Substitute Her to Love You (Charlotte and Patrick)

Chapter 201

I looked at Patrick in a daze. And I had no idea what he was minding.

Patrick violently dragged me to the car, lit a cigarette up, and took a deep breath. Then he said, "I seldom see you cry. But I saw you crying for Seth. If Shelton dies one day, I guess you will cry for him as well. But if I die, I'm afraid you will only say 'oh' with a poker face."

His words made me stunned.

I had never thought about this possibility.

"What if Patrick dies one day?"

"I have never thought about this premise."

The car slowly started. And soon it arrived at the residential quarter, which we had passed by just now. I glanced at the name of the residential quarter, which read, The Most Powerful Family.

The name matched with the residential quarter quite well. Each household inside was completely independent, including the front yard and the backyard as well as two parking slots. In City Y, even if it was in the Third Ring Road, such a community was rarely seen.

The car drove in. Patrick opened the car door for me and then opened all the car windows.

He took the initiative to hold my hand and apologize, "Sorry, I was a little impulsive just now. I know that I have done many things to hurt you before. I have always been very clear about it. However, knowing that the reason you refused to do the operation just now is that you don't want to stay with me for a year, I..."

"I know." Taking advantage of this opportunity, I asked Patrick, "Can you tell me whether you have anything to do with Seth's death or not?"

"What?"

My question made Patrick stupefied.

He frowned slightly, "How do you think that his death has something to do with me?"

"Because I heard a recording..."

I told him about the recording played by Caroline when she kidnapped me.

It wasn't that I was stupid,. However, I was alone now. I couldn't do any investigation except for saying it out loud.

"If I say that it has nothing to do with me, will you believe me?" Patrick looked at me. His black eyes flickered slightly as if he were looking forward to something.

I was silent for a moment. And I replied, "Yes."

As Patrick heard this, I could feel that he let out a sigh of relief slightly. Then he nodded slightly and said, "Leave it to me. If his death isn't an accident, I will help you find out the truth of it."

After he said that, he took me into the house.

As soon as I entered this house, I found this house wasn't like that in Unit No.1, City Y where each room was big and empty.

The room wasn't large. And it was decorated with fabric. I decorated each corner of it with some cloth dolls and green plants.

It looked very comforting.

Patrick pulled me to the middle of the room and looked at me with an expectant look in his eyes, "Do you like it?"

It was autumn outside. However, everything in the room was of a warm color, making the room especially warm.

I nodded my head blankly and said, "Thank you."

Patrick patted me on the head, "I owe you. I will repay you little by little. As for the injury on your face, think about doing an operation."

"Okay."

Patrick was indeed sincere. However silly I was, I could sense his sincerity.

That night, we slept in the same room. And Patrick hugged me. Somehow, I had a strong sense of security in my heart.

Patrick went to work during the day. And I was alone at home. The servants at home were hired to work hourly per my request.

I had nothing to do. Except for studying some examples of internal decoration on the Internet, I spent most of my time feeling bored and doing nothing at home.

On the fifth day, I finally decided to go out of the house and went to a supermarket to buy some fruits.

I went out wearing the mask. When I finished buying all the things, paid the bill, and went out of the supermarket, I heard someone behind me call me, "Charlotte Archer?"

I turned around and saw Gina and Jeremy standing behind me!

When I saw the two of them, I couldn't help but think of Caroline who had gone far away abroad.

When Gina saw me, her eyes turned red. It wasn't because she was sad. Instead, she was angry.

She walked quickly to me and wanted to take off my mask. I quickly stepped back to protect my mask with determination.

I wanted to leave.

Gina pulled me back, "Charlotte Archer, you know you can't face me with dignity anymore, do you? If your grandmother knows what you're doing, she surely will be pissed off to death again!"

"What? What did I do?" Gina's words made me give up leaving immediately. I turned to look at her and asked, "What did I do? When Grandma was ill, I sold my house to pay for her medical expense! I didn't do anything wrong to the Archer Family at all!"

If there was, it should be that I had agreed to transfer Grandmother to another hospital!

If Grandmother hadn't been transferred to another hospital and there hadn't been something wrong with the medical materials, Granny wouldn't have passed away so soon.

At this time, Jeremy came over and looked at me, "Charlotte Archer, you seem to have a good life now. These are all famous brand clothes on your body. When you are spending the Archer's Group money, I wonder whether you feel quite relieved."

The clothes I was wearing were all prepared by Patrick. So they were naturally good.

"Spending the Archer's Group money? Didn't the Archer's Group go bankrupt? If you were talking about the money I got from selling the house, I didn't touch them at all."

And I, who wanted to buy the house back, surely wouldn't touch the money more.

"Don't pretend to be stupid!" When Gina saw this, she said, "You were so good at pretending before that we were all deceived by you. If we hadn't checked and found that 51% of Archer's Group's shares were under your name, we would have been kept in the dark!"

"What?"

Gina's words stunned me as well.

"Don't pretend to be stupid! You surely know it." Gina rushed over angrily. When I was distracted, she grabbed my mask and scolded, "How come you wear a mask? Do you indeed think you are a star?"

After she finished her words and saw my face, she was instantly stunned.

I didn't have time to cover my face. And my full appearance was seen by Gina, Jeremy, and the surrounding ones!

"Give me the mask!" I panicked in an instant.

Gina was stunned for a moment. And she suddenly began to laugh wildly, "Hahahaha! Charlotte Archer, did you do too many bad things before? And you get your retribution in your life now, right?"

Jeremy had a quite pleasant look on his face as well, "Charlotte Archer, you deserve who you are today."

The ones around looked at me and pointed their fingers at me.

"Ugly woman!"

The child's words that day suddenly appeared in my mind again...

"No, I'm not ugly!" No one said anything to me. But I seemed to be hallucinating!

As I murmured, I covered my face with my arm and rushed out of the crowd!

As for what the ones behind me were speaking, I couldn't hear them clearly at all.

When I got home, my mind was in a mess.

After sitting for a long time, I recalled what Gina had said and thought to myself, "Are 51 % of Archer's Group's shares in my hands?" If I were asked to guess who had done this, I could only think of one person.

Originally, I planned to ask Patrick about this when he came back.

But he called me and told me that he was going on a business trip and that he wouldn't be back until two days later. Exclusive content © by Nô(v)el/Dr/ama.Org.

I thought I would have to stay at home alone for two days. However, an hour later, he appeared at home and said to me, "Pack up your things and accompany me for a business trip to City S."

"Me?" I shook my head quickly, "I'd better not go like this. I'll wait for you at home. I promise I'll be at home when you come back."

What had happened in the afternoon and the look of contempt in others' eyes made me fear to go out again.

I wished I could be alone in this house rather than go anywhere.