Will You Marry Me, My Ex-Wife? novel Chapter 2002

Charlotte's entire body stiffened when she heard Jim's words.

All of a sudden, she recalled that previously, when she was trying to convince Jim to bring Shelly and Harvey over to Merchant City, she had lied to him about Shelly being her daughter.

At that time, all she thought was that since Shelly and Harvey would die in the explosion on their flight to Merchant City, as long as she feigned sorrow and devastation, she would be able to hold up to her lies.

None of that went according to plan!

Charlotte never thought that Joshua and Luna's wretched son would join them on their journey here, and not only had he managed to find all the hidden bombs, but he had also even switched out all the flight attendants and crew without her knowing!

Charlotte's plans had been utterly ruined.

Because of this, she had spent her entire day drowned in disappointment and anger, so much so that she had forgotten about what she had lied to Jim in the past.

Jim had so suddenly brought it up at this moment, and only then did she recall that she was supposed to be a sobbing mother, devastated about her separation from her child!

A glimmer of nervousness flashed through her eyes, but a split second later, she calmed down and said, "Even though Shelly is indeed my daughter, but...”

She let out a sigh as tears started to brim in her eyes. "But as soon as she was born, you had taken her away from me and passed her over to Christopher to take care of because she was always sick.

"After that, Christopher brought the children with him when he went to Banyan City to find Bonnie..."

The more she said this, the more choked her voice became, "Because of this, even though Shelly is my daughter, I've never taken care of her even for a day.

"Now, the child has become so attached to Bonnie that it's as though she’s her mother instead. On top of that..."