Charles' POV:
"Did I say something wrong?" Confused, Nicholas frowned.
Realizing that I had just lost my composure, I shook my head slowly.
"No. Please tell me about William. What happened between him and Scarlett?"
Who was William?
And what was his relationship with Scarlett?
Why did he take her away from me?
As doubts flooded my mind, I began to panic.
"Don't you remember? Have you still not regained your memory?" Nicholas' eyes widened in surprise.
"That's none of your business. Just answer my question," I warned him with a gloomy expression.
Shaking his head, he pursed his lips.
"If you tell me the truth, then I shall consider helping the Wood Group, but if you refuse, then you can leave," I threatened.
After hesitating for just a moment, he spilled everything he knew.
"I heard that Scarlett lived with William for a year, and after she came back, she gave birth to the twins."
"What do you mean by that? Are you trying to make me believe that she cheated on me?" I hissed.
How could she willfully live with another man?
And how did I let it happen?
"I didn't mean it like that. I just told you what I knew. That's all," Nicholas explained calmly.
Since he needed my help, it was obvious that he would not hide anything from me.
So his words were most likely to be true.
I felt my heart sink to the bottom of my guts, slowly release a burst of sharp pain throughout my body.
"What else do you know?" I asked in a low voice.
Nicholas thought for a while before he said slowly, "When they were together, she also took James with her."
"That's impossible!" I shook my head in disbelief.
How could I have let my wife take our son away and live with another man?
I sensed that there was something fishy about it. "Charles, you can search for that year's news on Google. You will probably find something there. But what I said is absolutely true," Nicholas promised with a serious look.
After calming down, I said in a firm voice, "I am certain that the twins are my children. Keep your mouth shut and don't say such lies again." Frightened by my coldness, Nicholas nodded in reply.
"Don't worry. I won't talk nonsense again."
After he left, I gulped down the whole glass of wine, and then another.
The feeling of the alcohol going down my throat made me feel better.
However, I could not numb the pain in my heart at all.
At that moment, Richard walked in with a frown and reminded me, "Mr. Moore, the doctor has told you not to get too angry or emotional, or your headaches will only worsen."
I sneered, "Why did you hide it from me? You knew that Caroline and James used to live with that man, don't you?"
Richard lowered his head in silence.
"So I was the only one who was in the dark about this, right?"
Thinking of Caroline being intimate with another man, I just found it ironic.
"Mr. Moore, you should have faith in Mrs. Moore. She has never betrayed you. Besides, James was kidnapped by William at that time, and Mrs. Moore did not even know about it," Richard explained in a low voice.
"If nothing happened between them, then why were you hiding it from me?" I asked in a sarcastic tone.
"I did not dare to mention it because the doctor said that you mustn't be provoked."
Sneering coldly, I picked up another bottle of wine.
Anger and unwillingness to accept the betrayal felt like a heavy rock weighing on my heart.
In the end, I was completely intoxicated.
"Caroline, don't leave me. I know that I did a lot of things that hurt you, but I have changed now." My aching heart made me whisper her name.
"Mr. Moore, let me take you home."
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