Chapter 7

As the morning sun brightens the room, Charlotte opens her eyes. Unlike her regular morning, Today she is a little surprised. Her leg is on his belly, her head on his shoulder, She is embracing him like a koala bear. Stunned by her posture, She looks at Edward who is sleeping, his face is too close to her that she can feel his soft breath hitting her head. The light on his face is making him more charming. Like a dream guy in every girl's dream.

She slowly frees herself from his grip. But A smile appears on her lips. Today she won't have to worry about her parent's food. No matter what it was really hard for her to handle the Job and house chores all alone by herself.

She gets off the bed and enters the washroom. Staring at herself for quite a while, She sighs heavily. She can't think that she is married now not only that Married to her Idol's son. But a certain thing is clear. She is not feeling the pressure on her head as she used to carry around. She feels refreshed and relive.

Giving the best smile towards herself, She walks out. It's already 6 am. It is her time to make breakfast. She knows in this house she may not have to cook something for everyone, but still, she needs to know everyone.

Changing herself, She applies little makeup, puts the wedding ring on, she walks out of the room. She didn't remove the drapes from the sliding door to avoid sunlight which may disturb Edward's sleep.

When she gets out of the room, she hears a servant calling someone called Suzy. She didn't meet Suzy yet. So She has no idea who she is calling but as she steps into the hall room, someone bumps into her and falls on the floor.

" Ouchie!!"

Charlotte immediately holds Suzy's hand, " I am sorry. I didn't see you!" She lifts her before her butt touches the floor. Suzy looks surprised seeing a beautiful woman in her house. She didn't even move a little. Keeps staring at Charlotte's face.

" Are you okay? Did you get hurt?" Worriedly, she let her sit on the couch, Suzy nods no whilst she keeps staring at Charlotte. Charlotte notices her staring, giving a soft kiss on her forehead, A round face with big eyes, high raised eyebrows, a narrow chin, small nose with natural blonde hair, she can be described as a doll.

Suzy in the meantime, keeps her beautiful eyes on her, Her eyes are admiring the beautiful woman. Her hands slowly go on Charlotte's face, poking her cheek with her small slender finger. Charlotte looks confused but she can't help smiling.

" What's wrong?" Her voice sounds soft and sweet. Suzy's poking practice changes into stroking her face. She caresses her two Cheeks together. Charlotte has no idea what she is trying to do but she is enjoying the little girl's game.

" Mama!"

Charlotte startles when she jumps into her embrace. She called her Mama! Why would she call her that? Charlotte hugs the little one who soon startles sobbing hard but still shocked.

" What - Calm down!" She panics, seeing her sobbing loudly. She doesn't want to be misunderstood by bullying her or something.

" Mama!! I missed you, Mama! Papa said you left me because you hate mez Wahhh. You don't hate me, Right?!!"

Her crying sounds echoing the entire house. Everyone from their room rushes outside, Charlotte notices Edward looking panicked and hurriedly coming out of the room. She doesn't know how she should react right now. She didn't make her cry what if she will be blamed for it? She sighs deeply gently wiping her tears..

" What happened? Is everything okay? Charlotte!"

Mrs. Rodriguez rushes downstairs. Seeing Suzy cry is a rare occasion for them. Suzy never cries easily. She gets the habit of enduring silently from her Uncle Edward who is the one who raised her like his daughter.

" She suddenly started crying. I just -"

" Mama!! WAHHH!" Suzy's grip around her neck tightens, the girl is thinking of her as her mother. Edward slowly gets close to them. He is also surprised to see Suzy crying and calling Charlotte Mama.

" Let me carry her!" Before Edward could say that, Shayne holds Suzy's hand to take her away from Charlotte. But Making everyone stunned in spot, Suzy pushes Shayne away with her paw-like small hand.

" I won't leave Mama. Or She will leave me alone again!" She hugs her again. But She is staring at her Mama with a sad pout, crimson red face, and hiccuping continuously. Charlotte sighs, gently wiping the tears. She doesn't know how to react but the girl's crying makes her sad.

" Please don't leave me, Mama. I miss you! Will you leave me again?" Her quivering sounds with the trace of tears on her face make everyone worry. Edward slowly touches her head, sad seeing his niece crying so much.

"She won't leave you. Don't worry. " Edward looks at Charlotte who arched her eyebrows with sadness. She is looking really confused about her behavior.

" Suzy never saw her Mom nor us. My brother one day brought her saying that he doesn't want to be a father. We don't know what happened next but after investigating the matter, We found his girlfriend left after giving birth to her. We don't know who his girlfriend was!"

Calmly explaining, Edward keeps Patting the little one's back. Suzy seems to be calm down. She slowly gets up and looks at Charlotte.

" I saw Mommy. I have a Photo of Mommy. When Papa came home last time, He gave me a photo because I asked him to give me one! It's Mommy's photo!"

Charlotte looks stunned. Her photo? There has no way it would be her.

" What do you mean? Suzy Baby! This woman is your Mama?" Shayne curved into a smirk. If she is Suzy's mother, things will be interesting.

Charlotte falls into a dilemma, She shakes her head as No. Because There has no way, She will be the mother of her.

" Can we see the photo? Suzy." Mrs. Rodriguez looks at Charlotte with little disbelief.

~ Bang~

Charlotte's heart sinks seeing their expression toward her. Even Edward is giving an affirmative nod to Suzy to bring her photo. She slowly extends her hand on Edward's shoulder, gripping it.

Edward meanwhile, just wanted to confirm that she has a photo with her that she never shows him before. But when he notices his shoulder is being gripped tightly, He immediately understands that He is ignoring Charlotte's feelings now.

" Shush! Calm down. It's nothing. We don't believe anything without evidence. And I know it won't be you. You aren't good at kissing. It was your first kiss yesterday. Right?"

Whispering in her ear, He smirks, But Charlotte nods as her tears are being crowded in the corner of her eyes like clouds before rain. She is fine with whatever people say to her but she never did anything that brought shame to her family.

" Here is it! This is my Momma!"

Everyone's eyes are on Charlotte in disbelief. Shayne's smirk is wider when she notices the photo. She folds her arms around her chest and looks at Charlotte with a piercing glare.

" Such a disgusting woman!"

Charlotte's eyes widely opened when she said that. She immediately snatches the photo from her and looks at it. But Her entire body trembles in fear when she sees herself in this photo.

" It can't be.." She mumbles. The photo was taken when she first went to celebrate her graduation party with her classmates. Everything is in detail and it's for sure that she is the girl in the picture.

" Can you explain what is going on? Why are you her Mother?" Mrs. Rodriguez's voice sounds colder and with fury. Charlotte shakes her head as No. She can't be her mother since she never met her father before. And It's not something that can be hidden from her family as well.

" I have told you, Auntie! Those girls are disgusting and only know how to trick rich people!" Shayne added but everyone shivers when Edward slammed the table.

" Enough! Nonsense!! Just a random photo can't prove that My wife is my brother's girlfriend. Even if she was. There must be some reason for it. Who is disgusting or who is not? How can you prove that?"

Edward's eyes are on fire. He hates the fact they're saying anything about his wife without any solid proof. Even if she was the girlfriend, now she is his wife. No one should dare to hurt her like this.

" Then We should have a DNA test. We can't let someone who has no heart be our daughter-in-law!"

Although, Charlotte knows she is not the mother of the girl their harsh words are stabbing inside her heart. She doesn't like when people accuse her like that. Her body is reacting to the situation.

" No. Before that, Call your son to come back. Since he made a mess. He should be responsible for everything. " Edward's piercing gaze and cold-like ice voice silent the entire house. Mrs. Rodriguez had to go to call her son in fear. If Edward is angry, It will directly become headline news the next day for sure.