Single Mom's Sweet Husband (Charlotte)

Chapter 446

After receiving Westin's medical report, Avery brought his men with him and went to search for a compatible kidney.

Charlotte offered to go with them as she didn't want to mindlessly worry about the stubborn Shane. However, Cassius hesitated for a moment and asked tentatively, "Can I come with you? It's not that I don't trust you. I just want to help Westin out as much as I can."

"Of course," Avery answered before Charlotte could speak. "Will you be okay with sharing a room with me?”

"Of course! I can even sleep on the sofa."

Avery was amused by his words and said, "Do you really think I'll make you sleep on the sofa? Come on, you're a good-looking fellow. We can share a bed together, and maybe you can show me your gratitude by..."

Cassius was shocked. "Sorry, I don't do that sort of thing."

"Do you not do it in general, or do you just not want to do it with me?”

"I..." Cassius bit his lip and did not dare answer. He was afraid that if he said something wrong,

Avery would be unhappy and refuse to help Westin.

"Stop teasing him. He's just a kid."

"I'm serious. I'm quite interested in men, but I haven't met anyone willing to experiment with me yet. He's an actor, isn't he? It's not like he has anything to lose. I'll even pay him for his services. Plus, I can offer him plenty of acting opportunities in the future. It's a win- win situation." Avery glanced at Cassius through the rearview mirror. "What do you think, Cassius?"

Cassius's face had turned pale. He knew that he would have to pay a price or something if he asked Charlotte for help, but he didn't expect that he would be asked to sleep with another man. He did not think he could go through with it.

Feeling that Avery had gone overboard with his teasing, Charlotte cast a stern glare at him.

"Alright, alright. I won't tease him anymore." Avery wound the window down and lit a cigarette. "I'm not interested in men at all. Furthermore, I already have Irena in my life. However, I'm really curious about something. Are you really not going to ask anything from him after this? An actor like Cassius could provide you with a lot of benefits, you know? Come on, you can tell me. Don't worry, I won't tell Shane."

"Shut up." Charlotte had a headache.

Avery smiled.

Cassius did not understand what they were talking about. He kept looking down at his feet.

Soon enough, the news of Charlotte and Avery going on a business trip together reached Shane.

He didn't pay much attention to it. He let out a soft hum of acknowledgement and didn't say anything else.

"Aren't you curious about why they've suddenly gone on a trip together?" Rick sat down in front of him on the sofa.

"Since when have you become so talkative?"

"They' re doing all that for an artist named Cassius. It's not like her to go through so much trouble for an artist. Aren't you the least bit curious?"Content property of NôvelDra/ma.Org.

"She's avoiding me, that’s all. I'm sure she's not getting involved with anyone else."

Rick raised her eyebrows and said, "I hope you're right to feel so confident about it."

Shane had other matters to worry about.

"Ever since you've regained your memories, you've been getting more and more distant. At first, I thought about how cruel Charlotte was, willing to

leave you alone with your twelve-year-old mind... However, who knew that you've already recovered your memories a long while ago? You've just been playing us like a fiddle all this time, haven't you? That's very mean of you.” Rick sighed.

"All is fair in love and war."

Rick shook her head with a smile.

Shane had a point after all.

"The whole world's just a grey area of morals, isn't it?”

Rick lamented with a sigh.

What he said did not relate to what Shane had been talking about before.

Shane's hand froze mid-air for a second, but he soon recovered from the shock and began to say calmly, "Everyone's just fighting for what they believe in."

"That's true."

At that moment, Cole pushed the door open.

"Mr. Fuller, I've already booked the table for you. When will you be sending out the invitations?"

"Now would be great. Tell them it'll be on the seventh."

"Yes, sir."

Cole left promptly after that.

Rick reviewed the conversation in his mind for a short while, then took out his mobile phone. He clicked on Charlotte's number and sent her a message that said, "Shane's going to treat us to a meal on the seventh."

As soon as Charlotte's phone vibrated, she took it out and checked it. When she found that it was a message sent by Rick, she sighed. "I can't do anything to stop Shane anymore. Can you help me keep an eye on Christopher? As long as Christopher doesn't go to the meeting, we'll be able to avoid it."

"OK, will you guys be able to make it back by the seventh?"

"I'm not sure, I'll update you later. Sorry for the inconvenience."

"No problem."

After that, they stopped exchanging texts.

Charlotte leaned against the glass and looked out of the window with a solemn expression.

Seeing that Charlotte looked upset, Cassius felt his heart ache a little. At that moment, he suddenly felt his heart prickle.

Avery had been right.

It was not that he was unwilling to sleep with other people. It was just that he was only willing to do it with one person, and that was Charlotte.

Avery managed to drive them to a hotel in the neighbouring city.

The front desk gave them two room cards, one for Charlotte, and the other one for Avery and Cassius. Skylar and the rest of the medical team were staying in a different place that had a laboratory and a place to store medical equipment. It was more convenient.

"Are you short on money? Why'd you only get two rooms for three people?" Charlotte barked at Avery.

"Cassius, don't you want to sleep with me?" Avery turned to look at Cassius.

"I can sleep on the floor..."

Avery laughed and said, "It's alright. I'll cut it out now. Come on, I won't do anything to you in your sleep, I was just teasing. You don't have to sleep on the floor. I'm really not interested in you at all. I just want to keep a closer eye on you, you know? Even though Shane's been nothing but cold and rude to me, he's still mine and my brother's friend."

Charlotte eventually realised that Avery had just been trying to help Shane keep an eye on her, so he had forced Cassius to share a room with him. That way, every move Cassius made wouldn't

pass him by.

It was a pretty good plan.

Charlotte rolled her eyes and said, "I'm going to my room first."

"As you wish," Avery replied with a cheeky smile.

As soon as Charlotte left, he dropped the smile. He grabbed hold of Cassius's wrist and pulled him into the elevator. "Let me tell you, kid. Don't even think about getting close to Charlotte, alright? Even if she asks you to, you can't succumb to her charm, okay? If you do, Shane will tear you to pieces!"

Cassius had already been frightened by Avery in the car just now. After this, he was definitely terrified of him.

Cassius was doing well in the entertainment industry. However, whenever he would meet someone like Avery, he would more or less revert his personality and act like a child.

He was 22 years old this year.

He debuted before his 19-year-old birthday two years ago.

Before this, he had been in training for three years. He had been conditioned into becoming an idol since he was sixteen. While other people his age were busy studying, he was perfecting his dancing and singing. While others were taking their exams, he was writing songs and choreographing dances.

While others were trying their best to get good grades, he was studying methods on how he could improve his idol status.

Other than knowing how to become a great idol, he didn't know anything else. He did not know how life worked outside of that.

"I'm sorry." Cassius lowered his head. "I've never thought about any of that. I'm not one to sell my body, that's for sure. But if Miss Charlotte needs anything from me, I'll do my best to satisfy her no matter what it is."

He was a determined man.

Avery did not expect him to reply like that. He patted him hard on the shoulder and said, "Oh, how manly!"

Cassius gasped in pain.

"To be honest, I also just hope that Charlotte can be happier. I know that when she’s with Shane, she isn't happy at all. Well, I've told you everything I wanted to, so there's that. Look, to keep up pretences, I'll pretend to keep an eye on you for Shane’s sake, alright? But in private, whatever you do is up to you.”

"What can I do?" asked Cassius.

"Whatever you can to make Charlotte happy. Tell her jokes, take her out for a meal, maybe? If you don't mind getting photographed by the media with her, it would be fine."

If they got photographed by the media...

Things would get too messy.

Cassius smiled self-deprecatingly to himself. His feelings for Charlotte didn't run deep enough for that, and he didn't want to cause more trouble for her.