Chapter 1088


    Charlie sped off in his car, with Jonathan closely following behind. Caught by a red light, Jonathan lost


    track of Charlie, only to find himter in a room at the Midnight Bar


    Two bottles of booze wereid out before Charlie. He looked gloomy, raised his head to look at


    Jonathan and cracked a smile, “Why the chase? Come to watch me make a fool of myself?”


    Jonathan plopped down across from him, poured himself a drink, and said, “You’ve got the hots for


    Emily, don’t you? Otherwise, why would you give a damn about her getting hitched and popping out a


    kid?”


    Charlie was taken aback, picked up his drink, and didn’t utter a word.


    Did he really have a thing for Emily? He should be hating her guts!


    Jonathan poured him another drink, “You’re not mad at me, are you?”


    “Mad at you for what?” Charlie raised an eyebrow.


    “I knew about Kya being Emily’s kid all along. But Estelle had me zip my lips, so I didn’t spill the beans


    to you.”


    Charlie let out a sarcasticugh, “So, in your book, I’m not even close to Estelle.”


    Jonathan shrugged nonchntly, “Well, duh!”


    Charlie gritted his teeth, “Don’t forget, when you hit rock bottom, I was the one who stuck by you!”


    Jonathan nodded, “That’s why I’m here keeping youpany.”


    Charlie turned his head away, not wanting to chat.


    Jonathan chuckled, “If you’re really into Emily, go after her. Drowning your sorrows won’t do squat!”


    “Same goes for you!” Charlie shot back, “But you’re barking up the wrong tree. Why would I chase after


    a divorcee with a kid?”


    Jonathan shrugged, “Fair enough, forget about her then. Emily’s mom will get better soon, and she’ll


    head back to Oakdale City anyway.”


    Charlie tightened his grip on his drink but said nothing.


    After a while, he asked, “She’s divorced?”


    He recalled Estelle mentioning something about it when they were discussing Kya’s backstory.


    “I’m clueless. Aside from the fact that Kya is Emily’s kid, I know zilch Jonathan said, “If you’re so


    curious, why don’t you ask her yourself!”


    Charlie pondered over his drink, then chugged it down in one gulp.


    As the night wore on, Emily soothed Kya to sleep and theny down on the bed herself. She gazed at


    Kya’s peaceful sleeping face, feeling an indescribable pain in her heart.


    Had she ever thought about bumping into Charlie when she returned home?


    She was both eager and afraid to see him. On the eve of her departure, he had just gotten engaged.


    Even though Estelleter told her that Charlie broke off the engagement, he must have a string of girls


    after him.


    The scene of running into him with a new girlfriend while she was with Kya would be incredibly


    awkward.


    Luckily, J City was vast, and not crossing paths for years was quite normal.


    Gradually, she let go of the thought of running into Charlie, nning to leave after attending her


    brother’s wedding.


    However, they happened toe across each other in precisely that situation. The man Kya kept


    mentioning, the one who had came to her home and kept Kyapany, turned out to be Charlie.


    Her heart was restless for quite a while.


    She was fully aware of her situation. With a world of difference between their backgrounds, there was


    no future for them. If Charlie found out about Kya’s true identity, there could only be two oues.


    One, Charlie would insist on custody of Kya. Two, he would give her a hefty child support payment and


    ask her to leave with Kya forever.


    She dreaded both scenarios.


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    So, the best solution was to never let Charlie uncover the truth.