I had known early that Caroline wouldn't admit it.
She had worked so hard for so long just to make Patrick think highly of her. In that case, how could she let him change his perception of her and think badly of her so easily?
But I didn't care about this anymore. I looked at Patrick beside me and asked him, "Mr. Cowell, I wonder if you do mean what you said previously?"
I was just making a bet by asking him such a question.
It was not a bet on his feelings for me but a bet on his possessive desire for me.
Patrick looked at me with some hesitation.
Although I had told him what Caroline had said and what she had done just now, it was obvious that he wasn't completely convinced.
Women were very sensitive in this aspect. When Caroline saw Patrick's hesitation, she immediately became alert and asked me, "What did he say to you previously?"
"Guess it by yourself?"
I looked at Caroline and curled up the corner
of my mouth slightly. And my expression deliberately showed some mystery.
"What did you tell her?"
Caroline raised her head and looked at Patrick with an innocent look on her face as usual.
Even though her nose was being intensively taken care of, she didn't look miserable at all.
"It's..."
"Mr. Cowell." I looked at Patrick's hesitant expression, wondering if he would stand on my side. So I interrupted him first, "I don't want to be your wife. Nor do I need to put her in jail."
Patrick was a little surprised when he heard what I had said.
I went on, "As the saying goes, a lover is always the best." I paused and continued, "So, I want to be your lover. Is that okay, Mr. Cowell?"
Anyway, I believed Caroline's words.
If my child indeed was suffering after his decease, how could I let Caroline live a good life?
"What? What are you talking about?" It seemed that Caroline had been enlightened. So she grabbed Patrick's arm and said coquettishly, "Charlotte seems to be crazy. Judging from her look just now, she seemed to have been irritated. She is somewhat out of her mind."
"Yes. I'm crazy. Because you told me that the child I had with Mr. Cowell was being tortured after his death. In that case, it would be strange if I didn't go crazy!"
When I mentioned my child, I had to emphasize that he was Patrick's baby as well.
Even if he didn't have any feelings for my child, the child was biologically connected to him anyway.
As long as I keep saying that, he would be touched anyway.
"I didn't." Caroline pulled Patrick and said, "I indeed didn't do anything that cruel. I lost my child at that time. I used to be a mother-to-be back then!"
Caroline started to get excited as she spoke.
But at this time, no matter what she said, Patrick's expression was as indifferent as ever.
I calmly watched her go on her acting. When it was about time, I said, "Mr. Cowell, you can continue to marry her. I just want to be your lover and stay by your side. Is that okay?"
"Charlotte Archer! Shame on you!"
My words finally irritated Caroline!
She rushed to me as if she had gone crazy, intending to hit me!
Just as I was about to dodge her, a strong back suddenly appeared in front of me!
I raised my head and saw Patrick standing between Caroline and me with his back to me and his face to Caroline.
"Patrick, are, are you helping her? Have you forgotten what she had done? She's so scheming. Could it be that you have been deceived by her as well? Could it be that for someone as kind as me, they would all end up like this?"
Caroline started to talk incoherently.
But I was surprised that she claimed herself to be kind.
Her words amused me.
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