Will You Marry Me, My Ex-Wife? novel Chapter 2059

Because of this, Charlotte had no choice but to feign sorrow and guilt so that Jim would believe her if she claimed that Shelly's death was an accident.

However, no matter how thought out her plan was, Jim could see right through her.

He furrowed his brows and removed her hand from his shirt coldly. "Charlotte, I don’t care what you think; there's only one thing I have to say to you.

"Roanne had kidnapped Shelly because of you, and you volunteered to save Shelly today. If anything happens to her, our relationship will end right here. Do you understand?"

Jim's cold voice and even colder attitude made Charlotte's heart sink.

She bit her lip tearfully but still nodded in agreement. "Alright... I promise you, Jim... I promise you that I'll bring Shelly home safe and sound!"

"Remember what you said." Jim did not intend to waste any more of his time talking to her and instead stood up. "There are only two hours left, so you'd better get ready now."

Charlotte bit her lip as she slumped onto the ground limply. As she watched him leave, the regret and sorrow in her eyes were gradually replaced with malice.

What went wrong?

Jim clung to her every word just days ago. She was everything to him and the only person that mattered.

Had the drug's effects worn off?

Or had Roanne plotted this since the start and did not feed Jim all of the medicine because she had been devising her betrayal since the beginning?

Jim furrowed his brows when he noticed that Charlotte did not move and immediately turned to glance at her. As he did so, his gaze met her cold, malicious stare.

He furrowed his brows as surprise flashed across his face.

He had never seen Charlotte look so cruel before.

How could the kind, honest girl he knew suddenly become such a deceitful, cruel person?

Then, without giving Jim another glance, she turned