Chapter 1043 - Loyalty (3) (1/2)
~ Los Angeles, Charlie's villa ~
Charlie's car pulled into the circular driveway of his villa. The driver stopped the car and waited for the passengers to alight.
Emma and Charlie are on the back seat.
Emma gave a side-glance to Charlie. ”When you said that we are going home, I thought that you will drop me off at my home, not yours.”
Charlie sighed. ”Emma, this is OUR home. I hope you accept this soon. Also… It's late, and this is closer. If I drop you off first, it will be midnight by the time I'm back. And tonight was stressful, I don't want to be by myself…”
Emma pressed her lips on top of his to prevent him from talking further. ”Stop with excuses. We are already here, so I will let it slide now. But the next time, please tell me in advance instead of kidnapping me to spend the night at your place.”
Charlie smiled. ”Sure.”
Internally, he gave himself a high-five. One more night he got Emma to stay at his place! No rush… he will take it one night at a time. So far, he has two out of two… Two more evenings of craftiness until the weekend when he does not need to come up with reasons why she should stay. Ah, he looks forward to it: three nights and two days of the two of them. There are no planned events… maybe they can go somewhere? It needs to be a place which provides privacy.
”Tell me, honestly…”, Emma scrutinized Charlie while they walked inside. ”Since when are you planning to have me stay the night?”
Charlie gave her the most innocent look he could produce. ”It was the spur of the moment. Really. I didn't know that we will stay with Whites for so long…”
Emma paused at the sight of a chilled Sauvignon blanc, her favorite wine, and two empty glasses on the table in the living room, waiting for them. ”Spur of the moment, a?”
Charlie looked at her guiltily. ”OK. Maybe I planned a little bit…”
Emma narrowed her eyes. It's not that she minds, but she can't let Charlie get away with this. The man is getting too cheeky!
Emma was about to say something but was interrupted by a maid who announced that Dylan Davis is here, requesting to see Charlie.
”He probably waited in front and came in after we arrived.”, Charlie thought at loud.
”Let him in.”, he told the maid.
Dylan entered the room and paused when he saw Emma. His expression showed that he is not pleased to see her present.
”She can hear whatever you have to say.”, Charlie told Dylan.
Dylan hesitated for few seconds, but then started talking: ”Charlie, are you going to abandon us like that?”
”I don't know what you are talking about.”
Dylan was irritated by Charlie's behavior. It's not that they are good friends, but still… Charlie should not look the other way when they are in trouble. ”I'm talking about Whites.”
”Do you think that I can influence them?”
”It all started because of your nurse.”, Dylan gestured toward Emma. ”She can make it stop.”
”She is my fiancée.”, Charlie corrected Dylan. ”Chelsea offended Madam White. Emma can't stop what is coming.”
”Fiancée?”, Dylan's shock was obvious.
As much as Emma wanted to correct Charlie how she is NOT his fiancée, she didn't want to say that in front of Dylan. After seeing Dylan's reaction, Emma wondered why is he so shocked about that? Is there something she does not know?
Dylan scrutinized Emma for few seconds before turning to Charlie. ”What about Chelsea? Did you forget everything that happened between the two of you? Are you casting her aside for this… nurse?”
Emma did her best to stay calm, at least on the outside. It's not that she believed that Charlie never had a woman in his life before her, but… Chelsea? What exactly happened between the two of them? Or is there something going on right now? Why does Dylan act like he expected that Charlie is going to marry Chelsea? Emma felt that there is a lack of oxygen in the room.