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.”

confused. “What do you mean by ‘late’? It’s just a little past nine

Charlotte said simply. “You

not wait for Louis to reply and closed the door on his face

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

to approach her, she would find some excuse to avoid him. He had finally

had no other choice but to continue waiting on her

sighed to himself and

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 time when we should all

life had 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 such

still worried

when they were asleep. Luckily, the children loved the excitement and did not

perceptive of all the children, asked Charlotte, “Mommy, was the

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

early too, Mommy. Ellie and the

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

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