Chapter 221:
“What’s the matter, why is Miss Moore going to the kitchen to do the dishes?”
“Reynold told her.”
“Really? Her friend is still here. Mr. Reynold is nice to her friend. He’s been smiling, he’s never done that with anyone before.”
“What, you think Mr. Reynold doesn’t like Miss Moore, so he wants to find a new wife for Mr. Kennedy?”
These words reached Charlotte’s ears. She froze and a plate slipped from her hand, falling to the floor with a crash.
The servants looked at each other and then whispered.
“Stop, Miss Moore is going to be angry, have you forgotten what happened last time?”
“Come on, let’s go.”
A group of people rushed out of the kitchen.
So Charlotte was left alone in the kitchen. She stood in front of the sink and felt bitter looking at the dishes.
Didn’t Reynold’s want to pair Diana with Manfred? Why had they thought of Kennedy?
Besides, whether it was Kennedy or Manfred, it was up to Diana.
What was she thinking?
Lᴀτєѕτ cнαρτєrs ιn g𝒶l𝑛ovєl𝑠.𝒸oм
Charlotte suddenly came to her senses and bent down to pick up the debris on the floor.
A tall figure stepped forward and took her tender fingers before her hands touched the debris, and said in a firm voice.
“Don’t touch it.”
At the sound of the familiar voice, Charlotte lifted her head and saw his kind eyes.
“Manfred?”
Why was Manfred here?
“Don’t touch anything. The remains are too sharp and can hurt you.” As he spoke, Manfred held her and helped her up.
Charlotte was stunned for a few seconds and then pulled her hand away. Manfred turned to grab a broom, swept up the debris on the floor and poured it into the trash can.
In any case, his actions were well-intentioned. Charlotte couldn’t be angry with him and could only nod at him. “Thank you, Manfred.”
Then she turned on the faucet to wash the remains of the dishes.
“Don’t.” Manfred reached over to turn off the faucet, frowning, “Let the maids do it, go upstairs.”
“But…” Reynold had made her do it. If she hadn’t done it, she’d be…..
“Grandfather just said it casually, and he won’t really come to see if you’ve washed it. You don’t need to stay here. Go upstairs.”
After thinking about it, Charlotte shook her head and said, “Well, it’s no big deal to me.”
Charlotte turned the faucet back on. Her movements were really quite deft. She had done a lot of these things before, but she rarely did them after marrying into the Moore Family. So she didn’t find it difficult.
Seeing her familiar move, Manfred felt aggrieved.
“Don’t you feel aggrieved?”
Charlotte was stunned for a moment and then smiled faintly, “It’s no big deal. I used to do all these things. Manfred, leave it to me. You can come out.” But she didn’t move at all, and had no intention of leaving.
After a moment, Manfred came to his side, “Well, since you want to do it, I’ll help you.”
Manfred held out his hand directly to help her. Charlotte was stunned, looking at him, “Manfred…”
“Charlotte, I know it’s impossible for you to accept me for a moment, but I’m willing to wait. Whatever you think now, I just want you to remember that I have no other feelings for you except my unconditional love. If you want, I can protect you. Even if the whole world scolds me in the end, you can hide behind me too.”
“Manfred!” Charlotte interrupted him and said earnestly, “Don’t say words like that anymore. I don’t want to hear them again.”
“Charlotte……” Manfred looked at her with a pained expression, “Do you hate me?”
“No…I don’t hate you, but…you’re Kennedy’s brother, though…I’m not going to be with Kennedy in the future, I can’t be with you.”
At this point, Charlotte thought she could understand.
She wanted to keep doing the dishes, but Manfred had stayed here, so she couldn’t stay and could only say, “If you want to do the washing up then, I’ll go first.” Charlotte turned directly to leave. Manfred felt nervous and stopped her in her tracks.
“Charlotte, can’t you give me another chance?”
“No, Manfred.” Charlotte shook her head and prepared to leave, walking past him.
Manfred grabbed her wrist, “Even if Kennedy doesn’t like you, you also have to act humble.”
Charlotte’s movement stopped. A moment later, she unclenched her hands and said softly, “And you? What you’re doing now is the same thing. And you are worse than me.”
Hearing that, Manfred mocked himself with his moist eyes. He flashed a bitter smile, “Isn’t it better this way? It shows that we are the same kind of person, and if you agree, the three of us won’t suffer.”
“I have to go!” Charlotte didn’t want to talk to him anymore, so she went straight out of the kitchen.
She went to the bathroom and washed her hands. Then she turned around and went upstairs. Charlotte went straight to the bedroom and as she was about to open the door, she found that the door was ajar.
As she wondered, she heard a soft female voice coming from inside. “Mr. Kennedy, let me go.” This was…
Diana’s voice?
Charlotte’s countenance changed. Through the crack in the door, she saw Kennedy holding Diana’s wrist and looking at her with a dignified face.
It was obvious that Diana wanted to return his hand, but she was not as forceful as he was.
Charlotte was about to rush, but her feet, however, felt as if they had a tug and were unable to move a bit.
What was the matter with her? She herself did not know. Before she knew what they were saying, Charlotte turned to go straight out. She went down the stairs and came to a corner of the garden. And then she gradually calmed down.
What was she doing, why didn’t she go to stop them but turned to run away?
What was the matter with him?
Charlotte felt her brain go into a state of shock.
As Diana said with reddened eyes, “Mr. Kennedy, I really can’t tell you, please let me go.”
Kennedy was mischievous, “You’d better give me an explanation, otherwise…”
