Chapter 126 Olivia Has Not Returned

Chapter 126 Olivia Has Not Returned

Olivia stared blankly at Charles, unable to react for a long moment.

Charles pressed the spoon gently against her lower lip. "Aren't you hungry? Eat up. Don't worry, I promised to let you eat the food you like. After you finish the porridge, I'll go get it for you."

Olivia glanced at Charles and silently opened her mouth.

Charles seemed different now, not like the person she used to know.

Not so aloof and distant. No matter what, as long as she didn't make him angry, everything would be fine.

Just like that, Charles fed her the porridge spoonful by spoonful.

When the bowl was empty, Charles kept his promise and went to the kitchen to bring over all the dishes she liked.

However, he didn't let her eat freely. Instead, he had her taste a little of everything, and when he saw she'd had enough, he took the dishes away.

After just finishing a meal, it wasn't good to sleep right away. Charles personally poured her a cup of tea and watched her drink it bit by bit.

"Want to keep sleeping? Or go downstairs and sit for a while?" Charles gently stroked her long hair.

Having slept for so long, Olivia wasn't sleepy anymore, but going downstairs...

Charles clearly intended to accompany her.

She didn't want to face him like this in the depths of the night.

"I'm still a bit tired. I want to keep sleeping."

"Okay."

They both lay down together. Charles held her in his arms, carefully tucking the corners of the blanket around her, his head buried in the back of her neck.

His breath sprayed on the back of Olivia's neck, making it a bit itchy and tingly. Olivia couldn't sleep even more.

But she kept her eyes closed and didn't move at all.

A moment later, Charles, with his eyes closed, asked the question he'd been wanting to ask since lunchtime in the kitchen:

"Olivia, why were you so forward today?"

Was she starting to have feelings for him, too?

Even if it wasn't feelings, could it be that she really enjoyed this kind of intimacy with him? Enjoyed him entering her body?

After all, when they became one, her moans were so passionate.

Seeing how fragile she seemed in bed, he even wondered if David had ever satisfied her before.

Olivia opened her eyes, looking into the pitch-black night:

"Didn't you say you wanted to live a good life with me? Then let's live a good life together. I'll be more obedient, and you'll be better to me. We'll spend these five years peacefully together, okay?"

The first part of her words made Charles's heart beat faster and faster in his chest. A thought even secretly emerged in his mind—he wanted to spend his whole life with Olivia like this.

When the time came, he would marry her openly, let everyone know she was his wife...

As for the Green family...

It was a bit troublesome, but if he had just a few more years, once Tatum died and he completely controlled the Green family, he could marry whoever he wanted, and no one could stop him.

He was calculating in his mind when Olivia's next words suddenly poured down like a bucket of cold water, extinguishing the fire in his heart.

She had no feelings for him.

All she was thinking about was getting through these five years peacefully, then leaving him...

Charles's heart ached terribly, as if an invisible hand was squeezing his heart hard, making even breathing difficult.

He was unhappy, but to lose his temper at Olivia...

He didn't want to, and couldn't bear to.

Moreover, the five-year agreement was something he had already promised before.

Their initial meeting, plus his previous revenge—it was understandable that she didn't dare to like him right away.

Charles quietly adjusted his emotions.

Five years it is then.

Let's make these five years good first.

He believed that as long as he treated her well over the next five years, Olivia would one day let go of the past, fully open her heart to him, and willingly become his wife.

Charles tightened his arms around Olivia. He kissed her hair. "Okay. Let's focus on making these five years good first."

After five years, they would continue to be together.

Just like now.

But Olivia's heart sank heavily.

First...

He just wanted to make these first five years good.

What about after five years?

He still didn't plan to let her go?

He was going to break the agreement.

Olivia secretly clenched her fingers in the darkness:

It didn't matter.

She never planned to keep this five-year agreement anyway.

She had to find time to leave Charles as soon as possible.

Olivia hadn't officially started work yet, and the Green Group hadn't officially reopened either.

However, Charles was the person in power at the Green Group. Unlike Olivia, a company employee, even when the office wasn't open, Charles still had a lot of work to handle.

But every time he went to handle work, Charles would tell Olivia in advance. When he had dinner engagements in the evening, he would also report to her, just like a normal married couple.

No matter how busy he was with work, he would try to come home as early as possible to go to bed with her.

When leaving for work in the morning, he would also give her a good morning kiss.

Everything was so beautiful, like a fairy tale.

Charles was immersed in this kind of life, and his mood got better and better.

At work, even if his subordinates made mistakes, he would kindly correct them instead of losing his temper like before.

Recently, people who dealt with Charles couldn't help but privately inquire whether Charles had encountered some great fortune—why was he in such a good mood lately?

As Charles's closest associate, many people went to Rhys to find out.

Listening to what those people said, and thinking about Charles's recent changes, Rhys didn't know whether to be happy or worried for a moment.

His intuition told Rhys that things weren't this simple.

But Charles's attitude made him afraid to speak up.

That day, Charles turned down a very important dinner engagement and returned to Serenity Estates early, planning to have dinner with Olivia.

When he entered the villa, he found only servants there. There was no sign of Olivia at all.

"Where's Olivia?"

Charles asked the servant as he loosened his tie.

The housekeeper answered honestly, "Mr. Green, Ms. Smith went out this morning and hasn't come back until now. She didn't say where she was going either."

"I see."

Charles nodded, not thinking too much of it.

During this recent period, they'd been getting along well, and Charles's control over Olivia wasn't as strict anymore.

Sometimes Olivia liked to go shopping, wander around, or meet up with friends. He was used to it, so this time he didn't pay much attention.

He walked into his study to handle work, planning to wait for Olivia to come back so they could have dinner together.

He was very busy with work, handling things until eleven o'clock at night. When he walked out of the study, Olivia still hadn't returned.

Charles frowned:

It's so late, why isn't she back yet? Could something have happened?

He took out his phone to call Olivia, but a mechanical voice came from the phone:

"Sorry, the number you have dialed is switched off..."

Charles's heart kept sinking. He immediately dialed Rhys's number. "Find out right away where Olivia went after she left Serenity Estates this morning."