A scaring thunder struck across Lacey’s heart. She was frozen in place. She loosened her hands slowly. She was not the perfect match for Charles too. She was dirty. Her body was dirty.
Could not match him, could not match him anymore.
She was scared and lost. She stepped backwards continuously. She was worried that her dirty would contaminate Charles.
She hated and grumbled at the person who spoilt her and blamed the unfair destiny that she had.
“It’s still in time to go back to the right track,” Charles advised her patiently. He hoped that she could think thoroughly and admit her mistakes.
Dolores would definitely give her a chance to turn into a new leaf as she was kind.
“Ha, Ha Ha…” Lacey laughed and her laughter was getting louder. Her eyes were red. She stared at Charles’ disappointed face, “You shall be the one who realizes your errors and mends your ways!”
Charles closed his eyes. He knew that Lacey was beyond redemption.
He had done what he could with a clear conscience. If she insisted to drive herself down a desperate path, no one could save her.
“I have done what I could. Please don’t blame me in future and I hope that you won’t regret what you had done.” Charles took out his phone and called Tom.
The call was picked up soon. Without lifting his head and let alone looked at Lacey, “Send her over.”
Lacey stared, her eyes were round and the pupils of her eyes were bulging outwards. Her appearance was hideous, “Who are you going to give me to?!”
Charles kept quiet. He was not willing to look at her.
“I ask you once more time, where you want to send me to?” Lacey rushed up and grabbed him. Her withered hands were full of rippling veins, “You’re going to hand over me to them and let them settle me, right?”
Charles remained quiet. Despite his arms were painful, he never showed his expression.
She did not worth it.
She made him very disappointed.
He still remembered the love he once had, but she wanted to cut it off with her own hands.
There was nothing he could do about it.
“In order to apple-polish the woman, you hand over me?” Lacey was bewildered and wanted to ask him for an answer, an answer that she did not want to admit, but it was the truth.
“Do you still remember that winter when it was snowing and our quilts were thin? You were freezing and curled up at the end of the bed, it was me, with my quilt, who cuddled with you for warmth to prevent you from being frozen to death, and now you want to hand me over to them to please a woman? We've known each other since we were children, and our relationship is not as good as her?!"
She was desperate. She loved him and now he wanted to send her away to apple-polish a woman?!
Ha, Ha Ha…
“Charles, it’s me the one who’s blind or you forget the previous love affair?”
Charles finally lifted his head and looked at her, but, he did not want to talk with her anymore.
It was because he knew that she would not listen to him no matter what he said.
No one could wake up a person who was pretending to sleep.
Clatter, the door was pushed. Tom brought two men in. While seeing Lacey caught Charles’ arms, Tom commanded the men to bring Lacey over.
“Don’t come here, don’t come here…” Lacey was scared. She knelt and grabbed Charles’ trousers, “Charles, I had done all that for your good, and you want to push me out?”
Charles looked at her. He had advised her for a long time but she never felt sorry for what she had done. She only knew how to blame him.
He suppressed his temper, “Alright, this is the last chance for you, if you apologize to Dolores sincerely, I can guarantee that you won’t get any hurt…”
“Don't even think about it, don't even think about asking me to apologize to her!” Lacey roared hysterically.
“Tom, bring her away.” Charles was determined and said that without hesitation. He was too naive to wake her up. She had gone off the deep end long ago and no one could wake her up.
“No, I don’t want…” Lacey struggled to run away but the villa was just that big and the two strong men could capture her very easily. It was ridiculous to run away.
“Charles, Charles, you can’t treat me like this…” Lacey was scared and was not willing to believe and admit that Charles could sacrifice her because of Dolores.
She did not think that she was wrong, or what had she done wrong.
She thought she had done all that for Charles’ good.
However, Charles was blind, he could only think of Dolores.
She was pained.
“You will regret, you will regret…”
Charles’ face was ironic. Tom tipped the two men who were holding Lacey, “Can't you hear it's very noisy?”
The men understood and covered Lacey’s mouth. Ignoring her struggles and brutality, they racked and dragged her outside.
In a split second, Lacey’s voice disappeared. Tom stood in front of the door and asked again, “Send her over?”
He was worried that Charles did that due to his impulse.
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