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.”

looked confused. “What do you mean by ‘late’? It’s just

day, okay?” Charlotte said simply. “You

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thought that they would spend more time with each

Every time he tried to approach her, she would find some excuse to avoid him. He had finally mustered up the courage to ask

no other choice but to

to himself

Charlotte was stunned speechless by Louis’ invitation earlier. That man really has no sense of danger! He does not care about safety at all! He dares to ask me to go to a bar with him at a

never experienced any terrible crisis. It was only natural that he would

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

even when they were asleep. Luckily, the children loved the excitement and did not mind the bodyguards’ presence

asked Charlotte, “Mommy, was the explosion this afternoon a sneak attack

Charlotte explained gently. “Mommy’s just taking extra precaution now to be safe.

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

lot of fun sleeping in the same room.” Charlotte smiled as she thought of them playing together happily

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