𝐈 𝐖𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐀 𝐁𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐒, 𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐲 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐨𝐧

chapter four!

"You." Anthony spat, his voice laced with venom. Charlotte glared at the man with anger and confusion in her eyes,

"Why are you here?" Charlotte asked annoyed, Anthony's eyes squinted and he let out a scoff,

"Why am I here?" he remarked "Why are you here! This is my family thank you." Anthony looked to Violet for back up but she just looked to the ground. Charlotte's eyes widened at Anthony, how was he related to all of the lovely people surrounding her,

"You honestly want me to believe that you, the man that whacked me in the face with a door, is related to the Bridgertons?" Charlotte asked in disbelief, Violet slightly hit Anthony on the arm,

"Son! You did not, did you?" Anthony pinched the bridge of his nose and let out a loud sigh. "You and I shall have words about this young man! And for your information, Charlotte is spending her time with us until her parents and siblings arrive, I  expect you to make her feel more than welcome." Violet glared harshly at her son and he huffed.

"My Lady," Anthony seethed, Charlotte crossed her arms expectantly "I apologise greatly for tapping your face with the door, I truly am sorry and I wish for us to sort things out" Anthony forced a smile through gritted teeth, Charlotte rolled her eyes,

"Tapped me in the face?" she asked getting closer to Anthony, everyone in the room could feel the tension, Benedict and Colin were raising their eyebrows at one another and making suggestive comments about the pair. "You hit me straight in the nose!" Charlotte shouted, throwing her arms up into the air.

All of Anthony's built up rage was now ready to blow,

"I cannot and will not stay in a house with this inconsiderate woman who is so high in the instep she can't even accept my apology!!" Anthony screamed, the pair then scowled at each other and stormed away in separate directions.

"I do believe they loved each other, don't you think, Colin?" Benedict asked with a smirk on his face, reaching his arms behind his back, Colin nodded and grinned,

"I do believe so brother" Violet looked between the pair and sighed.

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Once the family, and Charlotte, had arrived home not a word was spoken by either Charlotte nor Anthony, for they were worried that if they opened their mouths another argument would erupt,

"Brother," Daphne asked Anthony, sparing a glance at her mother entailing she was going to try and diffuse the tension. Anthony looked up at his sister with a smile,

"Yes sister?" he asked rather impatiently, Daphne looked at her other brothers who were giggling like young schoolboys,

"Will you be accompanying us to the ball tomorrow night? Charlotte and I of course" Anthony scoffed at his sisters mentioning of Charlotte, he gave Daphne a quizzical look and furrowed his eyebrows,

"Dear sister, I do not believe I know of a Charlotte," he began, Violet wiped a hand over her face as she paced to the stairs. Eloise managed to quickly make a break for it, Benedict and Colin attempted to creep away but Violet caught them and gave them a warning look, "Is it one of your friends that I do not know of?" he asked smirking, watching as Charlotte shifted in her seat, anger increasing with every word "Or are you simply delusion-" before Anthony could continue, Charlotte abruptly rose from her seat,

"Enough! I beg of you. Anthony, I do apologise for overreacting and being quite unreasonable, but, you have been nothing but awful to me since we have met! You hit me in the face with a door, and now you just hate me," she exclaimed "why?" for once in his life, Anthony Bridgerton did not know what to say. Both Daphne and Charlotte look at him eagerly,

"I- er.." Charlotte raised an eyebrow, looking between Daphne and Anthony "Oh, I apologise," Anthony finally gave in "I have been most rakish and I promise that I shall not start anything unprovoked" Anthony sounded sincere, for once, Daphne smiled brightly and stood up.

"Right, now that all of this is cleared up I shall take my leave," Daphne hugged her brother, and came to kiss me of the cheek "goodnight Anthony, Charley" she then went to Violet and hugged her, while doing so she whispered something in her ear and Violet stifled a giggle, Anthony rolled his eyes and also decided to retire.

"Goodnight mother," he kissed her cheek and made his way up the stairs, stopping midway "goodnight Lady Hamilton" Anthony still sounded quite cold, yet it was a start.

"Goodnight My Lord"

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Once Anthony had left, Violet and Charlotte were left on their own, "Please excuse my son dear, he can be most arrogant at times," Violet smiled warmly at the girl in front of her, Charlotte chuckled,

"Do not worry Lady Bridgerton, I have met far worse men than your son, trust me" Violet laughed at the girl, she placed her hand on Charlotte's shoulder,

"You should get to bed dear," Charlotte smiled and nodded,

"I suppose i should, good night Lady Bridgerton" Violet embraced the girl, but stopped her as she walked away

"Oh and dear?" she asked, Charlotte turned around to face her and tilted her head "I do wish for you to call me Violet, especially since the sudden circumstances." Charlotte shot her a look of confusion and opened her mouth to speak but she quickly closed it again and smiled, Violet smirked,

"Goodnight" Charlotte then made her way upstairs and into her bed, yet still thinking about what Violet had said, what did it mean? I suppose she was to find out soon.

Author's note!

dearest readers,

I am extremely sorry for the short chapter but the next part of the story I want to be in the next chapter please leave comments and feedback and I hope you enjoyed this chapter as much as enjoyed writing it!!

Ella x