Chapter 539 Le''s Sinister n For Charlie
Charles agreed and told Charlie,"Okay, I''m leaving now. Please don''t forget to call me."
"Okay," Charlie politely answered. Charles stopped for a while and looked back to Charlie, then waved
goodbye. Charlie nodded and waved back. As Charles was about to open the door, Le tried to grab
his right arm to stop him from leaving, but Charlie was quick to stop her. "Enough! Don''t you feel
ashamed?" he sharply whispered in a cold tone.
Startled, Le murmured,"I...I just want to..." Le watched intently as the door was opened and then
closed by Charles. Her knees faltered. Then little by little, she squatted on the floor while Charlie
supported her as she slid. She wanted to drag down Charlie with her so she could ask why he didn''t
help her in stopping Charles from leaving. But she melted as she gazed at Charlie''s face and
recognized the striking resemnce with Charles''.
Charlie went to the kitchen and came back shortly with a ss of water. "Here, please drink this." Then
he added solemnly,"What if you managed to make him stay? He would be physically present but his
heart would be somewhere. So, you won''t achieve anything even if he is here."
Nobody could ever imagine that a kid could utter such words like an experienced man. Le pulled him
abruptly and said,"Yes, I can''t make him stay, but you can!"
Le felt so convinced that Charlie was herst chance to get Charles and she was determined to
make full use of it.
She grasped Charlie''s right hand tightly and bitterly said,"Listen, you are his son. If you have asked him
to stay, he would have been obliged to. Why didn''t you do it?"
"What would you do if I did make him stay?" Charlie confusedly inquired. "What do you want to do
next?" he followed up.
Le was visibly surprised by Charlie''s questions. "I..." She suddenly lost her words and became
speechless. She had to admit that she could not do anything to make Charles fall for her. She knew
that Charles didn''t love her, and his unwavering affection was still with Autumn, his dead wife.
She once was very confident that Charles would learn to love her if she persisted. But she was wrong.
She only proved to him that she was an unscrupulous woman after all the flirty efforts she exerted.
Charlie sighed deeply and said,"Please think it over. I''m already tired and sleepy. I''m going to bed.
Good night."
Le nodded and lovingly replied,"Good night, Charlie. Let us just pretend that this did not happen
okay?" Alone, she couldn''t help but wonder, ''Apart from Charles, there are so many good and attractive
men out there. Why can''t I teach myself to just love somebody else?''
From a squatting position, Le decided to sit on the floor. For a long time, she stayed there still trying
to figure out whether she would continue being persistent or just give it all up. Then, the phone rang.
She got up and walked to the phone. She picked it up and with a gloomy voice answered,"Hello." Chris
was at the other end of the line. Chris didn''t notice Le''s sullen mood and asked directly,"Did my
brother leave?"
"He left," Le answered.
"Great! Hey Le, I just had this very good idea to make my brother fall for you," Chris excitedly told
Le.
She thought Le would be ecstatic to hear her idea but Le just sneered and asked,"Really? You
said the same wordsst time."
With no more cards to y, Le was already hopeless.
She failed miserably in herst attempt to captivate Charles. Truly heartbroken and desperate, Le
even wished to die.
"Stop with all the nonsense girl, it''s different this time," Chris said with a mixture of smile and
embarrassment. Then she boastfully added,"Okay here''s my genius n. It doesn''t matter if my
brother won''t agree. But, my grandpa must know and meet Charlie. He must know that Charles is the
father of Charlie and his great grandson. I''m pretty sure he will force Charles to marry you. Believe me,
you can get my brother if grandpa will support you. Brilliant, right?"
"Are you sure that your n will work?" Le asked in a bitter tone. Then she coyly questioned,"Do you
think your grandpa would ept me as his grandson''s wife?"
"Yes of course. Why not?" Chris said. Determined to make Le agree, Chris continued,"If grandpa
won''t ept you, I''m cent percent sure that, at the very least, he will ept Charlie. And, since you are
Charlie''s mother, he will bepelledter on to help you too. Trust me, that''s how it goes in our
family. Then, I''ll do my best to persuade him to force Charles to marry you. Autumn has been dead for
years now. I believe my grandpa is also hoping that Charles would soon get rid of her memories and
move on."
Discouragement was quite audible from Le''s voice, so Chris insisted,"Le, I know you went through
excruciatingly tough times, but you have to stand up on what you really want and stick with it. You
chose to be with Charles, so pursue it. This time the chance of sess is extremely high. So, might as
well give it a try. I will take care of everything for you. All you have to do is to bring Charlie with you.
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The three of us will have dinner with my grandpa. I am very confident that he will be very happy to see
Charlie. I know he has been waiting for so long to have a great grandson."
Eventually, Le was convinced and submissively replied,"Fine Chris, you won. Have you decided
when and where?"
Chris celebrated in her mind. She felt proud and absolutely right in thinking that no matter how difficult,
Le would buy the n and own it without regret.
With a little pause, Chris confidently replied,"I''ll meet you and Charlie tomorrow. Here in our house.
Make sure both of you are here before seven, okay? Bye then!"
She surmised it would be better to do it the soonest time so that Charles would have no time to think
and refuse.
As Chris was about to hang up the phone, Charles entered the living room. Chris immediately put the
phone back to its cradle. As usual, Charles seemed very depressed. Chris approached him and
greeted,"Charles, have you eaten dinner? I just ordered Nacy to prepare some soup with tomato and
beef. Do you want to have some?"
"No, thanks," Charles answered indifferently. He was so upset and didn''t have the appetite to eat
anything. The only thing that he wanted to do was to take a bath and go to bed. In his mind, he had this
ardent wish that when he woke up in the morning, his life would be back to the way it was when
Autumn was alive. Always happy andplete.
As he was going upstairs, Chris sweetly called,"Charles, please hold on. We will have two guests
Puzzled, Charles with his raised eyebrows inquired,"Guests? Who are they?"
Chris felt anxious but tried to strongly contain her emotions. She replied back with a grin,"It''s a surprise.
You will know when they arrive here tomorrow. Charles, you stand as the host of our family. Remember,
it will be impolite if you won''t be here to wee them."
Still gloomy, Charles gave an obscure answer. "I''m not sure yet."
But, Chris insisted,"My dear brother, I know your days are always hectic just by taking care of our
family business and, I must admit, you are doing a great job. Please, just for tomorrow night. I will really
be so delighted if you could, at least, show up?"
Chris grabbed Charles'' hands and begged,"Please, the two guests I invited are very important to me.
Please be certain that you will attend the dinner. If you will bete, I will just tell them to wait for you.
They know you very well so I''m sure they will understand. Please be here tomorrow night."
Charles was already full of Chris'' pleadings, so he reluctantly agreed. "Okay fine, I knew you will not
just take no for an answer."
Chris smiled victoriously as Charles finally conceded to her fervent request. "Thanks!"
The following morning, Chris woke up unexpectedly early. Revitalized from a very good sleep, she
excitedly stood up and went to the kitchen. She found Nacy. She instructed her to buy the needed stuff
for the nned dinner. At first, Chris wanted to join her, but Nacy refused and rationalized,"Miss Lu,
you are pregnant. The market is very dirty and crowded. It''s not safe for you to go there."