Single Mom's Sweet Husband by Charlotte

"Hello?"

Without so much as a glance at the caller ID, Charlotte picked up the ringing phone from her desk and brought it to her ear.

"Lottie, Sheryl and I are in the restaurant right downstairs from your office building. Quick, come join us." It was Anne.

'T m sorry, Anne, but I'm still working on something right now."

"But it's already the weekend, plus it's time for lunch! No amount of work calls for starving yourself. Besides, Sheryl misses you a lot," Anne said in protest.

'The weekend?' Charlotte blinked.

Her fingers paused mid-action and the pen she was twirling swiftly landed on her desk.

Subconsciously, her eyes darted to scan her desk calendar. To her surprise, it was, in fact, already the weekend. However, this was nothing out of the norm; it was easy for Charlotte to lose track of time once she got her hands on work.

She was currently revising the design drafts for the bidding of the opera house in the Eastern District. Though the bidding was to take place three weeks from the day of the notice, the company only permitted her two weeks to finalize the drafts for the presentation.

One week had now passed, yet she was still unsatisfied with the drafts.

She knew that this project was not only a test given to her by the company, but also a chance for her to prove her abilities to the rest.

It had been a few days since she started working overtime and spending the night at the company. Because of this, she had specifically asked Anne to look over Sheryl.

"Alright, I'll be down in a minute."

After hanging up the phone, Charlotte briefly cleared her desktop and picked up her bag, ready to head downstairs.

soon. Why don't you take a look at the menu and decide what you'd like to eat first?"

trace. She joyfully picked up the menu and started flipping through. She then proceeded to

cup

and Sheryl engaged in chirpy small talk, Braden spotted them from

always had this extraordinarily retentive memory for beautiful women, so he was quick to recognize Anne at

can't be anything in my way this time around, right?' Braden

rose to his feet, adjusted his collar, and strode over with his

fate, but it looks like we were meant to

by many in River City. He had dandy facial features accented by his firm, wheat- coloured skin. His

was resistant to the charisma of the man who suddenly appeared in

on Braden's face grew rigid. 'You must be

the man with a never-ending queue of admirers flocking behind

Anne's alarm, he swiftly pulled out an empty chair

moment to recall." As Braden unbuttoned his suit,

bubbly face. Her

simply too

she can't be the daughter of this lady,

this little girl?" he

so rude," Sheryl remarked with

Anne nodded in agreement.

in a hurry, she caught sight

tracks but noticed Braden didn't seem like he was planning to leave anytime soon. She looked over to Anne and she immediately realized what tricks

"Mr. Collins."

saw Charlotte. She leaped off her chair in excitement and dove into her