Single Mom's Sweet Husband (Charlotte)

Chapter 144

Charlotte was startled. She said hurriedly, "Please keep this secret for me. I don't want Shane to know."

Sheryl looked at her with her head tilted. She sort of remembered that Shane was her Daddy's name.

But what did divorce mean?

It was so interesting.

"What is divorce?" The little girl blinked innocently.

Anne immediately picked her up. "Sheryl, did you miss your godmother?"

"Yes, I did!"

"Then I will reward you with cake. Ms. Eleanor, come and take Sheryl to afternoon tea."

After the servant took Sheryl away, Anne continued, "Why didn't you let him know? Sheryl is his daughter. He was the man from five years ago. You were the one who saved him"

Charlotte didn't know what the whole saving thing was about. She only knew that she had gotten pregnant with Sheryl that night.

However, there was no point in saying these things now.

She smiled bitterly and said, "These things don't matter anymore. Look, you can see that Tiffany is a good match for him."

Braden heard this sentence spoken as he went downstairs. He had wanted to persuade her, but then he immediately shut up.

Tiffany was Heidi's younger sister...

If Shane really couldn't let go of the past, it was possible that he would break up with Charlotte and get together with Tiffany.

Anne was angry when she heard that. "Is he divorcing you because of another woman?"

"It's my fault, so it has nothing to do with him. Besides, our marriage is just contractual. Don't you know that?"

"But at that time, I thought you... Just forget it, Shane is just a playboy bastard!" Anne gritted her teeth in anger.

"Would you really divorce for Tiffany?" Braden asked in a low voice.

Charlotte smiled bitterly. She didn't know either. If it was for Tiffany's sake, why would Shane delay the divorce until now?

Also, from Tiffany's reaction, she liked Shane very much. If Shane also liked her, why didn't he choose to marry her back then?

She really didn't know.

She was afraid that, in his eyes, she was not even a tool to be used...

"Braden, do you know what?" Anne saw Braden's unnatural behavior and immediately asked in response.

"Tiffany is Heidi's sister. I remember that Heidi was kidnapped and killed with her when Shane was fifteen years old..." Braden sighed and continued, "But I don't know the details. Wait a minute. I'll send someone to investigate it. Shane is quite secretive."

Anne nodded after thinking for a while.

It was necessary to conduct a thorough investigation.

She arranged for Charlotte and Sheryl to stay at her home and used her own connections with Braden to investigate what happened in the past.

Three hours later.

Anne handed the prepared documents to Charlotte while she held a bowl of fruit in her other hand. "No matter what decision you make, I will support you. Have a good rest. My home is your home. Don't worry about it, it's fine."

"It's a pity that you're engaged. Otherwise, I would marry you myself." Charlotte smiled as she took the bowl.

This was her first smile in the past few days.

"If you want to marry me, I will break off the engagement immediately." Anne snorted.

"I am afraid that Braden might cry out loud."

The two looked at each other and laughed.

Anne said, "You take a look then. I'm going out."

"Sure."

As soon as Anne left, Charlotte first placed the documents to one side and finished the fruits before she picked them up again.

Heidi Allen.

Shane's piano teacher's daughter. She had been kidnapped along with Shane when she was 16 and he 15. In the end, she had died.

"Piano?" Charlotte wondered.

Charlotte went through the documents repeatedly and found that Shane had a good relationship with Heidi. They had even participated in competitions together. Original content from NôvelDrama.Org.

She smiled and put the documents on the table.

She stood on the balcony and looked into the distance, lost in thought.

The light was too dazzling. She squinted her eyes, and the corners of her eyes were a little wet.

After Heidi's death, Shane had never participated in any other competitions. This piano genius had disappeared.

It turned out that he stopped playing the piano because of Heidi.

"Contractual relationship?" Charlotte thought.

No, she only had a contract with him. There was no relationship.

Her dependence on him was like a joke.

She didn't know him at all, and he never gave her a chance to understand.

Charlotte buried her head in her arms. She took a deep breath and kept telling herself off internally: Don't cry, don't cry. Sheryl's illness will get better in the future.

If she could leave him, things would get better and better.

Once Charlotte found out the truth, her mood was even lower. Anne felt that this was not good, she worried over it.

"Godmother, why isn't my mother happy?" Sheryl swung her little feet under her chair at the table and asked in a childish voice.

The corners of Anne's mouth twitched. She couldn't answer, 'Because your father is a jerk', could she?

She could only calm herself down and explain, "Because your mother has encountered some setbacks on this road of life. I'm very worried about her."

Sheryl blinked her eyes and hugged Anne gently. "I don't understand, but no matter what happens, I love you."

"Silly child." Anne held the little girl tightly.

With such a caring little girl around, Charlotte should stop fixating on the issues soon. Maybe she would be able to get over it in just a few days.

Just at this moment, Charlotte came from upstairs. Her eyes were red, as if she had just cried.

Anne pulled the child to her side. "Don't cry, your eyes are swollen into walnuts."

"I'm fine." Charlotte pointed at her throat. "I'm just a little thirsty."

"Come on, let's have some afternoon tea." Anne carried the child in one arm and held Charlotte in the other.

The two adults and a child looked like a family of three if you looked at them from behind.

Braden was in a mess.

His fiancee's boyfriend was also too powerful. He felt very left out.

In order to have a sense of usefulness, Braden suggested going abroad for some relaxation during afternoon tea.

Besides, the Collins and Jane families' businesses were very healthy now. They had nothing better to do. It would be just perfect to take her on a trip.

When Sheryl heard about going abroad, her eyes lit up. "Can we go to that theme park again? You said before that you would take me there..."

"Yes, do you want to go?" Anne touched the tip of Sheryl's nose.

"I want to go! It's..." Sheryl glanced at her mother, went close to Anne's ear, and whispered at a volume that only the two of them could hear. "What about my Daddy? He will be so sad at home alone."

Anne was stunned. She sighed helplessly. A child's heart was indeed the most tender and beautiful.

She lowered her voice and asked, "Does Sheryl like Mommy more, or does she like Daddy more?"

"Mommy," Sheryl answered without hesitation.

"That's good."

Sheryl tilted her head and thought for a while. Finally, she understood that her Mommy had quarreled with her Daddy.

Although she didn't know why, she definitely preferred Mommy. But... Daddy was also very sweet to her. She also wanted to be with Daddy...

The little girl's nose twitched. "Will I still have a Daddy in the future?"

Anne was speechless.

She really could not bear to look at those sad little eyes, which were watering up.

"You can have other fathers in the future."

Sheryl lowered her head, but soon she raised her head again and waved her little fist. "If it can make Mommy happy, I don't mind having other Daddies!"

Charlotte had really given birth to a lovely little angel!

Anne really loved this little girl to death.

"What are you guys talking about so secretively?" Charlotte turned her head to look at them.

"Ahem." Anne came back to her senses. "I was just asking what Sheryl thinks of my brother. Since we're talking about going abroad, would you be okay to have another traveling companion?"

Anne's brother... Rick Jane?

When she thought of the man's handsome features and his excellent capabilities as well as his family background, Charlotte felt as if she was facing a formidable enemy.

She smiled bitterly. "You're trying to matchmake me again."

"I think my brother is really nice. Don't you want consider it?" Anne winked.

"Anne..."

"Alright, alright. Let's not talk about my brother. What do you think about going abroad?"

To go abroad.

To leave this city and this country.

Just like she left her hometown so many years ago?

Charlotte wasn't very willing to go. She had accomplished nothing back here that she had wanted to. And now she would escape abroad again?

"In any case, we'll be going for half a month at most," Anne suddenly added.