Single Mom's Sweet Husband (Charlotte)

After a moment of silence, Rick stood up and said, "Then I'll take my leave first. Thank you very much, Mr. Fuller."

"See you soon." Shane stood up and walked him out.

"I won't forget your help this time. I'm very sorry about Kendall, but I can't explain it to you. I'll find a way to figure it out. I'm leaving now." Rick picked up his bag and left in a hurry. Before Charlotte could even open her mouth, he had already disappeared from her sight.

"Do you really want to help him?" Charlotte asked Shane.

"Don't you want to help?"

"No, it's just that I feel that this matter is a little strange. What kind of family custom says that a person must be buried where they die..." Charlotte muttered.

"That has nothing to do with us."

That was true.

Charlotte didn't care about this, just as she had repeatedly emphasized. Anyway, it wasn't her connections, and they didn't need her money, so it had nothing to do with her.

Shane was very efficient. He settled the matter in one day. The embalmer at the mortuary had also been arranged, and the body had moved from the frozen morgue to the crematorium. They were just waiting for Rick and the others to arrive.

At five o'clock in the morning, Charlotte stood at the door, waiting for people to arrive. She said that Rick and the people on his end would arrive before six o'clock.

At 5:30 a.m., it started to drizzle.

Shane walked to her with an umbrella and said, "Come inside and wait."

"I'm afraid they don't know the way."

"I'll accompany you."

"There's no need. It's too cold outside. You should go in." Charlotte pushed him away as she spoke. Her brows were written over with worry.

She could still say that it was cold outside?

Shane reached out and held her in his arms. "You think I'll be cold, but you won't?"

"I..." Charlotte was forced to hide under Shane's umbrella as she leaned against his chest.

In fact, it was quite romantic.

The raindrops fell on the umbrella surface and made a crisp sound. She didn't feel cold. When she looked up, she could see Shane's eyes, which were as bright as stars.

Charlotte relaxed her body a little. She leaned all of her weight against him. If he let go, she would definitely fall down.

Shane couldn't guess Charlotte's thoughts. Shane only used a little more effort to hold her. He curled his fingers on her waist and pulled her even closer. She was willing to let him move her about. He naturally wouldn't let go.

Rick got out of the car and opened a transparent plastic umbrella.

When he was about to move forward, he saw the scene at the door, and he unconsciously stopped.

Charlotte and Shane were looking at each other. They only had eyes for each other. Charlotte seemed to smile shyly and lower her head, but Shane pushed her so that she couldn't bow her head.

Rain landed on Shane's shoulder, and Charlotte quickly reached out to adjust the umbrella. Their lips were moving, and Charlotte no longer made the move to lower her head.

"Mr. Jane." The assistant stood beside him. "Don't you want to go in?"

"This scene is quite beautiful." Rick's voice was hoarse.

"Yes..." The assistant didn't dare to say anything.

"I have acted selfishly to obtain what I want, but I also need to take her feelings into consideration. I know where my heart lies. Should she do the same, shouldn't she?" Rick asked the assistant. The assistant did not know what to say, but at that moment, Kendall got out of the car, stood by his arm, and held onto it.

Rick glanced at her and said, "Do you know what you should say today?"

Kendall pursed her lips somewhat reluctantly, but in the end, she nodded and said, "I know."

"I don't want the Stevens family to be lonely because of you. Just say what you should say. I will pick you up again."

"Rick, are you jealous?" Kendall asked a question that did not make sense.

Jealousy.

Of course, he was jealous.

Rick didn't answer but just looked at the scene quietly. The rain was falling, hitting his heart like shattering glass, riddling his heart with holes.

"I don't deserve for you to be jealous of." In the end, Rick gave her an extremely calm and cruel answer.

Kendall's heart ached in an instant. She even felt a little regretful. If it were not for the fact that she insisted on coming to the country by her own initiative, Rick and Charlotte's relationship might not have ended up like this. Moreover, she would not have placed herself in such an awkward position.

She bit her lip. "Will she really lock me up in prison?"

"It's the law that will put you in prison, not me."

Kendall pursed her lips, feeling unsatisfied. The assistant took out his phone and sent a message to some unknown person.

Rick and Kendall walked over.

Charlotte instantly stood up straight. Like a cat on guard against a stranger, she stared fixedly at Kendall.

Shane pulled her into his arms and pulled her to the back. He faced the two of them and said, "Mr. Jane, what is the meaning of this?"

"After the burial, let's go to court directly. What do you think?"

Shane glanced at the person in his arms.

Her hostility towards Kendall was very obvious. If looks could kill, Kendall would have been dead by now.

"Cole," Shane said coldly.

"Yes." "Keep an eye on her."

"Yes, sir."

Cole stood next to Kendall, not moving at all.

In regards to this, Rick did not have much to say at all.

Soon after, everyone arrived, and the funeral ceremony began.

There was no crying at the scene. Only a few of Mielle's friends sobbed quietly. Rick also shed a few tears. He wanted to reach out to touch the person in the coffin, but in the end, he only looked at her and walked away quietly.

Then, the body was cremated and placed in the grave.

A living person became a corpse, then a corpse became ashes. The ashes were placed into a box to be buried in the earth. Mielle was buried.

Rick watched Mielle's body enter the furnace. He didn't feel as if a corpse had entered the furnace, but rather his beloved sister. He felt that she was still alive, only sleeping.

"Don't go, Mielle. Don't leave us." Rick suddenly burst into tears and knelt on the ground.

The assistant quickly supported him. Kendall did not bother with Cole and went forward to lean

beside Rick.

"The three most important people in Rick's life are Mielle, Anne, and Charlotte. Now, Anne had left River City in order to avoid suspicion. Charlotte is by your side, and Mielle is dead. He really has nothing left." The one who spoke was Avery, who had kept quiet thus far.

He had been invited by Rick. After all, they had cooperated before, and he had helped the Jane Corporation a lot.

Shane glanced at him but remained silent.

"Cut him some slack," Avery clarified.

"I thought that you would think that I was too lenient to Kendall and him." Shane's voice was very cold.

"Just drive him out of the country. Don't let him leave the Asia Pacific region market. Mielle died here, Charlotte is here, and Anne will marry Braden in the future..." Avery sighed. He really couldn't bear it. The main thing was that Rick's crying was too heart-wrenching to watch.

Shane glanced at Charlotte, who was standing beside him.

Compared to Avery, Charlotte was much colder. It was as if she was looking at an inconsequential person.

In her eyes, Rick was like an actor in a tragedy. She knew that his story had nothing to do with her, so she did not have any emotional discomfort.

Rick cried until his voice became hoarse. Mielle had not come out of the furnace yet.

The staff member explained that because Mielle had stayed in the morgue for too long and even had an autopsy, it was not very easy to burn.

Rick listened, tears rolling down his cheeks again.

Kendall couldn't bear to watch any longer. After a few moments, she stood up and looked at Charlotte. She wanted to get Charlotte to try and talk to him.

"Since you're friends, do you want to go over and take a look?" Avery sensed her intentions and took the initiative to ask Charlotte.

He thought to himself that there was no way Charlotte would go. She might have been worried about Shane's feelings. As long as he took the initiative to bring it up, she would have an excuse to do so. Charlotte's expression was cold as she shook her head, "It has nothing to do with me."

"Um..."

Avery felt that her reaction was too cold.

"If I become his emotional support, it would make

him more burdened instead."