After Morgan had left the room, Charlotte probed the room herself. She found nothing out of place, and prepared to shower and sleep.

At that moment, Louis knocked on her door. “Charlotte, can I come in?”

Charlotte pulled on a cardigan and opened the door. “Louis, is something wrong?”

“I just wanted to check up on you. I hope the explosion didn’t scare you too much,” Louis said, his voice tinged with concern. “Paul has already investigated the incident. It was just a mere traffic accident; nothing to be worried about. However, I’ll still get the guards to increase their watch on the perimeters just to be safe.”

“Thanks for taking the trouble to do all that,” Charlotte said. “Good night, then. You should rest well.”

“I…” Louis hesitated. He seemed reluctant to leave.

 

“What’s wrong?” Charlotte narrowed her eyes at him.

“I…” Louis sounded nervous. “Well, there’s a bar in the manor. I wanted to invite you for a drink.”

 

“Now?” Charlotte frowned. “After what happened earlier today, it’s best for us not to go out so late.”

mean by ‘late’? It’s

another day, okay?” Charlotte said simply. “You should sleepy early.

did not wait for Louis to reply and closed the door

side of the door, feeling very disappointed. He had thought that they would spend more time with each other

to approach her, she would find some excuse to avoid him. He had finally mustered up the courage to ask her out directly and she

had no other choice but to continue waiting

sighed to himself and turned to

danger! He does not care about safety at all!

any terrible crisis. It

was still worried about the children. She left her room and went to

in shifts, even when they were

children, asked Charlotte, “Mommy, was the explosion

“Mommy’s just taking extra precaution now to be safe. Don’t

sleepily and dropped the subject. “You should sleep early too, Mommy. Ellie and the others are

sleeping in the same room.” Charlotte smiled as she thought

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