2022-08-05 01:58:46“Why did you stop me?” Laurel’s tone was serious, and her gaze was piercing sharp.
“She apologized, didn’t she?” Charles’ sent daggers back at her.
“That’s…” Laurel bit her lower lip for a second before yanking her hand out of his grip. Quarreling with Charles at such a party wouldn’t do any good for her, she thought. Still, she coldly peered at Narika and said, “Watch where you’re going, woman, or what’s the use of having eyes and big-freaking glasses?” Saying that, she hurried upstairs to get her dress changed.
Charles turned and looked at Narika. Their eyes briefly met, and she turned around and hurriedly left.
“Not even a thanks, huh…” Charles muttered under his breath. “Not that I expected it, but… she does look a lot different in short hair. Sofia’s shy sister. She’s become quite lean as well. I almost couldn’t recognize her.”
Charles had no idea that the Myers family had put Narika in a dog cage and starved her for almost two months, giving her food every few days so she wouldn’t die. Though she was released afterward because she had to show herself to the outside world and attend events like the ongoing one, she was still targeted by her family members in many ways. They still didn’t forgive her after punishing her for her crime. Charles was oblivious to all these things.
Meanwhile, Laurel was changing her dress in her room.
“No man has ever caught my hand like that before…” she kept talking to herself. “Who does he think he is?”
“Not all men fear rich women,” her grandmother entered the room with a grin etched on her face. “Your grandfather was also like Charles. Men like that stand for what they believe in, so marrying them is like wielding a double-edged sword. If you aren’t careful at handling them, you will suffer.”
“I think a single-edged sword is fine for me,” Laurel remarked.
“Haha,” Caroline chortled a little. “Don’t rush with life-changing things like marriage, or one mistake can haunt you for the rest of your life.”
“What do you want me to do then, grandma?”
“The same. Just try to be around them,” Caroline spoke from experience. “Know more about them until you can make a better decision. No matter which one you choose, I’ll support my granddaughter.”
Laurel hugged her. “Thank you, Grandma. You’re the best.”
Downstairs. In one of the bathrooms.
Charles was looking at himself in the mirror and was slapping himself.
A part of him kept ringing words in his mind, telling: Why did you help a member of the Myers family? Did you already forget everything they did to you? Narika didn’t do anything bad to you, but how can you forget that she has the same blood as Sofia running in her? Just kill her when you see her next time and cover your mistake.
“Shut up,” he yelled, startling the guy next to him who was busy washing his face.
“I’m sorry?” he looked at Charles.
Charles just walked away from there. “I’m not a murderer,” he kept telling himself. “I’m not a killer. But I will make the Myers pay in my own way!”
After Caroline and Laurel returned, every guest group was asked to tell something they knew about Caroline and her late husband, Benedict.
“He was a good friend,” Gregory said, even though he was never close with Caroline’s husband. “Not just the Bisconsleys but the whole world misses him.”
His words still brought tears to Caroline’s eyes as she smiled and nodded.
When Charles’ turn came, he raised his glass and said, “He is my role model. I would love to leave all my wealth if my wife is as loyal and lovely as Mrs. Caroline Bisconsley.”
His words pleasantly surprised many in the crowd, especially the women of all ages. For the first time, he got the attention of the woman with curly red hair and carried swag with every action she took. It was Victoria Myers, the mother of Sofia, and the one woman in the world he despised more than he did Sofia.
“This guy…” Victoria narrowed the windows of her eyes. “Who is this handsome fellow with a high-thinking brain?”
“Charles. A professional gambler,” replied Sofia. She had already checked his details on the internet only minutes ago after learning his name. “Got an estimated net worth of over 250 million dollars.”
“Oh, how wonderful,” Victoria faintly smiled. “He would make a perfect husband for Narika, don’t you think?”
“Well…” Sofia struggled to put her thoughts into words. “I was thinking, maybe… I’ll go out on a date with him.”
Surprised, Victoria looked at her, raising her brows. “What about Andres then?”
“I’m getting tired of him,” she shrugged her shoulders.
“Oh, and I thought you liked him very much.”
“I did, but he’s lost that shine he used to have before.”
“Mm, I can totally understand. If you are interested in this blonde guy, then go for him, but keep Andres around for a while.”
“Why?”
“Use him to find the whereabouts of your husband.”
Sofia was startled. “Is it necessary?”
“You are still married to him, remember? Assuming he’s still alive, we need to get him to sign the divorce papers, and who would be a better dog for it than our obedient Andres?”
“Fufu,” she chuckled a little. “Alright. I’ll have him look for…” for a second, she couldn’t recollect her husband’s name. “Carlos.”
After everyone finished speaking their thoughts about Caroline and her late husband, Caroline went to her granddaughter who was talking with her parents and took her to the side. “Whose speech did you like the most?”
She didn’t like to speak her mind, but she said it out anyway, “Of Charles.”
“I guessed as much,” Caroline seemed a little excited. “It seems he’s maybe interested in you?”
Laurel’s shoulders jerked. “What? How did you come to that decision from his short speech?”
“Because I’ve lived over 85 years, and you didn’t.”
“Huh!” Laurel rolled her eyes.
“You’ve talked to him, right? Did you get his number?”
She shook her head slightly. “My pride didn’t allow me.”
Caroline sighed and then took out a small slip that had a phone number on it.
“Eh?” Laurel was utterly surprised. “Did you ask for his number?”
“I didn’t have to,” she said, chortling. “He put this slip in the gift box along with a beautiful diamond necklace. Call him out for a date, and then go wearing this necklace. Make him fall for you. If you can’t even do that much, I’m afraid I will find it hard to give all of my property to you.”
“Just wait and watch, Grandma,” she snatched the necklace from Caroline. “Within a month, I’ll wrap that tiger around my little finger.”
“Hohoho, that’s my girl,” Caroline patted her back in happiness. What they didn’t know was that Charles had been eavesdropping on their conversation from afar.
“Hehe,” he laughed amusedly. “Funny grandma and granddaughter. I have nothing against the Bisconsleys, but I need someone of their stature to play the game, or they wouldn’t be able to withstand the witch of a woman, Sofia!”
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The next morning.Victoria woke up and did not receive a bed coffee. She went to the kitchen,only to find a letter there on the fridge.Cassey had written a letter and disappeared. In the letter, she thanked Victoria for her care, and apologized for leaving this way because she knew Victoria wouldn’t let her go otherwise.“The bats must have really scared her,” Victoria couldn’t really blame Cassey, but she was still angry that Cassey left without even telling directly to her face. “If she comes back running after a few months, I won’t take her in.”On the other hand, Gregory, having lost his argument with Victoria the previous night, brought a black magician to chase the bats away. However, they didn’t know this black magician was a fake. But that would probably be not proven because the bats would no longer attack the mansion from here onward.Sofia told her mother to prepare her multiple masks, one of which looked like Cassey, and others that looked like different people, including
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Many minutes passed since Sofia and others got stuck in the smelly basement filled with rat poop and what not. Moreover, these rats were the size of cats. From having eaten all kinds of roots and seeds in the garden, they grew very bulky, and they did not fear these four humans. They were more arrogant than the Myers themselves, as if they were the real owners of this place!As everyone waited with bated breaths, about an hour or so later, the music stopped. The sound of bats leaving reached their ears.“Did they leave?” Sofia wondered. She told Cassey to check on it, but Cassey was still feeling her wounds. She refused to go out.They waited a few minutes before coming out. To their relief, the bats were gone, and so did the guitar, but they didn’t care about the guitar.“Our mansion must be cursed,” Victoria looked at Gregory. “Do something.”“What do you want me to do? Bring some black magicians?” he yelled in frustration.“I don’t know! Just make sure they won’t even come near our
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In the middle of the night, Sofia was rolling around and slapping her arms every now and then because bugs were biting her. There was no fan or AC in this cottage. All she had was a hand fan, and her arms had grown heavy from waving the fan. Now, she was completely drenched in sweat, and this made it all the more difficult for her to properly sleep.She got up from the couch and shook her dress before walking out of the cottage. She could see the mansion in the distance. The words her mother told her a day ago came to her mind.“After the wedding was stopped, we didn’t care about anything. But your sister went to the catering guys and told them to give the food to the homeless. They went and freely distributed the food throughout the city in our family’s name,” Victoria showed the details in the newspaper. “This is good for us because the public opinion will surely improve after this incident. We’re doing our best to make those videos Carlos showed at the wedding are fake. Even if som
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After shooting Carlos eight times, Sofia ran away from the scene.Not only were there multiple witnesses, there was also a camera recording of the scene, which was provided as evidence to the police before the Myers family could do anything about it. So, the police began to search for Sofia everywhere.While Sofia was on the run, Carlos Wallace a.k.a, Charles Wallace was officially declared dead. And all those who knew him mourned his death.His story of Charles Wallace had become so popular it was printed in multiple magazines, and a popular writer had announced that he would be writing a biography of Carlos, and he requested some funds for researching in depth about the life of Carlos Wallace. Within just a few days, the author received thousands of dollars as funds from the interested public.Victoria and Gregory, on the other hand, publicly stated that they have nothing to do with their eldest daughter’s actions and did not support what Sofia had done. However, in secret, they mai
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Sofia was too stunned to even talk or blink for that matter. Seeing Carlos had frozen her to the core.“C-Carlos!” Victoria shouted like a pig walking on broken glass. “Why are you disguised as Charles? What have you done to him? Where is he?”“He’s… standing right before you,” Carlos raised the face mask in his hand. “I’m Carlos. And I’m Charles.”Victoria’s eyes grew wider than the seas. The wine glass in her hand fell.“I’m Carlos Wallce. I’m Charles Wallace,” Carlos added. “I’m the guy that has been treated like a trash, not worth her time, by Sofia no matter how much I tried to please her, and I’m also the guy that she has fallen for because she believed she deserved me when I was a gambler who earns in millions every match.”Sofia still kept stupidly staring in gut-busting shock. (No! No! No! This can’t be true! This must be a dream! It has to be!) She refused to accept what was transpiring right before her eyes.However, why wasn’t the nightmare ending?Why was Carlos still sta
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Charles was preparing in his room all by himself. Someone knocked on the door multiple times.“Coming.” Charles opened the door only to get shocked to see Laurel who had wet eyes, and there was anger dwelling in her eyes. She entered the room without his permission and locked the door. “What are you doing?”She looked into his eyes. “Didn’t you say you can’t make a woman pregnant? Why are you marrying Sofia?”Charles maintained a straight face. “You will know soon.”“What do you mean I’ll know soon?” Laurel frowned.“That’s all I can say. If you leave, I’ll prepare for the wedding,” Charles said.Laurel clenched her fist. “I hate you, Charles. I wish I never met you.” Holding her tears back, she rushed out of the room.Charles pursed his lips and took a deep breath. When he looked at himself in the mirror, he hated whom he was seeing.Meanwhile, in another room, Sofia was looking at herself in the mirror with a bouquet in her hand, she felt so happy. Her mother kissed her and said, “F
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Almost a week later, the wedding day has arrived.The Sky Moon Hotel’s rooftop was chosen as the wedding venue. All the top three floors were reserved for 120,000 dollars for three days and nights so that the guests could stay at the hotel for three more days after the wedding.Gregory had to do at least this much because it was his eldest daughter’s wedding. Everybody that was given the invitation cards were also later sent Myers’ branded clothes fitting to their body sizes so that everybody who would come to the wedding would be wearing the clothes of his brand and his brand only.Though no press was allowed at the wedding, some private photographers were hired to capture every moment so that Gregory could later use the footage to market his brand all over the world. After all, many billionaires from around the world were invited to the wedding, and even more guests to the reception that would follow the morning after the wedding night.The Sky Moon Hotel was a 120-floored building
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Charles spent a few hours with Bob and Charlie, eating with them and buying them things. He parted with them in the evening.As Charles was walking back home, he thought back about his life. Many years ago, when he was very young, he was alone. Even after these years, that didn’t seem to have changed as he didn’t have anyone that would walk beside him.Charles was aimlessly walking, and he noticed a few men trying to look from an old beggar. They managed to take more than a hundred dollars from the beggar, but they still wanted more, and they began to rip his clothes, trying to see if he was hiding the money elsewhere.The beggar was old and weak, so he couldn’t fight back against the two youngsters.Charles approached from behind and grabbed their necks. They couldn’t move their necks, not even a little.“Give his money back,” Charles uttered, putting a bit more strength into his grip, and the youngsters quickly dropped the money. Charles then let go of them, and they ran away pretty
