Scarlett's POV:
After lunch, Abner told me that he needed to talk to me about something.
"What's wrong?" I asked, visibly confused.
'Did something happen to the program?' I wondered.
"Scarlett, I just got an interim notice that a certain someone will be joining the program," Abner replied, looking at me awkwardly.
I breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing his response. "It's fine. Do you know who it is?" "Your husband." Abner appeared to be conflicted. "What? Are you serious?" My eyes widened in disbelief.
Abner scratched his nose and sighed. "It was the director's order. After all, your husband is the sponsor of our TV station."
Anger flared up in my heart as I sneered.
"Does he think he can do whatever he wants just because he has money?"
"Scarlett, calm down! Don't let your emotions affect your work," Abner reminded me kindly.
For a moment, I fell silent. I was like a deflated ball.
"Look, I get that, but I need to have a serious discussion with him about this." "What are you going to talk to him about?" asked
Abner.
"This is an all-female program. Why does he want to be a part of it? Is he also a strong independent mother?"
I gritted my teeth because of how angry I was. This was so ridiculous!
"Well, I don't want to get involved in whatever you two have going on. You should solve that dispute by yourselves." Abner sat on a chair wearily.
"Sorry to have dragged you into this," I said.
This program was the fruit of many people's painstaking efforts, but now, it was likely to be ruined by Charles, and it was all because of me.
'What on earth does he want to do?'
During the afternoon, I rushed home, angry and determined to have a talk with him. I sat on the living room sofa, waiting for Charles to come home.
It was getting dark, but he was still nowhere to be seen.
Unable to wait any longer, I decided to call him.
Just as I picked up my phone, I heard someone inputting the passcode of the door.
Soon, the door opened and Charles walked in along with the three kids.
'Wait a second... How did he know my new password? Did someone tell him again?' I thought.
I felt like I was coming down with a migraine.
"Mom!" James threw himself into my arms.
"Did you enjoy your day with Dad?" I asked, forcing a smile.
"Yup! Dad took us to the park and fed the doves with us!" James was staring at me, blushing and excited.
I touched his head and whispered, "James, be a good boy and go upstairs, okay? I just need to talk to your dad."
"Okay, Mommy." James nodded obediently.
"Why are you home so early?" Charles handed the twins to the servants and greeted me.
"Stop pretending like you don't know! You already know the reason I came home this early, don't you?" I shot him a cold glance.
If my eyes could shoot arrows, Charles would've been riddled with holes by now.
He shot me a faint glance without giving me an explanation.
"I'm going to bathe James for now. Let's talk about this later. Anyway, where are my clothes?" asked Charles.
Afterwards, he caught up with James and went upstairs with the boy.
'Wait... he wants to take a shower? In my house? Does he intend to stay here?' I wondered.
"Hold on a second! Who said you could take a shower here?" I shouted as he walked away.
Charles stopped in his tracks for a moment, but then he continued going upstairs without even looking at me.
I glanced over at Tracy and asked, "Did you tell him the new passcode of our door?"
She shook her head, trembling in fear. "Of course, not!” "Oh, really? Then how did he know the new passcode?" I asked, staring at Tracy suspiciously. "You used the twins' birthday as the pass code. Honestly, it was easy to guess," Tracy responded, feeling attacked.
"Charles wouldn't have known about that! I didn't tell him the specific date of their birthday," I said.
It was then that I paused to think.
'I might not have told him, but he could've conducted a thorough investigation. God, why didn't I realize that I couldn't hide anything from him? Damn it, Charles!'
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