Grace was back when it was getting dark. Charlie was not in the villa, so Grace asked Andrew.
But Andrew had no clue where Charlie was because Andrew had been with Eaton. "I have no idea. He may be wandering in the nearby park."
Charlie was still not back when Grace and Andrew had their dinner. It was already night and it was very dark.
Grace sat on the couch with her legs crossed. She looked at Andrew with frowned eyebrows. "The nearby park? Are you sure?"
Andrew answered with his back against a chair, "Not really. Charlie didn't tell me where he went, and I didn’t ask him."
Grace raised her wrist and looked at her watch. It was around half-past nine. She worried about Charlie who went out without company.
And Charlie lost his walking ability, so he had been confined to a wheelchair. This made Grace more worried.
Grace got anxious. She kept moving her glance between her watch and the darkness outside the window.
Andrew stared at Grace.
He took his coat on the couch with frowned brows about ten minutes later. "I'll find him."
But just as Andrew walked to the door of the villa, Charlie was back.
Charlie made his wheelchair move with his hands slowly and hardly. Grace looked in the direction of Andrew, who was stunned by Charlie's sudden appearance.
"Where have you been?" Grace shouted with anger in a grumpy tone.
"I shopped for Eaton in a shopping mall,” Charlie answered.
"Don't take it seriously. She has been in a bad mood because of her period," Andrew told Charlie while shrugging.
"Well then," Charlie whispered. But he still felt pain because of not just Grace's reaction but also Andrew’s close relationship with Grace. He wondered why Andrew knew Grace's period. Charlie held the handle of his wheelchair tightly.
But in fact, Andrew was just saying. He didn't know Grace's period. He said it just to ease the atmosphere.
And the one Grace cared about was Charlie. Otherwise, she wouldn’t be angry with a man who had spent half a day outside in his wheelchair.
Charlie thought it oppositely. He thought there must be something between Andrew and Grace because Andrew knew Grace’s period.
Several mall attendants behind Charlie moved all things that Charlie had bought inside. One would regard it as housemoving because there were a dozen boxes.
Even Andrew was surprised by the extravagant shopping. "Have you bought a mall?"
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