A sudden pang of bitterness surged through me.


    It felt like I had been unexpectedly pricked by something.


    I pointed towards the door, my voice was cold. "Get out!"


    "Charlotte, who spoiled you with this terrible attitude? Can''t you speak properly?"


    "Did you speak properly?"


    I red at him, indignant. "Why are you criticizing me? What about your fiancee? Don''t you need to be with her? Why do you have time toe find me?" "You''re still so defensive even after you''re drunk."


    He pressed his tongue against his cheek, and after a briefugh, he seemed resigned. He half-squatted in front of me, his tone softening.


    "Fine, it was my fault for not speaking to you properly in my moment of desperation. I ept the punishment."


    "What punishment?" I asked instinctivelyC0ntent ? 2024 (N/?)velDrama.Org.


    He cocked his brows and said, "Another kiss from you?"


    Only then did I realize his ears were flushed red.


    I shook my head, trying to clear the alcohol-induced haze, and looked at him as clearly as I could. "Why are you here?"


    "To give you an exnation."


    I frowned. "Didn''t we rify thingsst night?"


    "That was your one-sided assumption that things were clear."


    Frank poured me a cup of warm water, then picked up his phone to send a message before continuing.


    "I''ve already sent her back to the Shaw family. Charlotte, before I told youst night that I wouldn''t wait for her, I had already made up my mind. Whether you call me a cheater of a scumbag, I''ve truly fallen for you."


    "I can''t like two people at the same time. Since I''ve started with you, I won''t be entangled with anyone else."


    I clenched my fists. "What about Lily?"


    "Let''s first confirm whether she is indeed Lily." Frank''s expression darkened slightly. "All signs point to her, but both Grandma and I believe that she isn''t, so we''re already doing a paternity test."


    I pressed my lips together. "And if she is?"


    "Beforeing to find you, I discussed the matter of annulling the engagement with my Grandma."


    He brushed my disheveled fringe behind my ear and looked at me with his brown eyes. "Whether she is or


    isn''t, I will annul the engagement. Charlotte, you can trust me this time, okay?"


    His tone was as nonchnt as usual.


    In the quiet room, an ambiguous atmosphere seemed to spread.


    I quickly avoided his gaze. "Let''s talk about itter."


    Ryan had made me believe in him many times before.


    He didn''t marry Jessica either.


    But in the end, things still ended up like this.


    I didn''t believe I couldpete with the true love in someone else''s heart.


    Right now, it was just that... he had spent more time with me, and was muddled by a temporary infatuation. Once Lily and he began to spend time together every day, those childhood promises and stirrings would resurface.


    I would be the cannon fodder Jane talked about.


    At that moment, he doorbell suddenly rang. I thought it was Jane returning and was about to open the door, but Frank stopped me. "I''ll go."


    He went to the door, thanked the person outside, and came back with a box of something.


    He slightly lifted his chin. "Go take a shower."


    I nced at the item he was holding, not sure what it was, and instinctively sped my hands tightly around my cor.


    “I said, let''s talk about itter! Also, I may have been divorced, but Frank, I''m not that kind of person who would get in bed with any guy..."


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