The hidden billionaire heiress (Lyra Melvin) novel Chapter 48

The slap was so hard that before Charlotte realized it, she already hit the ground.

"You jinx! Do you want to bring the Matthews family down with you? How come we would have such an idiot like you!"

Jamie pointed a shaking hand at her and gritted his teeth.

Charlotte wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth; regardless of the pain, she tried to get up from the ground but failed twice, so she just sat directly on the ground.

"Dad, what do you mean? I don't understand."

"You're still pretending, huh?" Jamie was furious. "You thought I wouldn't find out? You bought and sent the First Snow knockoff to Lyra Carroll, and you posted that video online. Do you hate that Lyra so much that you had to set her up?"

Charlotte sat weakly on the floor, not saying a word.

Seeing her like this, Jamie got even more infuriated.

"If you had succeeded, it would've been fine. But you got set up by others instead and had the Matthews family dragged through the mud along with it! Goddamn stupid!"

Katelyn was watching the drama, occasionally chiming in, "Oh, husband, take it easy. It's bad for your health to get so angry. Not worth it. Charlotte after all is the daughter of a homewrecker, so she only knew the nasty ways. Can't hold a candle to our clever girl Abigail."

Jamie listened, and his disgust for Charlotte was deepened.

"I shouldn't have kept you alive in the first place and let you grow up to harm our family!"

Charlotte listened to the couple's invective, and suddenly felt the irony of it all in her heart.

This was her real father, her blood relative, who would rather that she died.

She struggled to get up from the ground, and despite the swelling of her left cheek, she still raised her chin high, ferocity flashing across her eyes.

"Unfortunately, no matter how you dislike me or even hate me, you still have to count on me to help the Matton Corp. Does this make you even angrier?"

"Shut up!"

Jamie's eyes widened in anger and he raised his hand, ready to hit again.

Instead of dodging, Charlotte moved a bit closer to Jamie and she taunted, "Go ahead, you'd better beat me to death! Then you can wait for the Matthews family to be kicked out from the upper circle! Remember, the Matthews family would be ruined in your hands. How does that feel, huh? "

This had touched Jamie's raw nerve. His face reddened with rage, he could not say a word, his hand raised up in the air like frozen.

Charlotte sneered and turned the tables on Katelyn, who was still eating fruit unhurriedly.

"Now it is the nasty bitch you are talking about who will inherit the Matton Corp. Where is that precious daughter of yours? I'm afraid she won't wake up for the rest of her life. You hate me so much and despise me and my mom, but you still have to put on a loving motherly face in front of others. It must be hard, right?"

Katelyn slammed on the table, "You vicious little bitch! Don't you dare curse Abigail! You're only the provisional heir to Matton Corp! When my Abigail wakes up, you'll have to give way to her! Don't get too smug!"

Charlotte scoffed, "Then you should pray to God more and let him pity your daughter. But instead of wasting your time arguing with me, why don't you go deal with the news about me online! If it affects me, it'll inflict the Matton Corp too."

As she finished, she went upstairs indignantly, deliberately slamming the door loudly as she closed it.

Katelyn was pissed off by her attitude, "Bitch! Finally showing your disgusting true colors, huh, and threatening me!"

She cried out to Jamie, "Honey! Look at this good daughter of you. Why do I have to suffer this..."

Upstairs, Charlotte locked the door, completely shutting out the noises downstairs.

She walked directly to the dressing table and swept all the expensive cosmetics onto the floor.

There was a loud crackle and she didn't seem to have vented it all out.

She picked up her phone and dialed a number.

The call was quickly answered and she spoke in a very brusque manner, "Didn't you say that this could ruin her reputation? But instead of taking her down, you even let her make a splash on the Internet!"

Irene was doing a facial and just listened to it absentmindedly.

"What's the hurry? It's no big deal. Lie low for a while and wait till this thing to end. I'll back you up. What are you afraid of?"

Charlotte was finally relieved by her words, but she wasn't totally convinced. "What about Lyra? We can't just let this chick go, right? She could be even more arrogant in the future!"

Irene sounded confident, "Don't worry, since we can't do it in the open, we'll do it in the dark!"