Chapter 12 – Excuse Me! What?!?

There was some meaning in his words, Bella wanted to follow him, but Roy stopped her, “Miss Bella, you need to clean the wound.”

A maid brought a first aid kit to her at once.

Bella’s eyes gleamed, and she inquired hesitatingly to the tender Roy, “Must Mr. Williams drink my blood every day?”

Roy nodded his head lightly, “Yes.”

His answer drove her crazy.

It was too weird, he was not a vampire, what reason did he have to drink her blood?

“You mean, Mr. Williams has a kind of strange disease, so he needs my blood to heal him. Right?” She explained and wanted to please Roy. “Well, I mean, I must supply the blood to him, I have to be careful of what I eat in case he might be allergic to something.”

Roy maintained his usual smile and answered in a soft voice, “All your food is made by Williams Mansion, there is no need to worry about it.”

What a perfect answer! That had nothing to do with what she wanted to know.

Bella would like to see what Charles was doing in the hall.

As she was inside the building, she was allowed to walk around, though there were guardians at every corner of the corridor.

At the corner that led up to the stairs, she heard a voice familiar and flattering, “It is our honour, Lord, Bella is so lucky to be your wife!”

Bella scowled.

How come Len Sanders was here?

She stood quietly listening to the conversation.

“Yes, Lord, we will do it as per your request, Lord, whatever you want.” That was Laura Sanders voice.

Another voice that sounded worried came after Laura’s, “But as my sister has gotten famous and not a good kind of famous because of the scandal if she became your wife, I am afraid that your reputation might be affected.”

It was Lynn!

Bella’s face grew melancholy, her hands grasped the railing tightly.

What did she mean by “not the good kind of famous?” The doctor had confirmed that she was not pregnant, the pregnancy report which appeared on her wedding day was presented by Lynn at first, she was quite confident that report was part of a scheme undoubtedly cooked up by Lynn. How dare she do this!?

But wait, what did that mean “be Charles's wife?”

Charles did not respond to the gossip Lynn was spouting, so Len explained artificially, “There are some rumours about Bella that have been spreading everywhere recently, but we were sure it was only a misunderstanding. Bella used to be innocent and honest, we believed that she has been influenced by others, so we have started to investigate the whole thing.”

Lynn wanted to say more, but Laura stopped her.

“Bella is refined and well brought up, she was wrongly judged. My Lord, you are so observant and resolute, we have admired you for so long.” Laura wanted to please Charles and gain his favour.

“Good, then, bring her Identification and any other documents to me.” Charles did not want to spend time with them, he sat gracefully with his legs crossed and gave them a look, “So, what do you desire for this agreement?”

“Ah, Sir” Len rubbed his hands on his knees, and his eyes were filled with greed. At, first, he came to apologize for Bella so that he could beg Charles to release a shipping line to him. But to his surprise, Charles wanted to marry Bella, that had made this all so easy.

“Mr. Sanders, the time of my Lord, is precious.” Ziv had to remind Len, who was sitting there with a stupid grin on his face.

“Yes, yes.” Len restrained his smile, “We would like to ask for an international seaway for cruises and possibly shipments.”

“Yes, you have my permission,” Charles said hastily.

His heir was priceless, it was not a big deal to release an international seaway, though it was worth more than 10 billion.

Len stood up, “We will send Bella’s documents tomorrow.” Then he changed his mind. “Oh, no, this afternoon, no, at once, we will bring them to you at once.”

Charles looked at Ziv.

Ziv said immediately, “I will go with you Mr. Sanders.”

Bella clenched her fists tightly, unaware that her nails had dug into her palms, she didn’t feel the pain because she had been numb by the pain in her heart.

Her father had traded her for a seaway, she was just property not a person!

Her anger grew.

What right did he have!?

When she approached the steps, her heart grew heavier with each step.

Everyone in the room looked to her. Len exclaimed, factitiously, “Ah, my dear Bella, come, let Papa see you. You left home the other day and didn’t inform us. We were worried. Papa had been looking everywhere for you!”

Papa?

Amused by her father's speech, Bella had not forgotten that night when he kicked her mother and her out of his house, and the heavy rain that impinged on their bodies, he had told her ruthlessly, “I am not your father, you are not allowed to call me papa.”

What if she had not dated Martin, what if she had not known that her mother could not forget him, she never wanted to admit Len was her father, especially at this very moment.

She avoided Len’s arms, gazed at him and said with determination, “Even though it is none of your business. I would never marry Charles, even though he would have my I.D. I am twenty, you are not my legal guardians anymore, you do not have the right to sell me, or anyone! I am a person!”

Bella turned her face toward Charles and sneered, “Whatever power you have, you could only use your money to get me. Let me tell you this, I won’t marry you! I will not give birth to your child. Never forget that! You monster!”

Her angry eyes peered into everyone’s souls.

These bitches wanted to sell her! They never took her as a human being with her own mind. How could they have the audacity to think they could possess her life? How could they not respect her individuality?

Len was frightened, a cold sweat came and dripped down his forehead, he tried to cover her mouth, but she swung her head away from his hand. He bowed to Charles, “I am so sorry, Lord, Bella is spoiled. She did not intend to offend you, please forgive her.”

Charles overlooked him, there was a storm brewing in his twinkling blue eyes, Ziv quietly stepped one pace backward. Lord Charles was furious.

Charles rose to his feet, he paced in his usual noble manner, a cold air radiated from his beautifully sculpted body.

Laura felt like she was drowning, her chest felt heavy. So heavy that she was unable to draw a breath, her hand clenched her husband’s arm tightly. She tried to restrain her heavy breathing and longed to hide.

Bella’s chin was grabbed by the cold hand of Charles, and her little face was squeezed hard. His icy voice seemed to freeze the air around her, in fact, the chill had pierced into her cells, making her shiver wildly.

“Bella Brook! You will soon understand the real meaning of the word monster!” His blue eyes became wild like a storm which had stirred up the high mountain waves, and the power inside it was going to destroy the world.