The Charismatic Charlie Wade

Mrs. Lewis sighed, “It was my job to take you off the street and into the orphanage, but you don’t have the obligation to take care of me and pay for the expensive medical bills. Besides, I know very well how your life in the Wilson family is…”

Then, she continued, “Don’t worry, Charlie, I’ll find a way to pay you back.”

Charlie was moved. Mrs. Lewis had really treated him as her own son and cared so much about him.

He said in a sincere tone, “Mrs. Lewis, you don’t have to worry about the money nor pay me back either.”

“No, I can’t do that! It is a lot of money, I have to repay you!”

“No, Mrs. Lewis. I’ll always remember your kindness towards me. It’s my duty to spend money on your treatment. If you still insist on paying me back, you’re treating me as a stranger and I might not want to see you again!”

Mrs. Lewis smiled warmly at his remark, but she knew that she couldn’t accept his money just like that. She would return the money to him no matter what he said.

an adult now, I’ll listen to you.

she remembered how delicate and

the couple didn’t seem to be very intimate or close, but she always felt that they were

she wholeheartedly prayed that they could develop feelings towards each other, have a child together,

doing fine. When you come back, I’ll bring her along when

Lewis heaved a sigh of relief. “Hey, hurry up and get Claire pregnant! You guys aren’t young anymore, it’s time for you to have a baby. Listen to me, your relationship will improve tremendously when you have

dejectedly. He couldn’t even sleep in the same bed with Claire yet, so it was a little too

so he smiled and said instead,

Hey, I can’t talk now, the nurse is urging me to hang

to inform me when you return to

“I will! Bye now!”

They ended the call.

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at the nearby Citibank branch. She went straight

in his card, so it wasn’t necessary for her to do the transaction over the counter. She could simply do the transaction on the machine and transfer the money to