Bride of Retribution: Aloof Billionaire's Dominant Game

Atlas Hallow’s mind was still a bit stunned.

Charlotte Miller suddenly burst in like this, from the initial unbelievable surprise to obviously being stunned when he heard her questioning.

”Do you want to deny it?” Charlotte stood in front of his desk, she had never been this angry before.

Time has passed, and does he still think she’s the Charlotte from back then?

Atlas Hallow’s ability to use her vulnerabilities as threats was gone. Although her father had indeed committed some illegal acts back then, he had already died abroad, and even if Atlas Hallow wasn’t the driver, it was only the cause that led to the effect.

If back then he hadn’t wanted to find a woman to have a child for Hailey Hill, she wouldn’t have rushed back from the United States.

She wouldn’t have sensed danger and sent her parents abroad. If it weren’t for the United States on that day, her father definitely wouldn’t have been on that highway and wouldn’t have encountered the car accident.

”You’re still the same as back then, not changed at all, but our relationship has changed. Back then, you were suspicious even of my normal interactions with men. But then, you were my husband, so I respected the relationship between us. But now it’s not the same. You have nothing to do with me, so why are you spying on my life?” Charlotte placed her hands on Atlas’s desk, a small spark of anger burning inside her. Her gem-like eyes were shining brightly, strikingly beautiful.

”Charlotte, can you calm down a bit?” Atlas’s handsome face was pale, looking at Charlotte’s angry expression. His low voice seemed like he wanted to reduce the explosive atmosphere, yet these words made Charlotte jump even more.

”Who isn’t calm? If someone secretly invades your personal space, keeps harassing you, can you calm down? I know how vile your thoughts are! I know you too well. Now, I clearly ask you to see it - Rogers and I are about to get married. It’s perfectly normal for us to be intimate. He’s great, at least much gentler than you...” Charlotte pronounced every word seriously.

Then she turned around, in a moment when everyone was too late to react, tiptoed, and wrapped her hands around Rogers’ shoulders, her rosy lips touching Rogers’ lips...

In an instant, Atlas’s eyes seemed to explode, blood red painting the scene.

Atlas looked at Charlotte like he had gone mad. The high heels caused Charlotte to stagger, almost falling into Atlas’s arms. The man’s hot breath sprayed on her face, and within his deep eyes was a trace of crimson: ”You did it on purpose?”

”I don’t need to do anything on purpose, if you want to watch, I’ll show you.” Charlotte struggled, wanting to break free from Atlas’s hold, but his hands were like tiger pliers; no matter how she tried, she couldn’t break free.

”Treating a lady requires patience, Mr. Hallow, how come you don’t even know the basic principles? It’s simply...” Rogers racked his brain, trying to find the right word, suddenly clapping his hand and saying: ”Just a fool with money.”

Originally, Charlotte was seething with anger, about to explode, but hearing Rogers’s somewhat imperfect Chinese pronunciation, saying that he’s just a fool with money, she couldn’t help but want to laugh.

To be honest, Atlas is top-notch when it comes to business, but in some matters, saying he’s a fool with money isn’t entirely inaccurate.

”Rogers, that’s not a proverb.” Charlotte turned her head to Rogers and instructed him to wait for her at the door for ten minutes.

Rogers nodded, then seriously looked at Charlotte: ”Call me if you need anything.”

After Rogers left Atlas’s office, the huge office was left with only two people.

”I didn’t come to reminisce, Atlas, I warn you, if you try anything funny again, I won’t be polite.” Charlotte said coldly, her tone like wind in the winter, icy and bone-chilling.

”Charlotte, can you calm down and listen to me? You’ve misunderstood the events back then. I never intended to give our child to Hailey Hill.” Atlas held Charlotte’s hand, speaking lowly.

How long had it been since he held her hand like this? It felt like only by holding her this way would she not vanish as if by magic from thin air.

Charlotte didn’t immediately break free because using physical strength against this man was pointless.

”Can you speak with your conscience? Never considered it? What was your purpose of marrying me back then?” Charlotte smiled, but only Atlas understood how distant that smile was.

”Can’t say it, can you?” Seeing the grief in Atlas’s eyes, Charlotte smiled even more beautifully: ”You promised Hailey Hill back then, used my dad’s weakness to make the Miller Family send their daughter to be your breeding machine. You calculated that once the child was born, you took it away, I wouldn’t dare do anything against you, after all, my dad’s life was in your hands. Isn’t that how it was?”

Still arguing at this point made Charlotte feel even more uncomfortable.

”At the beginning, indeed I had promised her, but later it was completely different from what you imagined.” Atlas said painfully: ”Hailey Hill’s uterus and ovaries were removed by my father. At the time, I felt indebted to her because the matter started because of me.”

”I sympathize with her plight, but those have nothing to do with me. Whatever you were like in the past doesn’t concern me.” Charlotte took a deep breath and then looked at Atlas: ”How much you liked her, how you want to arrange her life, you don’t need to explain to me because my life will never be related to yours.”

When she finished these words, Charlotte suddenly thought of Mia.

When she first saw Mia in the incubator, she marveled at the creator’s miracle.

Mia looked exactly like Atlas; despite her smallness, one could find the traces of this man on her, as clear as an imprint.

They were divorced; legally, they had no relationship, but there was an unbreakable bond.

”I never fell in love with her, Charlotte... I never fell in love with anyone, except you.” Atlas’s voice seemed filled with bitter thoughts, tinged with sorrow as it escaped his throat.

”How dare you say the word love?” Charlotte couldn’t understand this man saying he loved her in front of her face. But how could he say it?

”Love to the point of using my womb to birth a child for you and your first love?” This made Charlotte find it incredibly laughable.

”She was not my first love. You asked about my relationship with her; she had known my father long ago. Her first night was bought by my father and given to a business partner at the time. Later she threatened my father to help her enter university, then...” Atlas spoke to this point, his eyes darkened as if looking at a starless night sky, pitch-black.

”Then she found some opportunities to approach me. Later, she argued terms with my father and threatened him, wanting to marry into the Hallow Family with the leverage of a child. My father saw Hailey Hill’s wicked intentions and feared she would ruin my future, so he ruthlessly had her uterus removed. I found out about it later.” Atlas released his grip on Charlotte, his arms limply hanging at his sides.

How cruel fate was! When the truth was revealed, Atlas felt like he had peeled off his skin, exposing the bloodstained depths for others to see.

He wanted to clear up everything from back then but had to face the shame and humiliation he once had; this feeling was truly terrible.

”Finished talking?” Charlotte listened, unable to deny how shocked she was. But this was a matter between him and Hailey Hill. She was unwittingly pulled in, losing little Atlas, losing her father, her family moving to the United States, even Mia’s frail health – all caused by this man.

He didn’t deserve her forgiveness, his love was worthless to her, because what he gave were just wounds.

No love should leave a person wounded all over; perhaps she encountered fake love.

”Can our affairs be ended with just a few words?” Atlas’s voice was tinged with urgency. He didn’t know what else he could do, but he knew he couldn’t just give up.

”Then stop, don’t say anymore.” Charlotte waved her hand. She didn’t want to entangle any further, she was both a daughter and a mother, she had to be incredibly strong to keep her family unharmed.

”Atlas Hallow, you don’t need to say anything further. If back then, I didn’t marry you and if it was Luna Miller, would she have become your tool? Just thinking about this makes me sick to my stomach. Hailey Hill could think it up, and you dared promise it, don’t you know that’s illegal? Don’t you know how cruel that is to a woman?” Charlotte dared not even imagine it. Had it been Luna Miller not running but marrying Atlas Hallow, how would it have turned out?