Single Mom's Sweet Husband by Charlotte

Peter's face instantly turned red. She looked at Charlotte in disbelief and protested, "Ms. Emerson, the dishes haven't been served yet. I didn't lose!"

Zoe was confused. "What did you lose? What joke?"

"Ms. Emerson..." Peter stared at Charlotte pitifully.

Charlotte suddenly changed the subject. "Zoe, where did you sleep last night?"

"I went down to the lobby at 11 and checked into a room at eleven-thirty. Before that, I was working in Peter's room," Zoe replied.

"How about this, I'll tell you a joke about Peter but you have to sleep on Peter's sofa tonight and you cannot ask Peter to let you sleep on his bed, okay?" Charlotte smiled mischievously like a fox. Too bad she didn't have a tail. If she did it would definitely be swaying now.

Zoe was a little hesitant but she really wanted to know the joke about Peter...

She didn't mind sleeping on the sofa to listen to a joke. However, she would be less bothered if she was sleeping in Charlotte's room.

"It's an interesting story from Peter's childhood," Charlotte added.

Initially, Peter was very nervous but now he was completely stunned. He didn't expect Charlotte to know anything about him from his childhood.

Shane's gaze also fell on Charlotte. There was a hint of curiosity in his eyes.

Peter's childhood?

Zoe suddenly became interested. They might not be suitable as a couple but Peter was quite nice as a friend. There was no fault in knowing more about a friend. Zoe thought about it. Finally, she gnashed her teeth and answered. "Okay, I'll do it."

"Peter once told me he fell off the roof when he was a child. That's how he got the star-shaped scar on his shoulder. It was a wound left by a starshaped brooch What Charlotte said was true.

Peter nodded and said, "That did happen."

"So I went on to investigate what's the story behind the star brooch. Later, I found one of Peter's classmates. He told me Peter drew a picture at the time. It was a drawing of a dog peeing against a tree. The teacher thought it was interesting so she gave him a star brooch."

"Pfft..." Zoe instantly laughed. "I didn't know Peter was so cheeky."

"Not only that, he probably had dreams about it so one night he wet his bed. He had to pull his bed sheet to the riverside and wash it. He was even beaten by his parents for that." Zoe couldn't laugh at that.

But Peter smiled and said, "Ms. Emerson, you know the story quite well."

to know you better so I asked them why your parents hit you." Charlotte looked

Peter was stunned.

it came to the topic of

pity him. But no one had ever looked at him with such determination as if they could pull

his head. "Ms. Emerson, actually, I also want to

very curious so I

immediately raised his head

Found them?

up so the topic had

so nervous he couldn't sit still. He wanted to know what Charlotte had investigated. He also wanted to know if

his past. Even Shane wasn't able to dig up

Soon, the waitress left.

meat into the pot

"Yes, Ms. Emerson."

before. But he wasn't able to find anything, right?" Charlotte asked

answered, "Yes, I have blocked all

if I

didn't believe that his men were weaker than

capable than hers. He had so much experience from all these years, how

business trip. I happened to pass by Peter's hometown on the way so I asked someone to investigate

but one could sense the effort behind her

Peter felt a lump in his throat. Zoe sighed,

friends." There

have a good

a gambler and his mother liked to spend money on jewellery. They had some money but it was all gambled away soon. His father's conventional business was quickly overtaken by technology. Their perfect home

a million reasons such as bad luck or

they were wrong so they had to vent their anger on their partners. When their partners start to fight back, they would turn

child can't fight back. This is the

she remained silent. The hot pot continued to boil while the

his cutlery and placed a piece of

"Alright."

to walk past Zoe towards the hallway, Shane grabbed hold of her wrist. She froze before turning around and followed him from behind. Zoe gently held Peter's hand. "Sometimes, the answer is simpler and much crueler

can accept it." Peter's voice was