Chapter 11
Caroline feigned scolding. “Collin, you can’t call him that!”She turned to Jaxson apologetically. “I’m sorry. He doesn’t know better.”
Jaxson glanced at Charlotte briefly before effortlessly lifting the boy with a neutral expression. “It’s fine.”
“I like you. I wish you were my real daddy!”Collin Warren clung to his neck.
Caroline tapped the boy’s nose playfully.”Silly boy.”
Charlotte clenched her fists.
This gentle,patient side of Jaxson was one she’d never known.
Charlotte decided not to dwell on it.
She wouldn’t warm up to his heart anyway.
Perhaps this was for the best.
Swallowing her pain,she stepped past them into the elevator.
Charlotte hadn’t made her job transfer application public,nor had she told Jaxson, because she thought it was unnecessary.
He likely wouldn’t care anyway.
ler car pulled up to Hamilton’s Manor, where she rang the bell.
n no time, the housekeeper, Linda Haney,came out to open the door. “Mrs.Hamilton.you’re back.”
Is Madam Hamilton home?”
Yes,she’s inside.Please come in.”Linda treated Charlotte with utmost respect.
axson’s grandmother,Nancy Hamilton,was a highly respected elder in the Hamilton family.Since her husband’s passing, Nancyhad been in charge of all the amily’s affairs.
¡ancy was a Southerner,born into a powerful business magnate in the South.In her youth, she had been a formidable and decisive business woman. Even if
axson’s mother disliked Charlotte, she wouldn’t dare cross Charlotte in Nancy’s presence.
inda led Charlotte to a meditation room where Nancy knelt on a cushion, praying.
Madam Hamilton, Mrs.Hamilton is here.”
Tancy opened her eyes slowly.”Come sit.”
After Linda left, Charlotte knelt beside Nancy,bowing devoutly before the statue.
Nancy was deeply religious,frequently attending church services.”Madam Hamilton, “Charlotte began, “I want to divorce Jaxson.”
