Chapter 51: Siege
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
After saying that, Charlotte felt extremely aggrieved too.
Which woman had never fantasized about marrying into a rich family, enjoying a privileged life of luxury, and being the subject of envy of everyone?
Charlotte was just an ordinary girl too. So when she suddenly received the huge betrothal gifts from the Sawyers, she was so elated that she didn’t even bother to find out what Ethan Sawyer’s son looked like and what his personality was like.
She had a sense of vanity too. And she was extremely pleased when she enjoyed the praises of her relatives and the looks of envy cast at her by the pa.s.sersby when she was driving in her luxurious and comfortable Lamborghini.
She felt that a golden pie had fallen onto her lap and that her life was about to change drastically.
But who would have thought that it was all just a misunderstanding?!
At the Intercontinental Hotel the other day, Ethan Sawyer denied the matter right in her face, making her feel incredibly ashamed and embarra.s.sed.
For the past few days, she had been extremely sad and aggrieved, but there was no one she could pour her feelings out to.
When saying those words in front of Dominic, Charlotte burst into tears, unable to hold them back and contain her sadness any longer.
“Ethan Sawyer’s son is already married?” Hearing this, Dominic was surprised too. “That’s not right. The words ‘betrothal gifts’ were clearly written on the list. They’re betrothal gifts all right! Did Ethan Sawyer propose on behalf of his son? Or is Charlotte going to be…”
Dominic did not say the words ‘second wife,’ but everyone was clear about what he was implying.
Charlotte didn’t catch what he meant and only heard the words ‘betrothal gifts.’
It turned out that they were really betrothal gifts, but not for her. Instead, they were meant for Cheyenne from Lucas.
Ironically, she even mocked Lucas and said that he would never be able to afford to give Cheyenne such expensive gifts. She even called him a loser and said that he ought to get out of the house. I was such a joke!
Karen rubbed her hands rather awkwardly. “Dominic, those betrothal gifts really weren’t for Charlotte. It was all just a misunderstanding.”
“Misunderstanding?!” Dominic Carter immediately lost his temper. He had already wasted several hours at their home and even got provoked, only to hear that it was all a misunderstanding and that Charlotte was not going to marry into the Sawyer family at all.
He stood up, stared at them with a hostile gaze, and roared, “How could you make a mistake with such an important matter?! Weren’t you very proud and conceited when you bragged about it in front of me before?! Huh? All you do is brag and show off, but you’re so useless at solving problems! You’re a bunch of garbage!
“I’m telling you, you people are the reason for the current situation that the Carters are facing! If you don’t hurry up and find a solution to get the Carters out of trouble, all of you will get it from me!”
In a moment of pique, Dominic left.
Karen chased after him and tried to make him stay, only to watch him get inside his car and leave. She was so furious that she stomped her feet nonstop at the door.
William was in a foul mood too. “What are you yelling for? He’s long gone.”
“Do you really think I care about him? I just want to ask him if he’s still going to let us move back in and work at the Carter Corporation,” Karen said.
William sneered. “Obviously not! Can’t you tell that he just came here to reminisce with us because the Carters are facing a huge crisis, and he wants us to go beg for leniency from the Sawyers?
“If we could have helped the Carters solve this crisis, he might have considered giving us some benefits such as giving us the house and jobs. However, now that we can’t help him, he’s obviously not going to care about us!”
Karen was rendered speechless by William’s snide remarks.
Indeed, if they were not useful to Dominic Carter, he would not even pay any attention to them.
However, William’s words just now gave Karen some inspiration. She clapped her hands and said excitedly, “Right! It’s not impossible. If we can help the Carters solve this crisis, Dominic Carter will definitely be very grateful to us and value us highly. He’ll give us the house and jobs in the company too. He might even hand the entire family over to you!”
William looked at Karen like he was staring at an idiot and gibed, “What are you dreaming about? The Carters must have come to us as a last resort. What makes you think we can solve a problem that so many people can’t? Do you still think we’re in-laws of the Sawyers? Do you think we haven’t embarra.s.sed ourselves enough?”
Karen actually didn’t feel that she had embarra.s.sed herself in front of Ethan Sawyer back then because it was just a misunderstanding. However, it was indeed a shame that she couldn’t become the Sawyers’ in-laws, and indeed, she didn’t have a say.
The two of them were so focused on complaining that they didn’t even notice that Charlotte had left the house at some point.
Feeling upset and dejected, Charlotte didn’t want to continue staying at home and listening to her parents complain. However, since she had nowhere else to go, she called her best friend, Sophie Turner.
“Sophie, I feel so terrible. Come out for some drinks with me.”
When Sophie arrived at the bar they agreed to meet at, Charlotte had already downed several gla.s.ses of wine and was tipsy.
There were many men next to her, staring at Charlotte without any restraint. From time to time, there would be people coming over to hit on her. Even after being rejected by Charlotte, they refused to leave and continued surrounding her and flirting with her.
Extremely worried for her, Sophie dashed forward to pull Charlotte away.
“Sophie, you’re here! I want to drink.” Charlotte opened her reddened eyes to look at her best friend.
“Okay, we’ll go to my house and drink. Let’s buy more liquor, and you can drink to your heart’s content.” Sophie hurriedly tried to coax Charlotte and helped her out of the bar.
The duo were about to get into the car when a man suddenly rushed out from the side and stopped them at the entrance.
“Charlotte! You must help me! Just go to the Sawyers and put in some good words for us. It’s very simple! I know I’ve done wrong things before, and I hereby apologize to you! If you don’t help, the Carters will be doomed, and Grandpa will kill me! Just help me out this time!” Bryce exclaimed anxiously as he grabbed Charlotte’s hand, his breath smelling like alcohol.
After being berated and driven out by Dominic in the afternoon, Bryce had some drinks with a few friends. However, if he couldn’t get Charlotte to agree to beg for mercy from the Sawyers, his grandfather wouldn’t let him step foot back inside the house. Thus, he tracked down Charlotte and tried to stop her again.
“Go away! I already told you, don’t look for me for this matter!” Charlotte opened her eyes and shot Bryce a look of disgust. All of these people keep coming to me, but what’s the point of that? I have nothing to do with the Sawyers!
Bryce went forward and still wanted to say something, but Sophie hurriedly shoved Charlotte into the car, started the engine, and quickly drove away.
Bryce stared at the car from behind with a menacing expression. “Since you’ve decided to be ruthless, then don’t blame me!”