Single Mom's Sweet Husband (Charlotte)

Zoe nodded, holding her chopsticks tightly but without any intention of eating. Her state of mind was already very bad. Although Charlotte's words gave her some hope, at the same time, they also added some invisible pressure.

"According to the market price, you and Peter's average salaries should be 30,000 dollars per month, but according to Shane and Charlotte's rates, it should be about 50,000, right?" Avery put down his chopsticks and looked at the two people in front of him with a faint smile.

"I'll do it." Peter immediately understood what Avery meant.

Zoe was confused. "Wait, Mr. Hart, what you said is true, but what does it have to do with Peter?"

"If he says he'll do it, then I have to ask. What do you think of this matter, Ms. Emerson?" Avery turned towards Charlotte beside him.

His idea was actually very simple. Since Shane and Charlotte had given the two of them this money, then it would be easy to take the future money away. The money collected would be used to buy Zoe's house. It would be like killing two birds with one stone.

In this way, Zoe and Peter both paid the price. At the same time, it made it impossible for them to leave Shane and Charlotte. Secondly, it did not affect Zoe and Peter's standard of living, but they would still get the house.

"I have no problem with that." Charlotte was worried about Peter. After all, Peter was the one who would lose the most in this matter.

"I have no problem with that either," Peter said.

He didn't lack money or property. His family had already arranged these things for him. The reason why he followed Shane was that he was the top businessman in this field. It would give his experience a boost if he worked with Shane. What's more, he had at least a million dollars in his bank account, so it was not a big deal to him.

Even if he was asked to give all his wages to Zoe, he had no objection against it.

"If that's the case, then this matter is settled."

Zoe still did not realize what had happened. It was not until they finished dinner and Peter sent her home and she saw a crowd there that she came back to her senses.

"Peter, I'm sorry. I might not be able to get into my house now. I forgot to tell you..." She said with regret.

"Then do you want to stay at my house? I can't leave you to go to a hotel yourself." Peter leaned over the steering wheel and smiled at her. "You can stay at my house and I'll stay at a hotel. That would be safer."

"You don't have to go to so much trouble. I have a suite..."

"Zoe, don't you get it? I like you. Unless you don't want my help, then I can't try to impress you. Since you have asked for my help, you should know that I will be worried about you." Peter was very sincere and serious.

Zoe lowered her head and felt a little uneasy.

Things had happened so suddenly. No matter how strong she was, her feelings were still in a mess at the moment. She could not tell if Peter was being sincere.

"If you think it's too much, my house is very big, anyway. We might not bump into each other at all.

I can just hide in my room and not come out." Peter reached out his hand and held her hand gently.

His grip was very strong. Although his hand looked white and slender, it still covered her hand easily.

Zoe looked at his hand in a daze. The hand was very beautiful, just like Peter himself. It was very attractive.

"I have been bothering you with a lot of things. Now I even have to bum out in your house..." Zoe still wanted to refuse.

"I heard Ms. Emerson mention the chairman of the Jane Corporation before. His name is Rick. He's gentle and kind, just like me, but he's quite ruthless. He knows that Ms. Emerson can't leave him, so he keeps letting Ms. Emerson bother him so that he can keep Ms. Emerson by his side."

"Did Ms. Emerson tell you this?" Zoe frowned.

Charlotte was not the kind of person who gossiped. Not to mention that the person in question was Rick.

"No, I came to this conclusion myself. You said that Rick is very smart. Wouldn't he realize that all of his efforts would look very embarrassing to Charlotte?" Peter asked her with a smile.

"You're right."

"So I knew you would refuse, but I still put forward it to you to make you feel guilty about your feelings for me. But I don't want to do that. I think you like me, and really like me, not just because I am good to you." Peter let go of her hand. "Where is your suite? I will send you there."

Zoe breathed a sigh of relief and told him the address.

Peter turned the car around and headed in the direction of the address Zoe gave.

Soon, the car stopped at the gate of a hotel chain.

He helped Zoe get her room and gave her the card to the secondary room. He kept the main room card in his hand. "I'll take you up first, and then I'll help you buy some necessities. I'll give you the main room card before I leave."

"Sorry to trouble you." Zoe was very tired now. She was yawning constantly, and she had no time to make a fuss.

Peter gently supported her and worriedly held her shoulder. "If I had known that you were no different from other women when you were weak, I would have insisted on taking you home. After all, a hotel is not as comfortable as a home."

Zoe shook her head.

"But Zoe, you can sleep in the hotel tonight, and you can also sleep here tomorrow. But before the problem is solved, you plan to live in the hotel indefinitely?" Peter took her to the elevator.

"I'll live here for now. I can't even go back to get my luggage, and my laptop is also at home." Zoe sighed.

"Alright, I'll buy you some necessities first, and then I'll go back to help you take your luggage. You can go to bed if you're sleepy, okay?" Peter softly coaxed her.

Zoe had always thought of Peter as a younger brother.

In fact, he was indeed a younger brother. His way of doing things was very youthful, and he spoke very naively. When he smiled, he had barely noticeable dimples. Whether in appearance or behavior, he was very child-like.

But at this crucial moment, he was more reliable than anyone else.

Zoe's nose twitched, and she hugged him. "Sometimes I wish I had a younger brother. That way, they wouldn't have had a divorce."

Peter was stunned.

He smiled bitterly and held her tightly. "In your heart, I am just a younger brother to you. Can't I be my own man?"

"I'm not thinking about all that. I don't want to be in a relationship either."

"Alright, I'll take it. Compared to the others, being your brother means I'm closer to you."

"Peter, about Mr. Hart telling Ms. Emerson about deducting your money too, I think it's too unfair to you. Let me give it back to you."

"Then how will you afford to survive?" Peter glanced at the room card and pressed the button for the 25th floor.

The 25th floor was very high so the view should be quite good. There were many rivers here in River City. It would be particularly beautiful in the evening.

If the view was good, she would get into a good mood, right?

Peter was lost in his wild flights of fancy.

"My monthly salary is 50,000 dollars. Plus the year-end bonus, my yearly pay is about 700,000 dollars. I have been with Mr. Fuller for three years, so I have saved a lot of money. I still have enough to survive, but if I want to buy a house, then..." Zoe's eyes turned red. Of course she wanted to solve the problem by herself.

However, she didn't have money nor connections. When she had met Shane and become his secretary, she had already spent all of her luck.

She couldn't even have gotten herself more luck if she had been able to get closer to Christopher.

Peter chuckled. "I thought that you wanted to say that you would give me your salary and let me take care of you. That's fine too. It's only right for a brother to take care of his sister."

For a brother to take care of his sister.

For some reason, Zoe was moved.

She could not treat a person like Peter as her boyfriend, but it was fine to regard him as her younger brother.

"Brother..." She muttered.

Peter knew that she wanted someone to rely on. He made a soothing sound and clasped her shoulder with his long fingers.

She could rely on him.

But he would never view her as his older sister.

He didn't just want to be her younger brother.