Single Mom's Sweet Husband by Charlotte

The journey back to Flowerbed Residence was smooth and the car traveled swiftly toward their destination. Inside the cabin, the only sound that bounced off the windows was Shane's rhythmic typing on his keyboard. A car ride was not an excuse for him to put aside work-related matters.

However, it was the fact that he had his head buried in his laptop that gradually loosened Charlotte up.

She had expected Shane to start bombarding her with questions she could not explain like he had the last time around.

However, Shane was visibly too preoccupied with work to speak to her at all.

Clearly, she was overthinking things.

Despite her efforts to tear her eyes off of him, Charlotte kept catching herself staring at Shane.

His Roman nose paired with his thin lips gave the illusion that his face was deftly sculpted to exude the exclusive allure he had.

Her gaze then dropped to the set of long, slender fingers tapping diligently against the keyboard.

"You play the piano, don't you?" Charlotte blurted without so much as a second thought.

Once the words left her lips, she instantly clasped her hand over her mouth and she could feel her face heat up.

Peeping at him was one thing, but why did she expose herself?

her question, Shane glanced over at her. However, that was all there was to it. Almost immediately, he

pooling in Charlotte's cheeks quelled by half. However, she could still feel her

no choice but to turn the other side

when the tedious trip finally

slowed to a stop in front of Charlotte's residential district. Cole, who was in the

here," he

laptop. He turned to

in the cabin was interspersed with

breathing seemed to soothe Shane's furrowed eyebrows, which were scrunched up due to the stress from

an indeterminable period, Charlotte stirred from a sensation

felt pins and

It took her a few seconds to

she had laid in

to yell for Sheryl at the top of her lungs, she caught sight of Shane and Sheryl sitting at a bench not

coating every inch of her face.

Handsome said you were too tired and we should let you rest a little longer. That's why I didn't

girl stood up obediently and took Charlotte's

don't be mad." Her arch tone of voice prodded Charlotte's heart and, in no time, the roaring fury within her

raised her head and locked eyes with Shane. She found herself staring right