Chapter 123 – The Differences Between His Love

She was too bold!

Charles could not be angrier than the moment he saw how indifferent Bella was.

For two hundred years, no one had been as disobedient as she was! Who dared to admit before him that what they did was done just to irritate him?

Charles pressed her against the wall. His body pressed against his, which made it hard to breathe.

Bella tried to push him away, but he was so powerful that he remained unmoved.

She found it hard for her to be intimate with him anymore. As long as he was close to her, she would think of him and Katherine kissing; the memory of him as he picked Katherine up and walked into his office.

Bella’s stomach turned. She was unable to push him away, so she turned her head aside to avoid his warm breath. But by doing so, his voice could be heard clearly.

“Well done. Bella. You’ve made it so that I am irritated, indeed. You are my woman, I won’t allow you to have contact with any man! Do you understand?”

“My Lord, you are really good at creating double standards. You could be with Katherine, but I am not allowed to have any contact with men.” She said in a whisper as if she was not talking to him.

“So, what?” Charles looked down at her cruelly, “I make the rules here, you must listen to me.”

“You make the rules?” Bella smiled, “Right, how could I forget that you have money, so you have the voice. I have nothing.”

Charles reached out his hand to cover her face, “Why are you smiling?”

He was fed up with such a desperate and helpless smile on her face, which showed that she was ready to leave at any time.

Bella did not struggle and just let him cover her face, “I’m sorry.”

She was well behaved, but he did not feel happy.

He did not know what to do. His ideas had run dry.

Charles suddenly softened his voice. "Bella, will you just knock it off?"

“My Lord, I don’t know what you are talking about.”

He was the one who always found fault with her!

She was the one who had to bear with him.

Charles looked at the red fingerprints on her face, he couldn’t help but say, "Bella, say you love me."

He felt empty inside. Maybe if he got Bella to tell him that she loved him again, his emptiness would be filled. He wanted to see whether he was right or not.

Her cheeks burned with pain.

He already had Katherine. He had everything, but now he still wanted her love. Did he want to deprive her of everything?

Bella shook her head, “I am just a surrogate mother. I am not qualified to love you.”

“But you had confessed it  already.” Charles looked at her, “More than once.”

Bella nodded her head, “Yes. I apologize for not realizing my place. I dare not to say so anymore.”

“You dare not to love me? Then whom are you going to love? Edwin Beck?” Charles shouted at her, “Don’t ever think about that!” His face flashed through cruelty, “Bella if you dare to love someone else, I will show you what I am capable of! I will make Edwin Beck wish to die.”

Bella’s eyes widened frightenedly, “What do you want to do?”

Charles’s face was cold. He said ruthlessly, “Why are you so nervous? What relationship do you and Edwin Beck have?”

“There is nothing between us. I have blocked him. You saw that! What on earth do you want me to do? I will listen to you, but please do not harm anyone else.”

“Bella, you better remember two things: First, I own the hospital where your mother is. Her life is in my hands. Second, if you want to protect Edwin Beck or Dora White or anyone else, be obedient from now on.”

Bella clenched her teeth in anger, “Charles, shame on you.”

“You dare scold me now? Good.” Charles held her by the neck and lifted her off the ground, “This is the first and the last time. From now on, every time you say that to me, I will remove a fingernail from your friend Dora White.”

Bella bit her lower lip so hard that it started to bleed.

How could he be so shameless? Dora, Edwin… Did she dare have any friends?

“Don’t look at me like that.” Charles said coldly, “Don't try to disobey me in the future. I’m not the one you can afford to offend.”

She used to be obedient most of the time though sometimes she broke the rules.

But now?

She dared scold him!

He warned her coldly, “Don’t think that you can do whatever you want because I am good to you. You are under my control. I will make you want to die if you keep crossing my line.”

Bella felt strange. Good to her? Yes, just for two days. No, to be exact, one day and two nights. From the night she said she loved him.

It was too short for her to feel his goodness clearly.

Charles held her neck tighter and tighter as if he had to prove what he had said to her just now. He did not loosen his grip until she was short of breath and was unable to utter a word; until her face finally turned white; until she cried due to lack of oxygen. He looked down at her, "Remember the feeling you had just now. Killing you would be as easy as squishing an ant."

Bella gasped for air and coughed violently.

She felt better after a while, “Char… Lord!”

Her voice was hoarse.

“I have a piece of advice. Do you have any interest?” Bella smiled bitterly and looked at him.

“Say it.”

“Actually, it’s better to threaten me than abuse me.” Bella smirked, "I know you will not kill me, so I am not afraid. I am accustomed to the suffering these days. Anyway, Elsa would always cure me in the end. You still need my blood and my belly. But if you threaten me with my mother, I must be very obedient. Also, I really want to know who my real father is."

“But I like to see you in pain!”

Bella took a deep breath. It seemed that she was too numb to feel any pain in her heart.

Why was he so cruel to her, his nominal wife! While he gave all his gentleness to another woman.

Maybe that was the difference in attitude he had to the ones he loved and the ones he didn’t.