Single Mom's Sweet Husband (Charlotte) novel Chapter 113

"Daddy, you'll protect Mommy, too, right?"

Sheryl asked expectantly.

Charlotte, who still had her back to them, froze instantly. She even paused in her action of wiping away her tears.

She didn't expect that she would also want to hear his answer.

"Yes."

Shane glanced at the woman standing in front of him before looking at the little girl again. Although he only said one word, it was enough to convince those who heard it.

"Shane, take Sheryl to the car first. I want to be here a little longer."

Charlotte said pleadingly.

Charlotte watched the two figures, one big and one small, move far away. She slowly smiled bitterly at the person in the photo and said, "Mom, that is the man I married. He treats me very well."

Charlotte sat in front of the tombstone for a long time, so long that she lost feeling in her legs. Then, she slowly stood up.

"Mom, Dad... passed away. I can't bury him with you. Although I don't know what happened that day, I'm sure you don't want to see him."

The corners of Charlotte's lips raised bitterly. She continued, "I've never hoped for him to die, even when I hated him the most. Now, although the Emerson Corporation is no longer in my grasp, I will seize it back."

With a determined look in her eyes, Charlotte quickly turned around and left.

She was afraid that all her emotional scars would be discovered.

"Mommy, you've finally come. Daddy and I have been waiting for you for a long time." Sheryl says with an anxious expression on her face.

"I'm sorry."

Charlotte gently apologized to the man leaning against the body of the car. In the next second, her chin was easily lifted. Her eyes stared into Shane's slightly angry ones.

"Charlotte, do you know what it means to be a married couple?"

Shane suddenly asked in a condescending tone.

Charlotte opened her mouth slightly, but the

little girl beside her answered first, "Mommy, our teacher told us that a husband and wife should take care of each other."

"You're so smart, Sheryl."

Shane suddenly let go of Charlotte's chin and rubbed Sheryl's hair.

"Get in the car."

Shane opened the car door without turning around, which made Charlotte feel extremely flattered for a moment.

"You don't have to do this."

Charlotte said in a low voice. She didn't dare to raise her head to look at him, causing her voice to become softer and softer.

"That's what I should do."

Shane sat in the driver's seat expressionlessly. For the first time, he found that his heart had been filled by this mother and daughter pair. He would not overlook his feelings intentionally.

Following the start of the car, Charlotte's heart was filled with mixed emotions.

As she once again stood in this expansive villa, Charlotte's state of mind underwent an earth-shaking change.

"Mr. Fuller, you're back."

Ms. Jenny looked delightedly at Shane walking toward her. She hurriedly took the luggage from Charlotte's hand.

"I'll do it myself."

Charlotte was not used to troubling others.

"Mrs. Fuller, I have cleaned up your room. It's just next to Mr. Fuller's. He said that you weren't very comfortable with a new living environment, so you should stay here for a week to see if it suits you before settling down."

Ms. Jenny looked at Shane's gradually retreating figure and explained in a low voice to Charlotte.

"Settling down?"

Charlotte didn't mind too much about the first part. She focused all her attention on the second word and shook her head awkwardly.

The scene in front of him didn't escape Shane's sharp eyes. He looked at her delicate, blushing face, but he didn't close his robe. Rather, he let his upper body be exposed to this woman.

"There's no need. I'm sure it's fine."

Charlotte forced herself to redirect her gaze and cursed the man in front of her internally.

How hadn't she notice that Shane was an exhibitionist?

"Are you satisfied with your husband's six-pack abs?"

Shane suddenly raised the corner of his lips in amusement. He raised his eyebrows and stared down at the person in front of him.

"Narcissist! You definitely don't have a six-pack!"

Right after Charlotte finished speaking, she wanted to find a hole to crawl into.

Hadn't she indirectly admitted to peeking at the man's figure?

Her cheeks were so red that they almost burned. Charlotte could even feel the heat coming from her face. She could only hold her suitcase tightly and run past Shane, whispering, "I... I'm going to see my room."

She ran all the way to the second floor and accurately found the room next to Shane's.

In the living room, Shane's smile never faded.

"Daddy, do you want candy?"

A tender voice suddenly came from beside him, which took Shane's gaze away from the second floor.

"No, thank you. Kids should eat fewer sweets too."

Shane patiently persuaded her. When he saw the person standing with an apron and a motherly smile at the door, the affection on his face faded little by little.

"Mr. Fuller, you and Miss Sheryl really look like father and daughter. Look at your eyes and nose, they look alike."

Ms. Jenny was a little excited. She looked at Shane as if she had more to say, but when she noticed Shane's cold gaze, she could only shut her mouth and apologize, "Mr. Fuller, I said too much."

As he watched her leave, Shane thought about the many times people had said that he looked like this smiling little girl's father. But, unfortunately, the paternity test had proven that they had nothing to do with each other.