Thrilled, the little girl asked, “Hooray! Are we finally living as a family of five once Mommy and I have fully recovered?”
Caressing the little girl’s cheeks, the man urged, “I’ll try to see if it’s possible. Why don’t you go ahead and tuck yourself in? I’ll drop by and check on your mother.”
Ellie was afraid the duo would engage themselves in another conflict. She grasped her father’s hand and asked, “Can you promise me not to pick on Mommy?”
He kissed her on the cheek and assured her, “You need to calm down because I won’t pick on her. Just go ahead and call it a day. I’ll see you on day after tomorrow.”
Ellie nodded and stared at her departing father with an aggrieved look as he sneaked his way out of the window again.
The ones stationed outside of the room heard the creaking sound of the window, but the moment they turned around, Zachary was nowhere to be seen anymore.
They thought they had been seeing things and paid no heed to it. After all, it wouldn’t be much of a surprise for the windows to creak during such a heavy downpour.
Zachary, who had sneaked his way to Charlotte’s balcony, could feel his heart racing, thinking he might go berserk if Louis was next to Charlotte in bed.
As soon as he picked the lock and sneaked his way into Charlotte’s room, he saw Louis slouching against the couch with a scarf around him.
Meanwhile, Charlotte, who had put on a white nightgown, slept like a log on the bed. Her legs and bottom were exposed after tossing and turning in her sleep.
Zachary responded with a frown when he thought Louis must have seen the vulnerable side of Charlotte.
As Zachary marched in Charlotte’s direction to tuck her in, Louis was almost roused from his sleep due to the commotion.
In an attempt to stop Louis, Zachary rushed over to Louis’ side and launched a powerful strike on his neck to render him unconscious.
Thus, Louis passed out. In the nick of time, Zachary held him and stopped him from falling.
As jealous as Zachary might be, he knew Louis meant no harm. To be precise, Louis was merely there to keep Charlotte safe since she might be in great pain whenever there was a heavy downpour. Therefore, he had no intention of hurting Louis.
Once he had everything sorted out, he marched in the direction of the balcony to draw the curtain.
The ones outside of the residency caught a silhouette next to the window, but they paid no heed to it as they thought it was Louis.
Once Zachary locked the door from within, he removed his coat and joined Charlotte in bed, holding her in his arms.
Dr. Felch’s sleep-inducing tea worked like a charm—Charlotte showed no signs of being roused from her sleep in spite of Zachary’s actions. She ended up snuggling against the man in his arms.
Zachary looked at her in the eyes and kissed her on the forehead. He was overwhelmed by the challenges awaiting them and hoped things would turn out just fine at the end of the day.
With that being said, he needed to sleep more than ever after the hectic week he had. Once he set up an alarm to rouse himself from sleep at five o’clock in the morning, he fell asleep next to Charlotte.
Louis, who had fallen asleep on the couch, wasn’t aware his so-called fiancée was in the arms of another man in front of him.
Meanwhile, Lupine thought Dr. Felch’s sleep-inducing tea was awesome since Charlotte remained asleep throughout the entire night of heavy downpour.
She heard the commotion but paid no heed to it. Prior to her departure, she instructed those stationed outside of the room, “I want all of you to be on the lookout for any form of suspicious activities. If there’s any, inform me at once.”
“Yes!”
