Single Mom's Sweet Husband (Charlotte)

Chapter 231

Shane leaned toward Charlotte and pointed at the corner of her eye. "Your makeup's a little messy."

"The weather is too cold. My hands were shaking." Charlotte casually backed off to avoid him. "Mr. Fuller, know your boundaries."

"Boundaries?" Shane moved closer to her.

Almost everybody's eyes were fixed on the two of them.

Charlotte knew that they were all there to see Shane. They wanted to find out why Shane made a move on the shipping industry.

But now...

She sighed helplessly. "Mr. Fuller, don't tell me that you want everybody to know that you put so much effort into messing up the industry just for an insignificant woman like me."

"If that's the case, will you reconcile with me?"

"Reconcile? Mr. Fuller, stop joking around with me. I'm just someone who you keep when you need and discard whenever you don't need anymore. There's no need to talk about reconciling."

Speechless, Shane stared deep into her eyes. Then, he straightened his back and didn't speak to

her anymore.

Charlotte let out a sigh of relief.

When she was about to continue reading the report to divert her attention, she found Kendall and Rick looking at her from the opposite side.

Rick's eyes seemed to be filled with pain, but Kendall's held great resentment and anger.

She actually didn't care what they thought of her. Because when the show started, they would have to compete to the bitter end anyway.

Soon after, the director had arrived.

The shipping this time would concern seven different companies. These seven companies were also the ones that joined forces to put this project together.

It was extremely versatile but also very difficult to manage. Small companies couldn't handle it, and big companies wouldn't want to handle it.

Large companies like NC came to bid because they wanted to find a target that they can take over.

They couldn't offer their own route to others, could they? That was impossible.

Charlotte was starting to get nervous.

Based on her knowledge about Jane Corporation, the price and route they offered should be the one that they assumed.

If Rick and Kendall found a new route in the past two days, everything they prepared would be in vain.

"God bless us." Charlotte prayed. RêAd lat𝙚St chapters at Novel(D)ra/ma.Org Only

Charlotte felt the urge to touch her bracelet.

But when she suddenly realized that this bracelet was...

She took a deep breath and stopped herself, but something cold touched her wrist at that moment. She was shocked and turned to her side.

Shane took off her original bracelet and put on a jade bracelet.

It was ice jade.

Its base color was transparent and milky white, and its surface was embellished with irregular light blue lines that looked like blood streaks.

Generally speaking, this kind of semi-translucent ice jade wasn't worth more than three hundred thousand dollars. Most of them cost around ten thousand dollars.

With Shane's net worth, he could have given her a better one if he wanted to. By choosing a bracelet with this price point was like indirectly telling her: "If you don't want it, I'll just throw it away."

Shane would definitely not feel bad if he threw away something worth ten thousand dollars.

Charlotte didn't have the opportunity to reject his gift. A surge of iciness ascended from her wrist, and her nervousness immediately dissipated into thin air.

"Shane..." She lowered her voice.

"If you don't want it, I'll just throw it away."

As expected!

She glared at him. "You're forcing kind- hearted people to do naughty things."

"What kind of naughty things?"

"You..." She was choked with anger.

Shane's mood had obviously turned better. His eyebrows were slightly raised, and his lips curled up into a smile.

He could have chosen another time to give it to her.

Charlotte knew that he wanted to make her feel at ease and also obtain a slice of interest from her. But she had just won the argument earlier.

Alas!

Charlotte looked down at the bracelet.

It was beautiful indeed, but because Shane was the one who gave it to her, she didn't really know what to feel.

Three hours later.

The director announced the results.

The moment he dismissed Jane Corporation's proposal, Charlotte knew that she had won.

Everyone came up to congratulate them, but most of them were actually just congratulating Shane.

The people present were either people who knew Shane personally or worldly-wise people.

Judging from Shane and Charlotte's interactions, many could tell that the two of them had a good personal relationship. Besides, Charlotte was obviously Rick's fiancee, but she was sitting opposite to him while a seemingly intimate woman was seated next to Rick. People couldn't help but wonder what was going on.

"Rick!"

Kendall cried out from the crowd.

Rick had stayed up late for the past few nights. His body couldn't hold on anymore and fell straight to the floor.

He helped himself up by holding onto the desk. His eyes found Charlotte almost instantly, waiting to see the expression on her face.

He wanted to know if she would be even the slightest bit moved when she witnessed his current state of being.

What would she think of him? Someone who had loved her unconditionally yet got nothing in return. Charlotte didn't look at him, neither did she turn around because of Kendall's voice. She stood beside Shane with a file in her hand, filling him in on the follow-up operations of the project.

Shane would occasionally nod his head. From the look on his face, one could tell that he was utterly satisfied with what Charlotte had said.

"Rick, let me take you to the hospital!" Kendall held Rick in her arms. She was so anxious that she almost cried.

If it was Charlotte who was beside him, what would she do now?

She would evacuate the crowd first and tell everyone that he fainted because he was too busy and had just recovered from a serious illness. Then, she would call his assistant to come and pick him up.

Or, if she was by his side, he wouldn't even have fainted at all.

Rick's gaze was still fixed on Charlotte, brimming with emotions.

"Even if you keep looking at her, she will not turn around to meet your gaze. She was already standing beside Shane!" Kendall grabbed his arm and said, "Look who's standing beside you now, Rick. I'm the one who truly likes you!"

"She must have told you about my preferences."

"That's..."

"Only she knows the special ink brand I use. You used the right brand when you refilled my ink last time. So she must have told you all my preferences before, hasn't she?" Rick tried to stand up on his own, but his temples were already covered with sweat.

By this time, other than a few of Rick's friends who were talking with the CEO that he invited over, most of the people had already left. Even Shane and Charlotte had left.

Kendall bit her lip and kept quiet.

"She had probably even told you what type of woman I like." Rick looked at the door with empty eyes. "I just can't stand the fact that she still expects from him, relies on him, and yearn for him even though he clearly doesn't respect her."

"I can accept that she doesn't love me. I can also accept that she's in love with another man. But maybe I can't accept the fact that she could give someone all her recognition."

"I just can't accept her unreserved recognition for Shane. It doesn't mean that I don't love her anymore. Kendall, love is not a game. It doesn't matter whether you stay by his side or like him with all your heart, words are useless."

He pushed her away and walked forward step by step.

Kendall hesitated for a moment but still followed him. She gritted his teeth and hugged his arm. "I don't care. You guys have already broken up anyway."

"I haven't officially divorced her." He shook her off.

"Rick!" Kendall felt helpless.

They hadn't divorced yet.

But that was all he could do.

The way she looked at Shane, full of expectation and admiration with a hint of vigilance and nervousness.

It was the purest and most loving gaze.

And he was the most unnecessary person in their movie.

At the hotel's entrance.

Charlotte looked at the three people in front of her and stretched out her hand. "I don't know when well meet again after this. Let's hope that our cooperation goes smoothly." "I don't dare to shake this hand." Braden said with a chuckle, "I was sent to Africa back then and didn't manage to bid you goodbye nor explain it to you. I'll say one thing now. No matter what you choose, Anne and I will always provide you unconditional support."

"Thank you." She smiled.

"You did a great job." Christopher gently held her hand but quickly released it.

He still wore a gentle smile on his face, but his gaze made Charlotte feel a little uncomfortable.

She nodded at him, not caring to even smile at him.

Shane looked down at Charlotte and reached out his hand in slight disdain, but he didn't shake her hand.

Charlotte took the initiative to shake his hand, pinching it really hard. "Mr. Fuller, thank you so much for your help."

Behind her gentle smile, you could sense the slyness of a little fox.

It was not easy.

He had been racking his brains for this, and it managed to make her look proud and confident again in front of him.