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Chapter 2 Pushed to the Brink!

Michael immediately recognized the voice. He swiftly turned around and saw Charlotte standing in the rain.

She was completely drenched, hunched over with her hands on her knees, her chest trembling, and breathing heavily. Her white base-layer shirt stuck tightly to her chest.

She looked extremely disheveled!

Seeing her in such a state, Michael felt like he had been struck in the heart. Without caring about anything else, he quickly ran towards Charlotte, feeling as though he would give up everything for her.

"Charlotte, why are you here?"

Slap! He felt her hand connect to his cheek.

"Are you even a man? I have given everything for this family, and in return, I get your suspicion. Have you lost all sense of conscience?" Charlotte's eyes turned red, her lips trembling with anger.

Michael covered his face and looked at her furious appearance, a smile gradually forming at the corners of his mouth.

He knew that he had a family again. She had come to find him and bring him back home.

"We'll settle the score later!"

Charlotte glared fiercely at Michael and quickly walked towards the men in suits. As soon as she realized that it was a top-level Rolls-Royce with a capital city license plate, her delicate body trembled, and her face turned pale.

Goodness! This guy is truly crazy! He dared to fight and kick the bodyguards of a big shot from the capital city! Isn't he afraid of being stomped to death?

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. My husband is a bit traumatized and has some mental issues. I apologize on his behalf and hope you can forgive us."

Charlotte hurriedly bowed to Jonathan to apologize.

"Ahem, it's alright," Jonathan smiled and waved his hand. "It's normal for young people to argue, but young lady, can you please not hit your husband?"

"Huh?"

Charlotte was stunned!

"I apologize for the trouble."

Charlotte lowered her head in shame.

"It's alright. Go home with your husband and discuss things properly. Remember not to engage in domestic violence."

Jonathan advised, and then his entourage handed an umbrella to Charlotte before the three cars left the scene.

Phew!

Charlotte let out a sigh of relief and came to Michael with the umbrella. She stared at him in frustration, saying, "Look, this is the magnanimity of the big shots in the capital city. Now look at your behavior! Blocking their way and even daring to hit their bodyguards. They only let it slide because of who they are. Otherwise, a few blows from them and you’d end up in the hospital for weeks."

"Well... I... didn't mean to."

Michael didn't know what to say. He couldn't possibly tell her that the old man was the Anderson family's butler, and he didn't leave until Michael resorted to violence.

"Hmph!"

Charlotte snorted. "Hurry up and take the umbrella. Come with me to the Hilton and get the car. Do you still want to embarrass yourself here?"

Michael muttered "okay" thrice, took the umbrella from her, and left while facing numerous puzzled gazes.

...

"Do you think I'm trying to make you a cuckold?"

After taking a shower at the hotel, drying her clothes, and heading back, Charlotte said with a blank expression.

"When I saw you just as the door opened, there was a split second when I thought so, but I quickly dismissed that thought. I believe you're not that kind of person."

Michael focused on driving, his tone calm. After three years of being together, he knew Charlotte well.

"Then why did you say those things?"

"I just hope you can be happy and not be ridiculed by others. It's unfair to you."

"If you had such thoughts, you should have taken practical actions to shut up those people instead of giving up on yourself. It only makes me think less of you."

If that incident hadn't happened and Michael hadn't said those words, Charlotte might never have known. She had hated Michael for three years, even dreamed of divorcing him. But when Michael truly wanted to leave her, she suddenly realized that she couldn't let go of him.

Even if you don’t want to spend time with a person over 3 years living with them you do develop feelings for them.

That's why she braved the heavy rain and went to find him.

"Give me a little more time, and I will give you a completely new self."

Michael's gaze was incredibly determined.

The reason why he was useless, unable to even carry a load of twenty to thirty kilograms without tiring like a dog, was because his hands and feet were picked, and his physical foundation was injured.

After three years of recovery, he had improved a lot, fully recovered, and he could still fight well. He could become a coach at a taekwondo gym and his income and connections would not be bad.

"Focus on driving." Charlotte said irritably.

A leopard can't change its spots. It has been three miserable years, what change can you expect from him?

...

When Charlotte and Michael returned home, they saw many people sitting in the living room, all members of the Carter family, including the old master.

"Charlotte, I've been waiting for you for so long, and you're finally back."

Michael's mother-in-law, Sophia, came in front of Charlotte with a smile on her face, holding three divorce agreements, and said, "Quickly sign your name. Tomorrow, Mom will go with you to handle the divorce procedures. This useless person still has some self-awareness, declaring to leave with nothing, so that we don't have to give him a penny."

"Mom, I don't want to divorce Michael."

Charlotte pouted.

"No!"

Sophia's face instantly turned gloomy. "Old Master, your eldest uncle's family and your younger uncle's family all support your divorce. You haven't had any relations with this useless person. Don't be afraid that you won't be able to marry into a wealthy family. Firstly, Daniel doesn't mind your divorce."

"Mom!"

Charlotte looked helpless and was about to say something when a young man jumped out.

"Charlotte, you have to divorce Michael, whether you want to or not. Wright Group is on the verge of bankruptcy under your management. You must divorce and marry Daniel, otherwise, Wright Group will go bankrupt, and my family, including my younger uncle's family and the old master, will all have to be supported by you!"

Joshua, Charlotte's uncle's son said.

"You're talking nonsense!"

Charlotte was extremely angry.

"I'm talking nonsense?"

Joshua sneered. "You're the one who benefited from the hundred thousand tons of steel, right? Now the price has dropped by twenty yuan per ton since you got it. Our own warehouses couldn't hold it all, so we stored half of it in other warehouses. The storage fees are costing us a lot every day."

"In fact, these are not the main issues. It's just business, there's no such thing as always profiting without loss."

"But the key is, the three million loans from the Construction Bank is due, and you have been delaying the repayment. Plus, owing more than fifty million to several steel mills, they are now pressing every day, even sending people to cause trouble. If you don't repay the money soon, they will take away 80% of the goods you got as debt payment according to market price. The banks are even more ruthless, they will directly auction off the mortgaged warehouses."

"All of these consequences were caused by your incompetence, right? If it was me as the CEO, it wouldn't be like this at the moment."

"Did you...?"

"You..." Charlotte was speechless, on the verge of tears.

At that moment, Michael, who had been silent all along, couldn't hold back anymore and spoke up,

"Charlotte has been the CEO for two years, helping the company earn a lot of money and giving your family a good share. Why don't you mention that? You blame her and complain about her whenever there's a difficulty. Are you even human?"

Upon hearing this, Joshua exploded, "Who the hell do you think you are? You're nothing more than a useless piece of trash. Do you think you have the right to lecture me?"

"Then as a mere department manager, do you have the right to criticize the CEO?" Michael countered.

"The company pays me, so why wouldn't I have the right?" Joshua thundered, "If I were the CEO, I would have been better than her, and the company wouldn't have ended up in this state. My abilities are not something a mere delivery boy like you should question!"

"You talk about being a mere department manager, but your salary isn't any higher than a delivery boy's! Damn it, you've really pissed me off!"

Michael remained calm and asked again, "If you're so amazing, why didn't Grandfather make you the CEO instead of Charlotte?"

"That's because Grandfather has poor judgment! He can't see my abilities. Otherwise, why would Charlotte, with her limited capabilities, be qualified to be the CEO? What right does she have?"

"Then why don't you ask Grandfather if he agrees with your views?" Michael smirked.

Joshua was startled.

"Oh no!"

His heart sank, and he quickly turned his head, only to see his grandfather sitting in the main seat of the hall, his face as dark as charcoal, his eagle-like eyes staring at him intently.

His parents were also terrified, throwing him resentful looks.

"Grandfather, I..."

"Kneel!"

The Grandfather yelled.

Thud!

Joshua fell to his knees, panicking and exclaimed, "Grandfather, please don't be angry. I didn't mean it. It was all because of that damn useless Michael pushing me over the edge. Otherwise, how could I have said such disrespectful things, Grandfather?"

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