" Stay low and don't let Bryan or your parents find out where you are. If you need something, call me anytime, OK?" Fixing her hair, Charlotte closes the car door after helping Rachel be discharged from the hospital on the same day.
" Thank you, Sister. I will never forget how you... Sigh! I sincerely hope you have forgiven me. I got nothing to give you more." Rachel smiles fastening her seatbelt.
She requested to let Rachel go before the release date so that she could leave silently and hide something from her parents and husband. Since she was a victim, the police officers didn't say against her words as well.
Now, she is heading to the airport and will leave for London tonight.
Charlotte sighs waving her hand to say goodbye to Rachel. Coincidentally, lots of things have been achieved by helping the pitiful girl. Although she didn't know that Rachel was holding the deeds and files of her father's crime reports. But thankfully, Rachel helped her.
Charlotte again tries to call Edward who has no sign to answer her calls. She spent two hours at the police station, and one in the hospital, but Edward didn't even call her back. That's somehow making her angry and upset so much.
" Have you called Leo? What is your Master doing there?" She said looking in the rearview mirror for an answer from her bodyguard.
" They are having a hangout probably. Shall I drive you there to Boss?"
" No need. Let him be.." Her teeth grind against each other, and her eyes are on fire. Hanging out with friends for hours but he doesn't even have time to check the calls. That makes her angry. She is crazily missing him but he gets no response.
After arriving at the hotel, she goes to her room and decides to take a bath first. Placing the purse on the table, she sighs deeply. While taking off her gown, her phone buzzes suddenly.
With less care, she gives her attention to the number, but seeing the registered ID, she rolls her eyes and enters the bathroom. " I won't answer your call either. Why only me who is suffering? This is unfair."
The phone constantly rings but she doesn't want to answer. He should know she is upset with him and has to work hard to make up.
" You must know that I am upset, Mr Rodriguez."
She smirks scrolling through the phone while leaning her back against the wall of the bathtub.
After half an hour, when she gets out of the bathroom, she startles subconsciously seeing Edward sitting on the couch, staring at her blankly.
Ignoring his total existence in front of her, she sits down to do skin care. When her wet hair cascades down her shoulder, she feels the touch of a hand around her neck.
" Don't touch me. " She grits her teeth, glaring at Edward who just pecks her nape twice.
" I am sorry. I should have answered the calls," he said in a sad tone. His eyes are on her, begging for forgiveness.
But Charlotte feels less. She desperately wanted to hear his voice, wanted to tell him how she felt when Rachel helped her to get all the evidence against her parents. However, It breaks her heart, to realize how he didn't even care to answer her calls.
" What if I was waiting for you in the company and you didn't return? I have called you more than 50 times. You didn't have a small time to respond to the call? What did you do?"
Her anger outburst, knowing she is throwing a useless fit. Yet she can't control her sadness.
" I. I am truly sorry. Can't you forgive me? I have missed you too but something happened. I had to.."
" Something happened? Did you get hurt? What happened?" She immediately turns towards him, worriedly scanning his body. His pale and troubled expression clenches her heart.
" What happened? Tell me! You didn't have lunch, right? You look so pale."
Seeing how she has guessed right about him not having anything to eat, and she becomes panicked, he holds her hand and kisses it. Gently pulling her into a hug, he buries his head on her chest.
" Did something happen?" She whispers kissing them on the head. He shakes his head No but keeps hugging her tightly.
" You don't have to push yourself hard. We are here to enjoy the time. Not being distressed. From tomorrow, we won't go anywhere. Let's go on a date. I want to visit the city. " She proposed stroking his soft hair.
" OK." He responds silently. Judging by his gloomy expression, she already guessed something happened when he was with his friends. Now, she wants to see what kind of friends he has. What if, They are looking down on him or bullying him?
She can kill anyone who ever hurt her husband. If his friends do something to him, she will teach them a lesson.
Anyway, Her responsibility is now comforting him. So, cupping his face, she looks at him with a soft smile. Her thumb brushes his face. " I will order your food. What do you want to eat?"
His eyes follow hers, even her lips being parted away, the way her warm gaze at him and her touches leave a heavenly blessing for him. No matter what happens, she is his comfort place. However, the smile on his face disappeared within seconds and he rested his head on her lap.
" I love you. Charlotte. I am serious." He said melancholy.
Her eyebrows knitted. His voice sounds a little distracted and empty. But she ignores him and plants a kiss on his cheek. She is happy as long as he returns to her.
After ordering room service, she helps Edward take a bath. But everything seems a little awkward when Edward keeps staring at her with an intense gaze. Her face heats up in reaction and she knows she wants him to give his entire attention right now. But She is holding herself until he has lunch and takes a rest.
" Don't keep staring at me. I am not leaving anywhere. You are acting weird today." She chuckles drawing a cat on his face with foam. But his eyes don't leave her for a blink, his eyes are telling her to join him to take a bath but he can't because she has already taken once.
" Stop staring. You are acting like a guilty Who just cheated on his wife and can't speak up. Finish up. I will bring the food.." She said leaving him in the bathtub.
After having lunch with Edward once again, she helped him to lie down. Although she has been noticing how the stiffness and tightness in his legs have been reducing, she actually thought it might be the result of him recently trying to move.
She time to time, massages his legs when he falls asleep. At least he will feel better.
However, Today it's different. Coincidentally, when she helped him to move onto the bed, his response to her touch was amusingly different. It's not a matter of unavoidable but his legs are different than before.
" Are you exercising recently?" She whispers touching his legs and looking at Edward who fell asleep faster than before. She sighed thinking about how it would feel like to Walk next to him. She wants to see him walking towards her with his beautiful and handsome smile.
Will he ever try to change himself for me? Those legs are a sign of his failure to protect his beloved girlfriend. Will he ever want to remove the sign for me? It feels like I am his second choice.
While thinking, she rests her head on his chest. No matter what she is in his heart, she wants to be with him and die in his arms. Probably she will feel better if he can walk again but she doesn't want to force him. As long as he is happy and fine, and loves her like he does now. She will be fine in the future as well.
Her eyes shut with heavy sleep as she had a hectic day as well. She couldn't say anything about anything that happened to her to Edward. He looks more exhausted than she is. So she tells herself not to mind bothering him now. Tomorrow, she will tell him everything.
...
What time it is, she doesn't know when her eyes open after hearing a continuous buzzing sound. Holding her phone, she looks at the screen but there are no notifications. Being bothered, she returns it to the exact place and snuggles more.
But her eyes clutch each other with annoyance when she realizes the buzzing sound. Soon, she realized the sound was not in her phone but Edward's.
Since both of them have no privacy in this matter. Edward can use her phone and she can Edward's. She opens the phone and frowns when she notices more than twenty calls and texts on the screen.
Getting up instant, she tries to go through the messaging app until she finds It has the password to go through.
Her disbelief eyes go on Edward who never Locks his screen and lets her use his phone whenever she wants, is not using the password.
Being disappointed and heartbroken, she keeps staring at a few messages which are not really pleasant to her. Specially the word, PRINCE CHARMING.
" Are you cheating on me? I hope it's not. "
Since he has been avoiding lots of calls and being late to take her to the hotel recently, she thought maybe he had been busy with his friends and losing track of time. But why would someone call him at this hour and message him and call him PRINCE CHARMING? Who is she?
He didn't save the number and has no name on it. As a result, she doesn't want to doubt him fully. What if it's a prank on him from his friends who may want to tease him?
" It must be. There is no way, he can do something hideous. Edward isn't like that.."
Placing the phone in the right place, she hugs him. Even though her heart is pounding crazily and painfully, she doesn't want to accept the doubtful thoughts. Edward can never cheat on her. She has faith in her husband.
" Don't even dare to cheat on me. Or I will leave you forever.." She whispers kissing on his lips. Edward's tired face doesn't give her the strength to get any stupid idea. So, All she does is pray that she is being an idiot nothing else.