Winning Her Heart back (Emelie and William)

Chapter 693 Charles Davis

Charles shook his head and, after finishing the banana split, went upstairs to play with Mia in the nursery.

Emmie felt a strong sense of unease and decided to check the news on her phone.

She searched for "the Davis Group" and quickly found several articles reporting that the Davis Group was facing a major crisis.

She skimmed through a few of them, which all pointed to a financial supply chain crisis that had put the Davis Group in a precarious situation.

She gripped her phone tightly and headed upstairs.

Mia, who had napped earlier in the afternoon, was currently wide awake and lively. Charles was playing a game with her—a whack-a-mole style toy where a little squirrel popped up randomly from one of twelve squares.

He held Mia's hands and used a small hammer to hit the squirrels. "Oops! You missed it! Let's try again. Hit this one! You got it! You're the best, Mia!"

Mia was delighted, giggling nonstop. Emmie had anticipated that Charles wouldn't neglect his child, but she hadn't expected him to enjoy spending time with her so much.

Emmie didn't want to interrupt their rare bonding time, so she retreated to their bedroom to take a shower. As she opened the closet to fetch her pajamas, her gaze fell on the storage box at the bottom shelf.

She frowned as she found it strange.

was a meticulous person, always organizing off-season clothes neatly in storage boxes, sealing them with mothballs to keep out dust and insects. However, it was oddly ajar that day, as if someone had

and found that the clothes

felt something hard and

out, her eyes widened in shock. They weren't stones.

size of bricks, each weighing several pounds. Emmie's mind raced as these weren't hers. She emptied the

was that she had been framed. Just as she was about to call the police, she remembered Charles's earlier comment that the house was

Could it be Charles?

He was looking at Emmie crouching on the floor with the gold bars in her hands and didn't seem

then she knew for sure that it was he who placed the gold

stood up and looked at him

As long as you don't spend extravagantly, this house

asked bluntly, "Charles, are you in

going to die. If something happens, the worst that can happen is prison and confiscation of my assets. Since these things are now in your name, they can't be seized even if

the place."

clenched her fists. "If you know that what you're doing could lead to your ruin, why are

member of the Davis family." Charles continued to smile. "The Davis family and the Davis Group are my responsibility, so I have to keep going. Even if taking this step means a 99% chance of falling into a pit of no return, I'm willing to risk it

her head. "I can't

to him. "Is it that hard to avoid making mistakes and taking the wrong path? If a family

replied, "You