Single Mom's Sweet Husband (Charlotte) novel Chapter 318

"Don't you dare, or I'll kidnap you and do... you know what. Wink, wink."

"Are you sure?" Shane's cold voice sounded.

Anne broke out in goosebumps and she almost screamed, "Charlotte, you've overlooked your friend after finding love. You allowed Shane to listen in on our conversation. How dare you?"

She hung up immediately.

Annoyed, Charlotte looked at the person beside her. "How did you know what I was saying?"

"Just a presumption."

Charlotte rolled her eyes. In her opinion, his presumption was a superpower.

She didn't even put the phone on speaker. Shane figured out the gist of their conversation just from a "I wouldn't dare." He, too, puzzled out Anne's answer. He understood Anne quite well.

"I'm going to pick up Anne in three days. Could you please ask for the address from Braden? If I ask Anne, she wouldn't want to trouble me."

"Sure." Shane took out his phone and sent a text. The reply came quickly and Shane forwarded it to Charlotte.

Charlotte's eyes lit up with joy as she held her phone. "Let's surprise her."

"Us?"

Since when had he been part of her plan?

"You're not going? Then I'll ask someone else. Rick should be available. He's Anne's brother anyway." Charlotte said as she glanced in Shane's direction.

"Charlotte, are you testing me?" He rolled over and pressed her under his body.

The intimacy of this position had an undercurrent of anticipation. Charlotte swallowed and continued, "If you're not going with me, can't I ask someone else?"

"Did I say I wasn't going?"

"Then I didn't say I would ask others." She countered obstinately.

Shane kissed and stroked her. He wasn't going to let up on her after that affront.

The night's events left him feeling contented. • • •

The next day.

Shane was already gone when Charlotte woke up. He left a note in the living room informing her that he was in a meeting at the office. She should manage breakfast on her own and he'd return with lunch. Tonight, he'd go over the details of the press conference with her.

Charlotte looked at the note and stroked it. Her heart felt empty.

She was unable to face him after what had happened over the past few days, though she had already steeled herself for the worst.

Charlotte sat on the sofa with her laptop intending to work for a bit. However, she opened her email and realized Shane had already cleared her inbox. Furthermore, Shane's replies were precise and much more methodical than hers.

"Why is he everywhere?" She muttered to herself as she clicked on her social media, planning to chat with someone.

"You are online." It was Zoe.

It seemed that there was someone more anxious for a chat.

Charlotte replied, "Yeah, I just got up. What about you?"

Zoe said, "Peter woke up and had something to eat before falling asleep again. I'm just idling around."

"Me too, I'm bored," Charlotte added a sighing emoji.

Zoe initiated a video call. She wanted to chat to kill time, but they were just conversing aimlessly. Charlotte did most of the talking and she went along with it.

She was pleasantly surprised to hear that Anne was returning. "Great timing. I've only heard of her but I've never actually seen her."

"Do you want to go with me to pick her up?" Charlotte invited.

"Sure."

"That's great."

"Anne aside, Mr. Fuller should be your priority."

At the mention of Shane, Charlotte's mood immediately darkened. "I don't know how to face him. I don't even know if I like him."