What? I Actually Reincarnated As Stepping Stone In Another World?

Chapter 6 True Feelings And Charlotte's Misunderstanding

?In living room

"Excuse me, young master."

"Miss Charlotte has arrived and is now in the waiting room."

The voice of the young maid heard at the living room door immediately woke up Zayn, who was on the sofa playing with his smartphone.

Zayn turned his gaze to the maid and smiled softly.

"Alright, let her come here; I'm waiting for her." Zayn replied lightly and waited for Charlotte's arrival.

Seeing Zayn's very handsome face smiling gently at her, the maid's face turned red, and her face was very hot.

"Young master is so handsome! Ahh, he's smiling at me!" She was very intoxicated by his handsome smile.

"Did you hear?" Zayn's confused voice immediately dismissed her.

"A-ahh well, young master, as you wish!" The young maid was very embarrassed and immediately bowed to Zayn, after which she ran off in a hurry.

Zayn just smiled and shook his head.

Because of his handsome face, he was used to seeing such things and took them as daily food.

From elementary school to university, he was always the target of women who seemed to want to prey on him.

Fortunately, Luna, who was always by his side, always blocked those who wanted to bring him down.

Moreover, Luna was so beautiful that they couldn't get rid of her.

Thinking of that, he felt nostalgic and immediately muttered, "I'll fix everything, Luna."

...

'Tuk tuk tuk'

Suddenly there was the sound of heels in the hallway, and Zayn immediately saw a very beautiful woman with a very cold face walking towards the living room.

Zayn did admit that Charlotte is a very beautiful woman.

Her title as the most beautiful woman only behind Luna, who is number one in the capital, is no joke.

Although he had met her many times before, whether to discuss work cooperation or to improve their relationship, he never tired of seeing her distinctive face.

Her beautiful facial features were perfectly sculpted; her nose was sharp but small; her long black hair flowed down to her waist; and the pink headband on her head somehow gave her an extreme sensation with the cold face she showed!

Her loose black sweater could not cover the curves of her convex breasts.

But what's special are her extremely long legs!

Zayn admits that Charlotte is the tallest of all the women he is close to; even Mira is probably half a head shorter than her.

When it comes to Luna, she might be a little less than Charlotte when it comes to height. However, Zayn hasn't seen her in a long time, and moreover, she is abroad now, so he doesn't know specifically who will win.

Her red eyes look very beautiful, like a carefully chiseled gem.

Wait! did she have red eyes? Since when? Aren't her eyes brown?

Zayn was dumbfounded and confused.

Is she wearing red soft lenses? It does not appear to be soft lenses, however.

Moreover, he felt very familiar with these red eyes, especially that pink headband, which also began to remind him of a little girl... But the girl's face was a bit shortsighted in his mind.

Soon, it was Charlotte who walked into the living room and stared at Zayn in a daze.

The sight of such a handsome face made her heart beat very fast, and her face flushed very quickly, whether from embarrassment or from the excitement of meeting the person she loved the most!

That handsome face overlapped greatly with the face of the boy who saved her when she was a child.

It made her obsessive when she saw him!

Although she sometimes met him, back then she didn't know how to express her feelings to the person she loved the most.

Now she wouldn't be like her old self!

She would tell him her true feelings and own him as hers!

No one could take him away from her!

Zayn, who saw Charlotte's gaze, somehow felt goosebumps, and his back was very cold.

He felt like he was about to be devoured by her, and he was also familiar with that gaze, which reminded him of Luna's gaze toward him back then.

He still had a clear memory of Luna's gaze at him, especially since Luna was with him almost every hour back then!

So, how could he forget?

However, it's not like she hated the engagement with him that much, right?

Either it was just his feelings, or maybe she was hiding her expressions so well that even he couldn't find any flaws at all.

If it was the first one, Zayn felt it was natural, but if it was the second one... then Charlotte was so terrifying that he couldn't even find her true expression.

So, he was more leaning towards the first one in his heart.

However, he didn't realize that because of his confidence in his talent and ability, he lowered his guard toward Charlotte, and that would lead to a very terrible incident!

"Welcome, Miss Charlotte Bailey."

"Have a seat."

Zayn quickly put all his thoughts aside and stood up to greet Charlotte as warmly as usual, but there was alienation in his expression and words.

Because he used to call her without the word "Miss" and her surname, of course.

However, he now had no engagement with the woman in front of him, and he didn't have to be as familiar as before, right?

Of course, politeness should come first; after all, she was his guest, and they had no animosity during the relationship.

Although she was always indifferent to his approach, it was her choice, and he could not force a woman to submit to him just because he was handsome and the heir to the number one family in the capital because it was not in his nature.

Moreover, knowing that she was only adopted by her parents and used as a tool for their family's benefit made him sympathize with her.

Maybe her indifference stems from her bleak childhood in the Bailey family and her parents' lack of affection.

How did he know? Of course, it was a common case.

Even if she became the president of the entire Bailey family industry now and brought glory to the family, her status as a stranger would never change in the Bailey family.

So, did she come because she wanted to ask him for help to keep her position as president of the Bailey family company?

p?nd?,no??1,?o? Hmm, that's possible, but somehow her gaze at me earlier still comes to mind.

In one breath, Zayn considered and guessed at the various possibilities of Charlotte's arrival here.

A smiling Charlotte seemed to feel nothing in response to Zayn's alienation of her; she either didn't know or pretended not to know...

However, her eyes seemed to have lost their luster.

Soon, Charlotte sat up and looked at Zayn with a very charming smile, and her red eyes contained a completely different tenderness from when they were still engaged.

If the people in the capital knew that Charlotte was smiling softly like this, they would probably be so shocked that they would faint!

Zayn also felt dazed by her gentle gaze because he was used to seeing her cold and indifferent face when they were together.

"Did she take the wrong medicine today?" Zayn pondered lightly.

However, soon he woke up from his daze and his eyes cleared, after which he smiled and asked Charlotte softly, "How are you, Miss Charlotte?"

Even though he had messaged her yesterday about a date the day after tomorrow, he still asked to open up the topic of conversation towards her.

If he asks her the purpose of coming when she's just sat down, it might be rude and give the impression that he wants her to go home immediately.

Even if that was the intention, he was still curious how she would respond to the breaking of their engagement.

Whether she still wanted to be friends or not, today was the day to decide.

Of course, he hoped that they could still be friends and communicate well with each other; after all, she was a talented genius in business, and it was not bad to have a good relationship with her.

"I'm fine, Zayn~"

"Fufufu~ Are you worried about me?"

Charlotte closed her small mouth and giggled at Zayn's question. Her eyes were like crescent moons, showing her happiness.

"It turns out that the engagement breakup was fake! Fufu~ Zayn still worries about me and loves me~" Charlotte was thinking wildly just because of Zayn's normal question.

The corner of Zayn's mouth twitched, and he was completely surprised at the woman in front of him.

What the hell! Charlotte, who has always been cold and indifferent to him, is actually showing this kind of coquettishness to him?

Was she drunk on her way here? But I don't smell any alcohol from her.

Zayn was really confused and looked at Charlotte in front of him like he was looking at a stranger.

"Yes, I was worried about you, Miss Charlotte." However, Zayn still replied politely to her question.

If he had replied, "I'm not worried about you," it would have sounded rude, of course.

Hearing his answer, Charlotte's heart blossomed, and she felt very sweet in her heart.

She felt like she was going to fly into the sky now!

She regretted not being able to express her feelings while dating him.

If she had been able to do so, they would have kissed and hugged each other!

"Ahh! It's my fault for not being able to express my true feelings!"

"Hump, but I'll change that now, and we'll love each other!" A very happy Charlotte began to think about how they would live their future together.

A smiling Zayn was unaware of Charlotte's wild thoughts about him.

If he knew, he would probably be very scared.

"Hehehe~" Charlotte smiled charmingly at Zayn's answer!

Zayn would no longer be surprised by Charlotte's change in nature and quickly get used to it.

So, he immediately asked her, "Do you have some very important business to come to my mansion at night?" Zayn asked with a gentle smile.

Even if they were no longer together, he would not be rude to Charlotte.

"Of course it's very important, you know~" Charlotte said so excitedly.

"I got the news that our engagement was broken off, and I wanted to confirm that with you, Zayn~."

"However, it doesn't seem to be true, and you still love me very much, don't you?" Charlotte giggled and was very relieved after concluding that.

At first, she was very scared and even had plans to tie Zayn up and lock him in a room with only the two of them.

However, it seemed like her worries were unwarranted.

Even if their family cooperation broke up, it was not related to their engagement, right?

Charlotte is overjoyed and can't wait to kiss Zayn's seductive lips!

At this moment, Zayn was so dumbfounded that he wanted to hit someone.

What the hell is this woman? She wasn't sick, was she?

How could she have such thoughts?

She shouldn't like the engagement between them, right? Her indifferent nature towards him is proof of that.

So, have I misunderstood all this time?

Zayn had a headache, seeing how everything he thought was different from reality.

Although he was usually smart and thoughtful, facing the woman in front of him, he really felt stupid.

All this was because he didn't know Charlotte's true nature.

He was only related to her because of the engagement made possible by the cooperation between their families.

So, Zayn didn't really care at first and just went with the flow of their relationship.

That was all he did for her, whether it was going on dates or asking how she was doing.

Her indifference made him less interested in getting closer to her on a deeper level.

However, seeing her love for him made him a little shaken.

He was really at a loss for words as he was afraid of hurting Charlotte's feelings.

Zayn is very gentle with those close to him, even though she is no longer his fiancée, but he finds it hard to tell her the truth.

However, he was still curious and asked her, "Miss Charlotte, may I ask you a question?"

"Of course, Zayn~ you can ask me anything you want to ask," Charlotte said with a flirtatious smile.

Zayn took a breath and said seriously, "Do you hate the engagement between us and hate me?"

He had to confirm one thing with her, and this was also what made him curious, especially seeing Charlotte, who didn't seem to hate the engagement between them.

Charlotte, who was still smiling, seemed to have guessed and expected such a question from him.

So she said softly, "At first, I hated the engagement arranged by my family."

"They arranged the engagement without discussing it with me at all, and of course, it made me hate them so much," Charlotte said coldly, and her indifference appeared on her face again.

Now she wasn't the soft and flirtatious woman from before, but the ice goddess that Zayn knew.

Suddenly her cold face turned soft, and she continued, "However, after I found out that my fiancé is from the Welston family, it made me so happy that I wanted to cry."

"The prince of the capital and the person I've loved the most for a long time turned out to be my fiancé!"

"I am very grateful to those who betrothed me to him."

"My dream came true, and it made me sleepless for days." Charlotte looked at him with such love that Zayn felt complicated in his heart.

"However, because I couldn't express myself in front of him, I became very cold towards him, and I was afraid of boring him."

"However, it seems like my worries were in vain because he, Zayn Welston, loves me so much!" Charlotte is so happy to have let all her feelings out and not hidden them from her loved one.

Zayn, who now finally knows the whole truth, feels very depressed and guilty about the woman in front of him.

"So, I misunderstood her all this time?"

"The love she demonstrated to me was genuine, and she wasn't lying, huh?" Zayn sighed helplessly as he reflected.

A woman as beautiful and perfect as Charlotte loved him so much.

Moreover, it is because she cannot show and is clumsy in front of him that she always disguises her appearance.

How could he not be moved?

However, their engagement had already been broken at a time when the cooperation between their families had broken down.

This is a shortcoming based on profit alone, without a deeper relationship.

Unlike the relationship between the Welston family and the Asvart family, which has been established through several generations, the relationship with the Bailey family is very superficial.

Moreover, the two families are not of equal status.

One was the leader of the six major families, and the other was just a newly promoted first-class family.

Especially, his mother really hates Bailey's family now.

So, how can he respond to all this?

Zayn was depressed for the second time, first with Luna and now with Charlotte.

However, he can't lie to Charlotte and has to tell her the truth.

Whether it's about the engagement breakup or about his three new fiancées,

Even though it would hurt her, these were all things he had to say.

"Charlotte, actually-"