His Coy Lover

They had come out of the civil affairs office together, and later, after being knocked out by him, she woke up to find her marriage certificate missing.

“I have one copy. What’s it to you? Can you eat more if there are more copies?”

Zelda instinctively said, “Do you want more copies? Believe it or not, I’ll sue you for bigamy.”

“Honey, do you think my marriage certificate is with you?”

“Did you see it with me?”

“No, but if it’s not with you, did it grow legs and run away on its own? Oh my, my marriage certificate has gone rogue. What should I do?”

“Pfft!”

Someone burst into laughter.

Zelda looked up at her husband.

Charles also looked down at his wife.

Neither of them laughed, then, they both looked ahead together.

Monday tightly pursed her lips, suppressing a smile, and reminded the driver, “Sid, focus on driving.”

So, it was the driver who burst into laughter.

“Young Master, I’m sorry, I just couldn’t help it.” The driver tried hard to suppress his laughter, but it still leaked out.

Charles remained expressionless and coldly said, “Normal reaction.”

Sometimes shamelessness could be so amusing that one wouldn’t mind losing their life over it.

Neither the driver nor Monday dared to respond. Zelda pretended to be coquettish and said, “Honey, are you trying to say I’m shameless?”

Even someone as smart as Charles didn’t know how to respond. A bit annoyed, he simply pressed the shameless woman’s head against his chest. He tightened his arms around her, and Zelda suddenly felt like he was trying to merge her into his body.

Domineering!

But she liked it!

After a long time, the person in his arms still didn’t move.

Charles relaxed his grip and lowered his head to look. Goodness, this shameless person had turned his chest into a pillow and was already dreaming away.

Looking at her sleeping face, Charles didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

But he didn’t push her away or wake her up; he just let her continue sleeping in his arms.

It was late at night, so it was normal for her to feel sleepy.

However, Charles felt no sleepiness at all.

In fact, he was holding back a fire inside.

When he went to deal with Burton, Zelda was being harassed by Yemmy in his absence. He couldn’t protect her, leaving Vinson an opportunity to subtly help her out of trouble.

If only he hadn’t lost the use of his legs…

He could have rushed to her side at the fastest speed when she was in trouble with Yemmy.

“Zelda.”

Charles whispered in Zelda’s ear, “I will stand up again!” For himself, but also for her!

Although he hoped that she would become stronger through the trials of life, as her husband, he had promised her mother that as long as she was his wife, he would protect her for life.

…

River Town Central Hospital.

Burton was hospitalized again.

He had drunk spiked drinks, lost control, and couldn’t wait for Elle to arrive. Under the influence of the drugs, he ended up assaulting the Melville heiress.

Ultimately, he didn’t commit a serious offense, but he damaged the reputation of the Melville heiress, causing a feud between the Lowell and Melville families.

Burton was sent to the hospital after being knocked unconscious. Accompanying him were his mother, Burton’s mother, as well as Frank and Elle.

Since the incident happened at the Granger family’s house, Frank, as young master of the Granger family, had to take responsibility for the guests.

It was clear that Burton had been set up, and Frank wanted to wait for Burton to wake up to find out who had plotted against him.

In the hospital room, Burton was still unconscious.

Burton’s mother sat by the bedside, constantly wiping away tears as she looked at her son, who had bruises all over his face. Her heart ached terribly.

Who was the damned person who dared to use such despicable means against her son at the Granger family’s house?

Did they think it was easy to enter the Lowell’s gate?

Elle couldn’t help much at the moment, so she quietly left the hospital room.

She had come to the hospital because, on the surface, she and Burton were good friends, and their companies also had business dealings.

“Elle.”

Frank followed Elle out of the hospital room, and the two walked to the end of the corridor together.

“Burton has been really unlucky lately.”

Elle sighed, “I don’t know what’s wrong with him. He either gets bitten by a dog or offends someone and gets his arm dislocated, or something like tonight happens.”

She felt very conflicted.

If it weren’t for Frank dragging her away to find Burton in the backyard, then Burton would have…

She and Burton had mutual feelings for each other, and she would have surrendered herself to him with a little persuasion.