Single Mom's Sweet Husband (Charlotte) novel Chapter 378

Shane chuckled and pressed her deeper into his arms. "Lottie, it's time to pay me back my interest."

"What is Shane talking about?" Charlotte thought.

Before Charlotte could retort, Shane pressed her down. She could tell that he was being serious this time. She could only mumble some last words of resistance. "Even if you want to, we... we should also take a shower first, right? I feel like I'm starting to stink. I've been in the car for the whole day."

Shane didn't answer. He picked her up and walked to the bathroom.

That night.

Kendall was a little bored alone in the room. Rick had gone with Avery to ask Olive about the childtrafficking matter. She had nothing to do, so she walked around. When she arrived at the buffet restaurant, she saw a very familiar person. She got goosebumps all over her body.

She immediately found a place to hide. When she saw more and more people wearing black uniforms around her, she took out her phone and

sent a message to Rick.

"At this point, we can be sure that the kidnapper is a human trafficker, so it's not surprising that he killed the others." After Rick spoke, he reached out and touched Olive's head. "Don't feel bad. You are also a victim."

"But my parents loved me, right? That's why they're giving me to you guys?" Olive retorted. But she quickly dismissed her own thoughts. "No, that's not right. If they give me to you, won't they be afraid I'll tell you everything? I don't think that's right."

"It's possible that they thought you wouldn't take the initiative to mention any strange things to us once they handed you over. But if they sell you, it's very likely that you'll notice it. After all, you're so smart," Avery said.

"Oh," Olive said. She did not think that she was smart at all. It was just that she had been through a lot of difficulties, which was why she always overthought things out of habit.

Rick was about to ask Olive to think about it carefully when the phone's screen lit up. He picked it up and frowned. "You guys talk. I need to take this call."

"What's wrong?" Avery asked, "I haven't seen you for a long time. It's not easy to get to talk to you, how can you just leave like this?" "Something happened to Kendall. She saw Christopher. Call Shane."

Avery was stunned for a while. Then, he nodded seriously. "Hurry up and find her. I'll call Charlotte now. By the way, when you are on the way, you should call Peter and ask him to send your location to our phones."

"Okay. If you don't hear from me in half an hour, call the police."

"Alright."

Sheryl had seen Christopher before. When she saw the adults being so nervous, she was a little confused. "Uncle Avery, isn't Mr. Gibson Daddy's friend? Why are you so afraid of him? Why are you going to call the police?"

"Now they are no longer friends. Sheryl, you still remember that you were kidnapped before, right? That's actually..."

Avery began to tell Sheryl the whole story. Sheryl listened and nodded. She began to worry about Rick. If Christopher could kidnap her, they could kidnap Rick and Kendall as well.

Sheryl hoped that they would come back safe and sound.

Rick went to find Kendall When he arrived, Christopher and his people had already left, leaving Kendall leaning against the wall. She clutched her phone as she trembled. The moment when she saw him coming, tears started falling. She threw herself into his arms and hugged him hard.

"Alright, alright. Everything is fine. I'm here. You're safe now.” Rick softly reassured Kendall, his tone gentle as ever.

"I miss you so much, Rick. I really miss you," Kendall said as she cried. "I was so scared just now. They were walking towards me. I thought I was in danger, but they aren't here for me. I'm so scared."

Kendall cried as she spoke, her entire person was leaning against Rick's chest. She had lost the most basic ability to move.

Rick held her in his arms and whispered, "I'm already here. I'm sorry, sweetheart. I won't let you go out alone in the future."

Sweetheart.

It was the first time he had called her that.

Kendall sniffed and looked at him in disbelief. "Rick, what did you just call me?"

"Sweetheart." Rick chuckled. "I called you that in a panic. If you don't like it, I can change it."