Dropped for a Charity Case のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 1 - チャプター 10

"I was young and foolish back then. To make amends, I've prepared engagement gifts for Mr. Caldwell." Right after saying that, Caelan Hanson clapped his hands. His bodyguards immediately began filing in with endless gifts. Before long, more than a hundred presents had been piled into a small mountain. The entire room went dead silent, and Misty White was visibly taken aback. Meanwhile, the comments in front of Caelan's eyes blew up.[Don't do this, Caelan! You're the male lead of this sweet, feel-good web novel, and Ezra's just the villainous male supporting character. Misty doesn't love him at all!][Ezra's the long-lost biological son of Misty's late mentor. She's only engaged to him to help him establish himself in Portside. Once Ezra turns 25 next month—as stipulated in his father's will—and inherits his inheritance, Misty will break up with him!][This is driving me insane! Hurry up and look at Misty, Caelan. She's standing right there, her eyes red with anger. The reason s

The back room was cold and damp. Having not yet fully recovered from his gunshot wound, Caelan passed out after kneeling for merely three hours. By midnight, he developed a high fever. In his feverish delirium, he seemed to have traveled back to when he was 13. After his parents had died in a car accident, his relatives who had doted on him began treating him like a burden no one wanted to take in. None of them wanted to raise him, yet every one of them wanted a piece of the inheritance his parents had left behind. That was until Misty—aged 23—entered the picture. Before the solemn funeral hall, her waist-length black hair complemented the cold, haughty look in her eyes, fitting for the first heiress of Portside. Yet, when she spoke to Caelan, her voice was extraordinarily gentle. "Don't be afraid. No one will ever dare to pick on you again. I'll always protect you!""You're lying…" Tears slid down from the corners of Caelan's tightly shut eyes. His pale, handsome face flushed as

Half an hour later, as Caelan wheeled his suitcase out of the villa, Shane stopped him and handed him a family portrait of him with Christian and Chloe. "I'm sorry. Everything happened so suddenly. I only had time to save this one." He hesitated for a moment before continuing, "...Mr. White Senior asked you not to hate Ms. White; she's only doing this to repay a debt of gratitude."Caelan lowered his gaze and forced a faint, bitter smile. "I don't hate her." However, he didn't love her anymore, either. He accepted the photo and got into the car. On his way to the airport, he casually pulled up his social media feed and came across Ezra's latest post. The collage was made up entirely of screenshots of conversations between Ezra and Misty. As it turned out, when Ezra whined about being worried that his wound would leave a scar, Misty would track down the best plastic surgeon in the country to make sure he received the finest cosmetic sutures. When Ezra ran a high fever from his in

Less than five minutes after Caelan's post went live, the internet exploded. The very next second, Caelan's phone started ringing nonstop. A mocking smile tugged at the corner of his lips, but deep down, he felt nothing but desolation. It hadn't taken much effort to uncover that procurement list. Had Misty trusted him even a little, she would've known the truth long ago. The airport announcement began calling for final boarding. He lowered his gaze, turned off his phone, removed the SIM card, and casually tossed it into a trash can. From that moment on, none of this had anything to do with him anymore. …An hour ago, in the penthouse office of White Group, Serena frowned. "Still, I don't think that Caelan would resort to such underhanded tactics. Do you remember when he was bullied by his classmates back when he was 13?"Misty leaned back against the couch. Her delicate eyes narrowed slightly when she heard that. "What do you mean?" Her voice was low and hoarse, and a sense o

Misty felt as though she had been struck by lightning. Her voice was hoarse beyond recognition as she asked over the phone, "What did you just say?""Mr. Ezra just messaged me to ask you to contact him as soon as you hang up. The cops have already taken his parents into custody!" Irene rushed out.She paused for a moment before continuing, "It looks like you really wronged Mr. Hanson. He must've felt terribly hurt."Misty's slender figure staggered back. After being in a daze for a couple of seconds, she blanched and ordered, "Head to the police station to handle the handoff in my stead. I'm going to the airport to find Caelan." With that, she lowered her hand, her delicate face as pale as a sheet of paper. At that moment, it felt as though there was a gaping hole in her chest, and all the details she had deliberately ignored in the past gradually came flooding back to her. If she had wronged Caelan this time, what about all the times before? Had he left without the slightest he