Regretful CEO: Chasing Lost Love

In the Rose Hotel, Carolyn was experiencing dizziness, a throbbing headache, and a complete lack of energy as she lay on a large bed, feeling hot and restless. She distinctly remembered being with her good friend Hannah at the graduation party, so how did she suddenly find herself in this dim and unfamiliar room? Carolyn braced her feeble body to touch her phone when the door was suddenly opened and a brief beam of light shone in. Before she could see the face of the person coming, the door closed and plunged into dimness again.

"Who are you?" Her breath was faint and she asked alertly, her body getting hotter and hotter.

The tall man remained silent, staring intently at her, his eyes filled with confusion and indecipherable emotions. After a moment of internal struggle, the man removed his clothes and pressed himself against her.

Carolyn panicked and tried to struggle, but she couldn't muster any strength. However, when the man's icy-cold skin touched her, she unexpectedly found it comforting, relieving the discomfort caused by the heat. Her momentary lapse in consciousness alleviated a large portion of the man's concerns. His icy-cold hand gently caressed down her face, and when he reached her soft chest, he couldn't resist any longer. He removed her top and began to kiss her. Startled, Carolyn realized what was happening and fearfully protected her chest. "Stay away! Don't touch me! Help!" Without the strength to struggle, she could only scream, but her voice was feeble, barely audible. Her rationality told her she had to push this man away. She had a boyfriend and couldn't allow herself to be violated in such confusion.

The man paused for a moment, looking at the girl beneath him, who was being tormented by aphrodisiacs. His uncontrollable desire took over, and he chose to remove her skirt and panties. He thrust his waist forward, fully possessing her. The pain of her ruptured hymen made Carolyn frown and let out a scream. She had never experienced sex before and thought it would be even more painful, but she was surprised by the man's gentle movements. He only accelerated after she adjusted. The pleasure of her body and the resistance in her heart tortured Carolyn, causing her to fluctuate between clarity and indulgence. When she was clear-headed, she pushed away and bit the man who was penetrating her, clenching her teeth to suppress any lascivious moans.

In the early morning, the harsh sunlight shone in through the gap of the curtain. Carolyn opened her eyes, her head was still a little dizzy, moved her body and found that it was sore, instantly her memory returned, last night she was violated! The pain and pleasure was so real. Carolyn jerked up and saw that there were multiple hickeys on her body and her first marks were left on the bed sheets.

Carolyn didn't notice the sound of the water that had been on in the bathroom, which suddenly stopped at this moment. She wrapped up the blanket in horror and grabbed the lamp on the bedside table. The man pulled open the bathroom door and wore a white bathrobe from the hotel, droplets of water from his hair dripping on his half-exposed hard, firm chest.

"You bastard!" Carolyn shouted angrily and smashed the desk lamp in her hand at the man.

The man easily dodged it with just one side step. Carolyn looked around and tried to find another weapon.

"I'm sorry, I didn't expect it to be you." The man's voice was calm and slightly apologetic.

Hearing this, Carolyn calmed down and only then did she recognize that the person in front of her was her boyfriend Herbert's little uncle Ellis Campbell! Carolyn had only met Campbell a few times at the Logan family's banquet, and had politely called out "Little Uncle" a few times, the two were not familiar.

The Logan family and the Palmer family were partners in the business world, and in the grandfather's generation, the marriage contract between the Palmer family's eldest Miss Carolyn Palmer and the Logan family's youngest master Herbert Logan was fixed. After the birth of the Palmer family's second Miss Julian Palmer, the stepmother Alina Hobbs also wanted to climb up the Logan family for her daughter, but at that time, only the age-appropriate Logan family chairman's grandfather's illegitimate son Ellis Campbell, who was nearly 50 years old, had to give up, and Alina Hobbs was always haunted by her heart. Rumor has it that Ellis Campbell was not valued by his family, so he followed his mother's surname and started boarding at the age of fourteen in middle school, and the Logan family did not give him an official position after graduation. Carolyn's mother died in childbirth, so she grew up without the help of her mother's family and was bullied by her stepmother Alina Hobbs and her younger sister Julian Palmer, while her father chose to turn a blind eye to the support of her stepmother's family in the business world. The only warmth around Carolyn came from her nanny, Aunt Stephanie, who brought her up. Aunt Stephanie was in a car accident not long ago and has been lying in the hospital, requiring high medical bills, but her father is only willing to pay $50,000 for her years of caring for the Palmer family, but the money can only support her for half a month at most. She was glad that she graduated yesterday and was able to find a full-time job to help Aunt Stephanie, but she didn't expect this unspeakable thing to happen on the night of the happy celebration, which made her face her boyfriend Herbert Logan and the Logan family's grandparents and uncles.

Carolyn desperately restrained her anger and shame and asked, "What happened last night?"

Ellis said calmly, "I was drunk at a dinner party last night, and it seemed that someone had drugged the wine. When I returned to my room and saw someone lying on the bed, we had sex in a daze."

Drugged? Carolyn remembered the hot feeling in her body last night. But she had clearly resisted, couldn't Ellis feel it?

She was about to ask the question, but then she thought that under the effect of the drug, he might not really notice it. Although Carolyn had only met Ellis a few times, she felt that he would not be such a shameless person, and he was also a victim in this matter, so she should not press him.

"Then please forget about last night completely, and let's pretend it never happened, okay?" Carolyn pleaded.

But Ellis said with a meaningful meaning, "The dinner last night was arranged by Herbert Logan."

Is this implying something? Can't this be hidden? Could it be that her boyfriend, Herbert, knew about it?

While Carolyn was thinking, Ellis had already changed his clothes, casually wiped the towel on his hair and threw it aside. The wet hanging hair covered his good-looking eyes, hiding the emotions in them.

Hearing the sound of the door opening, Carolyn just came back to her senses, "Cam..." Before she finished shouting, Ellis's figure had disappeared.

Her heart was flustered and also filled with guilt for Herbert. The most important thing is to clean off the traces of her body and get out of here.

Two days before Carolyn graduated, she used the money she earned from her part-time job to rent a small room nearest to the hospital where Aunt Stephanie lived, so that it was easy to take care of Aunt at any time, and she was no longer willing to stay in that cold home and suffer.

There are still some things in the house that have not been taken away, after leaving the hotel, Carolyn returned to the Palmer's villa to pack up.

She opened the door and found no one there, and was about to breathe a sigh of relief when she heard a woman's moan coming from upstairs. She went upstairs towards her room, the ambiguous sound became clearer and clearer, the door was not closed tightly, through the gap, she saw a man and a woman intertwined together, the sound was so familiar that it burned her ears.

Carolyn was incredibly dumbfounded for a moment and was about to reach out and push the door when she heard Julian gasp, "Herbert, when are you going to withdraw from Carolyn's marriage?"

"Why mention her?" Herbert's voice was obviously full of boredom.

Julian said smugly, "I know you're not comfortable breaking off the engagement. I've already gotten rid of her as a trouble for you."

Herbert was puzzled, "What did you do?"

Julian's eyes appeared vicious, "I used some tricks to make Carolyn sleep with Ellis Campbell."

Herbert was shocked, "What?!"

Julian was jealous, "Why are you so nervous? Don't you want us to be together openly and honestly."

Herbert was annoyed, he hadn't even slept with Carolyn, and she was taken advantage of by his nominal little uncle, Ellis Campbell. But Julian was right. After this happened, he would be able to withdraw the marriage with Carolyn and be with Julian, and the Palmer family would fully support him in the business world.

Herbert Logan is a typical person whose ability does not match his ambition. His grandfather, that is, Ellis's father, Victor Logan, the old master of the Logan family, never gave his only grandson power and money, hoping that Herbert could make achievements by his own ability. But his intelligence is mediocre, his ability is ordinary, except for the Logan family's power and connections to make a few successful projects, nothing has been achieved.

Herbert coaxed Julian, "My baby is so smart, killing two birds with one stone. I can also make the reputation of Ellis Campbell, the illegitimate son of my family, a little more notorious."

Hearing this, Carolyn was already shaking with anger, she violently pushed open the door of the room and cursed, "You guys are so shameless!"

Herbert was startled, but Julian didn't have a trace of panic, as if everything was expected by her.

Herbert regained his composure and got up to put on his clothes while saying, "Why are you here?"

His indifferent reaction made Carolyn completely disappointed in him. Carolyn had long known that Herbert was an uneducated playboy. If it wasn't for the marriage contract and his grandfather's love for her, Carolyn wouldn't have liked him. This is also the reason why she has not allowed him to touch her. Once a man like Herbert gets her, he will not cherish her.

Even if you lose yourself, you have to lose after marriage, so that there is protection.

"Why did you set me up?" Carolyn's body was trembling uncontrollably, she held the door frame tightly, "If you guys like each other, tell me plainly that I will quit. But you guys actually used such underhanded means to trap me."

Julian's pretty face showed a victor's smile and said smugly, "So what? It's only because you don't know how high the sky is and dream of marrying into the Logan family. You are only worthy of Ellis Campbell, that poor and unappreciated bastard son. It just so happens that you both have no mother..."

Slap!

Carolyn slapped Julian with all her strength.

Julian was dumbfounded by the hit, and it took her a moment to come back to her senses. Her big eyes looked at Carolyn in amazement, and she could hardly believe that Carolyn had slapped her. Ever since she was little, only Julian had bullied Carolyn, even her own mother Alina had never slapped her, how dare Carolyn ...

Julian let out a sharp howl and pounced on Carolyn, ignoring the sheets she had slipped off her body. Carolyn had no strength at the moment and couldn't beat her, fortunately Julian's foot slipped and hit the edge of the bed, yelling in pain, "Ouch! It hurts me. Herbert, come and help me!"

Herbert met Carolyn's cold and mocking eyes, his mind was inexplicably annoyed. Compared to Julian, he likes Carolyn more, otherwise he would not have been good to Carolyn before. Even though he has cheated on Julian for three years, he still dragged his feet and did not want to break up with Carolyn so soon. Of course the more important thing is that he has not yet taken Carolyn's virginity, he is not willing.

Carolyn grabbed the clothesline behind the door and aimed it at them, "Get out of my room!"

Julian was not willing to show her weakness and was about to go forward, but Herbert pulled her back. The situation was so embarrassing that he just wanted to get out of here.

Carolyn closed the door hard, and outside Julian kept cursing and swearing all kinds of ugly words. She drank a lot of water to calm herself down, and hurriedly packed her things to leave this disgusting place.

Back to her own rented cabin, Carolyn's heart just calmed down. The first lesson she learned after graduation was how cruel it was to actually walk into society. After bawling and venting her emotions, Carolyn began to look at her life squarely. The first thing is to break off the marriage with the Logan family, and then work hard to earn money to take care of Aunt Stephanie.

The first thing to do is to fill her stomach and have the strength to do the next thing.

When Carolyn opened the door, a girl about her age stood at the door and was startled.

The girl felt embarrassed and smiled kindly at Carolyn, "Uh, I heard you crying just now. So I came to see what happened. Do you need my help?"

Carolyn wiped away her tears and also smiled, "Thank you. I'm fine. I want to cook some noodles. Can I use the kitchen please?"

"Of course. You can use the common area at your leisure. My name is Betty Young. From now on we are roommates."

Betty's smile was so cute that it immediately cleared the gloom from Carolyn's heart.

She was happy to have such a roommate, "Well, my name is Carolyn Palmer. Nice to meet you, Betty."

After lunch, Carolyn went to Logan's Villa, which was located in the most luxurious villa area of JIMLAND. The maid took Carolyn into the living room, where all the members of the Logan family were neatly gathered together, sitting on wide leather sofas.

Carolyn glanced at Julian and her stepmother Alina, who were also among them, and understood that they must have been the ones who had come to sue first. But she don't know how much filthy language they used and how much right and wrong they turned upside down.

As a matter of fact, the elders of the Logan family had a serious face, and the women even turned their noses up and rolled their eyes. Only the old master of the Logan family frowned and looked at Carolyn with a look of helplessness and reluctance.

The old Logan voice was heavy and pale, "Carolyn, tell me what happened last night?"

"I'm sorry, Mr.Logan. Mr.Campbell and I were drugged and then had sex last night. I'm here today to cancel the engagement." Carolyn told the truth, but did not say that Julian had drugged her, nor did she mention that Julian and Herbert had betrayed her. It's not that she is too kind and innocent, but she knows very well that the enemy has not acted and she can only wait and see what happens before she can take measures.

"Ouch, my God. How can you do such unethical and immoral things."

"But I heard someone say that it was you who drank too much at the graduation party and did such an unethical thing."

Before the old master could announce how to handle the matter, his two daughters-in-law targeted Carolyn to pursue responsibility. The eldest son, Jason Logan, Herbert's father and Ellis's older half-brother, gave them a wink to shut up.

Julian did not pay attention to his eyes, since the elders of the Logan family have spoken, she also followed them to mock Carolyn, "Sister, your usual drinking capacity is not good, but also carelessly drink so much. Your good friend Hannah said she couldn't even stop you, and you also yelled to go to a nightclub to do something more exciting. Hey, it is said that the quality of alcohol to see the character of the person..."

Her stepmother, Alina Hobbs, added fuel to the fire, "Carolyn grew up to be playful and insubordinate, no one can restrain her. She works part-time in bars and nightclubs. What kind of good girl likes to go to these places?" She spoke with passion and enthusiasm and couldn't wait to strike a few poses for a play.

Carolyn observed the expressions of them, it was obvious that only Mr.Logan was still hesitant, everyone else believed Julian and Alina's words. Herbert even sat aside and played with his phone, as if everything that happened in this hall had nothing to do with him.

Since this is the case, Carolyn will not let herself be subjected to such unpleasant slander for no reason, she took out her phone and played a recording.

"Herbert, when are you going to withdraw from Carolyn's marriage?"

"Why mention her?"

"I know you're not comfortable breaking off the engagement. I've already gotten rid of her as a trouble for you."

"What did you do?"

"I used some tricks to make Carolyn sleep with Ellis Campbell."

...

The people present were amazed, Julian and Alina's original complacent expression became uneasy and pale, Herbert was so scared that his phone fell to the ground.

Carolyn pressed the pause button at the right time, her eyes coldly sweeping at the changing colors on these people's faces.

"Asshole!" The old master Victor Logan slammed the table, and the tea in the quilt was shaken out a few drops.

Herbert and Julian shrank up in fear. Julian tried to slyly argue, "Mr.Logan, this must be Carolyn's forgery."

Carolyn secretly laughed at Julian's brainlessness, "Why are you so anxious to clear yourself and evade responsibility? The thief is crying out to catch the thief."

"You! Herbert, quickly say something!" Julian turned to Herbert for help.

Carolyn seized the loophole and rode it out, "Since when did you call your prospective brother-in-law so intimately?"

The words have come to this, She believe that anyone has a little judgment should be inclined to her, but step out of the campus, the cruel society gave her a second lesson.

There are four wealthy families in JIMLAND, namely Logan, Bowman, Larson and Palmer.

The Logan family ranks first in terms of wealth and power.

The old master of the Logan family, Victor Logan, has three sons. The eldest son, Jason Logan, Herbert's father, is in charge of the production manufacturing and financial industries of the Logan family's industry. He is stable and decisive in the business field, and is the most authoritative person in the Logan family besides the old master.

This made Nick Logan, the second son of the Logan family who could only take over the service industry, dissatisfied. In terms of intelligence and tactics, he is not as smart as his elder brother, and only plays dirty tricks to achieve his goals, so he has always been disliked by the old master. He even hates the fact that he only has a daughter and no son to inherit more of the family fortune. It is a good thing that Herbert, Jason's son, has not inherited his father's intelligence and is also a fool, otherwise there would be no position for him in the family.

The third son, Ellis Campbell, was the illegitimate son of Victor Logan who was nearly fifty years old and a woman in her twenties. The woman passed away when Ellis was young, she did not marry into the Logan family, and Ellis was not accepted by the Logan family, only let him to follow his mother's surname.

The Palmer family's strength is somewhat inferior compared to the other three families, and therefore more attentive to rely on and please the Logan family.

After Carolyn's grandfather died, only her nursemaid Aunt Stephanie was kind to her. The second generation of the Logan family saw the situation clearly and changed their attitude, wanting the family's grandson young master Herbert to break off the marriage with Carolyn, who is nominally the Palmer family's first lady but is actually a Cinderella. Now that Carolyn has been schemed by Julian and lost her virginity, she is not qualified to marry into the Logan family. Even if Carolyn has the self-awareness to take the initiative to withdraw her marriage, these snobbish people will only fall on the well.

Jason's wife, Herbert's mother, took a sip of tea, skipped over what had just happened and said in a "fair" manner, "Since it has already happened, for the sake of the dignity of both families, we can only temporarily condescend to Carolyn. It's also a good thing that Herbert and Julian are lovers."

Nick's wife, who had always looked up to her sister-in-law, agreed, "Yes. If things go too far, it will be Carolyn who will be most humiliated."

The old Logan's face is difficult, the family reputation is naturally the most important. The world of people seems to have concentrated into the scene at this moment.

Carolyn tilted her head to breathe a sigh of relief, forcing tears back into her eyes, and opened them again already in a determined manner, "Don't worry. I won't make a scene. I just want the appropriate compensation."

"What? You are the one who proposed to break off the marriage, and you still want to extort a sum from our family!" Nick's wife looked at Carolyn with a contemptuous gaze, and her sharp voice was extraordinarily harsh.

"Shut up!" Mr.Logan finally spoke, with pity in his eyes, "Carolyn, what compensation do you want?"

Carolyn was not condescending, "Mr.Logan, I want Logan and Palmer to keep paying Aunt Stephanie's medical bills until she wakes up."

When Carolyn mentioned Aunt Stephanie, their expressions changed, and only Mr.Logan was puzzled, "Who is she?"

Carolyn said, "She is my maid and the closest person in the world to me. Not long ago she had a car accident and needed high medical and hospital fees. The Palmer is only willing to pay 50,000. Mr.Logan, I have no other demands, as long as you save Aunt Stephanie, I promise not to tell anyone about what Julian and Herbert did."

For so many years, no one had ever dared to threaten the Logan family. Carolyn, a freshly graduated girl, actually had the guts to negotiate terms with the Logan family. Except for Mr.Logan, everyone else secretly held a grudge against her.

"Her medical expenses are fully covered by the our family." Mr.Logan boldly agreed.

Jason's wife turned her eyes and asked the old master for a favor, "Dad, let me take care of this. After all, Herbert is also at fault. And as his mother, I should make up for Carolyn."

Mr.Logan nodded his head in agreement.

Nick's wife secretly sarcastic: sister-in-law's attitude has changed too quickly. Now she is the only one who is unreasonable and does not know how to sympathize with the younger generation.

Carolyn bowed to the old master and was about to leave when Julian and Herbert called her back together.

Julian was harboring fire in her heart, but she had to act polite in front of these elders, "Sister, Mr.Logan has promised to pay for the medical expenses, you should also delete the recording in front of us."

Herbert added, "That's right. Who knows if you'll regret leaking out when you get the money."

Carolyn only trusts Mr.Logan who is the master of the family and no one dares to go against what he says. She thought that there should not be any change in Aunt Stephanie's matter, so she opened her phone and deleted the recording.