SWNOVELS Chapter 90: Can't I take care of things on my own?
Chloe took off back to the Beaumont family in the middle of the night.
Charlotte felt a growing knot in her stomach seeing Patricia show up to whisk Chloe away.
She couldn't quite figure out why she was so anxious, eventually putting it down to a fear of the unknown.
"She's not coming back any time soon," Liam said, standing next to her as they watched Chloe make a teary exit. Charlotte kept mum.
Liam took a couple of peeks at her, then blurted out, "You don't want her to go, do you?"
Charlotte let out a sigh, "You just don't get it."
You want to keep your enemies close, right? Now that Chloe's back with the Beaumonts, who knows what she's up to?
Her stance clearly rubbed Liam the wrong way. "If you're so worried about her leaving, I can call her back, and you can bunk together," he said, a hint of sarcasm in his voice.
"I don't even like her," Charlotte retorted with a sidelong glance, "not just anyone gets to share my bed."
Liam dropped the subject, his mood quelled by her snappy comeback.
The next day.
An hour after Liam had left for work, Charlotte headed out too.
"Do you have an appointment?" she was asked when she arrived at the company.
She wasn't surprised to be stopped; she no longer worked there and couldn't just walk in.
She tried calling Liam but got no answer, so she settled in to wait in the lobby.
About fifteen minutes later, Liam finally called back. "What's going on?"
"I can't get into the company."
There was a brief silence on the other end after Charlotte spoke.
Eventually, Liam responded slowly, "Didn't you resign? Why are you trying to get into the company?"
Charlotte didn't reply to that, instead asking, "Are you coming down to get me?"
"And if I don't?"
She had the contact for Henry and was tight with Sophia from the secretarial pool; either of them could have gotten her into the building.
But she only reached out to him, preferring to wait in the lobby rather than seeking help from someone else.
In his mind, Liam figured Charlotte was trying to pull a fast one, to get one over on him again.
Still, he couldn't bring himself to refuse.
By the time she asked if he was coming, he was already on his way to the elevator.
But right as he set foot in the lift, he heard Charlotte's voice, "Then I'm leaving now, sorry to have bothered you." Liam's face went blank.
"Wait," he snapped, "I'm on my way down."
It was as if Charlotte didn't hear his last remark and just hung up the phone.
All sorts of thoughts flickered through Liam's mind during the thirty-second descent.
If Charlotte really had the guts to walk away... if she started avoiding him again just because he hesitated... if Charlotte...
And there she was, still waiting.
Charlotte stood out effortlessly in the lobby, her pretty face naturally drawing everyone's attention.
Liam breathed a sigh of relief, slowed his pace, and casually made his way over to her.
"What are you doing here?"
Charlotte didn't look at him, walking past towards the elevator. She couldn't get through the turnstile, so she stopped and waited for him to catch up.
While waiting, she answered a question she hadn't been asked, "Don't you hate drinking coffee made by someone else?"
"Mhm," he replied, the sound practically radiating happiness.
They entered the elevator side by side, silent in the cramped space.
But Charlotte knew that Liam's tolerance for her had reached a new height, an impressive level.
On the 24th floor, they went their separate ways; Liam to his office, Charlotte to make coffee.
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The new assistant was there too, her face going pale when she saw Charlotte.
"This isn't a good job for you," Charlotte said without wanting to trouble her. "Your talents belong on a bigger stage."
She herself was fine making coffee for a paycheck after community college, but this girl, a grad from a prestigious university, shouldn't be wasting her time here.
The girl's face turned even paler, "Are you warning me to not get my hopes up? Afraid I'll replicate your success and take your spot?"
Charlotte was puzzled by her thinking, "No one can replicate my success. And my place in Liam's heart is unique. You, or anyone else, you're all the same to me." Insignificant.
The girl's complexion lost even more color, recalling Sophia's warning not to mess with Charlotte, that she was Mr. Parker's person her position wasn't easily shaken. She hadn't believed it at first, thinking Charlotte was just a pretty face.
Just pretty, and Mr. Parker would get bored eventually.
But now she realized the truth.
The fact that Mr. Parker personally came down to greet Charlotte spoke volumes about her status.
After making her point, Charlotte picked up the coffee she had prepared for the CEO's office.
"Do you know the right mix?" the girl asked finally. "Why did you purposely make it wrong for Mr. Parker yesterday?"
Charlotte paused, her voice calm, "Just to make him bend a little."
"What took you so long?"
Charlotte walked into the office with coffee, greeted by Liam's complaints.
She made up an excuse and watched him enjoy the coffee, satisfied.
Remembering yesterday's bitter brew, Liam looked a bit restrained.
He thought it was a good time to clarify things, "That night, nothing happened between me and Chloe."
"Hmm?" He was so sure of himself?
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"Hmm?" So what's your point?
Liam finally got annoyed, "How plainly do I have to say it? I'm not attracted to her, Charlotte. Are you happy now?"
"Hmm."
Charlotte looked down and muttered quietly, "If not Chloe, then who could it be?"
"Nobody!" Liam blushed, which was rare for him.
Charlotte was skeptical, "But you said..."
"Am I dead? Can't I take care of things on my own?"
Liam was getting flustered and embarrassed by the questioning, his face red with anger, and he glared at Charlotte as if hurt by her distrust.
Charlotte tilted her head, thinking it over, and it did seem possible.
Liam always had his own way of doing things, especially in that department. For all the time she'd known him, she hadn't caught him messing around with other women Plus, he'd been too clean that night.
Charlotte decided to give him the benefit of the doubt for once.
"Got it." Her phone had been buzzing. She saw it was Thomas calling, so she said goodbye to Liam, "I've got to go, try to get home early tonight."
"Mhm," Liam responded without reacting to the implied control in her words.
Charlotte stepped out of the company before answering the call.
"That night you asked me to send you emergency contraception, it wasn't for you, right?" Thomas asked.
"No, it was for Chloe. It's a long story. Uncle, did you hear something?"
"There is some bad news," Thomas's tone grew heavy. "I heard from Leiventale that Patricia has been looking for a surefire fertility remedy recently. I just got the news. And thinking about the contraception you asked for... Charlotte, is Chloe pregnant?"
"She can't be."
Although Dylan's behavior had been odd, having a child wouldn't benefit him at all. Charlotte couldn't believe Dylan would be foolish enough to let Chloe get pregnant.