Mistaking a Magnate for a Male Escort

Charlotte felt uneasy about Sherlyn’s words; she could not, however, deny that anyone would naturally be worried about their future daughter-in-law meeting an ex-husband alone at a hotel.

Instead of voicing her discomfort, she set down her cutlery and declared, “I’m going to see Danrique’s kids. Please enjoy your dinner.”

“All right,” Sherlyn acknowledged briefly before turning back to her meal.

Louis placed his cutlery on the table and offered, “I’ll accompany you, Charlotte.”

She dismissed his offer coolly. “That won’t be necessary; you should stay here with your parents. I want to be alone for a while.”

Charlotte scuttled off soon after.

figure with a forlorn expression. His efforts to grow

Charlotte had never once opened her heart

did could convince her to accept him as

at the playroom to

seemed unusually listless that day, fiddling with their Legos distractedly. Their chattering selves were nowhere to be found,

gently, “What’s wrong? Why aren’t any of

isn’t here, so it’s not fun. Robbie’s missing too. He doesn’t play with us, but he

tugged on Charlotte’s sleeve and asked, “Where did Jamie go? He looks like Robbie, and he knows how to do cartwheels. It was so cool! Where did they

bad person take them away?” Gamma asked

so fierce,

a bad guy,” Charlotte explained with

“Really?”

curiosity of all three kids, who crowded around her, bursting with

fierce bad guy was Robbie, Jamie, and Ellie’s father? Does that

husband. Mommy and Daddy aren’t married, but Daddy is still our

marrying Sir Louis, so Sir Louis is

should we

of course it’s