Hold On Mr.! Your Sweetheart is a Real Queen

Chapter 377: Chapter 405: Scars of Torment

"Edward Stephens, are you annoying?"

Her eyes were red as she glared at the face in front of her, her voice already hoarse.

"Edward Stephens, | don’t want to play with you today!"

The man looked at her, "Then what do you want to do?"

"lI want to sleep."

The man let out a light laugh, reached out to turn off the lamp, rudely pulled the blanket over both their heads,

and then tightly hugged her, "Alright, let's sleep. | doubt you can sleep now!"

It was she who was being toyed with by his family, so what was he angry about?

The next morning, Daisy Ginger, who was clearly a patient still recovering from serious injuries, was treated by

Edward Stephens as if she didn’t even deserve the treatment of an ordinary person.

After a simple breakfast, Daisy was alone at home, led outside by someone to bask in the sun in the courtyard.

Near the small villa where she lived, there was a beautiful garden, said to be designed by craftsmen invited by

Edward Stephens’ father from New York, modeled after New York's gardens, as a tenth wedding anniversary gift.

From any angle, one could sense that Edward Stephens’ parents were quite loving. Why then did such a normal

couple raise such strange children like Robert and Edward Stephens?

Daisy couldn't figure it out.

Daisy was being led by a servant to the garden in the woods to rest. After sitting under the shade of a tree for a

short while, she heard the voices of Lady Stephens and Charlotte Smith coming from the nearby pavilion.

"Charlotte, when are you planning to marry Robert?" Lady Stephens’s gentle voice cover. "You've been

engaged for a few years, right? Do you have any plans on when to have kids?"

Daisy was taken aback.

She didn’t expect that she would be so bold, daring to gossip even about Robert's matters.

The servants standing by quieted down and unconsciously straightened up.

"Sir still prioritizes his career over everything. Marriage, such a small matter, will likely be secondary."

"He's not getting any younger," Lady Stephens said. "Now that Edward is back, he doesn’t need to be as busy as

before. Your wedding should also be on the agenda. I'll mention it to Robert next t| see him, it’s not good to

keep postponing you either."

Charlotte Smith's voice tightened: "Madam, you don’t need to worry. I... will handle matters with the sir

ourselves."

It was rare to hear Charlotte speak so sharply; Lady Stephens’s words must have frightened her quite a bit.

Lady Stephens still chuckled innocently: "Charlotte, are you shy? Why is your face so red?"

"..." Daisy also listened silently, feeling speechless.

Probably not out of embarrassment, but rather out of anger...

Daisy listened as Charlotte Smith tried to dispel Lady Stephens’s attempts to match her with Robert. Charlotte's

gentle and reserved nature was so apparent that even her tone changed towards the end, permeated with a

deep sense of powerlessness.

In the end, it was Lady Stephens who magnanimously let her off, promising not to suggest to Robert that he

marries her.

Daisy could understand why Charlotte was so tense; marrying a scheming and terrifying man like Robert would

be worse than staying single for life. In his hands, who knows what might happen.

It finally quieted down over at the pavilion, and it seemed Lady Stephens and Charlotte Smith had left.

Daisy exhaled, feeling a bit hot from the sun. She patted her bottom under the tree’s shade and was about to

stand up when she heard the "rustle" of footsteps nearby - the sound of shoes on fallen leaves...

Daisy looked up and saw Charlotte Smith's exhausted figure walking over from a distance. She sighed as she

walked, seemingly worn out by Lady Stephens, and didn’t notice Daisy sitting under the shade. She slowly

walked to the nearby artificial stream and sat down.

Daisy could have left, until Charlotte Smith turned her back to her and began undressing.

"..." She paused, somewhat shocked to see Charlotte slowly remove her thin black shirt.

What was this habit?

When Daisy caught sight of the crisscrossing whip marks on her back, her breath caught.

Charlotte didn’t realize anyone was behind her. She leaned forward to wash her hands, then took out a bottle of

medicine from her pocket, poured a bit of powder into her palm, and applied it to the fresh wound on her

shoulder.

She seemed unaware of the pain, applying the hemostatic and bruise-reducing powder to her shoulder with

practiced ease. When the momentary sharp pain passed, she exhaled slowly and lowered her head to wash the

sweat off her face.

It was probably when she lowered her head that she finally noticed Daisy sitting under the tree’s shade behind

her. She abruptly stood and turned, cautious eyes landing on Daisy.

"..." Daisy also had no interest in exposing people’s shortcomings. What she saw today was purely accidental.

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"..." Charlotte pressed her lips together, her face taut upon seeing Daisy.

"I have no interest in the wounds on your body, you don’t need to mind."

Charlotte lowered her head, silently putting her clothes back on, slowly buttoning up with slightly damp fingers,

seemingly pondering what to say to her.

After a while, she finally said, "It’s my fault for not doing well today, | accepted the punishment willingly, it has

nothing to do with the sir."

Daisy rose from the shade, casually brushing off the dead leaves from her clothes, then responded with a simple,

"Oh."

Charlotte looked at her; rare, genuine emotions flickered on her face, somewhat conflicted and slightly

restrained as she asked, "What did you hear?"

Daisy tactfully replied, "I didn’t hear anything."

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