Secretary's Secret Lover
Chapter 554 What Is It About Him?

Chapter 554: Chapter 554 What Is It About Him?

Her hands were covered in sweat, and she almost couldn’t hold the scissors.

Finally, she aimed the scissors at the yellow fuse, closed her eyes, and was about to cut it.

Behind her, there was a sudden roar of anger.

"What are you doing?"

Then she heard another sound.

"Clank!"

The sound was clear and crisp.

A black shadow flashed, and the man grabbed the scissors and threw them to the ground.

Yvette raised her eyes and looked over. His handsome and refined face was filled with anger, which rarely happened.

"You?" She frowned.

"Who else?" Charlie’s tone was unkind and sarcastic.

Seeing that Yvette didn’t say anything, Charlie said unfriendly, "Tell me. Who else do you think will save you other than me?"

Charlie thought, due to a series of events at the venue, I left early in anger.

On my way back, my men reported to me those fishy incidents.

I was informed that Colton had been arrested. That was not surprising.

After Lance’s identity was revealed, of course, Colton would be arrested.

Colton took the place where he didn’t belong, and he even tried to grab the Wolseley family’s assets. What’s more, he killed Mike.

No matter what, Colton would be arrested.

And I’m not worried about those minor mistakes I made. I’m sure Colton will take the blame.

In any case, if I lose, I still have those properties Colton left abroad. I don’t have to worry about that.

I don’t give a damn what kind of punishment Colton will receive.

A useless loser like him isn’t worth my time.

I’ll just get him a lawyer and leave the rest to fate.

However, when my men told me that Lance had transferred all the guests and even cleared out the hotel, I knew immediately that something was wrong.

Thinking back to the recent events, I’ve always felt that Lance wasn’t simply trying to bring down Colton and me. He had some other agenda.

So, I immediately made inquiries with my foreign spies and learned of Rod’s visit to New York.

In an instant, I realized that Lance’s final attack was to take down Rod.

Colton and I were nothing compared to Rod.

I’ve heard that Rod is good at using explosives, so, this time, there will be explosives.

I didn’t get it. Why would Lance risk so much to offend someone like Rod?

But I didn’t have time to think, because it came to me that Yvette was still in the hotel.

In an instant, I had the driver turn the car around. Before the exit linked to the parking space B2F was blown up, I had already entered.

Rosewood Hotel’s owner and I were close friends, so he naturally told me about the secret passage here.

I used the secret passage to evade Rod’s men. After that, I searched everywhere. Finally, I found her sneaking here.

As soon as I got close to her, I saw her doing something that scared the crap out of me!

She’s got a lot of nerve. She dares to cut the fuse of a bomb without the slightest knowledge of explosives.

Is she brave or stupid?

Yvette asked, "Where did you come from?"

"The second floor underground."

Knowing that he entered through the entrance, Yvette instantly lost interest. Such a piece of information wasn’t worth telling Braxton.

She reached out to pick up the pair of scissors, and Charlie saw that.

His expression turned cold as he kicked the pair of scissors away.

"Are you crazy? Do you want to die?"

Yvette looked at the pair of scissors that had been kicked far away. She thought, I’m already pregnant, and I’m now exhausted after all the climbing up and down. And now he’s making things worse!

I’m furious.

"Charlie, please leave. Don’t stand in my way."

"Hey, woman, can you be more ungrateful? I came to save you out of kindness. Instead of being grateful, you are talking to me like that?"

Charlie’s elegant face was completely sullen, and his tone was very cold. He felt that Yvette was supposed to be grateful to him.

However, Yvette asked, "How did you know I was here?"

In an instant, Charlie was speechless.

He didn’t know what to say.

Yvette was extremely clear-headed and clever. She immediately thought of something and asked, "Did my transfer have anything to do with you?"

To this point, Charlie didn’t bother to continue to pretend anymore. He crossed his arms and leaned against the wall.

"Yes. It’s me."

He said without guilt, "In my defense, it was your ex-husband who was about to get married. How could you not be there?"

Yvette was speechless for a second.

She had no idea that Charlie was the chief culprit who caused her to be trapped here!

"Charlie, what did I do to you in my previous life? You tricked me here and locked me in the hotel room. Do you have any idea that I was almost killed by that pervert?"

Charlie didn’t say anything.

He rarely saw her being so furious. Usually, she was either aloof or ignored him.

In his eyes, she was actually adorable when she was mad.

He instantly wondered if there was something wrong with him.

He thought, I used to want her to be mine, but now, as long as she is willing to talk to me, that’s enough.

I’m hopeless.

"Go away!" Yvette was about to flip out.

She didn’t want to say a word to him at all.

Seeing that her face turned pale because of anger, he explained, "I didn’t have anyone lock you in the room. I don’t take the blame for things I didn’t do."

She thought, other than Charlie, Juliette was the only one who saw me.

It won’t surprise me if it is Juliette. After all, she and Charlie are a great match. They are a pair of weirdos.

Both of them can always irritate others easily. See? Charlie set himself up as a hero to save me.

In fact, if it weren’t for him, I wouldn’t have been trapped here in the first place.

Yvette took a few deep breaths to calm down and asked him, "You said that you could get me out. How?"

She wanted to know some useful clues from him so that she could tell Braxton. In such a way, the Secret Service agents could come in.

Unexpectedly, he glanced at her warily. "Why? Do you want to tell others to save that man?"

Yvette knew that Charlie hated Lance’s guts. She was part of the reason, yet the main reasons were Lance’s identity and Charlie’s unwillingness and resentment.

She thought, it’s possible that Charlie might plot against Lance. He will never tell me how to save Lance.

Even if Charlie tells me, I have to analyze whether it’s a trap.

After thinking of that, Yvette did not ask Charlie anything anymore.

She went straight to pick up the scissors on the ground.

Charlie was stunned. He thought, is she nuts?

Does she think she is immortal?

How dare she cut the bomb’s fuse?

He stretched out his hand, wanting to stop her, but she held the scissors while facing him. "Don’t come over!"

Charlie instantly pulled a long face.

He wanted to save her, yet she was stupid enough to confront him with the pair of scissors in her hand.

He sneered, "Do you think you can hurt me with that tiny pair of scissors?"

He suppressed his anger and threatened, "Yvette, I only have so much patience. Either be good and come with me, or I knock you out and make you come with me!"

"Charlie, are you serious about getting me out of here?" Yvette asked him.

"Then after that, where do you want to take me? Will you let me go home?"

He was stunned and did not answer.

"Let me answer for you," she said. "You won’t.

"Charlie, you have nothing left in New York. So, the purpose of getting me out of here is to take me all the way across the ocean and find a place where no one can find me to confine me, right?"

Charlie still did not speak.

There was no point in lying when they were alone.

Besides, he didn’t want to put on a disguise when facing her.

"Charlie, don’t you know who you are?"

Yvette mocked, "You are always a shrewd egoist. You always do things your way, regardless of others. You can even coerce people if necessary."

Yvette knew Charlie very well, and her comments were nothing but accurate.

The expression on his face changed several times, and then he turned cold again.

"Is he different from me?"

He sneered, "Yvette, men are all the same, you know? Every man wants something. Didn’t he cause a series of trouble when seeing you and me getting close in the past? He is just possessive of you. Only women like you are stupid enough to think it is love."

Charlie concluded, "Actually, for us men, love and possessiveness are the same."

After he finished, Yvette told him, "No. He is different from you. He is different from many men."

Yvette did not want to explain to him. There were many things he might not understand even if she explained.

Charlie could never get rid of his stubbornness.

His personality may have something to do with what happened to him in his childhood, but whatever he went through, it couldn’t be a reason for him to turn rotten and set others up.

The reason why human beings evolved into the highest primate was because of their wisdom, devotion, love, and other countless virtues.

If most people set others up and persecuted others because of their own displeasure and certain sufferings, then mankind wouldn’t have been able to create such a long history.

Mankind would have been already extinct because of selfishness and darkness.

"Charlie, I’m warning you. You may leave now. If you try to stop me..."

Yvette paused, raised the scissors in her hand, and told him in a determined and clear tone.

"You are right. I can’t hurt you with this tiny pair of scissors, and I don’t have enough strength. But the second you charge towards me, I will cut the fuse. Feel free to stay if you want to risk your life with me."

When Yvette was talking, she looked especially calm.

It was as if she was not going to use the scissors to cut the bomb fuse, but to use the scissors to trim some plants.

Charlie was completely stunned.

He knew she was serious through her determined eyes.

In a split second, great jealousy overwhelmed him, making him burn.

"Tell me, what is it about him that’s worth you doing this?

"Even though his marriage is a fake, I don’t believe that you weren’t hurt at all!" His anger was about to rip him apart.

He thought, why?

Why can’t she treat me like that?

We are both men, and I believe I have made the same amount of sacrifice as Lance.

Today is a perfect example. I came back for her, even though I knew there were explosives.

I risked my life for her as much as he did. What is the difference between us?

"Of course, I was hurt," Yvette admitted without hesitation.

Even now, when she thought back to the situation she had been in a while ago, her heart still ached.

But after Frankie told her everything, she could no longer hate Lance.

She thought, Lance has been in poor health. However, he has been struggling to fight with so many people for my sake.

He withdrew the will and added conditions more favorable to me.

He dealt with Colton and Charlie simply to gain benefits for me and the baby.

He even risked his life to set up a trap to capture the notorious Rod.

The purpose of everything he has done is plain and simple.

I am the reason.

I realized after the last time Rod said those words with his tone changed in the car.

I will never live a safe life until the wicked man is brought to justice.

He wants to kill a lot of people, including me. If he thinks of me one day and decides to do it, then I’ll be in danger.

Therefore, the last thing that Lance did was to personally capture Rod.

The reason why Lance had a wedding with Juliette was to make Rod put down his guard and feel that I was no longer someone important to Lance.

Frankie told me his theory on the phone earlier.

I am convinced by various events that Lance does intend to do so.

Yvette raised her head and looked at Charlie in front of her, who looked confused. She told him, "He has done things in a way that he thinks is the best for me. I found them unacceptable. However, I get him.

"He didn’t selfishly let me make a choice, and he didn’t morally kidnap me using love as an excuse. I might never know what he has done for me in my entire life, yet he did it anyway.

"All he ever wants is for me and the baby to be safe, which is the biggest reassurance for him.

"Anything I have just said is worth it for me to do this for him."

As a man, at the last moment, Lance was still trying his best to protect the woman he loved and his baby.

Yvette could say with certainty that he was a qualified husband and father.

He had already done enough with his sick body.

It was now her turn to do something for him.

Charlie’s expression seemed to have been frozen.

For a moment, he felt like a misfit clown who had tried to squeeze into Lance and Yvette’s world, only to be kicked out.

There had never been a moment when he realized so clearly that he was going to lose her.

No, that statement wasn’t accurate.

He never had her.

And he may never have her.

He felt nothing left inside his heart. He was not convinced, but he didn’t have any choice.

She was right. He could not do the things she said.

Because he, Charlie Raison, was never the dedicated type.