Bride of Retribution: Aloof Billionaire's Dominant Game

”Then you must really love President Hallow.” To have such a profound understanding of love, you must be deeply in love, right?

”If there’s no deceit or lies between us, then the seed in my heart will quickly grow.” After saying this, Charlotte’s eyes showed a hint of hurt. Some things are always there like an indelible shadow, and this feeling is extremely unpleasant.

”President Hallow’s past... is very complex.” Being with Joseph, and given their very close relationship in the past, she knows a bit about it: ”I’m talking about his background, not his romantic history. I’ve known President Hallow for so many years, and he’s never had any gossip around him.”

Charlotte chuckled. Never had gossip around him? That’s because he’s hidden his darling so well that no one knows.

Charlotte thought that for a man to protect a woman, the best way is to make her seem like she’s never existed. Yet she’s the woman Atlas Hallow brought before the world, and he admitted her identity at a press conference. What does this mean?

Is it because he doesn’t want her to be wronged, or is she a shield, placed between Hailey Hill and danger?

Atlas Hallow is adept at discerning people’s hearts, everything under his control, until things unfold as he wishes. Meanwhile, she has to guess his heart to survive this marriage. If the marriage is devoid of danger, she is happy; if there is danger, she needs to protect herself and escape unscathed.

These words can’t be said to Annie Gray—not because she wants to hide but because the situation feels strange and incomprehensible. What is there that Atlas cannot say? Unless he doesn’t love her, there’s nothing he cannot reveal. She has already clearly told Atlas that she can accept his past.

One of them is drinking alcohol glass by glass, while the other is drinking juice like alcohol, almost feeling nauseous.

After finishing lunch, Annie escorted Charlotte to the restaurant door. Charlotte looked at her with concern: ”You drank quite a bit. Are you okay getting back on your own?”

Annie smiled and said, ”I’ll show you my drinking capacity once you’ve had your baby.”

She’s not exactly someone who doesn’t get drunk after a thousand cups, but her drinking capacity grew immensely during the years with Joseph, it was quite the training.

Now the best thing is that Ethan Baird never takes her out for social events, so she doesn’t have to drink. Occasionally, she indulges herself with a cup or two, which is really the best state. She doesn’t want to return to the past, where she drank until she was about to throw her stomach up.

Watching Charlotte’s car slowly drive away, she also took a car back. This afternoon, Charlotte had told her to take a short break as her formal work starts tomorrow.

The small apartment she rented is in a good area of the city. Even the rent is exorbitant here, but she’s willing to pay a bit more for an extra hour of sleep in the morning, relieving her of taking the subway and bus to work early.

With a hint of tipsy intoxication but still clear-headed, she exited the elevator and slowly walked towards the apartment. She lived in the last apartment, compared to the place Joseph used to live, this place feels like a pigeon cage. His bathroom tub is even larger than her apartment, but soon she’ll have a place of her own.

Thinking about this made her steps light and brisk.

The afternoon light was great, streaming in from outside the hallway. There she saw a tall figure, backlit, making it difficult to see clearly, but the silhouette was immensely familiar.

Once she saw clearly, her whole drunkenness sober up halfway, feeling fright so bad that she wanted to flee back into the elevator.

She can definitely run away, the elevator is not far, her heartbeat quickens, just a dozen meters away...