Single Mom's Sweet Husband (Charlotte)

Chapter 292

"Oh, it's Mr. Fuller." One of the doctors reached out and said, "I've sanitized my hand."

Shane shook his hand and said, "No problem. You've worked hard. How's my friend?"

"Pretty decent. But he will be transferred to the ICU ward to be observed for an hour. If nothing goes wrong within an hour, he'll be fine."

"Thank you."

"This is our responsibility." The doctor smiled.

When they heard that Avery was fine, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. After he was sent to the ICU ward, everyone looked at him and left one by one, leaving only Charlotte, Shane, Zoe, and Peter.

Charlotte stood outside the window and stared at the person in the ward, her heart aching.

Although Avery liked acting weird, he was still very good- looking. Especially his eyes, those peach blossom eyes that make people jealous. Although his nose wasn't very tall, it was delicate. And because of this nose, he didn't look too angular when pretending to be feminine. Instead, he looked very handsome.

But now.

This abnormally handsome and beautiful face was full of scars. His lips were so torn apart that no one could bear to look straight at it. Even his brow bones were broken and filled with stitches.

"Avery has always said that he was only playing dumb, and he was great at that. This is the first time I've seen him being defeated." Charlotte turned around. She couldn't bear to look at the person in the ward.

"Lottie..." Zoe felt sorry for her.

"I'm fine." Charlotte smiled at her. "What can happen to me? I'm just a little frustrated. Does the Stevens Family think that they can just do whatever they want?"

No one could answer her question.

Even if they were in River City and it was his territory, even if he could also do whatever he wanted, Shane was still unable to answer her question.

"Ms. Emerson." However, it was Peter who broke the silence. "Jane Corporation has provided us with their surveillance clips. It was an ordinary staff member who pushed Avery down. He pushed Avery into the elevator shaft when the elevator was under maintenance. The fact that Avery is still alive now is a miracle."

The elevator shaft.

At the bottom of the elevator were countless minuscule components, and also huge pulleys, and so on.

One could easily lose their life if they fell in there. Avery was indeed lucky. To put it more romantically, maybe Irena saw him in trouble from heaven, so she protected him.

"Where is that person right now?" Charlotte asked.

"At the police station."

"Can we see him?"

"There should be no problem. Rick has registered to meet him. The information was also sent from Rick. He seems to be quite angry."

"We only introduced Avery to Rick again because we wanted to help him deal with the Stevens Family. So, of course he's angry when such a thing happened. At the same time, he also needs to prevent this from offending Shane and me." Charlotte sighed and looked at the person beside her. "Shane, what do you think?"

Shane remained silent as he shook his head.

It was difficult to say whether this matter had anything to do with Rick or not.

An hour later, the doctor announced that Avery was fine and could be transferred to the general ward. The four of them were overjoyed. Charlotte immediately let Peter contact Rick.

Rick didn't say much. He just sent an address.

Cole immediately drove them to the police station.

At the police station.

Rick sat in the lounge with a glass of hot water in his hand. He stared aimlessly with a dull look in his eyes.

Kendall came to his side several times but always ended up being blocked by his assistant. She stamped her foot angrily and said, "Rick, how much longer are you going to sit there and do nothing?"

"I'm sorry, Miss Stevens. Please don't disturb Mr. Jane, or I will send you away through special means." The assistant stood firmly in front of Rick.

"You!" Kendall was choked with anger. Content bel0ngs to Nôvel(D)r/a/ma.Org.

At that moment.

Charlotte was the first to open the door. Rick looked up when he heard the sound. She was leaning in Shane's arms with Zoe and Peter by her side. The four of them looked like two sweet couples. He was slightly stunned at the sight of that, but soon he regained his senses, stood up, and walked towards them.

Seeing that she was ignored by Rick, Kendall felt greatly offended. She wanted to reach out to grab him, but Peter stepped forward first and blocked her action.

"Mr. Fuller."

"What's the situation now?"

"That person said that he thought Avery was very petty when he cooperated with Jane Corporation. When something happened later, he directly abandoned us. He was unloyal, dishonest, and not righteous. But I don't believe that." Rick didn't even want to act. He directly pointed out the problems in front of Kendall.

Charlotte gently squeezed Shane's hand. The man turned to look at her, and she nodded at him.

Shane was silent. After a while, he nodded and said, "Peter, Zoe, come here."

He brought the two of them to sit down at the sofa area, leaving Charlotte to face Rick and Kendall alone.

When Kendall saw this, she immediately put her guard up, preparing to protect herself. She clung to Rick's arm as fast as she could as she stared at Charlotte vigilantly.

"No matter what, we won't investigate this matter for the time being. Your opinion has nothing to do with us." Charlotte's attitude was cold. She didn't even look at Kendall, as if she was an emotionless machine.

"Avery was injured in my company. No matter what, I will..."

"Don't you understand? Avery is our friend. There's no need for you to intervene. We won't ask you for any explanation either."

Rick's hands, which were hanging at his side, were trembling. He sniffed and said in a hoarse voice, "In your heart, do you really think that I'm so evil that I will hurt such an innocent man like Avery?"

Charlotte wasn't moved by him. On the contrary, her attitude became even colder. "No matter what's your opinion, it has nothing to do with us."

"Charlotte, am I really that unbearable in your heart?"

"That has nothing to do with this matter. Also, don't look for Shane anymore. Every word I said is on behalf of Shane and me."

Rick was about to say something else, but he saw Charlotte pursed her lips, her eyebrows furrowed slightly.

He couldn't be more familiar with this expression. Every time Charlotte racked her brain to reject him, she would always make this kind of expression. This meant that what he said was almost unbearable for her, and she was trying to find a way to lie.

Rick instantly understood her pain, but he still decided to test her again.

"I know you think that I'm not important. I can stay out of this, but can I at least go visit Avery?"

"There's no need. He doesn't want to see you."

Rick completely relaxed.

This question might seem insignificant, but it actually contained a profound meaning.

Firstly, Avery was a liberated adult. He should be the one to say who he wanted to meet and who he didn't want to. Besides, everyone could enter the hospital.

Secondly, Avery should still be in a coma at this moment. No matter how advanced the medical technology was, it was impossible for him to regain mobility or wake up in such a short period of time.

Combining these two points, Charlotte didn't have the right to make decisions for Avery. However, she still said such words. It was more like she was acting, as if she was putting up a show of her attitude for someone else to see.

Shane, Zoe, and Peter were her people. There was no need for her to act in front of them. So, the reason she interrupted Shane and put on such an act in front of him was obviously to show Kendall, who was next to Rick.

She hoped that the Stevens Family would think that she had a bad relationship with Shane and the others, unlike how close they were in the past.

"I know now. So, this is your attitude. I understand. That's great, that's wonderful." Rick let out a loud laugh and held Kendall's hand. "Mr. Fuller, it has been eye- opening for me today. You guys are amazing."

As he spoke, he left with Kendall and his assistant. He even slammed the door when he left.

"Do you think he understood?" Charlotte innocently turned around.

"He said we're amazing." Shane leaned back on the sofa, replying to emails on his phone, which he was holding in his hands, without even looking up.

"So?"

She couldn't understand what Rick meant by that.

Shane put his phone away and looked into her eyes. "He's praising our plan. Obviously, he intended to fall out with Kendall here at the beginning."

Fall out with Kendall here?

Charlotte was shocked.