Charlotte's heart was beating fast, and her palms were sweaty as the hospital building appeared in her line of sight. She seemed to have forgotten when she woke up this morning that her mother had developed the habit of watching the news and staying current since she got admitted to the hospital. Her mother would even find out what happened before Dalton did. She was sure that her mother waited for her to close from work before calling. Charlotte felt like a sheep to the slaughter as she walked into the hospital and in the direction of the elevator, this would take her to the floor where her mother's room was located. She was grateful that she had eaten. If not, she was so sure that she would have immediately fainted after receiving her mother's call. Her palms were clammy and sweaty as she drew close to her mother's room.Charlotte hesitated when she got to the door, and she could not bring herself to push the door open with her hands, which were suddenly too heavy. She could feel
Charlotte's words were cut off as she heard her mother burst into loud sobs that made her heart stop beating in her chest for a second and when it started beating again, it was very fast.Charlotte immediately let go of her work back to hug her mother, "Mom, please don't cry," as she said these words, she too felt her eyes clouding with tears.One of the reasons she never wanted to tell her mother that she got married even when she knew that she would eventually have too. Charlotte knew that her mother would feel guilty. Her mother would feel like she ruined Charlotte's life because she was sick and couldn't afford her treatment."I'm so sorry Charlotte, it's all my fault. If only I was a good mother, if only I didn't fall sick all this wouldn't have happened. You wouldn't have had to get married to a man you don't know or like, I'm so sorry." Emily said amidst sobsThe tears immediately began to drop down Charlotte's face at her mother's words. She opened her mouth to stop her mother
“How was your day at work today?” Charlotte jumped on one foot, nearly screaming in shock as she spun around and came face to face with Dalton. She swallowed thickly before responding, “I have had better days,” Was it her eyes playing tricks on her, or did his eyes soften at her words?“Right, you are not going to fall sick, right?” He asked as he wheeled himself inside the room.She shook her head, “No, of course not”“Good. Do you have anything you want to tell me?” He asked with his gaze fixed on her.Charlotte shook her head again. When she got home, he was still at work, but she thought that she would meet her luggage outside or be stopped from entering the house, nothing like that happened. Though, the servants all gave her the same looks like the one she was given at work, anytime she caught them staring they would immediately turn away. The only person who behaved like she normally did was Mrs. Brittany. Charlotte half expected Dalton to be waiting for her in the room with
She even enjoyed the kiss. Charlotte brought her hand up to touch her swollen lips before sliding down to the floor as a foreign feeling enveloped her. She snapped back to her senses in the next minute.This was not supposed to be happening. She was not supposed to be waking up in his arms, nor was he supposed to be kissing this morning.There was no way neither him nor his family has not seen the news. If not, why did he question her last night if she was okay and if she had something to tell him?Charlotte stood back up from the floor before she began to pace around in the bathroom. What was Dalton's plan? Was he going to pretend like he didn't see the news and continue being her husband? Was it all for a show, so it wouldn't be like her family played his? Charlotte was in the bathroom, just pacing about for a long time, trying to come up with an explanation for Dalton's behavior. In the end, she couldn't come up with anything.Bethany was supposed to be his fiancé so of course he
“No, I don't have anything to say” Charlotte kept cursing herself all the way to her place of work. She should have just told him to clear the air, but she was too much of a chicken and could not bring herself to do so.Like yesterday and all the other days she had been gossiped about, every eye was on her. This morning, on her way to work, she was scared that the paparazzi would have found out where she worked and would be waiting for her, but she thought wrong. Looked like they were not really taking this news seriously, but she thought that something or someone else might have stopped them from coming.She hated Angela's eyes that were following her around, the snarky remarks sent her way, and also the looks Walker kept throwing her way. Walker warned everyone to stay away from her and if anything about her family was discussed, that group of people would be fired. It came as a shock to her, but she was grateful and did not hold back in thanking him.Charlotte went straight to th
“Ahhh,” Charlotte jumped in fright, nearly pouring the hot coffee on her body when she entered the room and heard a loud crashing noise from the bathroom.She dropped the two cups of coffee and hurried to the bathroom, but the door was locked from inside. She could hear Dalton swearing and cursing. It made her scared because she could hear the pain in his voice. Maybe he slipped and fell or something “Hey, are you okay?” Charlotte asked anxiously as she knocked loudly before placing her ear to the bathroom door. After the initial swearing and cursing, she could not hear any noise again. Her fear and anxiousness increased a thousand miles.“Dalton?” She called as she knocked again, softly this time.“I'm fine,” his voice was tight.“Are you sure?” She asked. “I'm fine,” he repeated in a firm tone this time.Charlotte sighed as she moved from the door and backed away to sit on the bed to wait for him. She knew that he had an accident, but she did not know the severity of his injury.S
“Please, can I see Dalton's medical records?” “Eh?” Graham appeared shocked for a moment before he recovered, almost too quickly, “You will have to ask Mr. Moore for it.”Charlotte sighed, “I would ask him, but I doubt that he would allow me to see it”“Then I’m sorry because I’m in the no position to release it to anyone without his permission” he turned to leave“I'm his wife, so I don't think I really need his permission to see his medical records”Graham paused before turning back to her,"I know you are his wife and that's why I told you to ask him for it." he was going to leave again, but he stopped and asked her, “What do you need to see it for if I might ask, Mrs. Moore?”Charlotte took a deep breath and clasped her hands together, “I think he fell in the bathroom last night. Not that I was there with him or anything,” she rushed to explain when she saw the look in his eyes, “I understand, Mrs. Moore, you don't have to explain how you found out,” Graham's eyes held an amused
“We really didn't have a good relationship in the past when we first got married as we have met only a few times before our marriage” Charlotte hoped that she was correct about the last sentence. She kept going when Sarah did not make any comments, “At first, I was the one trying to get close and speak with him but recently, our relationship has improved. It has improved a lot, if I may add”Charlotte was seated opposite Dalton's mother in a high-end hotel. It's been three days since she asked Graham for Dalton's medical records. Sarah had called her the next day, and they scheduled their meeting for the weekend.She had been nervous this morning about coming and almost canceled at the last minute. So far so good, Sarah has been as polite as she was during their family dinner the other night. Sarah has not asked about her family saga. Instead, what she was truly interested in was knowing about how she and Dalton's relationship was progressing.“Well, that's nice. It’s a relief to hear