Single Mom's Sweet Husband (Charlotte)

Chapter 69

Shane remained silent, but the teasing smile on his face only widened. The amusement reached his eyes and raised his eyebrow imperceptibly.

Eliciting no response from Shane, Charlotte chuckled awkwardly and said, "Mr. Fuller, please don't take this so seriously. I meant it as a joke."

She picked herself off the table and smoothed down the front of her dress with her hands. She could feel herself burn up with embarrassment, so much that she wished she could just bang her head against the wall and die.

Who did she think Shane was?

He had probably feasted his eyes upon every kind of beauty there existed in the world. Why did she think she could charm him with her appearance?

Seeing the changes on Charlotte' s face, Shane’s lips parted in a grin, revealing a neat row of pearly whites.

"It seems that Miss Charlotte has really thought this through."

Cole stepped forward from where he was standing and placed two brand-new sets of contracts in front of Charlotte.

Shane chivalrously produced the Parker steel pen he always carried with him from the pocket of his coat and handed it to her.

She took the pen and promptly signed her name on both contracts.

Shane was slightly astonished by Charlotte’s eagerness. He let out a laugh and said, "Aren’t you going to read through the contracts first? Are you not afraid that it would be different from what you

have at home?”

'Uh...' Charlotte blinked back at him.

She was dumbfounded and her hand froze, suspending the pen midair.

Would he believe her if she said that she was so nervous about the whole situation until this scenario didn’t even cross her mind?

Watching Charlotte' s dazed expression, Shane's lips pulled into a faint smile. He then snatched the pen from her grasp and slickly signed his name below hers.

Rather belatedly, it dawned on Charlotte that he was just pulling her leg. Almost immediately, her cheeks turned a rosy red.

Once Shane was done signing the contracts, Cole put the paperwork aside.

Shane looked down at his watch, then stood up and fixed his collar.

His gaze drifted to Charlotte and he asked, "Did you bring your household registry?"

Charlotte looked up at Shane with confusion. Why would she bring her household registry? Shane saw right through her doubts and merely ordered, "We still have some time to spare; let's go."

Charlotte didn't dare ask where they were going. She could only obediently follow Shane into the car.

As they pulled up at the entrance of Flowerbed Residence, she finally realized what Shane meant by the household registry.

Wasn't this just a fake marriage?

She thought having signed a contract would suffice.

But again, she didn't dare voice her thoughts. Meeting Shane's dominating eyes, she got out of the car and went to retrieve her household registry. Content from NôvelDr(a)ma.Org.

As they walked out of the Civil Affairs Bureau, Charlotte felt as if she was still dreaming. The little red booklet gleamed with a splendid radiance under the sun's rays.

However, before she could get a good look at it, it was swiftly taken from her.

Her head snapped in the direction of the booklet and she found that Shane had stacked the two booklets together and slid them into the pocket of his suit.

"Mr. Fuller?"

"My grandmother's grown old. I'm sure she'd be very happy to see these celebratory items, so I'll be holding onto this."

Charlotte nodded at Shane's explanation. She never thought Shane would be such a filial person.

"One more thing, it’s about time we make some changes," Shane added.

Charlotte again looked at Shane in confusion and blurted, "What changes?"

Beneath the dazzling sun, Charlotte's face was fair and her skin firm. It was a sight that was difficult to tear one's eyes from.

Shane narrowed his eyes at Charlotte. A moment later, he replied unhurriedly, "I could do with what you called me earlier."

Without letting Charlotte process his words, Shane had already turned around and climbed into the car.

He looked back and said, "I’m flying off soon, so I won't be able to send you back. When you get home, pack up. I will send someone to pick you up"

With that, he signaled the driver to start the journey.

Charlotte stood rooted to the spot. Watching the car disappear into the distance, she finally caught on to what Shane was saying. Blood gushed into her cheeks.

She gulped reflexively and stiffly opened her mouth.

“Shane Fuller... Sh-Shane."