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."

why your parents hit you." Charlotte looked at Peter with determination in her

Peter was stunned.

came to the topic of domestic

looked at

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

very curious so I found

immediately raised his head and looked at Charlotte

Found them?

served their dishes up so the topic

seemed to pass very slowly but Peter was so nervous he couldn't sit still. He wanted to know what Charlotte had investigated. He also wanted to know if her thoughts

his past. Even Shane wasn't able

Soon, the waitress left.

the pot and raised an eyebrow at Peter.

"Yes, Ms. Emerson."

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

his head in embarrassment and answered, "Yes, I have blocked all information on

you find anything if I can't?" Shane asked

believe that his

so much experience from all these years, how could he lose to

pass by Peter's hometown on the way so I asked someone to investigate his close ones. Then, I went

one could

felt a lump in his throat. Zoe sighed, "Ms.

that I genuinely treat you guys as my friends." There was a glimmer in her

parents didn't have

father was 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

acknowledge their own shortcomings. They would find a million reasons such as bad luck or blame it on

wrong so they had to vent their anger on their partners. When their partners start

fight back.

Charlotte finished, she remained silent. The hot pot continued to boil while

Shane picked up his cutlery and placed a

"Alright."

past Zoe towards the hallway, Shane grabbed hold of her wrist. She froze before turning around and followed him

it." Peter's voice was