Chapter 90: Can't I take care of things on my own?

Chloe took off back to the Beaumont family in the middle of the night. Charlotte felt a growing knot in her stomach seeing Patricia show up to whisk Chloe away. She couldn't quite figure out why she was so anxious, eventually putting it down to a fear of the unknown. "She's not coming back any time soon," Liam said, standing next to her as they watched Chloe make a teary exit. Charlotte kept mum. Liam took a couple of peeks at her, then blurted out, "You don't want her to go, do you?" Charlotte let out a sigh, "You just don't get it." You want to keep your enemies close, right? Now that Chloe's back with the Beaumonts, who knows what she's up to? Her stance clearly rubbed Liam the wrong way. "If you're so worried about her leaving, I can call her back, and you can bunk together," he said, a hint of sarcasm in his voice. "I don't even like her," Charlotte retorted with a sidelong glance, "not just anyone gets to share my bed." Liam dropped the subject, his mood quelled by her