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.”

by ‘late’? It’s just a little past nine

day, okay?” Charlotte said simply.

reply and closed the door on his face after

feeling very disappointed. He had thought that they would spend more time with each other once they arrived at

with her. Every time he tried to approach her, she would find some excuse to avoid him. He had

other choice but

himself and turned

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 be on

this was Louis’ personality. His 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 a gentle and trusting personality, and a lack of a sense of

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

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 and did not mind the

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

was a car accident,” Charlotte explained gently. “Mommy’s just taking extra precaution now to be

Mommy. Ellie and the others are all tired from playing

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

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