Chapter 534 Is This Your Son
Sheryl was taken aback. She asked Sue in a doubting voice,"Are you very sure?" She paused,
reflected and then said tly,"Sue, you are reading too much into this. Perhaps they just look alike.
Charlie told me he didn''t have a father."
"Maybe you are right, Sheryl," Sue replied. Inhaling deeply, she said with a sigh,"I would pity the child if
he were that man''s son."
Sheryl decided to move on. "I''m going to have dinner with Charlie. Would you like to join us?" She
invited Sue with a pleasant smile.
Sue shook her head as shezily replied,"Much as I would love to, I think I will pass. I''m so very tired
after several days of rehearsal. I need to get some rest."
"Well then, see youter!" Sheryl said giving a small, cheerful wave. She took Charlie''s hand and
walked briskly towards the door. Charlie turned around and courteously told Sue,"Goodbye, Aunt Sue!".
Sue''s face reddened when she heard Charlie call her "Aunt Sue".
As they walked out, a concerned Sheryl asked Charlie,"How did you get here? Does your mother know
that you are here?" Frowning to herself, she thought, ''Although he is smarter than most kids, he is just
a little child. It is dangerous to be out alone with the bad guys roaming the streets.''
Charlie looked up at Sheryl and proudly said,"I checked the route online beforeing here. I boarded
bus No.12 from the front of my house. I then got off and took bus No.7. After five stops I reached the
hotel."
Sheryl stared at the boy, dumbfounded. ''He is such an amazing child. So logical and capable of
handling himself when he is just three or four years old. I marvel at his mother. She has raised such an
excellent child, '' she eximed inside.
Charlie had no idea what Sheryl was thinking. If he knew her thoughts, he would have told her that his
intelligence had nothing to do with Le.
Le never paid much attention to his studies. He learned more from watching TV than from his
mother.
In Shining Company
Le stared anxiously at Charles'' office door. These days she seldom saw or met Charles. He rarely
came to the office. Even today he wasing only because some important documents needed his
signature.
Only David was allowed to enter his office. Anyone who wanted to meet Charles had to go through
David.
Le had turned to Chris for help, but Chris could do nothing about it.
Chris had only informed her that Charles would go to work today. On learning this, Le was
determined to somehow meet her boss Charles. She nned to bring him to her house so he could
meet Charlie.
Charles sensed that Le was nning to corner him. As soon as David finished his reporting, Charles
left his office in a hurry. He naively believed what happened between him and Le that night would go
away if he didn''t mention it or think about it.
However, Le was unwilling to let it go easily.
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Noticing Charles walking out of his office, Le dashed forward and stopped him. "Mr. Lu, we need to
talk," she gushed.
Charles knitted his brows at the sight of Le. When he saw the confusion in David''s and Alice''s eyes,
his forehead wrinkled into a frown. He shifted his gaze to Le and said,"Okay. Follow me!"
Charles strode back into his office, followed by Le. Before she could close the door and utter a single
word, he said in a low, angry voice,"Le, I don''t know what happened that night. I was drunk and I
don''t remember anything."
With a scowling face, he continued,"If I offended you that night, I apologize to you. Just tell me what
you want. I''ll try my best to make amends."
Charles thought he could get away by offering some marypensation to Le for sleeping with
her that night.
Cunning Le had other ns though. "Mr. Lu..." Le said with a bitter smile. "You didn''t force me. You
owe me nothing."
Charles frowned, absorbed in his thoughts. ''I must settle this now. Otherwise, she will keep pestering
me with this.''
He pushed away Le''s empty words and said,"Anyway, it was my fault. I should take responsibility.
Tell me, what do you want from me?"
Charles knew his own character well. He would never lust after other women even if fully drunk. There
was only one exnation for what happened that night — Le had set him up.
Charles could not believe Le wanted nothing from him. She had been waiting to corner him at the
first given oppurtunity.
"Mr. Lu, I said I want nothing from you..." Le exined. She lowered her head and said,"Mr. Lu, I
admit I like you very much, but I have my own principles and pride. Please don''t regard me as an
shameless woman."
Charles stifled a snort and then snapped back sharply,"If you want nothing from me, why were you
hanging around and preventing me from leaving then?"
"I..." Le stammered in fear. Hesitantly, she went on,"I came to... exin what happened that night.
You got drunk and mistook me for Autumn, your wife, so you..."
"Stop talking nonsense, woman," Charles growled at her. Forehead wrinkled in contempt, he said,"How
could I take you for my wife? Impossible!"
Charles was contemptuous of Le, and women like her. He would never degrade his wife by mistaking
Le for her.
On hearing this, Le felt enraged. Deep inside she knew that she was nothingpared to Charles''
wife. "Mr. Lu, I know you don''t believe me. But I have proof," she said, gnashing her teeth.
"What proof?" Charles asked, looking at Le in confusion and surprise.
Le hesitated and then replied,"Do you have time after I get off from work? I want to show you the
proof."
Reluctantly and warily, Charles nodded his agreement.
In the meantime, Sheryl sent Charlie home after dinner. The boy was sitting on the couch watching TV
when Le and Charles arrived at her apartment.
As he parked his car, Charles was on his guard. Frowning, he asked,"Why did you bring me here?"
He had driven Le to her apartment once before, so he recognized this ce. He wondered, ''Le
told me she would show me the evidence. But it turns out that she brought me to her rental house.
What game is she ying at?'' he wondered warily.
"Don''t tell me the great Charles Lu is afraid now? Come on!" Le sneered in a mocking voice. "Don''t
worry. You are not drunk today, so I can''t trick you to sleep with me or do anything else. I brought you
here ony becasue I want to show you proof."
Perplexed, Charles furrowed his brows and followed Le upstairs.
He was extremely curious about the proof Le kept talking about.
"Charlie!" Le called from outside her apartment. As she pushed the door open, she found Charlie
watching his favourite cartoon. As she stared at his face, her lips curved into a triumphant smile.
She was confident that her n would work. Her son looked so much like Charles.
Le turned around and weed a waiting Charles,"Come in, please." She moved aside to let
Charles hesitatingly enter. As soon as Charles entered the room, he caught a glimpse of the back side
of Charlie''s head and innocently asked,"Is this your son?"