Single Mom's Sweet Husband by Charlotte

"Hello, Miss Melanie," Charlotte replied with a friendly smile.

"Hello, Sheryl," she greeted Sheryl warmly, then turned to Charlotte. "Ms. Emerson, it's a shame that you couldn't make it to the family event. Sheryl's dad did such a great job, but unfortunately, both parents must be present in order to receive the participation gift."

As she spoke, sympathy hung on Miss Melanie's face. Meanwhile, Charlotte's mind only turned into mush with every word of hers.

Family event? What family event?

Sheryl's dad?

Intuitively, Charlotte looked at Sheryl. She found that her sharp-witted child had quickly broken free from her clutch and fled without giving Charlotte a chance to utter a word.

Catching the bafflement in Charlotte's eyes, Miss Melanie asked in confusion, "Ms. Emerson, were you not aware of the event?"

Truth be told, she was truly unaware of it. However, at that moment, the one thing she could do was simply to give a random excuse. "Oh, no, Miss Melanie. It's just that I've been a little busier than I'd like lately, and it just slipped my mind."

Charlotte chuckled awkwardly.

returned a

then handed the small box to Charlotte and said, "Here's a picture of Sheryl and her father. I can tell that Sheryl loves her father very much. I understand that you both have gone your separate ways, but there are times where you ought to put yourself in your child's shoes and

Melanie's words. It appeared the teacher must' ve mistaken that Charlotte had divorced

take good care of Sheryl for me." Charlotte put

still perched upon her face. "It's my

Shane in the picture. Never would she have dreamt

the sweetest smile on her face, while Shane, who was sitting

a daze, a memory came rushing back to her. It was the morning of the day

if she

that point in time, she had focused all her attention on the

an immense amount

grateful toward Shane. On top of his work-related matters as the busy president of his own company, he could still fork out time to bring Sheryl to an

a blink of an eye and Charlotte decided against working overtime today. Instead, she got off work

to take Sheryl out for a meal at KFC,

can I order a hamburger today?"