Waking up with my nemesis baby novel Chapter 290

Chapter 290

He reached out, not to hand the phone to Charlotte, but to press

the end call button directly.

The screen went dark.

The kitchen fell into a dead silence, with only the sound of

water dripping from the not–quite–closed faucet.

Drip… drip… drip…

Hammering against Charlotte’s heart, which had almost

stopped beating.

She stood stiffly, holding her breath, not daring to turn and see

the expression on Bradley’s face.

Bradley didn’t speak.

He just slowly, step by step, walked over to Charlotte, his tall

figure casting a shadow that completely enveloped her.

“Shouldn’t you give me an explanation?”

“I…”

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Charlotte slowly backed away until her body hit the counter,

with nowhere left to retreat.

Bradley moved closer, bit by bit.

He placed his arms on the counter on either side of her,

trapping her in the small space and completely cutting off her

escape.

The familiar scent on him was now full of aggression, pressing

down on her until she could barely breathe.

Bradley lowered his head, his deep gaze locking onto her

panicked, flickering eyes.

His voice was so low it was almost a rasp, each word seeming

to be squeezed from between his teeth:

“Lying to me?”

He repeated the words, his eyes churning with incredulous fury

and a deeply wounded pain.

Even though he had already guessed this would happen,

actually hearing it still hurt Bradley.

“Getting Simon to pretend to be your boyfriend?

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Charlotte, do you want nothing to do with me that badly?

So much that you’d resort to this kind of trick to lie to me?”

His questions were like a cold whip, lashing at Charlotte’s heart.

She opened her mouth, but her throat was too dry to make a

sound.

All the excuses and pretexts she had prepared beforehand seemed incredibly pale and ridiculous at this moment.

“Look at me!”

Bradley’s voice suddenly rose, carrying an undeniable

command.

His fingers on her chin tightened slightly, forcing her to lift her

pale face.

“Tell me, why?”

“I… I just…”

Her voice trembled, her words jumbled, “At the time, I didn’t

know what to do… I was afraid you…”

“Afraid of what?”

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Bradley took a step closer, the distance between them so small

their noses were almost touching.

His warm breath brushed against her cheek, yet it carried a

biting chill.

“Afraid I’d cling to you?

Afraid I’d disturb your new life after coming back?

Or afraid that I… still like you, and that would be a burden to

you?”

His directness and sharpness left Charlotte with nowhere to

hide.

Her eyelashes trembled violently, a fragile sheen of tears

welling up in her eyes.

“It’s not like that, Bradley, listen to me…”

“Listen to what?”

Bradley cut her off abruptly, the corner of his mouth twisting

into an extremely bitter, sarcastic smile.

“Listen to you spin another lie to trick me?

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Charlotte, in your eyes, just how stupid am I?

Or how much do you hate me that you need to push me away

like this?”

He took half a step back, looking at her with an incredibly

unfamiliar gaze, one filled with disappointment and heartbreak.

“After all these years…”

His voice dropped, laced with an exhausted hoarseness.

“I thought even if you didn’t like me, at least… at least we still

had the bond from growing up together. Not to the point where

you’d use ‘deception‘ against me.”

Charlotte looked at the clear pain in his eyes, her heart feeling

as if it were being squeezed by an invisible hand, hurting so

much she could barely breathe.

She subconsciously reached out, wanting to grab his sleeve,

“Bradley, I’m sorry… I…”

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