Chapter 381 Is Charles Seeing Someone Else?

Caden was starting to get irritated. "These scam calls are getting out of hand."

He hung up again, flagged the number as spam, and blocked it..

Meanwhile, Zev had gone into the kitchen to cook. treated him like one.

nically, he was a guest, but Caden never really

"Where the heck is Charles?" Zev asked as he stirred the last dish. Dinner was practically ready, but Charles still hadn't shown up.

"Hey, your cooking's getting better," Caden said, oblivious to anything being wrong as he swaggered over to taste Zev's cooking.

He had to admit-it was actually really good.

"You think you can get a wife if you can't cook?" Zev teased with a raised brow.

"So I should probably learn too?" Caden grinned, suddenly interested. "Come on, teach me!"

"You?" Zev looked him up and down. "Don't bother. You're never getting married. Might as well find yourself a husband."

Caden's face darkened. "Nothing good ever comes out of your mouth."

Kelly walked in carrying a dish and led the twins off to wash their hands. Still no sign of Charles. No phone call either.

"What's going on with Charles?" Caden finally sensed something off. He called Charles, but there was no

answer.

His chest tightened, and he instinctively looked at Zev. "Wait, what if that call wasn't a scam? That that he had my man."

guy

said

Zev froze, then quickly snatched Caden's phone. "Seriously, you're... ?” He dug through the blocked numbers and called it back.

No one picked up.

and

too. "Zev, you don't think

frowned. In their line of work, danger was constant. It

"If it were real, they'd have answered again. I'll go look around. You guys eat

eased with Zev's words. "Are

and started toward the door. But then he stopped, turning back with a conflicted look. "You and

had always had reservations. As a brother, he

who Charles was, but because of what he did. His job

profound love for Kelly, yet he never ventured to reveal it. All he did was crack jokes and

safer.

What if she

back to find Kelly abandoned and alone-maybe he would've kept hiding in the

Never interrupting her life.

sure what he felt for Charles. But now? If Charles was really in danger, he felt like he'd lose his mind. "Sidney would never approve of you two," Zev said quietly before he left. "If

wasn't in the mood to eat. His mind was with Charles. As

No answer.

nearly impossible to get through when they were on active

Zev tapped into his

out of it,"

higher-ups told him to stay out of it and stop being

What did they mean he

has nothing to do with you. Don't get involved. You've got a wife and kids. Stop asking questions."

back. He just gave

they all knew what was at stake. Getting involved

been holding their breath, praying he'd make it out alive. When he finally did,

treated him

up right under their noses-he was one

word," Zev said quietly "Is he okay or

Seeing Someone Else?

finally, that officer revealed. "He's

his shoulders finally

long as Charles was alive, that

stood outside the house for a

shot to his feet the second he stepped inside and asked, "Did you

him?"

He said he'll be back later and told us

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