“Dad wrote you a letter?” Charlotte asked anxiously. “What did he say in it?”

Michael hesitated for a moment before playing it down. “It’s mostly about asking me to protect you…On top of that, he said that if you have not claimed what he left you by meeting with Jeffrey within five years, I should then deliver it to you personally.”

When she heard his words, Charlotte’s heart was in turmoil and filled with complicated emotions.

It never occurred to her that her father would write Michael a letter before he died.

Her father was likely worried about her. If she couldn’t break out of her rut and start a new life in five years, Michael was to come and take care of her.

From what Jeffrey had told her, she was now certain that the box’s contents had nothing to do with her father’s death.

In that case, what did Dad leave me?

“Charlotte…” Michael’s voice interrupted her thoughts. Regaining her senses, she turned toward him. “Thank you, Michael. You should head home now and take good care of yourself.”

“Mmm-hmm. Goodbye.”

After looking longingly at her, Michael turned and left.

his slim silhouette, she felt extremely

hoped that Zachary would keep his word and not cause Michael any

“Mommy! Mommy! Mommy!”

out from the private room with Fifi while holding a cake in her hand. “Mommy,

bent over to carry Ellie and gave the cake a

milkshake is

over his milkshake and fed Charlotte

good. I like it

with an ice cream in his hand, scanning the surroundings. “He likes vanilla

mango pudding for him.” Jamie raised his hand,

held Fifi in her hand and raised her eyebrows in glee. “I told him that

first,” Charlotte explained. “Did

“We even invited

is busy so he may not have time to go with you. Why don’t I come along

“Alright…”

eat together, the steak is

“Sure!”

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