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 just a little past

said simply. “You

wait for Louis to reply and closed the door

the other side of the door, feeling very disappointed. He had thought that

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

had no other choice but to continue waiting on

sighed to himself and

does not care about safety at all! He dares

been smooth sailing ever since he was a child, and he had never experienced any terrible crisis. It was only natural that he would develop

to herself and put him out of her mind. She was still worried about the children. She left her room and went to check

had scheduled four of her men to watch over each of the children in shifts, even when they were asleep. Luckily, the children loved the excitement

asked Charlotte,

taking extra precaution now to be safe. Don’t worry about

“You should sleep early too, Mommy. Ellie and the

must have a lot of fun sleeping in the same room.” Charlotte smiled as she thought of them playing together happily before bed, “Ellie really likes

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