Falling in Love With A One-Night Stand novel Chapter 166

166 I Treat Her Like My Sister

Wayne said all this just to tell Anna that his parents had made him engaged when he was a child. Besides, they hadn‘t even asked him about his opinion.

Wayne had always been a smart man. He made it seem like he wasn‘t responsible for this with just a few words.

Anna pouted and deliberately said, “Hey, don‘t you try to fool me! I know you very well. You were more than ten years old at that time. Even if you could just talk then, you would have opposed it if you didn‘t want to marry her. As long as you didn‘t want to, no one would force you to do so! Well, it seems to me that you do like Charlotte.”

“Oh. Well, do you want to know the truth?” Wayne asked. He looked a little more serious, which made Anna nervous.

What? It turns out you really like her? She thought in surprise.

“Oh, no, no. Anna, it‘s not what you think.” Wayne became resigned upon seeing her expression, and then gently flicked her forehead.

She grunted, covered her head, and said in a discontent voice, “Hey! You can talk as you want, and you don‘t have to hit me!”

Wayne was originally serious. However, seeing her cute look, he couldn‘t help but smile. He stayed silent for a few seconds as if he was thinking about how he should say these words.

“When my dad was alive, he always wanted to have a daughter. But, you know, my mother didn‘t give him one. So, he had always regarded Charlotte as his daughter.”

Anna froze after hearing his words. This wasn‘t the first time Wayne had volunteered to talk to her about his parents. However, he seemed calmer this time than before.

“My mom is a painter. Also, all she thinks about every day is her painting. She often left home to paint the outside world, leaving for months at a time. Even after she gave birth to me, she didn‘t change her way of living. She only came home a handful of times a year, which was the only time I got to see her. And, she did it all the time.”

Wayne said calmly, and his low voice flowed into Anna‘s ears like a peaceful stream. Anna thought he was so calm, as if he was talking about something that had nothing to do with him.

After listening to his words, Anna knew more about the relationship between Charlotte and the Wrights.

Wayne‘s mom, Jennie, used to travel a lot. And Wayne‘s father, James Wright, was very busy at work. The two of them rarely saw each other, so they let Peter and Henry take care of Wayne. Not only was Peter bad–tempered, but he had always been strict in raising children. Even if Wayne was still a kid, Peter was still very strict with him. So, Wayne was withdrawn and had a more eccentric temper than his peers.

Later, James realized that Wayne could not go on like this. So, he took Wayne back to his side. Whenever James wasn‘t working, he would take Wayne to meet other kids. He wanted his son to make friends with the kids and become more cheerful.

The Wilsons had three children, and the two of their sons were about the same age as Wayne. At that time, Charlotte had just learned how to walk. James thought those kids could hang out together, so he let Wayne stay with the Wilsons for a summer.

After the summer vacation, James went to Wilson‘s house to pick up Wayne. However, he found that Wayne didn‘t hang out with the two Wilson boys but with two other children.

One of them was Karl, a naughty boy who tricked Wayne into eating hot sauce and caused him to stay in the hospital for a week. The other was Charlotte, a little girl who had just learned to talk.

Wayne became friends with Karl because they had a fight. He became friends with Charlotte because she always stayed by his side. At that time, the two Wilson boys did not want to play with Wayne.

However, he was not upset at all, but was glad that he could have a quiet summer. So, Wayne often sat in the corner of the house to enjoy his time alone. Whenever that happened, Charlotte would often stumble over to him and clutch his shirt. She gave him storybooks and forced him to

tell her stories. If he didn‘t want to, she would cry

“So, I told her stories all summer long. Later, Charlotte‘s mom told my dad about it. Then, my dad brought Charlotte to my house every summer. Maybe he was so nice to her because that was the way which he hinted at my mom to give him a daughter.”

It appeared that Wayne and Charlotte did not have a deep bond. People thought they were close because James wanted them to feel that way.