Spoiled By The CEO: Why The Wife Is Kinda Sweet? novel Chapter 332

James smiled and held her, patting her back.

“If you really want to thank me, next time you see Dad, stop butting heads with him from now on. You’re not a child anymore; you’re a mother yourself. It’s time you wised up a bit.”

Victoria felt her heart ache and her nose grow sour as she nodded, eyes red.

James had snuck back midway, and he was still rushing to meet people at the hotel, so he didn’t stay long. He exchanged a few more words with Victoria and left.

With the contract in hand and to avoid the old man coming back and finding out in the night – therefore starting another argument – Victoria wasn’t about to linger at home. She packed up her things and got ready to leave.

Unexpectedly, just as she finished packing, a servant called from outside the door, “Guest for you, madam.”

She blinked, not sure who would come for her at this hour in Julio.

She’d come back in secret and hadn’t shown her face in daytime, so even most of the guests didn’t know she was back.

Besides, she’d kept things low-profile this time. Even her old friends and classmates shouldn’t have known.

As she wondered, a heavy series of footsteps came from outside.

Followed by a few light knocks.

Victoria hadn’t thought that they’d bring them straight to her room. She frowned, displeased, and got ready to open the door, but it opened on its own. A familiar figure appeared in the doorway.

Victoria’s eyes widened.

Charlie?

What was he doing here?

Blast!

Victoria’s eyes darted up and she rushed over, pulling the door shut before the man could enter.

But it was too late.

His hand clutched the door by the side and with only a bit of force, he pushed it open.

“Charlie? Have you gone mad? What are you doing here at a time like this?”

Victoria was going frantic.

Charlie didn’t speak.

He pushed his way inside, still looking as cool and collected as ever, his cold gaze falling on her.

His stare made Victoria feel strangely unsure.

No one had known that she’d come back to Julio other than Helen and Natalia.

So she’d naturally hid it from him as well.

Vicky was only back for a short while and had returned to Othua a while ago. As her junior, Charlie obviously had to escort her.

So, before he’d gone, he’d told her to stay at the mansion without going anywhere before he came back.

Unexpectedly, the moment he left, she’d come running back.

It was clear with Charlie’s temper how angry he’d be this time.

But Victoria didn’t think she was at fault!

She had her own things to deal with, and he wasn’t her master, so why did she have to listen to him completely?

Thinking of that, she raised her head to him.

Then she heard the man’s cold voice, “I’ve come here from so far away, so aren’t you going to let me sit down?”

Victoria didn’t have a rebuttal for that.

She could only turn around and let him in.

Inside, Charlie didn’t rush to speak, and examined the décor of the room slowly.

It was luxurious and cozy inside.

As the only daughter of the Kaur family, Victoria naturally had the love of her father and brother, so even without a mother, she didn’t have it worse than any girl with a complete family.

Charlie looked over the scene for a while and walked to the bedside sofa, sitting down.

Victoria felt inexplicably nervous. Considering that this was the Kaur household and anyone could come back and reveal his identity, she grew even more nervous.

After falling silent for a while, she prepared herself and stammered, “So what brings you here?”

Charlie’s lips parted. “Do you really not know why I’ve come?”

Victoria didn’t dare look him in the eyes. Lowering her head, she said quietly, “How should I know.”

“Ha!” The man laughed, his laughter quite frigid.

Victoria panicked as he laughed.

For this time, he’d stayed close to her and the baby. Even though his temper hadn’t been the best, but overall, he hadn’t treated her too badly.

Sometimes, he’d even given her the illusion that they’d gone back to those short, happy days from years ago.

So she did feel somewhat guilty for leaving without saying anything.

Charlie kept his face cold as he muttered, “If I didn’t come over to look for you this time, were you really prepared to just leave like that and never come back?”

Victoria’s heart wavered along with his words.

She lifted her head slightly and looked at his glacial features, where a bit of anger was gathering.

And she felt herself grow even more unsure.

“No. Joy is back there, and I have to go back.”

“So it’s just for the child?”

“…”

Faced with the man’s interrogation, she didn’t know how to reply.

None of her answers seemed right.

A nameless sense of bitterness spread across her chest.

“What else? Why else would I go back, Mr. Peck?”

Charlie chuckled lowly.

“Fine. Seems like I’ve been too nice to you these days, Victoria. You’ve forgotten who and what you are!”

Victoria’s expression changed.

The next second, her chin had been grabbed and her entire body was pressed up against the door.

Charlie’s eyes were dark as he glared at her, as if he wanted to devour her whole. His teeth were gritted. “If not for the fact that you were the baby’s mother, you have no idea how many times you would have died already.”

Pain jolted up her chin as Victoria began to explain.

But a brief pause later, she changed the topic.

She looked up at him determinedly. “Yes. I deserve to die in your eyes. I betrayed you and lied to you. But if that’s the case, why did you come back to me?”

Charlie floundered.

Victoria smiled bitterly. “I’ll admit that I was at fault five years ago. But I should have given back enough during those five years! Now, you know full well your Stevenson family can’t accept me, so can you leave them for me? Can you give up the Stevensons and everything they stand for? You can’t! See, that’s the biggest issue between us. I’m aware what type of person I am and what my identity is. That night, you came to me on your own, but left me to deal with all the consequences myself! I lost everything just for loving you, Charlie Peck! My career, my life, my family! And you? You’re still the high and mighty young master of the Stevenson family. You’re still the head of the Stevenson enterprise. You can still stand up tall in the spotlight. If we really got together, the only chip I have is your love. But if I lose it one day, what do I have? You go on and on that I shouldn’t have left you, Charlie, but have you thought about why I left? I’m tired of it all. I’m begging you, let me go! Let me go free, and let yourself go free too!”