Bride of Retribution: Aloof Billionaire's Dominant Game
Chapter 136 - 103 I’m not playing with fire, I’m playing you_5

Chapter 136: 103 I’m not playing with fire, I’m playing you_5

He wouldn’t let her find him, so she wasn’t going to let him find her either.

It sounded a bit like a tongue twister, but Charlotte was silently reciting it in her heart, determined not to go back first this time.

In fact, no matter how smart a woman is, once she falls into the mire of emotions, she becomes no different from an average woman.

The Miller Family was not at peace because Luna was smashing things. She was finally able to be discharged from the hospital, and her injuries were almost fully healed, except for the scars on her face that would require surgery in the United States.

The fact that she could smash things proved that Luna was really better, which was somewhat comforting.

"Mom, good evening..." Charlotte decided to put Atlas Hallow’s inexplicable disappearance behind her and go home to have a good reunion with her mom.

"Ning-Ning, why don’t you look well? I simmered some fish maw soup tonight, have more of it," Freya Morgon gently caressed Charlotte’s little face and smiled tenderly. Thankfully, this little daughter handled things so perfectly, and she felt relieved.

"I’ve been a bit overworked recently, but I’ve always been in good health, so don’t worry, Mom. How’s Luna doing?" After repeatedly cleaning up Luna’s messes, Charlotte no longer liked to call Luna her sister, but directly called her by name.

It’s not that she was distressed about the money spent, nor that she didn’t respect Luna, who was a few years older than her, she just couldn’t bear the title of "sister" because Luna was more childish than a child.

She seduced Atlas Hallow, and when he wasn’t swayed, she thought there was something wrong with him. She wanted to invest fifty million in a film company, to become a shareholder and make money, even to swallow that fifty million because Atlas Hallow is her brother-in-law and the money is nothing to him. But she would never understand that for a man like Atlas Hallow, if he doesn’t pursue the matter, five hundred million wouldn’t be a problem, but if he wants to pursue it, even a dime taken from him would have to be repaid with interest. Luna’s ideas were so naive that Charlotte was left speechless.

"Of course, not very well, the scars on her face are still there. I’ve dismantled all the mirrors in her room. Sigh..." Freya Morgon sighed deeply and softly said, "Once your father returns, we’ll leave together. Perhaps we really need to move to another place, but leaving you alone, Ning-Ning..."

"Mom, Atlas treats me well, so you don’t have to worry about me staying here. I’ll fly over to see you often, the flight is just a few hours." Charlotte held her mother’s hand for comfort. She knew that not only was Luna having a hard time, but her mother was having an even harder time.

Her mother was a woman who would never have a hysterical outburst, and that made it tougher for her. She constantly suppressed her emotions, maintaining a facade of calm and elegance. Her good upbringing since young ensured she never raised her voice, yet her mother had always been a wise woman.

She was reluctant to leave. Although Charlotte hadn’t said some things outright, she knew her mother understood and thus unhesitantly followed Charlotte’s arrangements, even selling the family estate.

"Charlotte, come upstairs..." The mother and daughter had not finished talking when a sharp, piercing voice came from upstairs. It was Luna’s voice.

Charlotte gave a bitter smile. She was self-aware that when Luna called her up, it wasn’t to thank her for cleaning up the car accident mess.

Sure enough...

"Tell me, what are you really up to? You actually conspired with Mom to sell everything at home, intending to send us all abroad, where’s the money?" Luna seemed to be going mad, angrily shouting while pacing back and forth in the room like an extremely agitated lioness.

"I will give all the money to Dad." How sad. She had advanced a hundred and fifty thousand for Luna, and because the driver eventually escaped danger and was not seriously harmed, Charlotte had given an additional fifty thousand, saying it was for the truck driver to take a longer rest, really just wanting to buy peace of mind with money.

But it wasn’t her who hit the person, so why did she need to buy peace of mind? It was simply because Luna was her sister, and she couldn’t bear it.

"If we’re to count the money, the money left from selling everything was for Dad and Mom to enjoy their old age. This money isn’t yours or mine; we have no right to intervene. What I want to settle with you is what you owe me." If life’s lessons weren’t enough to make Luna understand, Charlotte didn’t mind educating this wayward sister a bit.

"Hospital fees, yours and the truck driver’s, and his wife’s, I spent about three hundred and ninety thousand in total, including a hundred and fifty thousand in compensation, totaling a hundred and eighty-nine thousand. I’ll forgo the change; just give me a hundred and eighty thousand." Charlotte sat on the heart-shaped red chair in Luna’s room, speaking every word with weight.

"Charlotte, are you crazy? You’re actually asking me for money. After marrying Atlas Hallow, you still want to ask me for over a hundred thousand?" Luna looked at Charlotte, exclaiming as if she had seen a ghost.

"Marrying Atlas Hallow didn’t mean marrying money. This one eighty-nine million is my personal money, not his. Even if it were his, shouldn’t you repay me? Sister, there’s no such thing as a free lunch in this world, not even between sisters..." Asking for money wasn’t her initial intention. If Luna hadn’t mentioned the Miller Family’s money today, she wouldn’t have brought this up, but Luna’s attitude really hurt her.

She had wholeheartedly supported the Miller Family, yet was suspected by Luna, and that felt terrible.

"Are you trying to give me some soul-searching pep talk? Overdose on that stuff and you’ll get poisoned. Charlotte, we’re no longer on the same path. Marrying Atlas Hallow, you wouldn’t understand how I feel now..." Luna suddenly quieted down, looking at her own reflection in the window with a somewhat wan smile.

"You chose not to marry, and if you enjoy the sense of security brought by material and money, actually Dad and Mom already chose the life you wanted, it’s just that you didn’t want it. Atlas Hallow wasn’t someone I took from you. Sister, we don’t have different paths; it’s just that you took a detour." Luna’s scarred face looked pitiful, making Charlotte’s heart soften, and her tone became gentle.

"Charlotte, lend me fifty million more, I won’t go to the United States. I want to stay and continue with my cultural communication company. Someone’s looking to collaborate with me now..." Luna hadn’t finished speaking when Charlotte stood up: "Stop, someone’s interested in working with you because you’re easy to deceive, you need to go to the United States."

Charlotte was about to go crazy, lending her another sum of money to be tricked?

"Atlas Hallow will lend it to me." Luna gave a flippant smile: "Since we’re no longer on the same path, let’s see who walks further successfully."