Single Mom's Sweet Husband (Charlotte)

Chapter 217

Charlotte let go of him and said, "Well, then let's go outside and chat with Kendall. I still have a lot to discuss with her."

"Don't you want to stay with me for a little longer?" Rick turned around and looked at her disappointedly.

"But, we're a family. We can chat whenever we want to. As long as you want to see me, we can do that for 24 hours. But it's different for her because she's not our family," Charlotte said sincerely.

Family.

Rick felt like he had lost to Charlotte. With a sigh, he pulled her into a hug and said with a wry smile, "I have been completely defeated..."

Charlotte hugged him back. "In the end, I still inevitably bumped into Shane. I told him about how I promised you that I won't see him again, and guess what he said?"

"Hm?" Rick was utterly attentive.

"He said that the reason you were mad was that there's no way I could avoid him. He also added that the more I explain, the more it means that something's actually going on between us two. If our relationship is innocent, then why do we have to stop seeing each other?"

Rick lowered his guard and said, "Let's go out then."

"Alright."

Kendall was quite a talkative person and was also able to talk about a wide range of topics. Furthermore, her family was very outstanding. So, the words that came out of her mouth were natural, smooth, and relaxing.

The time to leave had arrived.

Once again, Kendall asked Charlotte if she could stay to accompany Rick. Charlotte smiled and gave her consent.

In fact, she also knew that Rick didn't really feel like seeing her at that moment. Moreover, there was a lot to be done at her company and partnership. She didn't have too much time to take care of Rick, so Kendall actually helped her by being there.

Kendall looked ecstatic. So, Charlotte paid no further attention to her and went back home on her own.

Early in the next morning.

As soon as Charlotte arrived at the office, her assistant immediately sent a message to her. She said that the Stevens Family joined the partnership, threatened Ashely with her dark secrets, and even ordered Manager Kent to leave.

Charlotte knew that Kendall did that for her sake, but she couldn't accept the way she did it. After all, Manager Kent didn't do anything that would actually harm her interests.

But it wouldn't be smart if Charlotte said this directly to her face.

"Just pretend that you don't know about this and don't provide any assistance. I won't participate in anything that concerns the partnership for now. Kendall will know that I actually don't want her to help." Charlotte handed back the documents and said, "Destroy them."

"Yes," the assistant responded.

Charlotte had been busy the entire morning. At noon, she received a call from Avery, inviting her to have lunch with him.

She accepted the invitation happily.

As soon as they met, Avery filled her in with everything that happened after his investigation.

"I didn't expect Shane to be so...ordinary. He followed me for a whole night, just to tell me that his father died from overworking." Avery picked up the wine glass in front of him and drank the white grape wine in one gulp.

"That was the only thing he said?" Charlotte also felt a little surprised.

"At first, I just thought that it would be great as long as I don't arouse any conflict since I was in his territory. But this time, I realized the brutal fact that I will always be afraid of Shane and will never be able to relax when it comes to matters that concern him."

Charlotte could understand this feeling.

She felt the same way towards Rick.

It was natural for a man to eat a burger. But if it was Shane who ate the burger, he would probably just end up buying the store and their trademark like it was the most normal thing to do.

Shane Fuller. These two words sounded just like a designer brand.

The two of them started to eat after they finished talking about Avery's investigation.

When they were almost done, Avery wiped the corner of his lips elegantly and said calmly, "After finishing lunch with you, I'll be meeting a person named Yuliana Lane."

"I remember that she was in a vegetative state." Charlotte's.

She had almost forgotten about this person.

Avery only smiled mysteriously and bent over to pull his hair up lazily. He winked at Charlotte and

said, "I know."

Charlotte was so disgusted by his actions that she even lost her appetite to eat. While putting down her knife and fork, she asked, "So, are you meeting her because of what happened to me?"

"Of course not, I have my own business to take care of. You can come with me if you don't believe it."

When they weren't discussing business matters, Charlotte really couldn't take his flirty voice.

After the two of them exchanged a few words, Charlotte fled to her office.

It was absolutely vital to have a strong heart when you talk with Avery.

Contrarily, she would rather read two more books.

Avery arrived at the hospital.

According to his informant's data, Yuliana had actually woken up a long time ago. But she bribed somebody to stop the information from spreading.

Actually, the informant only started investigating when he saw that Yuliana wasn't in her ward while he was visiting the hospital unintentionally.

And the reason why he wanted to investigate Yuliana was that...

Avery took out a slightly discolored photo of three women from his pocket.

They were Yuliana, his sister, and his girlfriend.

This was an important picture he received from his teacher recently.

Avery stepped to the front of the ward and stopped.

In the ward, Yuliana was leaning against the window and staring into the distance.

He gently knocked on the door.

Yuliana was stunned. When she was about to pretend to be a vegetable, she realized that the man had already seen her. A sense of hatred flashed across her eyes but was soon replaced by shock.

She remembered the man in front of her.

There was a photo of Irena and this man in her purse.

After carefully checking and confirming that there was nobody behind the man, only she opened the door.

Avery grinned at her and greeted, "Hello, beautiful lady. My name is Avery and I'm Irena's..."

"Boyfriend," Yuliana answered immediately. "Why did you come to find me? Wait no, how did you know that I've woken up, I don't remember telling

anybody!? "

Yuliana was awfully tense. © 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

Avery smiled while shaking his head. He gently grabbed Yuliana's hand and kissed the back of her hand politely. "If you think that it's too dangerous here, I can help you transfer to the Hart family's hospital. What do you think?"

Yuliana's eyes moved laterally as she considered thoughtfully. After a moment of hesitation, she gritted her teeth and nodded aggressively, "I can tell you anything as long as you don't tell my sister that I'm awake."

"Of course, I'm more than happy to be at your service."

Avery was very efficient. It only took him an hour to help Yuliana transfer to another hospital.

After arriving at the new environment along with an upgraded ward, Yuliana was finally able to take a load off her mind.

She closed the curtains and even locked the door. Carefully, she touched every object in the room to make sure that there were no bugs.

"This person is trustworthy and incredibly smart. He's also quite good-looking. And Irena is already dead now," Yuliana thought to herself.

If only she could...

Yuliana asked, "Do you want to know what happened to Irena?"

"Don't worry about that first, let's talk about you. Why do you still need to pretend to be in a vegetative state?" Avery sat down in front of her.

"The thing is..."

Shane was the father of Charlotte's child.

Avery had heard about this before. He narrowed his eyes and did not give any response.

Seeing that he didn't even care about the most scandalous thing in this matter, Yuliana decided to stop beating around the bush and tell him everything directly.

In Avery's opinion, the matter was as simple as it seemed. Due to Charlotte's return to the country and the fact that Elaine already knew about the child, Elaine thought that Yuliana no longer served any purpose in her life so she wanted to kill Yuliana. And that was why Yuliana had to pretend to be a vegetable.

This made sense.

"Sir, that's all about me." Yuliana thought that Avery would help her because of her pleasant attitude.

I'm in a partnership with Charlotte, and that's exactly why I investigated you. What you said earlier, can you say it one more time in front of her?" Avery said with a slight grin.

He was in a partnership with Charlotte!

Yuliana was confused. "But aren't you Irena's boyfriend? Why would you work with her? Could it be that Irena and Charlotte are..."

"Charlotte's surname is Emerson, whereas Irena's surname is Chambers. They're totally not related. The reason why I looked for you in the first place was because of Irena. However, don't you think that it would be more worth it for me to accomplish my goals and help Charlotte at the same time?

Avery flashed her a nonchalant and charming smile, but Yuliana was in extreme terror.