After settling the children down, Charlotte pulled Zachary into her room and gave him an earful.
“Zachary, what’s the matter with you? Don’t you know that this place is full of my brother’s spies? As much as I can try my best to tolerate you for the sake of the kids, Danrique won’t! I can’t even imagine the consequences if he finds out that you’re here.”
“Danrique will be too occupied to be bothered about me, so don’t you worry,” Zachary said confidently.
“What do you mean? What did you do?” Charlotte was dubious about his statement.
“Oh, you haven’t heard? His illegitimate child is exposed,” he gloated with a raised eyebrow. “Someone’s getting busy.”
“An illegitimate child?” The news came like a bolt from the blue. “Are you kidding? My brother has never had a girlfriend, let alone a child?”
“Come on, how can a normal man have no girlfriend? Unless he’s gay.” Zachary continued placidly, “He’s just very good at hiding his dirty little secrets from you.”
“How did you find out?” she asked suspiciously.
“We are rivals. Needless to say, I must know him very well.” He smiled smugly. “He’s been giving me a lot of headaches. I’m just returning the favor.”
Charlotte paused. “What is that supposed to mean? Did you hire an impostor?”
“Of course not. I just leverage on a little situation…” He shrugged. “Anyhow, there’s nothing for you to fret about. Even if he knows I’m here, let him come to me. All you have to do is to put the blame on me.”
As he spoke, he scanned around Charlotte’s room and slumped on the bed. “What a great place! I’ll take this room…”
“Get up!” Charlotte tried to pull him up, but he managed to turn her over and pin her on the bed instead.
“What are you doing? Let go of me right now,” Charlotte roared while pushing him away.
“Stay still.” He clasped her hands and looked her in the eyes. “I just want to hug you.”
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