Baby, I Found for You an Awesome Daddy

“It’s not that you’re not capable on stage or at singing. You’re just bad at connecting with other people. Social connections are important in maintaining your status, you know? I know you’re a man with dreams, so you’ll have to buck up to make these dreams come true, alright?”

“I’m sorry.” Cassius lowered his head.

“I’m not trying to make you feel bad. I won’t give up on you just because you haven’t been ambitious enough to seek those connections out for yourself. You know that it’s not just me that wants you to live a good life, right? You still have your fans.”

Cassius nodded his head fervently.

Late that night.

Charlotte returned to her hotel room from the bar.

After her talk with Cassius, the two of them went to the bar with Avery to relax themselves. She wanted to forget about the Internet’s opinions about her for a short while. However, after drinking a few pints, she felt empty. She leaned on the door frame of her hotel room and rummaged in her bag to find the room card, but she could not seem to find it.

Just as she was going to seek assistance from the hotel staff, a large hand reached out and passed her a room card.

Charlotte tilted her head upwards and was about to thank the other person for their help, but ended up gasping in shock at the person standing in front of her.

“Aren’t you going to open the door and invite me in?” The man raised his eyebrows at her.

“Why are you here?” Charlotte took the room card from him and brought him into the room.

She never thought that Shane would be here, let alone pick up her room card from wherever it was she had left it before.

“Can’t I be here?”

“That’s not what I meant. You didn’t want to talk to me before. Why are you suddenly here with my room card and everything? I think it’s reasonable for me to demand an explanation from you, don’t you think?” Charlotte asked with a frown. She leaned back on the sofa and looked warily at the man who was leisurely pouring himself a glass of water in the room.

He was really good at maintaining his cool. No matter what situation he was in, he always looked calm. Sometimes, she was really envious of his ability to do that.

Calmness was not easy to cultivate.

“The news.” Shane continued to pour water into a glass as he leaned against the wall, glancing around the room.

“Stop looking. He’s not staying with me. Also, it’s impossible for me to share a room with another man when I’m clearly still in a relationship with you.” Charlotte took a step forward and stood in front of him. “Is that the only thing you’re here for? To check whether or not I’ve been loyal to you? Can’t you just call me or Avery to ask about it?”

This woman was a menace.

Did she really want him to tell her that he had missed her to her face?

Shane took a sip of water and put the glass back on the table casually. He walked up to her and pinched the tip of her nose with his long fingers. “Can’t I come see you?”

“I’m not saying you can’t. I just thought that you didn’t want to anymore.” Charlotte shoved his hand away from her face. “I might delay your plans to kill Christopher after all.”

Shane poked at her forehead and said, “Stop bringing that up all the time. There are other matters we should be talking about right now, don’t you think?”

“There’s nothing to talk about.” She leaned away and didn’t look at him.

“Don’t you care what people are saying about you online?”

“Why should I? They can’t hurt me either way, right?”

“I’m going to have dinner with Cassius tomorrow.”

Charlotte raised her eyebrows. “Just the two of you?”

Really?

Was that why he was here?

Shane pointed a finger at her as he said, “You’d better watch your tone with me.”

Just as Charlotte was about to retort, she met Shane’s intense gaze.

Her heart sank as she swallowed uncomfortably.

“I’m sorry.”

His gaze terrified her.

Shane made himself at home in her room. He took off his suit and went straight to the bathroom.

As she listened to the shower running, Charlotte felt the whole situation was surreal. She hadn’t expected Shane to come over. She didn’t think Shane cared about such matters.

Charlotte nestled up to the sofa and watched TV. As she watched, she slowly began to doze off.

“Squeak!”

Shane pushed the door open, and mist instantly gushed out the crack of the door as he stepped out of the bathroom. With her vision obscured by the mist, she looked around in confusion.

Shane had walked out naked.

“Why didn’t you wrap yourself in a towel?!” Charlotte hurriedly covered her eyes.

She had seen everything he had to offer at a glance.

Shane walked forward and reached her in no time. He pulled her hand away from her face forcefully and asked, “It’s not like you haven’t seen me naked before…”

“You can’t just…” She could not get any words out.

In the end.

She was dragged all the way to the bed.

There was no use resisting Shane’s strength.

…

Now that Shane wasn’t in Brine, and both Avery and Charlotte were not around, the company was still running smoothly. However, there were still many decisions pending, so it all came down to Rick.

He had originally planned to retire and travel around the world with Kendall, but unexpected things kept springing up. First, Charlotte left. After that, Shane lost his memory. Now that things had finally returned to normal, the three of them had somehow gone missing.

“Does Christopher know anything?” Rick held a document in his hand and looked at Cole, who was beside him.

“I think he might be involved in this. We’re pretty well-acquainted and even asked him out for a simple meal. It’s odd that he hasn’t replied to the invitation up till now…”

“I think it’s a little strange too.”

Rick shook his head and put the document down. “Christopher’s not a big risk taker. Except for the vicious fight he had with Shane that one time, he did not take further action after. It feels like he’s trying to make himself seem invisible. He hasn’t been as difficult to deal with compared to the Stevens Family.”

Cole nodded thoughtfully. “In fact, Mr. Fuller doesn’t seem to be paying much attention to him at all.”

“The deadline is coming soon. As long as Christopher agrees to meet up for the meal, we’ll have the opportunity to ask them about it. But if Christopher doesn’t show up…”

Rick always felt that there was something wrong with the way Christopher and Shane interacted. It did not seem logical to him.

After a moment of silence, Cole said, “I think he’ll come. He might want to meet up with Mr. Fuller.”

“I’m sure they’ll want to see each other this time round,” Rick said. “They’ll have to meet up to discuss so they can get an idea of what the other person is thinking. I’m just worried about…”

“What are you worried about?”

Rick shook his head.

He felt that his mind was probably over-exaggerating everything from panic. It was likely that whatever he was thinking about would not happen.

“Knock! Knock! Knock!”

Before any of them could speak, the door opened.

Kendall was all smiles as she brought in a tray of desserts and fruits. “Both of you should take a break before getting back to work. Look, I bought you guys something delicious. You’ll love it, I promise!”

Cole took the tray and put it on the table. “Thank you, Miss Stevens.”

“No problem! Enjoy, I’m going to head out first.”

“Hold on, come over here for a minute,” Rick was still staring at his computer screen. He hadn’t looked up at all.

Kendall obeyed and walked over.

Rick moved the computer to show Kendall his computer screen. “What do you see?”

Kendall frowned and looked at it for a moment. She shook her head and said, “I don’t see anything out of the ordinary. It looks like Shane just asked someone out for a meal at a restaurant.”

“Yes, but isn’t it strange that we’ve found Shane’s schedule so easily?”

Kendall and Cole were both stunned.

Kendall scratched the back of his head. “I mean, he doesn’t have to keep any secrets from us, right? He’s just going to have a meal with someone, after all. Why wouldn’t we be able to access such simple information?”

Although Kendall’s words were reasonable, Rick still felt that there was something off.

Shane knew that Charlotte was going to stop him from executing his plan, so how could he let her find this information so easily?

“Stop being so suspicious of everything, you’re overthinking it. Just keep a closer eye on Christopher. Our main goal is to stop Shane from committing a crime, right? There’s no need to worry ourselves about other things,” Kendall said. “Lottie wouldn’t want us to worry too much. If we start doubting everything he does, I’m afraid we might dig up some things we shouldn’t have…”

Kendall was right. Everyone had their own dark secrets after all.

If such secrets were to suddenly be revealed…