Single Mom's Sweet Husband (Charlotte)

Chapter 170

Mrs. Fuller Senior was fine.

She only had a small shock. She had passed out on purpose.

On purpose.

When Charlotte heard these two words, she was dumbfounded.

Mrs. Fuller Senior took her hand and pulled her to her side. "Women need to be tricky. Tell me, what would Shane have done if I hadn't passed out?"

"He would have continued watching the show," Charlotte answered.

"Humph." Mrs. Fuller Senior nodded proudly, like a naughty child. She patted the back of Charlotte's hand and said lazily, "You have to use the right method to deal with Shane. I know that you are a good person, but some tricks can be good."

"A good trick?" She was puzzled.

"Think about it carefully. Am I a bad person?"

Charlotte shook her head without any hesitation. Regardless of whether it was towards her or Sheryl, Mrs. Fuller Senior was always good to them.

"I haven't hurt anyone in this life, but I have many tricks. It's wrong to get men and children to listen to you. Neither is getting a man to give you his attention." Mrs. Fuller Senior continued.

"Grandma, Shane and I really won't be together." Charlotte decided to take advantage of this opportunity to speak her mind, "He has someone he must take care of, and I..."

"That doesn't change anything. He doesn't have any feelings for that person, does he?"

"But he doesn't have any feelings for me either."

"I don't think so. When it comes to other women, Sheryl is your trump card and advantage."

Charlotte sighed. "Grandma, I know you like Sheryl."

Mrs. Fuller Senior took a meaningful look at her and said, "Sheryl looks very similar to Shane."

Charlotte was stunned for a moment. She then stretched out her hand and rubbed the child in question's head. "There are many people in this world who are similar to Mr. Fuller. It's also possible that this is the reason why Sheryl likes Mr. Fuller so much."

"No, I like Daddy because he smells good, but others don't." Sheryl raised her small hand to refute.

"Smells good?" Charlotte wondered

Was it the cologne?

Charlotte smiled bitterly and decided not to continue this topic, "Grandma, I'll go down and handle the hospital admission procedures."

"Okay, okay. Go." Mrs. Fuller Senior let go of her hand.

There were some topics that should end when the time came for it.

She left the ward.

Charlotte leaned against the wall. Her eyes were dull as she stared at the floor. For some unknown reason, tears started streaming down her cheeks. She was not sad, nor did she feel wronged.

Her heart did not feel any big emotion at all.

But her tears continued to fall without her consent. She wiped them calmly, then allowed the warm- then-cold droplets to fall from her hand.

She truly was calm.

She could even tell that, in the first three seconds after the tears fell, they were warm. As they rolled downward, they became colder. By the time they reached the corner of her mouth, the tears were almost room temperature.

Her face stiffened a little.

Charlotte reached out her hand and patted her cheeks.

Suddenly, a shadow appeared in front of her. It passed her a napkin.

Without accepting it, she raised her head and looked at the face before her. All the grievances she felt finally broke out. Exclusive © material by Nô(/v)elDrama.Org.

She opened her mouth but didn't say anything, and her tears fell even more fiercely.

The man reached out to pull her into his arms and gently patted her on the shoulder. "Was Mr. Fuller mean to you? I'm so sorry that you're here alone."

"Rick..." She burst into tears.

She didn't know why she was crying, but her heart was in a panic.

"Fortunately, I found this lost soul. Here, let me wipe your tears." Rick carefully wiped the corner of her eyes.

He had thought that she had put on makeup, so he had taken extra care when wiping.

However, no matter how he nudged, no powder or mascara ran.

"Rick, why is it that people can suddenly feel very sad?"

"Maybe it is because the heart is faster than the brain when making a decision," Rick replied with a smile.

"How did that make sense?" Charlotte wondered.

Charlotte shook her head. Maybe the part of her brain that controlled tears had short-circuited.

Rick saw that she was in a better mood, so he put down the napkin. He gently rubbed her, and patted her back. "Take it easy. It's no big deal. You have me and Anne by your side, and we will still be there even if the sky falls down on us."

"I... It was really fortunate that I met you and Anne."

"Alright, have a good rest. Don't be too emotional, and then make me some money."

Charlotte nodded her head vigorously. She still wanted to say something, but she caught a glimpse of someone out of the corner of her eye.

The muscles in her body stiffened in an instant.

Rick looked in the direction of her gaze. There, Shane was followed by Braden and Cole. The two men seemed to be shocked, but Shane's face was indifferent.

"You..." Braden scratched the back of his head.

He was so dead.

In front of Shane, should he pretend that he didn't know that the two of them were together, or just be honest and tell on them?

Rick released Charlotte's hand and walked up to Shane. He bowed and said, "Mr. Fuller, I'm very sorry for this matter. I had my eye on the wrong person and it has caused you trouble."

Shane pushed his shoulder away and walked on.

"Mr. Fuller, I don't know what I've done to offend you."

"You haven't offended you."

"Since I didn't offend you, you could at least look at me." Rick faced him with a smile.

Braden felt ashamed for Rick.

Generally speaking, although Rick may not have as much power as Shane did in the country, his net worth was not too different from Shane's.

It just happened that Rick could still greet him with a smile even after Shane was cold to him.

This Rick character was really interesting.

Shane leaned to one side, with his long arm hanging by his side, and only gave Rick a glance. Then he straightened his body, bent his arms slightly, folded his hands in front of his abdomen, and walked forward.

From the perspective of psychology, this action showed that he had become warier of Rick.

Rick naturally understood this indication of alienation. He shook his head helplessly and said, "It seems that we still can't find common ground."

"What common ground do you have with him?" It was only after she saw that Shane had left that Charlotte dared to stand by Rick's side.

Rick had been too close to Shane just now.

She hadn't dared to go forward because she didn't want to be too close to Shane just now.

"It's not important. Don't take it to heart."

"Is it because of me?" She was perturbed.

"No."

Charlotte knew that she couldn't get anything out of him if Rick didn't want to say anything.

She only said, "I still want Sheryl to stay with me." "Sheryl may not be willing to do it. It seems that she has a good relationship with Shane's grandmother."

"How could you tell?" she asked curiously.

"When you were abroad, you took her with you when you went to buy medicine, but now you left her in the ward. Even if your emotions were out of control and you didn't want to affect her, you wouldn't do that if the person she was left with wasn't someone you trust."

"You know me so well."

"Go in and say goodbye. If Sheryl wants to go with you, then she will. There's no point making things difficult for the child."

Charlotte nodded.

She subconsciously grabbed Rick's sleeve.

She was afraid.

Rick looked down. He raised his hand and put it gently over hers. His fingertips slowly moved upward to finally shackle her wrist.

They entered the ward.

The first time Mrs. Fuller Senior saw Rick, she liked him.

He looked refined and polite, and his smile was also nice.

"It's no wonder that Lottie would choose you. You're nice, really nice." Mrs. Fuller Senior was full of praise.

"You flatter me." Rick held out a card. "Before I came here, I was thinking about what to bring. But then I thought that health was more important than any gift. This is a lifetime membership for the life card to the Signet Senior Citizens' Club."

The Signet Senior Citizens' Club was immensely exclusive and was impossible to get a membership to.

It was not enough to only have money and power. You had to have fate on your side too.

To be able to obtain such a membership card in such a short period of time, the capability was not the point here. Instead, the sincerity behind it was sufficient.

Mrs. Fuller senior accepted it with a smile. "Not bad, not bad at all."

"Sheryl, Mommy is going back to the office with Uncle Rick. Do you want to stay here or come with me?" Charlotte bent down and asked the little kid.

All of a sudden, everyone's eyes fell on Sheryl.

Even if she was a child, she knew that the answer to this was very important. She blinked and looked at Shane helplessly.

Shane didn't say anything. He wanted to give her the option to choose, but he didn't expect that Rick would bend down and say, "Sheryl, don't think too much about it. Leave or stay, it's up to you."

"I, I don't know." The little girl lowered her head.

"Then I will take you with me. Think about it, Great-grandma is still lying on the hospital bed." Rick coaxed her softly.