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Chapter 4

Author: Nini
last update Last Updated: 2023-10-08 18:13:48

Chapter 4: If he bullies me, I’ll tell Grandpa. Grandpa can punish him!

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“Nina Lindsey.”

Just as I was at a loss, Charles grabbed my hand. I almost stuck my nails in his flesh.

Looking at the woman in front of us, Charles said with a frown, “Everyone in California knows that you and Mia do not get along. Stop pretending to be a friend here.”

The smile on her face disappeared instantly.

****

Nina and Mia had the same piano teacher, but Mia had exceptional talent and left her far behind eight years ago.

She had always been jealous of Mia and wished she could disappear from California City.

Later, Mia was discovered by a piano master and became his last disciple.

Since then, she and Mia have been two worlds apart.

After that, Nina had never seen Mia again.

But even so, she could tell that the woman in front of her was not Mia.

“Young Master Smith, that’s an old story. Mia and I…”

“Darling.”

Immediately, Maria gently shook Charles' arm. She raised her head and looked at him acting cute, “I’m hungry.”

Charles curved his lips, gently pinched her tender face with his fingers, and said, “Let me take you to eat.”

After saying that, the two of them walked away as if Nina did not exist.

Nina was angry. She looked at Maria’s back and slightly curled her lips in a mocking smile.

She took out her phone, pretending to be searching for food. She secretly took photos of Charles and Maria.

She did not have Mia’s number but she had her on F******k. She couldn’t directly contact Mia and lower herself, so she sent out a line of words.

‘Young Master Smith is so gentle.’

Below are several pictures, including one of Charles handing a piece of cake to ‘Mia’.

There was also a picture of ‘Mia’ eating the cake and Charles using his fingers to affectionately wipe away the cake crumbs from the corner of her mouth.

After posting the pictures, she chuckled. A glance at Maria, she proudly shook her phone, then left.

If this one was not the real Mia, she wondered how the real Mia would feel when she saw these photos.

Heh…

****

After we left ‘Heaven on Earth’ and got in the car, my previously smiling face instantly turned gloomy.

I glared fiercely at Charles, then shifted my butt, trying to create as much distance as possible between them in the car.

Charles glanced at me. I was almost trying to embed myself inside the car door.

The disdain for him was more than evident.

He did not say anything. He just curved his lips and said to the driver, “Go to the old residence.”

Old residence?

I was instantly tightened again. I almost lost half of my life attending a banquet today. But now he wanted to take me to the old residence? Was he trying to scare me into a heart attack and death today?

“Charles!”

Charles furrowed his brows slightly.

“Darling”

I was angry!

‘Darling?’ What kind of darling?

Looking at Charles' handsome visage, I argued in annoyance, “Charles, do you think that you’re my husband just because I call you darling? Don’t forget that I’m not Mia.”

Charles was instantly displeased. He turned around, and forcefully pressed me against the car door with both hands.

Looking at my panicked face, Charles smirked evilly, “You can feel it yourself whether I’m your husband or not.”

To feel it?

Who wanted to feel it?

I furrowed my brows and struggled hard, but I could barely free myself in Charles' hands. The sturdy man’s upper pressed me down, making it difficult for me to breathe. In the end, I could only give up.

“Char…”

Before I could finish, the man’s thin lips aggressively kissed me.

***

The chauffeur driving in front, Tom Jones, was Charles' driver and bodyguard and had been working for him for several years. He had never seen Young Master Smith so impatient with a woman before.

He smirked soundlessly and kindly raised the car panel.

It was very rare. Even an iron-willed person has moments of weakness. If Young Master Smith did not sleep with one or two women soon, everyone in the world would assume he was Charles' partner.

Good luck to him…

***

“Mmm…”

Just as I was about to suffocate, Charles finally let go of me.

“Charles, you…”

“If you dare to directly call my name again in the future, I’ll set you straight right here and now! Consider this a warning!”

“Pfft…”

I was so angry that I almost spat blood.

I did not understand why Charles was so hung on ‘darling’.

But looking at Charles' serious, warning-filled eyes, I knew very well that he would definitely follow through with his words.

“You…”

I felt uncomfortable being pressed down. “Get up first.”

Third-person POV:

Charles gave her a deep look, sat up straight, and lightly brushed his thumb over the corner of his lips.

Heh…

She tasted good.

Maria did not see this action of his. After sitting up, she quickly began to fix her clothes and hair.

After tidying up, she was about to say something, but Tom’s voice came from the front. “Young Master Smith, we’ve arrived at the old residence.”

****

I looked nervously out the car window. We had arrived so quickly?

After getting out of the car, Charles grabbed my little hand and placed it in the crook of his arm.

“My grandfather really likes Mia, so please be more affectionate with him later.”

For the past two years, I had appeared in Charles's villa during Mia’s allocated time, but I had never been to the old residence. This was going to be my second time meeting Charles' grandfather since the wedding.

I had always been friendly towards the elderly.

Entering the house, we saw the old man sitting in an armchair, listening to a tune while hugging a cat. A warm smile appeared on Charles' cold face.

“Grandpa, I’m back.”

When the old man glanced over, I quickly put on a smile and sweetly called out, “Grandpa.”

“Ah, Mia!”

The old man’s face was full of smiles as he completely ignored Charles and waved at me. “Come over here, grandpa has not seen you for a while.”

Two years ago, members of Smith's family did not discover that I was a fake bride, so I was not nervous now.

I walked gracefully over, squatting beside the old man and tilting my beautiful face to meet his affectionate gaze.

Old Master Smith was extremely delighted as he looked at me again and again. He appreciated me very much.

“It’s all that brat's fault. He left you alone for two whole years as soon as you got married and went abroad. Mia, don’t worry, if he dares to leave this time, I’ll break his legs! I won’t let him bully you.”

“Heh…”

I turned my head to look at Charles and nodded with a smile, “Okay, if he bullies me, I’ll tell Grandpa. Grandpa can punish him!”

“Grandpa…”

Charles gave me a cold glance, then handed the marriage certificate to Old Master Smith. “The thing you have been urging me for two years, I brought it to you today.”

I looked at the certificate. My heart skipped a beat.

The name written on it was mine, not Mia’s.

If Old Master Smith took a look, my secret was about to be exposed!

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