As the first ray of light crept through the window, the alarm clock on the nightstand suddenly sprang to life, shattering the peaceful silence. It's ear-piercing sound echoed in the room, jolting Charlotte awake from her deep slumber

Charlotte's POV

I groggily opened my eyes, blinking away the traces of my pleasant dream. The alarm clock's LED display assaulted my vision, reading '6:00AM' in the bold red numbers. My body was heavy with sleep, so I reached over to silence the alarm

As the sound stopped, I collapsed back onto my bed, letting out a frustrated sigh. I rubbed my eyes and with a reluctant groan, I tossed off the covers and swung my legs over the side of the bed, my feet dangling in the morning air

My thoughts began to clear and reality set in : Another day had begun



Ethan's POV :-

I leaned at my swivel chair, my mind racing with the thoughts of the case, which I'm solving right now, My eyes scan every word visible on the documents in my hand. I analysed all the things printed on the paper but it looks like enigma doesn't allow me to enclose it's secrets

I let out a frustrated sigh, rubbing my palm against my face. Sealing my eyes, I resemble all the meanderings in my mind, penetrating into the case more deeply

Just when the door creaked open . I open my eyes heading back to reality and gesturing my thoughts to fly along with the warm breezes of air conditioner

"Dude, I have to inform you about something important" Andre says while making his way to sit on the chair before me



Charlotte's POV:-

"Charley come fast, I'm waiting outside" Lia says and hangs up the call. Ok, so I'm finally done with my hair, These strands look good with me so I should leave it open

I look at myself, I'm wearing a tailored navy blue pantsuit which is highlighting my hourglass body, with a crisp white blouse

The fitted jacket is emphasising my shoulders and a slim silver watch that adorned my wrist

My hairs are styled in a sleek, low bun, showcasing my face and hazel green eyes. A subtle hint of makeup enhanced my natural features, defining my brows and adding a soft glow to my cheeks

"Wait, something is still missing" I look around and "here!" I found it. Simple yet elegant silver earrings, now it's completing my polished look with a pair of YSL heels which is going perfect with my business attire

"Where the hell are you?! We are getting late?!" A sudden yell, made me jolted me from my thoughts. "Coming" I say taking a last glance at my perfect outfit. And rush towards the door

Now I'm ready to tackle the challenges of today's meeting, so I can do it !

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I knock at the door in hesitation, and take a deep breath that is signalling my heart to calm down, Lia pats my shoulders, knowing well how nervous I must be being right now. Just when a 'click' voice makes me jolt

Only for me to choke in air after the door opened, and the man in front of me came into realisation

"Ethan??!!" Lia yelled near my ears, the voice was enough for my ears to be torn apart. I cannot take my eyes off of him

Is he really him or am I just dreaming. Just when he stretches his towards me asking me for a handshake

With trembling hands, I touch his palm with my fingers, his touch made shivers run down my spine. "Hello I'm Ethan Francois, France's famous lawyer" he says with a soft smile

I just look blankly at him in disbelief, cause till now I was so excited to meet the lawyer but my excitement got shattered into million pieces when I got to know that 'HE' is the lawyer we were going to meet. If I knew that he is the lawyer, I could never have come here but now what should I do, keep my hatre a side and seek to solve the case of my mother or think of all the words that escaped through his lips that night

"Come inside, Ms. Charlotte Carter" He says geturing me to come inside. But I ignore his words and turn towards Lia "Lia, you go and wait in the car, I'm coming in two minutes"

Lia opens her mouth to protest but shuts when her eyes meet my stern gaze and she quietly turns to move. Then I turn to him, and looking straight at him I walk towards him, in full bossy attitude, I feel like 'That 's like my gurl'

Anyways, I stand before him not in a mood to break an eye contact with him but surely in a mood to break his bones today. I look at him with all rage and say "What do you want from me? You only said that you don't want to see my face again, then why did you agree to take the case? I don't want you, I will handle this case alone" In the last line I finally breakdown and yell at him

He smirks and he steadily starts taking steps in my direction. I get scared and take a few steps back

Wait. What am I just doing? No, I can't be scared of him

He comes more close to me but this time I stand still and don't move. Why should I move? Im not scared of that scumbag

He comes near and in one second he pulls me by my waist and whispers in my ear "You cannot be alone ,Even If I die then I will ghost you but won't leave YOU alone" his hot breaths were working like magical air who were trying to take control over me

I just close my eyes, and try to relax. His words were echoing in my mind repeatedly

You can't be alone even if I die

I will ghost you but won't leave you alone

I hastily open my eye lids as I notice that he is gradually backing off. But his intense gaze was stuck on me

He goes and sits crossed arm on his chair, with one leg on the other. He takes a near by pen and start spinning it "Please sit, Ms. Violet". I gasp in shock hearing the last word that escaped through his lips. At college time he used to call me violet cause my birthday is in February, but he still remembers it ? I stared blankly at him. Noticing my expressions, a knowing grin forms on his face "What happened, Violet? You really thought that it's been 7 years so I must have forget about everything"

He then gets up and walks near me he pulls's the chair and gesture me to sit. And, at last admitting my defeat I finally sat on the chair

He then went back to his chair and said in a sarcastic tone "I remember everything about you, Violet. EACH and EVERY detail of YOU" he put more efforts on the words each, every and you

"What do you really want!? You only said that you don't want to see my face then what happened now? Huh?, Now suddenly why do you want me?" I said in a calm but demanding voice

"Because now I want you, I want everything of you, I want only and only YOU" he says with serious expressions

"But why? What happened suddenly ?" Ok so now I'm being a bit emotional. No, no, no, Charlotte you have to stay strong

"It's just.." he stops in the mid way as if he is loss of words "just what? Say?" He takes a deep breath and continues "I want to make things right between us, it's just a misunderstanding that I want to clear among us" he says in one go but his eye lids were down as if he was trying to avoid eye-contact

"A misunderstanding? You want to make everything right? Mr. Francois you can't make anything right which is already ruined" I state and get up to leave just when I heard him saying "It is not what you think, the words that I said that night-" I cut him off before he could complete "Yes that words were right, I'm sorry I didn't know I was coming in the way of your success, don't worry Mr. Francois after this you won't need to see my face again" I exclaimed, storming out

I can hear him calling out my name again and again but this time I won't stop, a tear escapes through my eyes but I quickly wipe it away. And walk towards my car

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