CHAPTER 130: You Don't Have A Say

TYSHA

“Charles.” I halted on my way out of the restroom when I saw Charles waiting outside.

I just excused myself for a moment to do a bathroom break and I didn’t expect him to follow me.

“You left the kids?” I asked him.

"I just wanted to talk to you alone," he replied, his tone serious, capturing my full attention.

Frowning slightly, I asked, "What's going on?"

His uncharacteristically somber expression was concerning, devoid of its usual lightheartedness.

“Did you know that Addison already met Rue?” he asked.

Oh… that?

To be honest, I didn’t expect that too. God knew how my heart raced so fast when I saw my daughter waving at her real father.

It scared me that they would know the truth even before I told them myself. Even before I was ready to tell them everything.

“No,” I answered to Charles’ question. “That’s why I was shocked to the core when I saw her waving at Rue.”

Relief washed over his face, and I could sense his tension easing. Perhaps he had feared that I had dis