Single Mom's Sweet Husband by Charlotte

Charlotte brought Shane back to the bedroom and handed him his clothes. "You should know how to wear them, right?"

"Yes," Shane took it and answered obediently. "Miss, where did you go in the afternoon and evening? I've been waiting for you."

When Shane sincerely said that he had been waiting for her, Charlotte could feel her heart melting. She smiled meekly and held him tight in her arms, gently stroking the back of his head. "I went to find your mother and asked about you. Shane, do you know that Avery is Augustus's younger brother?"

"Is that so? Then, why is Augustus not here with me?" he asked.

"He's..."

"Is Heidi married to him? I think they make a good couple, although they always quarrel when they see each other." Shane laughed. "Ever since I knew Augustus, I thought he would be together with Heidi one day."

No wonder.

Shane always said that he had never liked Heidi before. It turned out that, in his mind, Heidi was the perfect match for Augustus. So, when she was mad at him because of Heidi, was he missing Augustus very much while trying to explain the situation to her? Was he sad and lost but had no one to talk to?

Charlotte's heart ached again. She couldn't imagine how much pain and sorrow Shane had suffered alone.

"Miss?" Shane called her softly.

"That's right. They, the two of them are together, they..." Charlotte stopped speaking and lowered her gaze. She couldn't bear to lie to him.

"It's okay even if they're not together." Shane thought that she was feeling guilty for lying to him about them being together. "They have their own happiness, and I will give them my blessings too."

"Go take a shower and go to sleep. I'll tell you about Augustus and Heidi another day, okay? You must care about them very much."

"Okay, that's a deal."

Then, Shane went to take a shower. Charlotte sat on the bed, her eyes brimmed with tears.

How was she supposed to tell Shane about this?

They were both your childhood best friends. One died for you when you were 18, and the other died in a fire on your 12th birthday.

The three of you were more intelligent than ordinary people in your teens. You all were on top of the world back then. Your lives had just begun. However, your lives, too, might have come to an end when you all were only teens.

They died physically, but you...

The more Charlotte thought about it, the more she felt sorry for Shane.

stared at his face in a

sat down beside her and said, "Is it because a 12-year-old soul is living under this skin,

not that. I

you by my side, no matter what happens, everything

head and remained

what happened, should

forever by allowing him to continue living as a 12-year-old, or should I brutally make him remember all the pain he had gone

Charlotte woke up.

Shane had already woken up. He sat by the bed and looked out of

called him

at her and gave her a slight nod. "You woke

are you the

memory has been restored." His voice was flat. It was so emotionless that it sent chills down her

not knowing

and Augustus being together. It would be great if they were really together," Shane said as he stood up

She shook her head.

He

really want to know what has happened to you all those years to mold you into who you are today. Maybe I don't deserve to know it. But it doesn't

when you play the piano." She looked at him seriously. "If

looked at her

know all the things that happened to you in the past, and I don't care what kind of person you've turned into because of those things.

I

"What?"

want to see what tricks they're going to play

out

piano, I'll play it. There's no need to threaten me." He turned to grip her hand and

her arms around his waist. "Forget about that. Do you know how much my heart ached for you? I wanted so much to meet you earlier and experience all those things with you. Whether it's the thing about Augustus or Heidi, if they're still alive, they'll

if you hadn't come back to our country, I would be neither happy nor contented." He looked down at her face, his eyes filled with tenderness. "There are

"Shane..."

his fingers on her lips, not allowing her to interrupt. "And I will only love you. Other people are dispensable to me. But if you die one day, I will take your ashes with me and find

down her cheeks in an

thumb. His eyes flickered as he said,

make this a promise then. No one will leave

one