"We know mommy is busy with work, so let’s surprise her."
Jack Thompson envelops Charlotte, his chubby face beaming with a bright smile.
Although Jack and Chad have been recognized by the Ross family, they still enjoy calling Charlotte mom.
Initially, Charlotte was worried about the Ross family’s thoughts on this, but their worries disappeared after she agreed to send the children back to the Ross family every week.
"Good children."
Charlotte kisses them one by one, feeling the day’s fatigue simply lting away.
She lifts her head and looks at the man standing before her, Justin Battleson, and flashes him a smile.
The setting sun outside the window sheds a slanted light, turning the originally serious office into a place filled with a different kind of warmth.
Standing against the light, Charlotte is covered in the soft radiance of the setting sun. Both the glow and her smile burrow right into Justin’s eyes.
He walks over and presents the roses he’d prepared earlier to Charlotte.
Charlotte accepts them with a look of surprise. The bright red roses are fresh, even decorated with water droplets that moisten her fingertips as she touches them.
The floral fragrance lingers in her nostrils, easing her heart a little.
"Why the sudden act of giving flowers?" Charlotte blinks.
Justin steps forward, landing a gentle kiss on her forehead.
"I saw them at a flower shop on the way here, thought you’d like them, so I bought them."
In reality, Justin thought back to the ti when, for several months after their reunion, he had been buying flowers to impress her.
He enjoys seeing Charlotte’s joyous expression when she receives flowers.
Every single thing this woman before him does seems to tug his heartstrings.
Ti wore down only the trivialities and troubles, while his love for her constantly overflowed.
Justin was not typically one to openly express his emotions, but Charlotte was always an exception.
"Thank you."
Charlotte cradles the bright red roses, her small fair face full of joy.
"What’s there to thank for?"
Justin reaches out, pulls Charlotte into his arms, and tidies up the loose hair around her neck, revealing her slender collarbone.
Startled by Justin’s actions, Charlotte subconsciously shrinks her neck. When she turns her head, she notices Jack and Chad huddled together, doing sothing secretive with their phones.
Noticing Charlotte’s gaze, Jack looks up anxiously, a hint of guilt in his expression.
"What are you two up to secretly?"
Charlotte bends down; her scrutinizing gaze sweeps across the two sweet innocent faces.
Jack and Chad remain silent and shaking their heads in unison.
Just then, a voice suddenly ca from the phone that Jack was holding.
"Jack, we can’t see anything ......"
Charlotte instantly recognizes the voice as Grace’s.
Imdiately, Jack straightens up and grins sheepishly at Charlotte.
Charlotte walks over to find that Jack is video calling with a few of their kids at ho. All their little faces are squeezed into the fra.
Especially Grace, who has claid the center spot.
Charlotte notes that the video was not in selfie mode; Jack and Chad must have been capturing her and Justin earlier.
The sudden change in view leaves the kids on cara sowhat at a loss. When Grace’s eyes et Charlotte’s, she dramatically covers her own puffy cheeks, looking rather sheepish.
"It was they who called us suddenly, we didn’t do anything."
Chad interjects imdiately, raising his short arms to his sides.
"I swear."
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