Chapter 1169

After Morgan had left the room, Charlotte probed the room herself. She found nothing out of place, and prepared to shower and sleep.

At that moment, Louis knocked on her door. “Charlotte, can I come in?”

Charlotte pulled on a cardigan and opened the door. “Louis, is something wrong?”

“I just wanted to check up on you. I hope the explosion didn't scare you too much,” Louis said, his voice tinged with concern. “Paul has already investigated the incident. It was just a mere traffic accident; nothing to be worried about. However, I'll still get the guards to increase their watch on the perimeters just to be safe.”

“Thanks for taking the trouble to do all that,” Charlotte said. “Good night, then. You should rest well.”

“I...” Louis hesitated. He seemed reluctant to leave.

“What's wrong?” Charlotte narrowed her eyes at him.

“I...” Louis sounded nervous. “Well, there's a bar in the manor. I wanted to invite you for a drink.”

“Now?” Charlotte frowned. “After what happened earlier today, it's best for us not to go out so late.”

do you mean by 'late'? It's just a little past nine

said simply. “You should sleepy

Louis to reply and closed the door on his face

the door, feeling very disappointed. He had thought that they would spend more time with each other once they arrived at

chance to be alone with her. Every time he tried to approach her, she would find some excuse to

no other choice but to continue waiting

to himself and turned

not care about safety at all! He dares to ask me to go to a bar with

sailing ever since he was a child, and he had never experienced any terrible crisis. It was only natural that he would develop such a

head to herself and put him out of her mind. She was still worried about

children in shifts, even when

the children, asked Charlotte, “Mommy, was the explosion this afternoon a sneak attack

a car accident,” Charlotte explained gently. “Mommy's just taking extra precaution now

said sleepily and dropped the subject. “You should sleep early too, Mommy. Ellie and the others are all tired from playing today

room.” Charlotte smiled as she thought of them playing together happily before bed, “Ellie really

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