Single Mom's Sweet Husband (Charlotte)

Chapter 364

Avery came to his senses and looked at Braden. He frowned and said, "Your explanation was so complicated it's good enough that I'm still sitting here. Do you expect me to listen to you word by word? How could you be so shameless?"

"You! I'm so pissed. You've really pissed me off. Alright, I'll tell you straight what happened. Now we want to work with the Stevens Family, do you want to do it or not?"

Avery put down his mobile phone and began to think about this issue more seriously. Even though he had been sending messages to Olive the whole time, he was also listening. Braden wasn't speaking nonsense, in fact, Braden had explained his plan quite well through the whole conversation. It was all up to him whether they were going to work with them or not. To be honest, he prefers not to. After all, if anything goes wrong...

Finally, Avery sighed, "Okay."

He had thousands of reasons not to work with them. He thought it was safest not to do so. Working with them felt like walking on a tightrope. However, he would rather take the first step to attack than wait for the opportunity to come.

Avery had already found an excuse for himself. He thought, "They were too ruthless towards Zoe so it was necessary to move forward with our plans. This is the only way for us to protect everyone."

"It's good that you can convince yourself." Charlotte understood Avery.

Avery looked at her gratefully. His lips curled up as he said, "Thank you for going through this crazy ordeal with me. You wouldn't have gone against the Stevens family if it weren't for me and Braden wouldn't have been kidnapped. It's all because of me and yet you guys still helped me. I really don't know..."

Some people get along fine when there are no troubles. They wouldn't thank each other or quarrel. But when something happened and they expressed their gratitude or quarrel, they would be able to warm his heart the most.

It was easy to ignore the good in such people. Avery had always thought Charlotte and Shane were good people but he couldn't tell exactly how good they were.

Until now, he understood he wouldn't find another group of friends that were as good as them.

"If it's possible, I really hope that we won't grow apart," Braden sighed.

"All good things must come to an end." Charlotte was very carefree.

"Yes," Shane answered.

Avery did not answer.

Braden and Anne are locals and married so there's a low possibility that they would move. But he was different, he had a city to return to and a family to take care of. So, he had to leave Brine and this circle of friends.

The only thing he could do was spend as much time as he could together with them now.

They had already finished discussing the matter but no one wanted to leave. Everyone sat at the table quietly, staring at the food and drinks on the table.

Charlotte took everyone's emotions into consideration. Braden was deep in thought. He was probably thinking of the plans for the future. Although he had Shane by his side, Charlotte knew that Braden was the mastermind behind this plan. He would be carrying out most of the plans.

Shane took out a book to read, a book and read it. Yes, even if he came to the amusement park, he still had to bring a book with him. Charlotte didn't know why he liked reading so much. Perhaps he wasn't too busy with work recently so he had the time to read books.

As for Anne, she was still eating heartlessly but her eyebrows were slightly furrowed with worry. She was probably worried about Braden and Charlotte. After all, one was her husband and the other was her best friend. They were both forced to be involved in this matter with the Stevens family. It was normal for her to worry.

Then, what was Avery thinking about?

Charlotte glanced at Avery from the corner of her eye for a long time but she couldn't see through his thoughts. Avery turned around and was stunned as their eyes met. He smiled and said, "Lottie, I will call Olive and bring them around for a while. It's almost eight, the fireworks show is about to start."

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"I'll tell her to come here if I see her."

"Alright."

Avery left.

He did not go directly to Olive. He didn't call Olive after he left either. He walked around aimlessly in the amusement park and looked at the people that walked past him. There were couples, children and even some tired middle-aged people. They seemed to have never-ending conversations with the people around them so it was very noisy.

Avery found a place with a beautiful scenery and sat down. He looked at the fishes swimming around blankly.

"Lotus lamps, lotus lamps. 5 dollars for one. Make a wish on a lotus lamp.."

Lotus lamps?

Avery couldn't help but look over. He saw some people with all sorts of lamps on their hands. It was shaped like a lotus but it emitted light. When opened, there was a piece of paper inside. It seemed like wishes could be written on it.

Avery stood up subconsciously and walked over. He took out the money to buy a lamp.

The man who sold the lamp handed him a pen and said, "You can write anything on the lantern. Either a wish or ask for blessings."

Make a wish?

Is there anything he wanted to wish for?

Avery thought for a moment and picked up the pen but he didn't know what to write on the paper. The man who sold the lamps didn't urge him. After a moment, Avery returned the pen to the man and said, "Thank you."

He took out the piece of paper and crumpled it up, then put it inside the lamps. He placed the lamp on the waters and the lamp floated away along the waves as the wind blew.

The man who sold the lamp looked at him again and sighed, "For so many years, I have never seen anyone who wrote nothing. You might not have any wish before but what about now? Don't you want to be rich?"

"I'm already rich." Avery smiled at him.

"Then you could wish for the health of your family or being reunited with your lover? Since you have money, there should be more things you value and miss. Isn't money the most convenient thing to have in the world?"

As soon as the light seller finished speaking, he went away.

Avery smiled.

Money could solve any problem but the source of all problems was from money.

Simply put, people were sad because they were too happy, while they were happy because they had been sad. If people did not know what was sadness and had never experienced despair, they would not know what happiness was and what hope was. It was a very strange thing.

Therefore, the more money you had, the more problems you have to deal with and the more responsibilities you have.

The reason why he didn't write a wish had nothing to do with these. He didn't write anything because he couldn't think of a wish.

He wanted to wish for Irena's happiness in the afterlife but he felt that whether or not this wish came true, it had nothing to do with him. After all, he would have no way of knowing it.

He hoped that he, Charlotte, and the rest would never be separated. However, he was also very clear that it was impossible for him to stay in Brine once the Stevens Family's matter was resolved.

As for his last wish, he hoped that Olive could grow up happily and healthily.

In fact, Olive must be healthy because he had an invincible medical team. Even if she was sick, she would receive the best treatment. Happiness would be a luxury for Olive as she didn't need to be happy at all now.

All of his wishes were based on reality, but it was precisely because of that he was unable to make a wish.

After all, his reality was in his hands.

He was very clear about this matter.

Avery stood by the lake and watched as the lotus lamp floated away. At this moment, he envied the duckweeds in the middle of the lake.

Irena...

If he could.

How he wished that they were just two pieces of duckweed that could stand aloof from the world.