Chapter 108 - Think Differently

She ran as fast as she could, she feared to make a stop and disappeared soon through the gate.

Charles could see some teardrops that flew alongside her when she ran.

A frown appeared on his face. Bella was crying!

He sat in the car and fixed his eyes on her disappearing figure; his face turned melancholy.

His heart had an indescribable confusion that he restrained.

He never knew whether he loved Katherine or not, but she had saved his life before, and he had promised to marry her, so he thought that was love.

“My Lord, will you go to the embassy?” The new ambassador of Vancouver had sent Charles an email to ask for a meeting when he arrived.

“Go.” Charles was bewildered but ordered coldly.

Ziv answered quickly, “Yes, My Lord.”

Bella did not stop until she ran into the hall, she turned around and saw that Charles’s car had pulled away from the gate.

She took a deep breath and leaned her head back slightly to hold the tears in her eyes.

What was she going to do when Katherine was here? Though it was out of her control, she had played the role as his mistress, and she could not leave him now.

What should she do? What should she do?

Bella was so anxious and felt wrong, she had longed for escape from this chaotic situation, but she couldn’t find a way out.

In this battle of cat and mouse, she did not have the strength to compete with Charles, she was like a frog in a glass jar, no matter how hard she jumped she could not get out.

She inhaled and exhaled deeply, Bella told herself that the most important thing right now was to make sure her salary didn’t get reduced, for she could not afford to pay her mother’s treatment. If she could find a way to escape from this situation, she would.

Her eyes became dark suddenly as she turned back around and bumped right into someone.

Bella looked up; it was Martin Smith!

She had already forgotten this man, how come he was here!?

She stepped back hastily, as she was wearing high heels, and the floor was wet, she almost fell.

Martin reached out and held her by her arms, there was a kind of adoration in his eyes, “Bella, be careful.”

Bella balanced herself and pushed his hands away, she stepped back, “Thank you. Goodbye.”

Martin extracted his hand, and looked at her turning away, automatically he called her, “Bella.”

Bella turned and frowned; her voice was cold, “What do you want?”

She was uncomfortable with him because of the last time he entangled her.

Martin could see the disgust in her eyes but lowered his head and chuckled. His eyes lifted to hers and his look was serious, “Bella, I want to apologize to you.”

Bella was surprised and lifted her eyebrows when she saw how Martian was being, she stepped back, and scolded, “What are you doing?”

He saw the offence in her eyes, Martin smiled bitterly, “DB Group had been bought by Hale. I'm now working for Hale and have been appointed overseas. My parents and I will relocate soon.”

Bella opened her mouth and closed it without saying a word. She was surprised by the news; a big company like DB Group could have been dissolved in such a short time. And Martin, who was once a young entrepreneur in this country, now was an employee.

She was most surprised from what Martin had said next.

“I would like to say goodbye to you before I leave, and I must apologize to you. The Sanders produced the photos, and I had worked with them. I am terribly sorry that I have hurt you. I’m sorry.”

And he looked down at his feet.

Bella looked at Martin angerly and asked slowly, “Why? Why did you all want to hurt me? Insult me? Because I am poor?”

Because she was poor, without any background, the Sanders and Martins could insult her, defame her with the fake erotic photos; because she was powerless.

Why? Why had they all mistreated her, was it just because she was poor?

Martin looked at the tears in her panicked eyes; his heart squeezed painfully. He used to live a life of luxury and did whatever he liked; he had an affair with Lynn Sanders, so he dumped Bella, and even allowed the Sanders family to ruin her name. But now, his family was destroyed, he could understand what it felt like to be helpless and desperate.

He sincerely apologized again to Bella, “I’m sorry, I am really sorry, Bella.”

Bella shook her head and ran into an elevator.

Forgive him, how could she forgive him?

The pain she had suffered could not disappear by the words “I’m sorry.”

In a department in Vancouver, a beautiful blond-haired woman with long waves in her hair laid lazily on a chaise lounge. She was painting her nails red and was on the phone, her voice was bubbly and annoying, “Daddy, Charles only loves me. Look, you have made him look all over the city for me. Can I go out now? I miss him so much.”

The girl’s lips, which were glistening red, curved into a smug smile.

A deep stable man’s voice came onto the phone; it was Earl Spencer, who had given an emergency call to Charles that Katherine had disappeared.

“Sweetie, you have to wait, make him more anxious, and then appear again. This is to punish him for marrying that other woman.”

Katherine’s face dimmed when he said that, its beautifulness turned into an intense hatred, “Daddy, why didn’t you get rid of that woman? How could she stay for this long? Charles is mine, he only belongs to me.”

“Sweetheart, how could daddy “get rid of” someone when you want? You must verify why he married her, it might be something significant to him? Katherine, sometimes a man has to do something that you might not agree with. But if you find out that his reasons are weak and there wasn’t any good reason for it, daddy will handle for you, Okay?”

“All right.” Katherine was upset, and inquired softly, “When can I see Charles?”

“Tomorrow morning. I have checked Charles’s agenda, he will have a meeting at his company tomorrow morning. You can go there in the morning and see him. You must let all the people in the company know that you are coming. The most important thing is, to let the woman know who you are, ok?”

Katherine was excited, “Great. I will definitely let the woman know.”

After she hung up the phone, her beautiful face twisted. Any woman, who had the nerves to marry her man, would not be forgivable whatever reason she had.

There were 24 hours left until tomorrow morning, she could not wait to get ready for her appearance tomorrow.

Bella was extremely bored when Charles was not in the office, her manager never seemed to give her any jobs.

Bella tried to text the boss of the restaurant, “Have you got my drawing? Are you satisfied with it?”

Dora had texted a message to her very late the other night, she told her the package had been given to the boss. But she just read the text that morning.

As she had not received the rest of the payment, she just tried to ask the boss about the drawing, and then remind him about the debt.