Charles glanced at Ronald, who immediately came over and handed him a piece of paper and a pen. Charles quickly sketched a few letters on the paper and then passed it to Janice. "When can it be ready?" he asked.

Janice paused for a moment. "When do you need it?"

"Before New Year's," Charles replied, glancing at his watch. "It's getting late. I'll wait for your good news."

"Understood," Janice said with a smile, gesturing politely as she watched Charles leave with his usual composed stride.

Narrowing her eyes, she looked down at the letters he had written-C&N. She wondered who this lucky woman was to be treated so thoughtfully by Charles.

Milo had a simple purpose for his visit to Brookville-to gauge Charles' intentions and to see how much tolerance Charles had for the situation.

not expected their first encounter to be so tense. It seemed Charles was not interested in playing

matters, but this time, he had been very direct. Could it be that he genuinely felt something for Winter? Perhaps they

not

saw her, and she seemed to have aged quite a bit, which

think I believe you'd mistreat Janet? You've taken care of her since she was young. Sometimes, you're kinder to her than I am." "Then, why are you here?" Clarisse

replied. He was making allusions to the matter with Charles, and his voice still carried a

How did you meet Charlie

to see him, you could've told me. We could've gone to the

clearly displeased. "I'm still

and he's not very close to

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