A Contract Marriage After a ONS novel Chapter 1647

Deeply touched, Charlie hugged Mckenzie tightly. He had so much to say, but when he opened his mouth, only one word came out. "Mom!"

"Don't get too excited. I must warn you at the outset that I'm not making concessions to her. I'm doing this for Eaton's sake, but I still have a lot of grudges against her."

"I'm positive she’ll grow on you. Actually, her bark is worse than her bite. You'll see that once you get more acquainted with her.

Mckenzie made no reply to his words.

"You were married to her for several years. How could I not have gotten acquainted with her well enough? You don't have to put in good words for her. Nothing will change my opinions of her.

"Also, Bella's a good girl. Since you've made up your mind, you should stop wasting her time. I'm saying this because I don't want her to wait for you in vain any longer."

Charlie opened his mouth and was just about to speak when Bella walked inside, bags in hand. She brought a lot of gifts with her.

The look in Charlie's eyes flickered. He glanced from Mckenzie to Bella before he said candidly, "You need to stop visiting this place."

Bella's smile froze on her face at his words.

Even her slightly bent upper body stiffened. She couldn't understand what he meant.

"Like I said, nothing can stop me from getting back with Grace. I've never thought of giving up, and I should never have said any of those words to you. Please allow me to apologize to you.

"If you keep doing this, she'll misunderstand. In these circumstances, I can’t afford to allow any misunderstanding or accident to happen between me and her. Also, you and I should put an end to the mistake between us."

Charlie put it in an explicit and blunt way.

Bella didn't speak. Instead, she looked at Mckenzie.

"You're a good girl, and it's indeed not Grace but you who's my favorite, but my son's made up his mind, and then there's also Eaton. It's true I don't like Grace, but the odds are still in favor of her.

"Previously I kept thinking of letting you stay by Charlie's side, for if he failed to get back with Grace, he'd still have you, but now I've realized it's indeed very unfair to you.

"A misfortune has befallen on your mother's leg, and your father's in reduced circumstances too. Yesterday 1 saw your parents. I don't have the heart to keep being so cruel to you, so please go and find your own path. Let go of your obsession."

The speaker was Mckenzie.

"I love him. I'm not afraid of waiting. I can wait as long as it takes. I really can!" Bella was insistent.

"There are circumstances in which you need to know where the limit is. It'd be best if you know when to let go, but if you don't, I'll show you I have my own ways of dealing with things."

Bella felt a throb in her heart as if it were being ripped apart. Was it really necessary for them to put it this way?

"Women can't afford to wait that long, and women's youth is too short, so you need to understand why I'm doing this, Bella, though I also hope you'll wait and my son will change his mind.

"But there's no telling if any of those will happen. It all depends on the divine will. If your paths are meant to cross again, you two will be together—"

Mckenzie still wanted to smooth things over.

But Charlie interrupted her, "It's getting late. I'll have my chauffeur drive her home."

With that he grabbed Bella by the arm and strong-armed her out of the Morgan family's villa.