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.”

“What do you mean by ‘late’? It’s just a

Charlotte said simply. “You should sleepy early. Good

for Louis to reply and closed the door on his face after

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

had not allowed him any chance to be alone with her. Every time he tried to approach her, she would find some excuse to avoid him. He had finally mustered

choice but to

sighed to himself and turned

about safety at all! He dares to ask me to go to a bar with him at a time when we should all be

had never experienced any terrible crisis.

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

in shifts, even when they were

the children, asked Charlotte, “Mommy, was the explosion

explained gently. “Mommy’s just taking extra precaution now

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

same room.” Charlotte smiled as she thought of them playing together happily before bed, “Ellie

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