Chapter 2044

“Tim!” Charlotte knocked on the door in desperation. “Did you actually fall for Bonnie and Luna’s lies?
Why would you want to rethink our relationship? Weren’t we perfectly fine before this? Besides…” She
bit her lip. “I still have to meet Roanne tomorrow to save our little Shelly!” A glimmer of pain and
helplessness flashed through Jim’s eyes when he heard Charlotte’s desperate screams.

However, he could not deny the fact that she had tried to poison him.

He could not deny the fact that she had bribed the flight crew in Banyan City in an attempt to kill Harvey
and Shelly. Maybe, just maybe, everything Bonnie and Luna had been saying was true, too. In the past,
Jim would tolerate and take pity on her, thinking that everything she had done was just out of desperation
to be with him, but at this moment…

He could not lie to himself anymore.

Charlotte had changed.

She had become someone he could not recognize anymore, someone whose ways he did not approve
of in the least.

No matter how much he loved her, he would not allow someone who tried to kill him and the children
over and over to remain by his side.

Love was not the only thing that mattered in life, but not only that, these were two vibrant, lively children’s
lives!

“I’ll meet Roanne by myself tomorrow. You stay here and reflect on yourself. After I finish settling the
business with Roanne… I’ll let you out so you can leave Merchant City.”



Charlotte’s hand stiffened when she heard this. She bit her lip, and her voice became tinged with a sob.
“What did I do wrong? Why do you need time apart? “Jim Landry! Do you know how much I sacrificed for
you? What gives you the right to lock me in the cellar like this?”

Jim could not help sneering when he heard this. “This morning, Joshua gave me a recording of you
devising a plan to kill Shelly and Harvey.

“Also, I saw you when you were in the kitchen just now; I saw your every move. How dare you claim that
you never did anything wrong, Charlotte?”

The color drained from Charlotte’s face. She bit her lip and slumped against the door in exhaustion. “Jim,
I

“Charlotte, I know you were just trying to protect yourself, but you know what kind of person I am: no one
is allowed to harm my family, especially not the defenseless children. “You knew fully well what I was
doing when I showed up at the orphanage; I had been there to look for Luna.

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“I can’t possibly stand by and not do anything after you’ve crossed the line again and again. “Also, you
lied to me; you’re not Shelly’s mother at all.” With that, Jim turned and strode away. Charlotte wrung her
hands nervously as she leaped against the door, listening to Jim’s footsteps get further and further away.
Why? Why?

Why, even despite drugging him and making him lose his memories, did Jim still end up leaving her? She
could not tolerate this!

After returning from the cellar, Jim sat down at the table and curled his lips into a smirk as he stared at
the lasagna Charlotte had made for him.



By some sheer, unknown force, he found himself picking up his fork and eating it.

He wanted to punish himself.

He wanted to punish himself for tolerating Charlotte for so long, for taking so long to see through her lies.
Truth be told, there had been a number of occasions when he caught a glimpse of Charlotte’s malicious,
true form. However, he had chosen to pretend he had not seen it. He naively believed that it had just
been a projection of her insecurities, and because of this, he had tried to love her and show her even
more affection in hopes that she would change after receiving the warmth and love she needed.






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