.” His behavior made
Chapter 281 He Wants to Get Back Together with You “After all, he’s your… Don’t be so impolite.” Linda patted Charlotte’s shoulder affectionately. “Besides, he’s the one that Grandpa invited. Are you dissatisfied with Grandpa?” Old Mr. Clinton snorted coldly, “I think she is dissatisfied with me.” Yesterday, when Linda mentioned that Charlotte had been taken away by someone from Zoe’s birthday party, he had specially asked someone to investigate. He didn’t expect that the man mentioned by Linda was the biological father of Ben and Anna. He asked someone to find Joe immediately, but he didn’t expect that Joe’s attitude was so humble, and he answered all his questions one by one. Joe frowned and took the initiative to explain to Old Mr. Clinton, “It used to be me who did things wrong. It’s natural that Charlie is dissatisfied with me. Don’t be angry with her.” Charlie? Charlotte’s face darkened, why didn’t she know that she and Joe were so close that they could call each other by nicknames? His intimate attitude would make Old Mr. Clinton misunderstand him even more, wouldn’t it? As expected, Old Mr. Clinton glanced at Charlotte in a bad mood. “You two are very close, are you?” “No.” Charlotte retorted. Joe smiled indulgently, “I was sorry for her before, she should be angry with me.” Charlotte’s face turned even darker. Old Mr. Clinton was not really angry with Charlotte. Now that Joe had offered a way out, so he took it. “You young people are impulsive, but you didn’t think about how innocent the children
Chapter 280 Be Scared Again She smiled and asked, “You heard of? You saw it in person at the banquet, right? I saw you chatting intimately with the second son of the Sway family in person. As if thinking of something, she didn’t finish her words. But Old Mr. Clinton had heard about the scandal between Linda and Beltane long ago, and now when he heard Charlotte say this, his face suddenly became gloomy, “Is that true?” Linda’s face changed slightly, she didn’t expect Charlotte to bump into the scene where she was talking with Beltane and even stabbed it in front of Old Mr. Clinton without any scruples. Seeing Linda’s expression was not right, Charlotte seemed to realize her slip of the tongue, “I’m a little tired. I’d better go back and have a rest first.” Old Mr. Clinton thought she was guilty of saying something wrong, so he waved his hand, “Go ahead.” Charlotte left brightly and just returned to the bedroom when she received a call from Sharon. “The person who prescribed the medicine has been found out, and the other party admitted that someone gave him a sum of money to take the medicine. From the description, that person is definitely Linda, no mistake.” “It seems that the lesson I taught her last time is not enough.” Charlotte pursed her lips; her eyes were filled with coldness. After being scolded by Old Mr. Clinton, Linda thought of the snake she found in the room last time and decided to go back to her apartment. Exhausted physically and mentally, she rushed back to her apartment from the Clinton mansion. Linda opened the door and saw the snakes crawling on the ground. She fainted. The next morning, Linda came to the door in a rage. “Charlotte! You put snakes in my room again and again, isn’t it too much?” Charlotte looked at her blankly, “What are you talking about?” “Don’t pretend to be stupid!” Linda showed the photos of snakes on the floor in the phone in front of Charlotte angrily. “Do you dare to say that this has nothing to do with you?” Charlotte exclaimed, “Where did you find the picture? It’s too scary.” No matter how angry and annoyed Linda was, or how she hinted and even explicitly stated that she was related to the matter of snakes, she still refused to admit it. In the end, Linda had to turn off the recording on her phone in front of Charlotte. “Charlotte, you’re good.” Linda sneered, “I don’t believe you’ll always be so lucky.” Charlotte still looked innocent, “Linda, I really don’t understand what you’re talking about.” Linda snorted coldly and went downstairs angrily. Linda came downstairs and saw the man sitting next to Old Mr. Clinton. She subconsciously suppressed the anger on her face. “Grandpa, this is…” Linda felt that this man looked familiar, but she couldn’t remember him for a while. Joe glanced at her, and quickly withdrew his sight. Old Mr. Clinton coughed lightly and said, “This is Mr. Smith.” Smith? Linda widened her eyes slightly and she looked at Joe in disbelief, “Is he… the ex–husband of Charlotte?” At this moment, Charlotte also came down. Seeing Joe sitting next to Old Mr. Clinton, she frowned and said, “Why are you here?” 14 Looking at Charlotte, Joe’s eyes softened. “Grandpa invited me.” “What? Don’t call him in that way.” Charlotte’s face darkened.
Chapter 279 Make up Joe led Charlotte out of the banquet venue in an upright manner. In a corner not far away, Linda saw the backs of the two leaving, she gritted her teeth tightly. Why was Charlotte always so lucky? Even if she calculated so carefully, Charlotte could escape smoothly. Looking at Joe’s back, Linda suddenly had a plan. Following Joe to the parking lot, Charlotte unceremoniously shook off his hand, “No one is watching now, Mr. Smith, you don’t have to pretend anymore.” Feeling the warm heat in his palm disappear, Joe lowered his eyes slightly. “Tonight’s matter…” Before he finished speaking, Charlotte interrupted him, “I will investigate tonight’s matter by myself, so I won’t bother you.” Joe frowned tightly. He looked at Charlotte and saw the alienation in her eyes, she was trying her best to avoid getting involved with him. This kind of recognition made him feel a nameless anger. Not for Charlotte, but for himself. “I just want to help you.” Joe explained dryly, Charlotte actually sensed a trace of grievance in his tone. She smiled, “It’s not necessary. A qualified ex should be as silent as if buried in the soil. We don’t need to help each other.” Joe suddenly took a step forward strongly. The height of nearly 6.2 feet gave Charlotte an indescribable sense of oppression, “You should understand what I mean. I was wrong in everything before, I’m sorry. I want to make up for you.” Charlotte raised her head and looked at Joe seriously for the first time. “If it was five years ago, I might have been ecstatic because of your words. But now I don’t need it anymore, you don’t need to make up for anything either.” Charlotte said looking into Joe’s deep eyes. No matter how much Joe made amends, he couldn’t make up for Charlotte five years ago, and the so–called make–up was meaningless. “It’s my business if I want to make up for you, and whether you want to accept it is your business.” Joe saw Charlotte’s determination, but he simply played a rogue, “You can reject me directly, even more than I did to you back then. I just deserve it.” Charlotte never thought that Joe would say such words to her, and she was a little annoyed, “Do you think this is interesting? The dignified Mr. Smith bowed down to me and submitted to my will, should I thank you? Or should I accept it ecstatically?” There was even a bit of impatience in her tone, she would not be grateful for everything Joe did. “It doesn’t matter,” Joe said firmly. “Even if you smash all my good intentions to the ground, I deserve it.” The conversation between the two ended with Charlotte angrily slamming the car door and driving away. Charlotte never knew that Joe, who had always been superior, would look like this once he became rascally. When returning to the Clinton Family, Charlotte was surprised to see that Linda had also returned to the Clinton mansion, and seemed to be talking to Old Mr. Clinton. “Charlotte!” Linda smiled ambiguously, “I heard that you were taken away from Zoe Hillary’s birthday banquet by a handsome man, wasn’t it? Could it be that you are secretly dating behind our backs?” As soon as her words came out, Old Mr. Clinton’s probing gaze immediately fell on Charlotte’s face. With a slight movement in Charlotte’s heart, she suddenly guessed who handed on that glass of champagne.
Chapter 278 He Comes Linda looked angrily at Beltane leaving. She remembered that it was Zoe’s birthday banquet, so she couldn’t make it too ugly. “Charlotte,” Linda murmured. If it weren’t for her collusion with Zoe, how could Beltane Say be so easily cowardly? She turned her eyes, walked to the edge of the banquet, and grabbed a waiter randomly. Charlotte didn’t know that she had been hated by Linda for no reason yet. She tidied up her dress and went back to the banquet hall. Beltane came to Zoe’s side at some point and spoke to her very carefully. On the contrary, Zoe was indifferent to him. “You’re finally back.” Zoe waved at Charlotte. “I thought you were lost.” Her enthusiasm for Charlotte was in stark contrast to her indifference to Beltane. This made Beltane’s face darken and he turned around and left. Zoe sneered, “If it wasn’t my father who hadn’t insisted on me marrying him, he wouldn’t even have the chance to show his face to me.” At this time, a waiter brought a glass of champagne to Charlotte, and she took it casually, “Commercial marriage should require harmony between the two families. If he really has problems, it is much better to stop the loss in time than to fall out later.” Zoe glanced at Charlotte with a strange look in her eyes. “Are you talking for Linda?” Charlotte shook her head, “I’m just stating the facts.” As soon as her lips touched the champagne glass, she inadvertently met the eyes of someone who had been staring at her secretly. The other party obviously didn’t expect Charlotte to turn his head suddenly, was startled, and immediately left in a panic. There was something wrong. Charlotte keenly felt wrong and poured all the champagne in the wine glass into the flowerpot beside her without any trace. When the waiter turned his head again, he was relieved to see that the glass in Charlotte’s hand was empty. “What’s wrong?” Zoe noticed that something was wrong with Charlotte’s expression and asked hurriedly. Charlotte shook her head and was about to speak when she saw a tall figure approaching not far away, she was stunned. How could he appear here? The other party obviously also saw Charlotte, paused, quickly turned around, and walked towards her. “Why are you here?” Charlotte asked in disbelief. The person who came was Joe. Wearing a well–tailored black velvet suit, he walked over quickly. Joe casually picked up a glass of champagne and said to Charlotte, “The Smith Group and the Hillary family have also cooperated.” In fact, he came here because he saw her profile on someone’s Instagram. Charlotte was noncommittal, and said indifferently to Joe, “You don’t have to worry, they don’t dare to do anything more, Mr. Smith.” With a sullen face, Joe sharply pointed out her act of quietly pouring champagne just now, “If there was no problem, you wouldn’t have done that.” 20 Charlotte thought she was doing it without anyone noticing, but unexpectedly, Joe noticed it. “That’s…” Before Charlotte had time to explain, Joe took her hand and slightly nodded at Zoe.
Chapter 277 Birthday Banquet Although the Clinton Family belonged to the upper class, they had been very low–key for some reason. This time, Charlotte made a high–profile appearance at Zoe’s birthday banquet, attracting a lot of attention. Noticing the people who were looking at her side, Zoe chuckled, “I didn’t expect you to be so popular.” “Aren’t they looking at you, the protagonist?” Charlotte smiled. She didn’t like to steal other’s thunder at all. Zoe turned to look at her and smiled, “You’re really interesting.” The two came to a few grandly dressed celebrities. Zoe held Charlotte’s hand and introduced Charlotte to them, “This is my new friend. Don’t bully her.” “Wow, it’s only been a short time, and you got a new friend?” A blonde beauty smiled and said when she saw Charlotte’s gaze fall on her. She introduced herself generously, “I’m Ella. I’m not very familiar with her, but I like you.” “How dare you say that you’re not familiar with me?” Zoe raised her eyebrows, and then Ella suddenly smiled. It had to be said that the people of the Hillary family were born diplomats, especially Zoe. In just a few words, she successfully introduced Charlotte to her friends. Although Charlotte didn’t know what her friends were thinking in their hearts, they were all very friendly on the surface, and they talked harmoniously with Charlotte. After Charlotte chatted with them generously for a while, she apologized and said with a smile, “I’m sorry, I’m going to touch up my makeup.” She knew that these people should have a lot to talk about with Zoe, so she had reserved some time for them. “This one is pretty good.” After Charlotte left, Ella smiled and said. Others agreed too, obviously, they all had a good impression of Charlotte. Zoe smiled meaningfully, “I think she is much better than her cousin.” Charlotte didn’t know that all those ladies had good comments on her, she went to the bathroom under the guidance of the waiter, simply touched up her makeup, and was about to find a place to sit when she heard a familiar voice from outside the window. “Why didn’t you call me back?” Charlotte frowned slightly, and after a moment of hesitation, she looked out the window. Linda, dressed in a cocktail dress, was staring at the man in front of her with anger. However, Beltane, who was opposite her, was impatient. “Do you know what kind of place this is? How dare you make trouble here?” Beltane looked around and did not find Charlotte standing behind the window. Linda seemed to be very angry and glared at Beltane. “If it weren’t for the fact that I couldn’t contact you all the time, how could I come here to find you?” Beltane was even more impatient when he heard this. “You’re an adult now, so you should understand what I mean.” “I don’t understand.” Linda’s face was grim. She had paid so much for him, why did they get to break up just because he said so? It’s not that simple! Beltane sneered, “Don’t you understand? Then, let me tell you in person. We broke up. Don’t come to me again.” After that, he turned around and wanted to leave, but Linda was unwilling and grabbed him, “How dare you! Our Clinton Family is not easy to mess with!” Slap! Beltane slapped Linda in the face and said with disgust, “You can try and see whether the Clinton Family stands up for you? Just now Zoe took your cousin to the stage. It’s not a joke if she wants to do something to you.” Originally, he had not planned to break up with Linda so soon, but she was too ambitious, and she had even reached Zoe. He could only dump her.
