Charlotte Thompson looked at her children’s red, swollen eyes, feeling her own heart so pained that she could hardly breathe.
"Mommy never lies to you, right? We’ve made a pinky promise. Whatever I promised you, Mommy will do it."
Charlotte extended her trembling finger.
"Pinky promise..." Chad sobbed.
However, Jack didn’t reach out his hand. Instead, he threw himself into Charlotte’s arms.
"Mommy, you must come and get us, we’ll wait for you."
Just then, Charlotte’s tears could no longer be held back and slipped from the corners of her eyes, scalding hot as they fell onto the back of her hand.
Seeing this, Mr. Ross’s furrowed brows didn’t relax in the slightest as he spoke directly, "Take the children away."
With no one else obstructing, the bodyguards directly carried Jack and Chad away.
The two children looked back at Charlotte with longing, crying messily.
Charlotte took deep breaths, her vision blurred as she watched the two children’s figures receding into the distance.
Finally, Charlotte could no longer hold on, leaning her face into the palm of her hand and weeping quietly.
Justin Battleson took Charlotte into his arms, and, as if finding a release for her pent-up emotions, Charlotte clutched Justin’s clothes and broke down in tears.
"It’s all my fault... It’s all because I kept choosing to delay; otherwise, the Ross family wouldn’t have taken the children away... It’s all my fault..." Charlotte kept blaming herself.
"It’s okay, Charlotte, once we deal with the Allen family’s issue, we’ll be able to bring the children back, right?" Justin’s voice was somewhat hoarse.
"I clearly could have kept the children from leaving me...." Charlotte choked up.
Justin’s warm palm cupped Charlotte’s face, chilled from her tears, his fingertips tracing her eyebrows and eyes before kissing the tears from her cheeks.
"It’s okay, we will sort out the Allen family’s issue right away, and then we will bring the children back immediately."
Charlotte, cherishing the warmth of Justin’s palm, looked down in silence.
"Mommy, don’t cry, don’t cry," Olivia tugged at Charlotte’s clothes and then shook her head.
"Mommy, let’s just pretend it’s the weekend, and we’re letting Jack and Chad go back to the Ross family to see Mr. Ross. Once the weekend is over, we’ll bring them back."
Cyrus stood beside Charlotte and said seriously.
"Yes, Mommy, Jack and Chad will be back soon."
"The weekend will be over quickly."
The remaining children also spoke to comfort Charlotte. She squatted down, her gaze full of relief as she looked at the children spread before her, her heart’s pain gradually easing into warmth.
"Don’t cry, Mommy. You don’t look pretty when you cry." For original chapters go to NoveI-Fire.ɴet
Grace wiped the tears from Charlotte’s face, even though she herself looked tearful.
But Charlotte nodded. She kissed Grace’s palm and said,
"Okay, let’s pretend it’s just the weekend. Mommy will bring Jack and Chad back very soon." The children all nodded, their tears turning into smiles.
Charlotte steadied her emotions and stood up, her eyes now filled with resolve.
She would add up all these grievances to the Allen family’s account.
Charlotte immediately contacted Jack Bryant, instructing him to prepare all the information they had gathered before.
Meanwhile, Ethan Allen remained oblivious to the brewing storm, still weeping in front of the media about his own misery while continuing to demand money from Charlotte in private.
At the same time, the photos of Charlotte that the two paparazzi had taken in the parking lot were published online.
Just as people online began to denounce Charlotte, she finally responded.
But instead, she took the Allen family to court.