The Hart Family (4)

When she arrived at the Smith family home, her heart raced a bit as she spotted her fiancé, Archie, the man she hadn't seen in a month. But she didn’t look at him as her focus was elsewhere.

"Charlotte, when did you return from Paris?" Archie asked gently.

Mr. and Mrs. Smith were also present but their expressions were both curiosity and annoyance. Curiosity as to why she was here and annoyance as to why she was followed by an army of guards who looked nothing less than highly skilled soldiers.

Charlotte cut to the chase. "Where is Christian?"

Mrs Smith raised an eyebrow, her tone sharp. "Why are you looking for him? Shouldn't you care about your fiancé? You are always travelling around the world and you don’t even work. You are not taking care of my son."

Mrs Smith had always dismissed Charlotte’s artistic works as nothing more than a hobby. She did not believe that it was a career. She had always disliked Charlotte for her son but she never complained openly because she was from