Chapter 54:.
The shameless question left Charlotte speechless. She stared at him for a while and failed to make a retort. When she thought about the fact that he was the one who had driven her back home the night before, she felt grateful and lowered her eyes. “Anyway, thank you.” Again.
She looked lifeless again.
Kennedy’s mind was a whirlwind of churning emotions. Was she incapable of showing any emotion in front of him? Was that why she was treating him this way? At the thought of this, a wave of anger washed over him out of nowhere, so he sneered, “I just didn’t want you to disgrace the Moore Family. Otherwise, I couldn’t care less if you die outside.”
Those merciless words stabbed into her heart like a poisoned sword. Charlotte opened her mouth, clenched her fists in silence, and finally said, “I see.”
After that, she turned around and went into the bathroom.
When she came out of the bathroom, Kennedy had already left for work. Charlotte wanted to change and came out, but she couldn’t find her suitcase. Moreover, the clothes she had put in the closet were gone as well.
Charlotte’s face darkened. She turned around and headed outside.
By chance, she came upon the maids pushing the racks of clothes and heading towards her.
They stopped at the sight of her and shouted in chorus, “Miss.”
Charlotte was startled. She looked at them curiously, “What are these clothes for?”.
“Miss, Lord Myron asked us to bring them here.”
Charlotte was speechless. It suddenly occurred to her that Kennedy had bought her a lot of clothes yesterday, “Are these all for me?”
“Yes, miss.”
The maids pushed the racks into the room, and put the clothes in her closet one by one.
Kennedy was a man of conscience. Since his closet was huge and his collection of clothes was limited, the space they took up was rather small. Therefore, the rest of the closet was left for Charlotte. The maids placed those expensive garments in the closet neatly one by one, and then said to her, “Madam, these are all for you and we have arranged them for you. If there is nothing else to do, we will go out.”
Gazing at the closet full of fine clothes, Charlotte was silent for a few seconds, then raised her head, looking at the maids who were about to leave, “Wait a moment.”
The maids paused with tremendous pressure and looked back, “Miss, is there anything else we can do?”
“Where are the clothes I put in the closet earlier? And, where is my suitcase?”
The maids’ faces changed when they heard that. The head of the group quietly explained, “Miss, the suitcase is too old, so… we threw it away and those clothes…”
Hearing this, Charlotte’s face changed completely: “Throw away? How can you just randomly throw away my belongings?” she asked angrily.
The maids lowered their heads, “I’m sorry, Miss. It was… Mr. Kennedy who ordered us to throw them away, so…”
Charlotte finally realized it was Kennedy’s idea. He didn’t like her clothes and so he bought her new ones. In the meantime, he threw out the old ones.
Oh well. It wasn’t his fault. After all, they were acting under Kennedy’s orders.
“I’m sorry, miss. We’re really… sorry.”
“Forget it. This isn’t your fault. Where’s the suitcase?” There was something important in it!
“In the garbage room. Let me take it there.”
“Okay.”
Charlotte followed one of the maids into the garbage room. Immediately she saw her suitcase in a corner. She walked over there with the maid following her and explained, “The suitcase has always been here and has never been opened. Ma’am, please check it, is there anything missing?”.
Charlotte checked it and let out a sigh, “No. Thank you.”
“Not at all, miss. But… Are you going to return the suitcase?”
Charlotte nodded, “Yes.”
“But…” The maid hesitated, “Mr. Kennedy said that…”
“You don’t have to worry about him. If he asks you about it, just tell him you’ve already thrown it away, but I’ve taken it back.”
As she finished the sentence, Charlotte dragged the suitcase and headed back. The maid followed her and wanted to say something, but stopped. Finally she fell silent.
Charlotte cleaned out the suitcase when she returned to the room and pulled a bag out of it. In it was a black dress, which she had eagerly bought for herself when she had just gotten married. However, she couldn’t wear it because she had to go to work.
Now she had no other choice, so she could only take it out and put it to use for the time being.
After all…
Charlotte looked again at a closet full of clothes, and her gaze slowly lowered. She had said she wouldn’t spend his money, and she definitely wouldn’t wear the clothes he bought her!
In the office
Knock Knock
“Come in.”
The door opened and a beautiful figure slipped inside, leaving the coffee on his desk.
“Mr. Kennedy, your coffee.” Charlotte set the coffee on the desk, with a poker face, turned and prepared to leave.
Kennedy’s eyes were fixed on the documents. Suddenly, something occurred to her and she looked up, seeing Charlotte in a black dress. The silhouette of the dress was demure. Though at work, it didn’t look redundant, highlighting the slimness of her small waist.
It’s just that…
This dress apparently wasn’t among the clothes she bought yesterday.
At this thought, Kennedy’s thin lips twitched.
“Wait.”
Hearing this, Charlotte stopped and turned around.
“Mr. Kennedy, is there anything else I can do for you?” Kennedy narrowed her eyes.
Charlotte had put on light makeup today. She also wore the popular brownish red lipstick, which brought out the natural clarity of her complexion. She let her hair down to her waist, adding a touch of delicacy to her face.
She looked much better than usual, but, Kennedy was annoyed.
“Where is this dress from?”
Charlotte was surprised by his words. She pursed her lips and replied, “It’s mine.”
Seeing that he was still staring at her, Charlotte could only begin to explain, “I put it away earlier. I only took it out today.”
Kennedy became disgusted, “Why don’t you wear one that I bought you.”
“Didn’t I tell you yesterday I wouldn’t spend your money?” Charlotte said stubbornly, “I meant it.”
“Good.” Kennedy chuckled: “Aren’t you really spending my money? Who do you think pays for your food and lodging?”
“I…” Charlotte couldn’t find a reason to argue, and said after taking a deep breath, “I know you pay for my food and lodging, but I’ll work hard, so you can take it out of my salary.”
“Do you think your meager income is enough to cover your expenses?”
Charlotte was silent. Exactly, the Moore house was huge, so maybe her salary really couldn’t cover the cost of rent, “So what do you want? I’ll work hard and pay you no matter what. You can let me do everything I can do in the company.”
At last Charlotte even shook a little, and her little white face filled with earnestness.
Kennedy realized that she was talking to him seriously about this matter, without any hypocrisy.
