Chapter 77 - Cruelty

Bella went to her bedroom after she got back to Williams Mansion.

It felt like she was on a battlefield that day. Now her back ached a lot, and she was exhausted.

Bella soaked in the bathtub; the warm water slowly touched every inch of her skin and soothed her aches and pains.

So comfortable…

While she bathed, she heard a sound as if someone had opened the door. She listened quietly, but there was nothing.

Maybe she had imagined it.

It must not be Charles. After all, she had just sold his ring. She became happy with that thought because she did not have to see him.

Bella dried herself off; put on her nightgown and walked out of the bathroom.

Automatically changing into her nightgown instead of just being in a towel was a habit she formed here because Charles or someone else might come in at any time.

Bella looked around and did not see anyone outside the bathroom. She sighed in relief.

“Are you looking for me?” A slow and gorgeous voice sounded from behind.

Bella was scared and turned around. A tall figure stood in front of the window.

“My Lord!” She suddenly thought of the name “Katherine Spencer” for no reason.

Why did she feel hurt when she thought of her name?

What was he doing here?

Bella turned white. The only reason he came here was to make her pregnant.

Sometimes Bella felt like she deserved the treatment she got if she didn’t irritate Charles so much and was obedient; Bella could lead a peaceful life.

However, she could not help asking questions that irritated him.

Though she understood that the less she knew, the better it was for her.

She stood still and looked at his back. She hesitated but finally said, “Charles,”

He turned around and looked at her curiously. “Who gave you permission to say my name?”

She was not even allowed to say his name! But she was going to give birth to his child?!

Bella raised her head and looked him in the eyes. She asked, “Why didn’t you get Katherine Spencer to give birth to your child?”

He walked toward her, and she felt an enormous pressure approach.

“You know of Katherine?” he asked, and his voice weighed on Bella, “Bella! Don’t you remember what I have told you?”

Bella swallowed and replied carefully, “Be well-behaved.” But she then continued, “This is directly related to me. I just want to know why you don't let the one you love deliver your child? Why did you find a stranger like me?”

“You want to know? And I should tell you? What makes you think that you can ask me questions?”

Bella gritted her teeth and said, “Whatever. Then please let’s get divorced and you can have the baby with the one you love.”

Charles’s face darkened.

Bella was determined to make everything clear.

Or else, every time she saw him, she would have felt hurt.

Katherine Spencer might be his fiancée!

The worst thing that could happen was that she would be punished by him one more time.

She was tired of knowing nothing. People all regarded Bella as a joke, she was the only one who still thought she wasn’t.

“Divorce?” Charles sneered, “No one dares to deal with that for you.” He looked at her arrogantly, “Because no one dares to offend Charles Williams!”

“But we will finally get divorced eventually, right?” Bella asked.

He would drive her away sooner or later.

Charles grabbed her by her throat and gradually added his strength, “Let me tell you one more time; never think about divorce before you give birth to my child!”

“See? You also know that we will divorce in the end?” Bella’s neck hurt, but she still forced a smile, “We will divorce after I give birth to a child, right? Then I just want to know why you don't let your beloved give birth? I just want to know a little bit of truth. Is it that difficult?”

Her face turned white out of pain. There were tears in her eyes, but she did her best not to let the tears fall down.

Charles looked at her bright but firm eyes and the tears inside, his heart started to ache.

He withdrew his hands suddenly. He stared at Bella and said slowly, “I have told you before that you are the chosen one. Katherine was not suitable.”

So, Katherine was indeed his fiancée!

Bella blinked her eyes to alleviate the pain. “Just because of my blood type.”

“What else?” Charles replied coldly. “Do you think you are special enough to make me like you?”

Bella shook her head and did not speak. She indeed had nothing special to win any attention.

“Char…” She planned to call him by his name, but she was not allowed, she also would not call him Lord because at that moment Bella felt that she was equal to him.

“Will you divorce me and marry her after I deliver the baby.”

“Theoretically, yes.”

“Will the child I give birth call you father and her mother?”

“Theoretically, yes.”

Charles grew impatient, “Bella! I’m wondering if you think I am too good to you. Now you dare to ask me so many questions!” His voice was icy, and his temperament was incomparable. “It turns out that a woman is indeed easy to be spoiled!”

Was he…good to her?

Although she had taken the pill, her back still hurt; although he loosened his hand, there was still red marks on her neck; although she pretended that she did not care, her heart was still hurt by his straightforward recognition!

How cruel he was to her!

He did not love her but imprisoned her, forced her to deliver his child and deprived her of the right to be a mother!

She felt so upset and desperate. Finally, after her lips stopped trembling, she spoke out, “I am still on my period.” She lowered her head and apologized, “Sorry, I will be here at 7:40 a.m. on time tomorrow morning.”

Charles looked at her obedient expression, he should have felt delighted, but at the sight of her lowering head. He just felt fretful.

What a woman, she always made him annoyed.