Carson glanced at the old building and said, "Why do you live here? If you don't want to live in Charlie's house, I have a vacant house you can stay in!"
Emily quickly replied, "No need, thank you, Carson!"
Carson didn't say anything, just gently smiled, "Is it convenient to chat upstairs?"
Emily thought for a moment and shook her head, "There's another girl living with me, sorry!"
"Never mind!" Carson laughed, turned around, went back to the car, and took out two big shopping bags from the trunk, filled with stuff.
He handed it to Emily, "Here, take this upstairs!"
Emily saw that the bag had expensive nourishment and cosmetics. She immediately shook her head, "I don't want them, Carson. You take them back!"
Carson smiled and said, "It's just some food and stuff, it's not worth much. The skincare products were given to me by someone else, and I can't use them anyway."
Emily continued to shake her head, adamant in her refusal. "I really can't accept them. Give them to your girlfriend instead!"
Carson dismissed Charlie's words, saying, "Don't listen to Charlie's nonsense. I don't have a girlfriend!"
Not far away, a Rolls-Royce sat parked beneath a tree. Charlie occupied the driver's seat, observing the exchange between Emily and Carson. He narrowed his eyes, fixating on Emily.
Carson claimed to have feelings for Emily, but Charlie didn't take it seriously. After all, Carson was notorious for changing girlfriends as frequently as he changed clothes. It was surprising to see Carson actually making an effort this time.
He intervened too much.
He didn't know if innocent Emily would fall for Carson!
He was a little annoyed, opening half of the window, and lighting a cigarette.
"Yes! I'm poor, and we can never be friends. Estelle and I are friends, and we may meet again in the future. If you could say hello to me when we meet, I'd be very grateful for your kindness and affection. But deep connections aren't necessary!"
Carson admired her self-esteem and calmness. He'd also pursued ordinary girls, and like Emily said, they would quickly come to accept his gifts as a given or even ask for more, becoming greedy. He began to feel disgusted and soon broke up.
If he and Emily ended up like that, he'd rather keep the current beauty and simplicity!
He smiled, "Emily, you've convinced me. I'll respect your thoughts. Being friends is indeed the best choice for us." Emily smiled happily, "Thank you, Carson!"
Not far away, Charlie watched the two laugh together and felt disappointed. He always thought Emily was a sensible girl, but now it seemed she was nothing special!
He had warned her so much, but she was still smiling because of a few words from Carson. It seemed like she liked him already!
He couldn't help but get angry, mad that Emily let him down!

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The readers' comments on the novel: Find me in your labyrinth (Stella and Jonathan)
Thank you for the updates....
I love it, I love it! Thank you for the updates....
Dear author Lucy, may we please have updates. Thank you....
There's a song currently playing via YouTube and TikToc by LowDii "Touch Me Softly" that makes me think of Norah and Xavier (Gonzalez). Please, I'm looking forward to updates. Thank you for your writing....
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As the plot thicken. Adrian is done for and he can't try to control Norah, so he'd probably tattle to Janice who's gone for two weeks. Thank you soooo much for the updates....
These updates were too funny. Thank you so much for the updates....
I forgot to add Amy to the group of pregnant women,since she was the first. Emily and Sylvia better be careful since pregnancy is in the air....
Wow! This is great, both Estelle and Magdalen are pregnant at the same time and I hope that Xavier is Norah neighbor. Thank you for the updates....
Author Lucy you're a blessing. Thank you so my for the updates. I hope that Norah's neighbor is Xavier she gets her memory back....