His Sweet Menace novel

---- Chapter 20 Since I refused to be the younger daughter of the Moores, Charles had to find another way. He was the only son of the Bowman family. Even though he was born with heart disease , he was still their heir. But having status alone wasn't enough. If he wanted to protect someone, he needed real power. So during that time, he became busier than ever. The sudden change naturally caught the Bowman family's attention.

I wasn't surprised when his mother , Freya Morgan, came looking for me.I followed her people and got into the car. Ihad met Freya before, back when I stayed with Charles for a while after his surgery. I guessed she already knew my real identity. That was why someone of her lofty status barely spared mea word. Maybe in her eyes, I was just a stand-in for Lilith and a plaything for Charles. She never thought I would capture Charles' heart, and only then did she realize something was wrong.

When I arrived at the Bowman residence, I saw Freya with Lilith, who was crying and clinging to her. ---- Freya completely ignored me. She didn't say much to me, but she was all gentle and caring toward Lilith. When Charles came back, Freya told Lilith to take me outside. We hid quietly behind the door. I watched Charles walk into the room and noticed the door was left slightly ajar on purpose. "Shayla, listen closely.

You'll know whether Charles really cares about you or is just playing you," Lilith said while wearing a smug look. Thad no choice but to listen to their conversation. "Charles, I'm glad to see you taking over the company. But as for your engagement, you chose Lilith yourself. You supported the Moore family and finally set an engagement in stone. "But now, you're dropping Lilith for an orphan.

I won't say much, but you know very well someone like her will never marry into the Bowman family." Freya's tone was dismissive. Charles sat across from her, looking every bit like he was born into power. "Mom, you're overthinking. She's only a plaything. I'm not marrying her. I'm just having some fun. Lots of men keep lovers after they marry." He sounded casual, as though I was merely a source of amusement. ---- "Charles, no woman truly accepts her husband keeping a mistress.

And if she ends up having an illegitimate child, what then?" By then, Charles was getting impatient . "I'll find a wife who can accept her." In his eyes, that was already a compromise. Find himself a wife who could accept me? "Shayla, you heard that, right? You're nothing but a plaything . You only moved him that night when you ran into the fire. He was never going to marry you," Lilith said smugly. I turned around and smiled at her. "You're smiling?" She thought she must've seen it wrong.

She expected me to be crying. When she looked at me again, I appeared devastated and staggered backward. "This can't be true..." Seeing me act like that, Lilith seemed satisfied and got up to leave. I hurried to block her at the stairs and grabbed her hand. "You're lying! Charles would never do this to me 0 "How did I lie to you? That's exactly what he said. Are