Chapter 107: c.o.c.ktail Bar
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
After crying in her room for a long time, Charlotte left home with reddened eyes.
Upstairs, Lucas frowned and took out his phone to send a text.
Charlotte strolled aimlessly on the streets. Actually, she didn’t know where she was going. She simply didn’t want to continue staying in that house.
She initially wanted to call her best friend, Sophie, but when she thought of what her mother had done, she found it hard to talk about it.
While wandering around, Charlotte saw a bar called the c.o.c.ktail Bar down the street and suddenly felt a strong urge to drink. If I get drunk, I won’t be in so much agony, right?!
Charlotte walked into the bar, ordered an entire bottle of Martini, and sat in a corner where she started drinking by herself, unaware of how much attention a beautiful woman like her was attracting.
A refined and gentlemanly-looking young man in his thirties with a specially-concocted c.o.c.ktail in hand sat down elegantly on the seat opposite Charlotte. “Beautiful lady, are you alone?”
Charlotte raised her head and glanced at him. She was not impressed by his gesture and demeanor at all. Instead, she snapped with extreme annoyance in her eyes, “Get lost.”
The young man was slightly stunned, and he immediately smiled in a way that he thought was more charming. “Don’t be so aloof. Since we’re fated to meet each other, why don’t we have a drink together? Let me introduce myself. My name is Logan Hale. This bar belongs to me.”
Charlotte was so annoyed that she snapped furiously, “Don’t you understand English? I told you to get lost!”
As she spoke, she splashed the liquor in her gla.s.s onto the young man’s face.
“Wow!”
“How brazen!”
“Logan, are you alright?”
Immediately afterward, several people stood up at a table nearby and gathered around them.
They were all Logan’s friends, who were sitting nearby and having some drinks. They were the ones who egged him to go over and hit on Charlotte.
They thought that with Logan’s handsome good looks and charming aura, the beautiful Charlotte would definitely be attracted to him. But they didn’t expect her to be so bold as to splash liquor onto him!
Logan wiped a handful of liquor off his face, waved his hand, and told his friends not to act rashly while maintaining his gentlemanly and polite smile. He chuckled. “Ah, beautiful lady, I just want to get to know you better. Must you be so ruthless?”
Charlotte also felt that she was a bit impulsive. After all, Logan had just come over to strike up a conversation, which was a very common occurrence in bars. She had merely overreacted because she was in a bad mood.
“I’m sorry. I was in a bad mood just now. I didn’t mean to lash out at you,” Charlotte apologized politely.
“Haha, it’s a great honor to hear that from you. I guess we know each other now,” Logan teased. He then turned around and shouted to the bartender, “Go and bring the red wine that I’ve been cheris.h.i.+ng for years!”
“Yes, Sir!”
Soon, the bartender came over with an ice bucket containing a bottle of red wine.
Charlotte frowned slightly. She didn’t want to drink with a stranger. “Sorry. I appreciate your kindness, but I have to go home.” She stood up and picked up her handbag to leave.
However, Logan stopped her smoothly. “Hey, don’t be in such a hurry to leave. You just splashed liquor on my face, but I’ll let the matter rest if you let me treat you to a drink. How does that sound?”
Logan poured two gla.s.ses of red wine and raised one of them in front of Charlotte.
Charlotte regretted her decision.
There were all sorts of people in bars, and she was now alone facing Logan Hale, who was the bar owner and had the company of his friends.
She probably wouldn’t be able to leave the bar today if she didn’t drink this gla.s.s of wine. Charlotte gritted her teeth and looked at Logan. “I can leave after drinking this gla.s.s of wine, right?”
“Of course. Just drink this gla.s.s.” Logan smiled.
“Okay.” Charlotte grabbed the wine gla.s.s and said to Logan, “Sorry for offending you just now.”
She brought the gla.s.s to her lips and was about to down it when a hand suddenly reached over from the side and grabbed her wrist.
Charlotte was shocked. She immediately turned around to look, only to see a muscular and wide chest.
Only when she raised her head did she see a tall, muscular man who looked like a tower in front of her.
She immediately inhaled sharply while everyone else gasped in shock.
The burly man who suddenly appeared was over two meters tall, and he exuded a terrifying aura.
Standing tall, he was like a mighty and ferocious beast who made others shudder in fear.
“You can’t drink that.” Just as everyone was extremely astonished, the muscular man suddenly let go of Charlotte’s hand and cautioned her.
Charlotte couldn’t process his words immediately. But Logan’s face had already turned gloomy, and he narrowed his eyes. “Who are you?”
The burly man glanced at Logan and said indifferently, “You don’t need to care who I am. But you shouldn’t have spiked Miss Carter’s wine.”
“What?!” Upon hearing this, something dawned on Charlotte, and she dropped the gla.s.s of wine in her hand, causing it to fall to the ground and shatter. The dark red liquor immediately spread on the carpet.
“Y-you spiked my drink?! You’re so shameless and despicable!” Cheyenne yelled at Logan while s.h.i.+vering continuously.
“Haha.” Logan chuckled. “Beautiful lady, do you know this person in front of you? Do you believe everything he says?”
Logan saw clearly the astonishment and bewilderment on Charlotte’s face when she saw the muscular man. Obviously, she didn’t know who he was either.
After hearing what Logan said, Charlotte was indeed a little confused. One was a complete stranger, while the other was a stranger she just met a minute ago. Unsure of who she could trust, she had no choice but to look at the two of them with an uncertain gaze.
At this moment, the tall and burly man suddenly said, “My name is Wade. Mr. Gray sent me to protect you.”
Mr. Gray? Is he talking about Lucas? Charlotte was startled!