ETHAN'S POV:-

I stand before the mirror, adjusting my tie with precision. My dark brown hair is slicked back, revealing my piercing ocean blue eyes. A hint of aftershave lingers as I smooth my tailored suit, my broad shoulders squaring confidently

With a final check I nod to myself ready to conquer the high-stakes meeting ahead, just then a click of the door is heard, I take a glance at the mirror and see Andre walking inside my room

Ignoring him, I continued to set my hair, which was looking a bit messy from the front, "So ... Are you ready to face her today?" He utters in a hushed tone

I finally turn back to face him, a slight smile tugged on the corners of my lips. I sigh "Yeah, hope everything goes well, I want to be close to her ...very close and also I want to clear the misunderstandings between us"

My smile fades as soon as I complete the last word. Past memories flashing in my mind, and a flood of emotions roaming in my eyes, but with a deep breath, I inhale the tension easing in me and smile at Andre who was looking at me understanding my situation

"Let's go we are late, sister-in-law must be waiting for us" he teased, breaking the silence, I just chuckle at his words and exit the room, leaving my thoughts behind



CHARLOTTE'S POV:-

I sit with my back straight, my hands clasped tightly together in my lap. My eyes normally bright and sparkling, looked slightly dull, my brow furrowed in concern

I take a deep breath, my shoulders rising and falling with a quite sigh. And my lips crossed together, betraying the anxiety about the meeting

Just then a message pops on my phone's screen, I look down to see Lia's text saying 'All the best, and don't be afraid everything will go smoothly, just have patience'

A slight smile forms on my face and I close my phone, keeping it inside my purse. A 'click' of the door, grabs my attention and I look back to see 'Ethan' showing up, dressed in a simple tailored suit, but still managing to look confident and handsome

Wait ... Handsome??

What the hell I'm even thinking, I stood up greeting him with a warm smile, and he replied back in the same way

He sit at his desk and getsures me to take my seat. "So, Ms. Charlotte Carter, As per you said yesterday you want me to be your lawyer, right?" He says in a formal way

"Yes" I nod, he nods slightly in acknowledgement and leans back at his chair, analysing "So, Miss Violet ..." He continues, why does he call me with that name, that's irritating

One day I'm surely gonna cut his tongue, if he keeps calling me with that name

"As we have talked earlier, that I will solve your case but with a condition, hope you are fine with it" he says finally meeting my gaze

I just nod, and break the eye contact looking down, feeling a bit twitchy. He notices my uneasiness and chuckle slightly

"Don't worry, we will start studying the case from tomorrow, today you go and take a good rest, cause maybe from tomorrow you won't be able to have one" he grins in a sheepish way

"But, I don't want it to start tomorrow, can't we start it from today?" I stated, actually ordered him

"Ok, if you want so then we will start from today, I will ask you some questions and you have to answer them briefly and with full honesty" he rolls his eyes

I nod, my face is becoming serious as I take a deep breath before uttering anything ...

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After half an hour, finally we are done with the question answering session

I stretch my hands as I lean back at the chair, sigh in a relief that it's finally over. "Wanna grab some coffee?" Ethan asks as we both were exhausted with those questions

I nod in disagreement, "No thanks, now I need to go, I'm a singer and I have a very busy lifestyle and if you have any doubt or something please feel free to call me"

I notify before getting up from the seat, "Ok, I understand you must be very busy so I won't force you and about the case .. maybe I will call you for asking something if I remember"

I nod, and walk as fast as I could cause I can't stay there a bit more



ETHAN'S POV:-

I lean at the headboard slat of my bed and sigh in frustration as I think about today's meeting

Charlotte thinks her mother didn't run away or if she ran away, something wrong is happening with her because she married a billionaire but she was in a patient's attire with a police officer along with the doctors and nurses surrounding her

Hmm, so it means first I have to find about her mother, where is living? With whom? Etc,.. I quickly grab my phone and dial a number

"Yes boss" a voice cracked from the other side, "listen, I sent you a photo find all the details about this lady and then call me, where she lives .. with whom.. I want each and every detail"

"Ok boss, the work will be done till tomorrow don't worry about it" i hung up the call. Luckily I took Charlotte's mother's photo already and I didn't need to disturb her, asking for her mother's photo

Now only tomorrow we can think about it, till then I should rest assured, good night ... Charley

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I check my phone, no notifications of my use. Neither is the one I'm waiting for ...

"What happened Ethan? Is everything ok?" Charley asks in turmoil. I nod at her assuring her that everything's fine

Just then a 'click' of the door is heard, and 'léon' one of my known worker enters the room with some documents

"Sorry sir, there was much traffic today, here are your files" he approaches me, lending the files to me

"Ok, so what information did you find about her?" I ask, my voice stern and my jaw clenched

"Well, I searched about her, she doesn't have any account in any social media platforms, I wasn't even able to find her address, they said that there is no person registered with this name or face live in Paris, I didn't even find her number, I thought that maybe she changed her name but people denied to even recognise her pic"

My brow furrowed in confusion, I glanced at Charlotte who was looking equally confused as me. "But how can this happen, I saw her that day, I know she was her, I'm her daughter I can never make a mistake in recognising my own mother" she said almost equal to a yell

I signaled léon to go out, "See Violet, I believe you saw your mother that day, okay? Don't worry, but it's kinda confusing why we can't find her" I voiced

I was thinking about all this, just when I remembered something "Wait, you said you saw your mom in patients attire and some doctors were surrounding her, so she probably must be in a hospital for sure" I stated

Charlotte looked at me in amusement "Maybe, we can find her in a hospital" I declared, and dialed a no. "Hello?..."

"Listen, Violet I just talked to someone, we will soon get to know that if she is in a hospital or not, I even called the police station to see if we get some information about her" I declared, my voice grave

She just nods, her face showing no space for any kind of emotion." Till then you go home, if I get some news I will inform you" again she just nods

Just as she turned to open the door, "Charlotte!" I called out, she steadily turned around

I took a deep breath before uttering anything "Do you still hate me?" I blurted out, my eyes always stern, were now softened

"See, I'm doing all this just for the sake of my mother. Don't involve our personal matter in this. I never hated you and will never do, but also don't expect mercy from me. I'm late, now I gotta go, bye" she declared solemnly

And she egressed within a small blow of wind, leaving me and my thoughts back. I sigh deeply, regretting my earlier actions

And go back to my seat, my mind still thinking only about her, don't worry in the end she will only be mine and no one else's



CHARLOTTE'S POV:-

I exhale heavily, as I lean at my bed, the soft mattress enveloping me in a warm hug. Just when, my mind started playing the images of the meeting I had with him today

Ahhh, I don't want to work with him. Even seeing his face, make my head boil in rage. Why god, why ??!!! Why on earth do I have to deal with him but anyways, I don't have any other option left so, I have to have a Lil patience

"Charlotte! Come down for dinner" My dad called out, "Coming, Dad!" I shout, and run towards the door

I reach near the dining table, and approach a seat right in front of my father's. He looks at me while taking a small bite from the beef, as I sit on the chair

I smell, the breath taking smell of the dinner placed in front of me, making my mouth watery, without wasting any second, I jump on the food placed for me

'Yum' the only word roams in my mouth as I take the first bite, I close my eyes and feel the taste of the beef, it's Savory taste denying to leave my tongue, just then my dad interrupts

"Umm, charley ..." He takes a deep breath and continues "so, are you still searching for a lawyer to take your case?" He demands, making a strong eye contact with me

I stop in the middle way, keeping my fork aside, "No, I don't need it now, I already found one" I state

His face turns pale, his expressions a bit concerned "Why?" He demands "What do you mean by why? I want to know what happened to my mom?"

"But why? Why do you care about her even though she left you, she left us just because that time I was not that rich and she found a very rich person" he yelled, I sigh

"Look I know you are sad, but that day when I saw her in that way, her eyes didn't show any greed, it showed sadness, agony I don't know why but I feel like something is wrong, maybe she didn't left us to marry a rich man" My eyes sparkled with sorrow

"But it's true she left you, you were very small how can she do it, charley you are very innocent to still love her, I also love her but I can't just stop thinking about the betrayal she gave me, how can she leave you? Our child, we were a happy couple. But ... But your mother destroyed everything"

He whispered in deep sorrow, some tears dropping from his eye, tracing every corner of the cheek, and finally he broke down crying

I quickly got from my seat and hugged him, consoling him " I'm sorry dad, if I'm hurting you, but I wanna know why my mother left me, I wanna ask her that if she ever do love me? Or did she left us because of me? I wanna know the reason behind her leaving us" I whispered, crying silently

I soon, finished my dinner, and went straight towards my room still thinking about what happened a while ago just when my phone buzzed, the ringtone echoing covering the whole room with its beautiful tone

I reach out to my phone, only to see 'Mr. Giraffe' flashing on the screen, well .. umm I loved this nickname

Of course he calls me 'Ms. Violet' then why can't I call him 'Mr.Giraffe' after all he is like a 'human skyscraper' tall enough to swallow a whole human in one go

Anyways, I take the call, "Yes?" my voice somber "I found out something" he blurted out

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Hello, readers! How are you all ? I'm sorry I know I'm posting very late and I know. Actually I got binded with my studies and didn't got time to do it. But here's the next chapter, hope you all liked it, I will soon post the next chapter but I may not be active after a week cause of my exams and will not be seen on social media much. But I will post the chapter soon. And also, my story hit 800 reads, thank you so much to all of you for doing it I'm very happy and this chapter is in the form of gift to it, so take care and love you all

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