Charlotte felt uneasy about Sherlyn’s words; she could not, however, deny that anyone would naturally be worried about their future daughter-in-law meeting an ex-husband alone at a hotel.

Instead of voicing her discomfort, she set down her cutlery and declared, “I’m going to see Danrique’s kids. Please enjoy your dinner.”

“All right,” Sherlyn acknowledged briefly before turning back to her meal.

Louis placed his cutlery on the table and offered, “I’ll accompany you, Charlotte.”

She dismissed his offer coolly. “That won’t be necessary; you should stay here with your parents. I want to be alone for a while.”

Charlotte scuttled off soon after.

 

Louis watched her departing figure with a forlorn expression. His efforts to grow closer to her were always met with a frosty demeanor.

Despite their engagement, Charlotte had never once opened her heart to him.

 

Nothing he did could convince her to accept him as a romantic partner.

In the meantime, Charlotte had arrived at the playroom to meet Danrique’s kids.

day, fiddling with their Legos distractedly. Their chattering selves were nowhere to be found, plunging the

wrong? Why aren’t

Robbie’s missing too. He doesn’t play with us, but he always sits beside us

He looks like Robbie, and he knows how to do cartwheels. It was so

take them away?” Gamma asked with puppy-dog

so fierce, just like a bad guy! Did he take Robbie, Jamie, and Ellie

bad guy,” Charlotte explained

“Really?”

piqued the curiosity of all three kids, who crowded around her, bursting with questions

that tall, fierce bad guy was Robbie, Jamie, and Ellie’s father? Does that mean he’s

Mommy and Daddy aren’t married,

you’re right. Aunt Charlotte is marrying Sir Louis,

should we call

course it’s Sir

do we call that tall

him the tall, fierce

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