Single Mom's Sweet Husband (Charlotte)

Chapter 416

Zayden shook his head. "I have a younger sister. She likes sweet things a lot, so I usually prepare something for her in the car."

"Where is she now?" Kendall asked.

"She... is dead."

"Oh. I'm sorry. I didn't know. I... I'm really sorry. I didn't mean to bring it up."

"I'm fine." Zayden smiled, but the light in his eyes was very dull. "She was kidnapped and forced to sleep with that man. She couldn't stand the humiliation and committed suicide. I thought that I had forgotten about her. It was not until I saw you that I realized that I had not actually forgotten her."

Kendall was reminded of Irena when Zayden mentioned his younger sister. Zayden said that he only remembered it when he saw her. Kendall asked tentatively, "Is it Irena? I, uh, I'm not trying to pry. It's just that you said you thought of it because of me. Irena was the same. I don't have a good relationship with Avery, but I know about it because Avery loves Irena very much."

"Shouldn't your first reaction be to wonder why my last name is Crawford and hers is Chambers?"

Zayden turned on the car's engine.

"Avery told us that she wasn't brought up by both her birth parents. Her mother raised her with her stepfather. Although their financial situation wasn't as good as before, her stepfather liked her a lot and they lived a happy life. It was also because of her birth family that she became acquainted with my brother." Kendall sighed. "It's a pity that I've never met her."

Zayden gave her a sideways glance. "Your relationship with Avery doesn't seem good."Property © NôvelDrama.Org.

"I'm not the same as my brother." Kendall's voice was very soft. She didn't think that this was something to be proud of. "Regardless of whether it's from my brother's or Avery's standpoint, I feel that it's too much of a pity. Irena is too pitiful, so I don't want to stand on that side."

"I knew there was a reason I like you so much, Kendall."

"... Do you really like me?"

"Of course."

"Are you sure? Do you want me to like you so that it will be easier to avenge your sister?"

He had this kind of idea before.

Later on, he found out that she was as guileless as his sister. In the end, he could not do it.

Zayden rolled up his sleeves and showed his arms. On his well- defined and muscled arms, there was a very beautiful green dragon. The lines of the tattoo were beautiful and the details stunning. What was more, his muscles were like mountains and moved as he flexed. The dragon seemed alive.

"Do you think that I need to use you to take revenge on you or your elder brother?"

Kendall blinked and said with an embarrassed smile, "It seems that you don't."

"So, Kendall. I would like to ask you what you think of Rick."

"What?"

"Aren't you going out for dinner with me in the middle of the night for Rick? Do you think it's right for you to have to do so?"

Kendall was silent for a while. She clenched her fists and raised her head. She looked at Zayden firmly and said, "Whether it is right or not, I like him very much. I used to think that I could just walk away if he hurt me. But I was fooling myself. As long as he wants me back, I will return to him."

"Even if he stays with you because of guilt?"

"I don't care why."

Zayden sighed. "You could have had a better life."

Kendall didn't say anything.

Zayden took Kendall to a Michelin star barbecue restaurant.

Kendall really didn't expect that there were barbecue restaurants with two Michelin stars. Both the decoration and the waiters here exuded a kind of superior air, which was very exquisite. It didn't look like a place to eat barbecue at all.

It was the first time she had come to a place like this, so she was shy as she looked around.

When he saw this, Zayden grabbed her arm and pulled her to his side. "Don't worry, this is mine."

"What? This two Michelin star restaurant?"

"I paid for the rating." Zayden was very honest. "I don't have many interests. The only thing I like is to eat and play. So I own many restaurants and entertainment centers. They are all over the world so I need to travel often."

"That sounds good..." She sighed. "I want to live a life like that, too."

"That's easily done. You can marry me." Zayden laughed.

"Um."

"I know you don't want to. Many women don't want to either. Although I'm rich and good-looking, I'm far from a proper gentleman like Rick. Even if I pretend to be elegant, I'm just a gangster, right?" Zayden took off his suit, revealing the shirt beneath. The buttons against his chest were strained, as if they were going to fly off at any moment. She could see how scary his chest muscles were.

"It's not that I wouldn't want to. I think you're a good person, but..."

It was just that she had returned to Rick's side now.

If, and only if, Rick hadn't found her and Zayden said such things to her, she would have chosen Zayden.

Perhaps it was because she thought that she had no other choice, so she could only choose Zayden. Or maybe it was also because Zayden was very handsome that she thought it wouldn't look bad if she was with him.

"It's because you already have Rick," Zayden answered for her.

"Maybe..." Kendall lowered her head. "Doesn't it hurt you if I say that?"

"You are so cute. Isn't Rick afraid that someone will steal you away?"

Kendall had a blank look on her face.

Zayden leaned over to get closer to her. "Kendall, if I give you all the information on the market if you sleep with me, would you do it?"

"What do you think I am!?" Kendall was furious.

"It's just sleep."

Kendall was stunned. She was angry, but she was at a loss. She blinked her eyes madly and asked, "What are you talking about?"

Zayden smiled. "Let's eat first."

How could she still have the appetite to eat?

"I won't eat until you explain it to me clearly."

"Alright, I'll explain." Zayden leaned forward a little bit. "Watch me sleep. Accompany me to sleep and make me breakfast tomorrow. I will give you all the information, and I can even help you solve your difficulties. What do you think?"

"If I needed someone's help, wouldn't I get Avery and Charlotte to help? Do you think I'm stupid? When you had me, I just didn't want to contact them," she muttered.

"It doesn't matter. If you come back to me now, I will forgive you."

What the what?

Kendall looked at him warily. "You still have plans for me? If you do, I will run away."

"If you can't even sacrifice this for Rick, how can you say you love him? You're so selfish." Zayden was not worried.

He had plenty of time to set Kendall up.

Rick's biggest mistake was that he didn't appreciate Kendall. Or rather, he didn't control what she did. She was well protected by Rick before.

Maybe it was because he protected Kendall too well that she was like a koala now.

Cute without any lethality. She wanted to be protected. Only by having someone to protect her could she survive.

"She doesn't have to do it."

Just as Zayden was feeling confident about his plan, a tired voice came from behind him.

Kendall instantly raised her head. When she saw the person behind her, she immediately stood up, like an obedient student. Her movements were particularly stiff. She wanted to speak, but she couldn't manage a word.

Zayden's gaze deepened. "You've delivered yourself to my doorstep? Aren't you afraid that I have a trick up my sleeve?"