His Coy Lover

“Sorry.”

Randy quickly apologized.

Charles fell silent for a moment, then, after dealing with another document, suddenly said to Randy, “I got married.”

Randy stared at him, seriously suspecting that he had misheard.

“The two little mice were the first gift from my wife.”

Randy: No wonder he treasures them so much, not letting anyone touch them.

Wait, who is Charles’s wife?

Randy looked at his friend and boss with pleading eyes, wanting to know which courageous woman dared to marry Charles.

However, Charles seemed to be oblivious to Randy’s pleading gaze and resumed working on his files.

As for what Charles was doing at the company, Zelda had no idea. After Charles left, she initially planned to return to her mother’s house, but her mother arrived first.

However, Chris was stopped at the entrance of the Winston mansion.

The Winston had strict rules and tight security. Regardless of the visitor’s identity, permission from the homeowner was required before entering. Guests could only be led by the servants, going directly to the host’s residence, without wandering around to avoid prying into others’ privacy.

Chris came to find Zelda, and since Zelda was an inhabitant of Charles’s quarters, permission from Charles was necessary for Chris to enter the Winston mansion.

But Charles was not at home now.

Zelda also didn’t have Charles’s contact number. It was quite amusing – they were legally married, but she didn’t even have her husband’s phone number.

Her number, her past – Charles had investigated everything about her. However, she knew nothing about him, and he could see through her so thoroughly. It was unfair.

Unable to enter the Winston mansion, Chris had to call her daughter. Zelda then learned that her mother had come and hurriedly went outside.

Unfamiliar with the Winston mansion, she took some time, asking a few servants, before finally finding her way out of the maze-like mansion.

“Mom.”

“Zelda.”

Chris quickly approached, grabbing her daughter’s hand and scrutinizing her from top to bottom, making sure she was unharmed before heaving a sigh of relief.

Then, with a hint of reproach, she said, “Zelda, why didn’t you tell your mom? When I came back last night and didn’t see you, your dad told me what happened. It scared your mom so much. Mom wanted to call you, but your dad said it was too late, asking me not to disturb your rest. Mom couldn’t sleep well all night.”

Zelda apologized, “Mom, it’s my fault. I should have called you.”Copyright by Nôv/elDrama.Org.

“Has Charles mistreated you? Your dad actually watched you being taken away by Charles!”

“No, Mom. Charles wouldn’t do anything to me. Don’t worry.”

“Elle said Charles made you take responsibility for something. Zelda, what did you say to Charles that day? He chased us to our house wanting to take you away.”

Zelda hesitated for a moment but ultimately didn’t reveal the truth. Without her marriage certificate, her mother probably wouldn’t believe her.

“Mom, I’ll tell you when the time is right. Anyway, you don’t need to worry about me. I’m fine. Mom, you came at the right time. Let me ride in your car to go back, and then I’ll drive my own car over for use.”

While Winston had no shortage of cars, Zelda, as the hidden and yet-to-be-seen young mistress, was not assigned a car. To make going out more convenient, she had to go back to her mother’s house to get her own car.

“Zelda, can you come and live with your mom?”

Chris, taking her daughter to the car, said with concern, “I didn’t ask when you didn’t say, but Mom feels that living in the Winston might not be good for you. Rejecting a marriage proposal, Winston will surely hold a grudge, and Charles is not easy to get along with. Mom is afraid…”

“Zelda, before Mom left, Burton’s mom called. She said she had chosen a date and will come to our house for the engagement on the sixth of next month.”

After fastening her seatbelt, Chris asked her daughter, “That day, when you said you didn’t want to marry Burton, was it true? If it’s true, then Mom will reject Burton’s mom now.”

“Mom, reject it. I won’t marry Burton in this lifetime.”

Chris: “…”

The person who had once resorted to a hunger strike, dared to come to the Winston to find Charles, and even cut her wrists to refuse the marriage proposal – wasn’t she her daughter?

“Zelda, do you know what you’re saying now?”

“Mom, I’m very clear. I know what I’m saying. I used to like Burton, but now I feel he’s not worth entrusting my life to. I’ve been nursing my injuries at home for so long, and he didn’t even make a phone call, let alone come to see me. He doesn’t have me in his heart. If I marry him, I’ll definitely be unhappy.”

Chris, with a slightly relieved expression, reached over and touched her daughter’s face before saying lovingly, “Zelda, if you can figure it out, Mom is very happy. Lowell is deep, and you are not easy to deal with. Although Burton is outstanding and seems to treat you well, hearing what you said, he doesn’t seem as good as he appears on the surface.”

“Good, let’s not marry him. Mom will help you reject Burton’s mom.”

Chris affectionately touched her daughter’s face before saying, “Mom’s Zelda is so good. You’ll definitely find a man better than Burton.”

She had already found one, even if he didn’t allow her to call him her husband.

The mother and daughter left Winston together.

On the way, Zelda changed her mind and wanted to go to the Roscente Group.

“Go to the company?”

Chris was somewhat surprised, casting a glance at her daughter before focusing on the road ahead. “How did you think of going to the company? I used to ask you to work with your sister. You said you didn’t understand the business world and politely declined.”

Since then, the couple had not asked their biological daughter to return to the company.

Chris had some reservations because of Elle, but fortunately, the sisters got along well. Elle was very protective of her younger sister, so Chris planned to wait until the couple got old and couldn’t work anymore, then give some shares to Elle. In this way, Elle would have the motivation to manage the Roscente Group. The majority of the shares, however, would go to Zelda. After all, she was the biological daughter.

She didn’t expect Zelda to take the initiative to go to the Roscente Group today.

“Mom, it’s our family’s company. Can’t the real heiress of the Roscente go there?”

Chris chuckled, “Of course you can. Mom is just surprised. Usually, when I ask you to visit the company, you’d rather be a piano teacher for someone else than go to the company.”

Zelda felt guilty.

Because she didn’t understand the business, she resisted getting involved, disappointing her parents.

In this lifetime, she must learn. Only when she understood and became strong could she take over the Roscente Group and prevent it from falling into the hands of Elle and Burton.