Chapter 84 - Heartbroken

Charles’s personal phone rang when they were having dinner. Bella was close to him and saw the name on the screen, “Katherine.”

Bella immediately lowered her head to eat her dinner and tried not to listen to him. But she still heard his gentle voice on and off.

“…you need to rest…”

“…hope you have good test results…”

“…I will get Ziv to pick you up…”

Bella quickly finished her meal and gestured to Charles that she was full and was about to leave.

However, Charles ignored her.

Bella ran to her room and closed the door. She leaned on the door and breathed heavily. Tears flowed down her cheeks, and she was unable to control it.

She did not even know why she cried.

Tears just kept falling, and she was unable to wipe them. She hated herself for being so weak.

Did Charles having a girlfriend have anything to do with you? He had given you money, and you should just deliver his child. Don’t overthink it.

Come on, Bella.

Bella calmed herself down and did her best to force herself to stop crying.

Bella, you still need to earn $1000, please do not waste your time thinking about those trifles.

She went to wash her face. Charles may not come tonight, so she left. She had a way to earn the money she needed.

She needed to find Roy. But she did not see him, the places he usually was like at the door or the dining room he was not there.

Where did he go? Bella had searched every room on the first and second floor and ended with nothing. She then went to the third floor.

She had opened several doors on the third floor when she looked for Charles before.

Bella began to knock on the doors and opened the rooms one by one.

There was only one door left, Bella took a deep breath. He must be here.

She knocked at the door.

Charles’s upper body was bare. His well-developed muscles were clean, hard, and appeared smooth under taut skin. His latter part was only covered with a towel.

He heard someone knock at the door the moment he came out of the hot spring.

He closed his eyes and, in his mind,, he saw that Bella was outside the door.

She knocked at the door, and still, no one came to open it.

Was no one here?

Bella pressed her ear against the door. Suddenly the door opened inward, and she was unable to balance herself.

She screamed out and tried to grab something to avoid falling down. She had grabbed ahold of something, but she fell together with it.

She fell to the ground. Fortunately, the carpet here was much thicker than that of the office, she did not hurt.

Bella looked at the thing the grabbed was a towel!

Bella was shocked at the sight of it and looked up. She saw a man standing in front of her completely nude.

She screamed out and covered her eyes with her hands, “Char…Charles, why are you here?”

But she felt fortunate that it wasn’t Roy if so, it would be extra awkward and Charles would for surely punish her then.

Then she looked aside and tried to stand up. She felt Charles approach her slowly. Then his voice sounded beside her ear, “Be-ll-a!”

“Yes, yes, My Lord. Here you are.” She handed him the towel and continued, “I did not mean to grab it. You suddenly opened the door, and I lost my balance.”

She stood up quickly and was ready to rush out after she gave him the towel.

Charles did not take it but grabbed her by the hand. He pressed her against the wall. He saw that she was in such a loss, he said, “It seems that you are convenient tonight.”

What?

Bella then saw what he meant and immediately explained, “No, no. My period is longer than others. It’s not finished. I happened to come by.”

Bella was speechless. She knew that the second floor was his private territory. But was the third floor the same?

Charles looked at her. He watched her face blush and her red lips open and close as she talked, her teeth shown clearly and her long eyelashes blinked, they flapped like crystal clear feathers. All that made her exceptionally seductive.

Bella looked to the side to ease her awkwardness and nervousness.

The man whispered to her and what he said scared her a lot, “What about we do it tonight?”

“No, no…” She denied his proposal, “It is bad for my health and will also do harm to the child when it is conceived.”

Charles turned cold. Elsa seemed to have told him that before. He then asked, “Damn it! How long will it take?”

He did not feel the need before when he slept with any other woman. But ever since he had been intimate with Bella, it seemed like he was addicted to it. He wanted her every time he saw her. It was great torture for him now.

He looked at her flashing eyes, he fixed her head and commanded, “Look at me!”

She turned around and looked at him as he commanded; she just looked at his face but did not dare look him in the eyes.

“Answer me!” He said coldly.

At that moment, she suddenly thought of his gentle voice when he spoke to Katherine on the phone.

“…you need to rest…”

“…hope you have good test results…”

She would never have the chance to go back to school.

Her nervousness left her. She felt her heart break, and it became ice cold. She looked him in the eyes and answered calmly, “Usually seven to ten days. This time I was injured. It may last half a month. You can ask Elsa if you do not believe me.”

She was expressionless and calm, like a machine.