Even after all these years, Desmond still couldn’t hide his sadness whenever Sue’s name came up.He lowered his eyes, and the anger on his face slowly gave way to grief.Charlotte said nothing more. She simply turned and walked away.Desmond stood there in silence for a moment before heading upstair
Xena sighed and said gently, “Alright then. Just talk to your father calmly. He really cares about you. If you speak to him nicely, he’ll come around.”“Okay.” Charlotte exhaled, then headed for the house. “Thanks, Aunt Xena.”Inside the house, the tension hit her immediately.Just like Xena had war
“It’s too early…” Charlotte mumbled softly, her voice still thick with sleep.No one in the conference room could hear what was being said on the other end of the call, but they could all see the change in Sean’s expression. The usually cold and composed CEO now wore a look of unmistakable warmth an
Sean let out a low, muffled laugh.Charlotte laughed too. Then, in a soft voice, she began to sing:“You are my sunshine, my only sunshine. You make me happy when skies are gray. You’ll never know dear, how much I love you, please don’t take my sunshine away…”Her voice was light and gentle, barely
That evening, Sean came over to Charlotte’s villa to have dinner with her.Petra was already used to this and quietly made herself scarce right after the meal.After showering, the two of them lay together in bed.Surprisingly, Sean was unusually restrained that night.Charlotte teased, “Wow, holdin
Sean was standing by the window, his back to her, talking on the phone.Charlotte walked over quietly and wrapped her arms around him from behind, resting her cheek against his back.He froze for a second.Then he said into the phone, “That’s it for now. I’ll call you later,” and hung up. He turned