Single Mom's Sweet Husband (Charlotte)

Chapter 444

Christopher nearly choked on his own spit.

He spat hard and asked, "What made you think that I would cooperate with you last time?"

The cooperation between the two began with Tiffany. At the time, Shane had been hypnotised, but quickly, he learned to combat it and took up the skill himself. He had used his new-learned hypnosis skills on Christopher. However, he did not force Christopher to listen to his orders. Instead, he had made Christopher tell him everything the Fuller family had done. Shane had told him about his own unhappy childhood in return.

If there hadn’t been a spy, it would be impossible for Christopher to escape, let alone not get caught until now.

No one would suspect that Shane, who appeared to be planning Christopher's demise, was the spy. As such, while the cooperation between the two was surprising, it was less dangerous.

"You either cooperate with me or die."

"I just didn't think that you would be so miserable. The pet rabbit you gave Augustus was even eaten by him! Your father's a b*stard for letting such a thing happen."

In front of Shane, Christopher didn't need to pretend to be gentle. He didn't need to be elegant or easy-going. He could act like himself in front of Shane. After all, the man was his brother.

Shane helped him put a bandage on his cut and said, "He's not just my father, he's ours."

"No, he's not! I refuse to have a monster like him as my father." Christopher pursed his lips.

Shane put the rest of the bandages back into the medical kit, got up, and kicked away the beer bottles. "You've been injured, it's best if you stop drinking for a few days. If not, your wound might

not close up. It'll hurt much more if you don't let it heal properly."

Christopher scoffed. "Wouldn't you be glad if I died? You were planning to kill me anyway."

"I wasn’t planning to use Augustus's plan on you."

"Then who are you planning it for? Do you have other enemies?" Christopher was curious.

"You’ll get to read all about it in the papers soon enough."

"What do you need me to do?"

"Tell Avery and Charlotte that I've invited you out for dinner. Have them stay with you the entire time, that's all I ask."

"And when will that be?" 'TH tell you later."

Christopher took a deep breath and leaned back into his chair. "Well, I'll look forward to reading the news later. I wonder who it could be..."

After that, Shane picked up his suit and said, "I'm going to head out first."

"Bye."

He was gone just like that.

Christopher looked outside the window.

Everyone loved Shane.

No one knew that deep down, Christopher needed love too.

They have given all their love to Shane.

"I don’t know if I should love or hate this ability of his."

Christopher muttered to himself.

After Charlotte returned home, she felt that there was something very strange about the entire situation.

The main concern she had was that Christopher's attitude was too nonchalant. He didn't seem to care about how Shane treated him. He only wanted to vent his anger to her just now. She could feel that this particular anger was not even directed at Shane, but at the Fuller family.

If she remembered correctly, whenever Christopher mentioned anything that had to do with Shane before, he would sound hateful. However, when they had talked about him just now, he spoke of Shane just like he would any other person, with no strong emotions attached to his words. It did not sound like he harboured any hatred for Shane anymore.

Just as she was contemplating this, her phone rang.

"I have something to tell you," Avery said in a dull tone.

"What's wrong?"

"I already know what you and Christopher were chatting about today. You don't have to update me about that. I just want to tell you something else about him. He knows everything about us. It seems that someone on our side has been spying on us for him. He even admitted to it, and proved it by telling me some details about our situation right now. He even knows that Irena didn't die."

"How can that be possible! Nathan has already secured all the communicative channels! News about Irena shouldn’t have gotten out at all! Even Irena's parents don't know about this.”

"So he's not lying to us then. There must be a spy among us."

Charlotte was silent.

After a while, Avery said, "That's not all. I suspect that Shane is going to kill Christopher. I got the news today that Shane has been seen around the building where Augustus died in. But I couldn't find out which floor he went to. He must be setting everything up."

"He's really going to..." Charlotte was upset.

She really didn't want Shane to do anything stupid.

"We'd better find a way to get closer to Christopher."

Charlotte nodded her head.

It was the right thing to do.

Once Shane asks to have a meal with Christopher, they could probably stop him if they got to them before anything happened.

Soon enough, Avery and Charlotte had a plan finalised. However, since neither Shane nor Christopher made a move, the two of them would have to sit back and wait cautiously before they could do anything.

Charlotte had been looking for a chance to talk to Shane but he kept ignoring her. She felt as if he had abandoned her.

She had to find a way to stop him.

Later that day.

With Cole's help, Charlotte managed to corner Shane.

"Just when are you going to stop hiding from me?" Charlotte walked up to him and stood close.

"I haven't been hiding." Shane stopped walking, but he didn't look at her. He lowered his eyes and continued in an impassive tone, "If you want to talk to me about Christopher, forget it."

"I missed you. Can't I just spend some time with you?"

"You missed me?" He looked as if he had heard the funniest joke in his life. "Do you really?"

"Follow me."

Charlotte pulled his hand and guided him into a car.

She forced him into the passenger seat while she drove. Poor Cole could only take Charlotte's money and waited for a taxi by the road.

"Where are we going?" Shane asked as he had no idea.

"We're going on a date."

She was simply going to drag him out to dinner with her.

She booked a private room at a restaurant and ordered Shane's favourite dishes. The two of them sat opposite each other without saying another word.

"You did all that just so you could have dinner with me?”

"What else was I supposed to do?" She said in a fierce tone. "How long have you been hiding from me? Shane, do you even have a conscience?! Don't you know that I'll miss you? Oh, I get it! You must not have thought about me at all these few days! That's why you don't miss me, right?" Content from NôvelDr(a)ma.Org.

It was a logical assumption women always made.

Shane shook his head with a smile and said, "Of course I missed you. I' m just busy at the moment."

"What are you busy with?" She asked.

"There are a lot of things that need my attention, especially those deals with the companies overseas. If I don't hurry and close those deals, how do you expect me to find time in the future to play the piano for you?"

Charlotte asked suspiciously, "Is that really the case?"

"Of course." "Then what about the thing with Christopher..."

"I invited him to dinner, but he hasn't agreed to that yet. I have something to discuss with him."

Charlotte felt her heart skip a beat at that. "What do you need to discuss with him?"

Shane was amused. He leaned to one side and tapped on her forehead lightly. "You're worried that I'll kill him, aren't you?"

Charlotte shook her head in denial at first but switched to nodding instead. She looked at him with worried eyes and said, "Shane, I'm not saying that you can't kill Christopher, or that he can't be injured. I just think that you shouldn't turn yourself into a criminal. We can hand him over to the court and let the law decide his punishment. There's no need for us to personally deal with him."

"Are you sure the law is just?"

"I..." Charlotte bit her lips.

"Don't worry. I'm not going to kill him rashly."

"I can only choose to support you now, right? I can't change your mind no matter what I say."

"You can try."

After that, Shane started to eat.

Charlotte sighed and gently leaned her head on his shoulder, "I'm just worried about you."

She had spoken softly, with a note of melancholy.

Shane got a spoonful of fish he knew Charlotte loved and held it to her lips. He watched as she opened up her mouth to accept his offering. "Are you still angry with me? Going to let the thing with Christopher go now?"

"I wasn't angry about that, alright? It was because you've been avoiding me! And besides, it's not like anything I saw about your plan for Christopher will sway you anyway. There's no point."

"So you're still angry?"

"I’m not. I'm just worried about you. I'm afraid that you'll hurt yourself in the process. What if he survives and takes his revenge on you? As Sheryl' s mother, and as your fiancee, I'm allowed to be worried about you."

"Fiancee," Shane echoed back.

This made Shane recall something.

He had planned to get them their marriage certificates for a long while now.

But up till now, he still hadn't done it.