" Now was your time?" Edward tied her untied hair with hair clip, and asked. A deep breath escaped and she faces Edward with a series expression. Edward's eyebrows raise, seeing his adorable wife is staring at him with a cute yet series expression..
" You know what. Today, A worker had miscarried. I felt so scared. In front of me, she asked me for sanitary napkins. But she collapsed right away. Later, I got to know she had taken pills and.. It's horrible that the innocent kid had no chance to see the world. " She said in one breath. It's true, she was indeed scared of the scene she just witnessed. She is sensitive when it comes to children. And it's unacceptable to see how people abandon their children.
Edward can feel the fear in her voice. Her pale complexion is telling him that she was indeed in shock. Touching her face gently, he gives an assured smile and kisses her forehead..
" They know what they have done. She may have her own reasons or no mother will abandon her children. You don't have to be scared.." Caressing her hair, he comforts her.
" I know. Yet. It's sad when parents abandon their kids. I want to give my child a world of love and care. I will never kill my children" Resting her head on his chest, she murmurs. For entire life, she has been wanting to get parents love. And at the end, she found out, the people she loved despite knowing they never liked her, are her real parents murder.
It makes her more sensitive about parenting and love of family.
" Oh.. What about your friends? Did you have fun?" She asked Playing with the hair on his chest. Edward sighs being so guilty of lying to her..
"It's nothing."
" Really? Or you don't want to share your fun moments with me. I am jealous!" She hums hugging him.
" No. It's fine. I swear. Nothing to have fun.. But -"
_Ding Dong...
Both of them look at each other when the door bell rings. They haven't ordered anything since they have plans to go out at evening to enjoy and watch Eiffel tower..
" Did you order something?" He asked, watching her getting off the bed wrapping the shawls around.
" No. Let me check first.."
Charlotte turns the monitor on and frowns seeing more than two people are standing in front of the door. Looking at Edward with a troubled expression, she shows the monitor..
" Who are they?" He asks slowly getting down and sitting on the wheelchair..
" No idea. " She replies, in concerned voice.
" Where are our bodyguards?" He asked approaching the door. But he stops when Charlotte grabs his hand and shakes her head as No to go to the door and open it..
" But.."
" I am really scared. They are so many people. Call the bodyguards first.." She suggests, crouching down next to him and holding his hand..
Edward grabs his phone and dials his bodyguard's number while patting Charlotte's hand which is holding his hand tightly..
" What's going to outside? Why are few people outside of our room?" The cold voice makes the situation more serious.
" Boss. They are from security system of the hotel. They want to ask some questions. We wanted to inform but they told us not to involve.."
Edward frowns twisting the door knob and opens it while squeezing Charlotte's hand. Why would security service of the hotel would bother to meet them when they are VVI Guests and most importantly, the owner of the hotel is his important client.
" Good Afternoon, Mr Rodriguez. We apologize for disturbing you at this moment. We are from hotel security management team and we would like to ask few questions to your wife. If you don't mind.."
One of them looks at Charlotte and greets respectfully while talking. Edward glances at Charlotte and then the person who is looking at him for approval..
" Right in front of me." He said coldly and looks at Charlotte.." Don't worry. I am sure nothing is bad going to happen."
Charlotte nods and let them in the room. They look around and sit on the couch before Charlotte and Edward takes their own seats..
" Yes. What do you want to ask about? I am sure, I am not aware of breaking any protocols or rules so far.." Charlotte speaks calmly. She is quite sure, she has done nothing wrong to be interrogated.. However, she should be calm and quietly face the problem to solve..
" No. It's not like that. Mrs Rodriguez. You are our very distinguish guest and It's our fault that we appeared without notification. However, we need to learn something important.." The officer replied in hurry not to offend them.
But Edward already got offended seeing them being so disrespectful and came here without any solid warrants. He has already sent messages to his bodyguard to stay cautious.
" Stop beating around the bush and explain.." He said in annoyance..
" Well, Mrs Rodriguez..Do you know her?" He holds his phone to show a photo of a girl. Charlotte instantly looks at Edward with panic. And then she nods as affirmative..
" She.. She was my sister.. Rachel Milestone.."
" Was?" The officer raised his eyebrows with questionable expression..
" Well, I recently learned that I have no blood connection with my previous family. So yeah, she was.." She didn't hesitate to say that since she will throw everyone from that family behind the bar for murdering her parents..
" I see. She came here to you yesterday. Maybe we know about it? We would love to hear in details."
" Well, Nothing much. We coincidentally bumped into each other. She needed money to book a room here, so I gave her. And then she came here to get more money to return home urgently. I don't know what happened but I refused to give since she was making no sense."
She said honestly..
" So, you don't know anything about her using drugs and smuggling?"
" What nonsense, Officers? We are here to -" Edward's word get interrupted with her words..
" She does drugs? Rachel?" Her voice is full of shock and stiffness.
" Yes.. She came here two months ago and joined a party here. She was found with drugs. So, she is a most wanted criminal who police wants to catch."
" Wait. But I saw her being panicked and she said she has been facing physical violence by her husband and.."
" It's lie. She fooled you, I guess. She has been using same excuse to many people around and she might have thought you would do more than strangers. Anyway, May I know where she is now? Did she tell you where she will go?"
Charlotte shakes her head as No. She can't believe that Rachel would be someone who would turn out as criminal. Her parents have spoiled her too much that now she has lost all of her morality and dignity..
" We are sorry for disturbing you. We will inform you about the situation later on if possible. We are apologizing for this inconvenience.." They said and walk out silently.
A deep breath makes her chest going up and then down. She becomes breathless hearing about Rachel..
" Brian should have known about her situation. Why didn't he inform that?" Edward mentions the matter. Brian at least won't let his wife go and let her turn into a smuggler to protect the reputation..
" Maybe, he wanted to take care of his marriage silently. They maybe divorced.. But.. Her wounds weren't fake. I clearly saw the freshly made wounds in her body.." Charlotte wonders thinking more clearly to remember what she saw..
" Are you suspecting something?"
" What if she was blamed? It's not that she can't do it. But you know my parents. They adore her more than anything. Something is odd."
Edward takes his phone and makes an instant call and looks at Charlotte with smile.." I can't see my wife being wandered off when I am around.. Someone will investigate the matter."
Charlotte blushes and hugs him. He is taking care of her mental health so greatly that she doesn't feel like she needs to overthink. He can understand her well and protects her and her heart with love and care..
" Thank you. I just want to know the truth. What if she is blamed. I don't want her to suffer innocently."
" But isn't she the one who hurt you most?" Edward plays with her soft hair and speaks. He sometimes finds it fascinating how she keeps worrying about those who hurt her most.
" Look. You must pay for your consequences but it's wrong to suffer innocently. No one deserves it. I want her or the person who made her like this should be punished."
" Hmm. OK. Let's not think about it so much. Shall we have another ro-"
" I am not ready. I need to wash up.." She attempts to run away but ends up on top of him when he pulls her closer.
" We shouldn't waste another second to make a cute princess like you.."