Hold On Mr.! Your Sweetheart is a Real Queen-Chapter 782: I came alone, Robert would be unhappy.

Charlotte paused her wiping motion slightly, then said nothing and continued to dry his wet short hair.

"Let’s go home."

She said gently.

Ryan had already composed himself. He looked up at her, nodded, and sat quietly in the passenger seat with his head slightly lowered.

*

After spending the night at the Stephens family, Robert Stephens brought Ryan before Edward Stephens and told him that Ryan would be his friend from now on and that they would attend classes together.

Edward holding a book, still had slender hands and feet that hadn’t fully developed. His wrists and ankles were pale and fragile. When faced with Ryan, who was about the same height as him, he didn’t show much reaction on his indifferent face and seemed very compliant.

Charlotte looked at the young Edward and thought about the man he would later become with Daisy Ginger, feeling a sense of deep emotion.

It seemed that Edward had no particular fondness or dislike for what Robert Stephens gave him. Daisy Ginger was probably the only choice he ever made that defied Robert Stephens.

She walked over to Ryan and said, "Ryan, you must be good friends with Edward, okay?" 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

Ryan glanced at Edward and agreed with a nod.

After all, he had no choice, and staying with the Stephens family and studying with their young master was far better than wandering the streets.

He wasn’t foolish; there was no reason to refuse.

After arranging Ryan’s stay, Robert Stephens didn’t linger at his brother’s place any longer and told Charlotte to rest before he left for work.

*

To Robert Stephens, who was now at the helm, this was nothing major. Even Charlotte hadn’t expected Ryan moving into the Stephens family to cause such an uproar in the Smith family.

After Robert left, Ilisa Lyons was the first to call her, asking her to come to the Smith family for dinner that night.

Charlotte agreed and asked, "Should I invite Robert over?"

"No need for tonight, you come over alone."

Charlotte lowered her eyes and said softly, "But if I come alone, Robert will be unhappy."

Ilisa Lyons paused before finally asking, "Charlotte, were you the one who asked Robert to send Ryan into the Stephens family?"

Charlotte sat on the sofa holding her phone, her eyelashes lowered as she slowly fiddled with the cashmere blanket on her lap. "His mother passed away a few days ago, leaving him homeless, so I asked Robert to take him in. What’s wrong?"

"Are you out of your mind?" Ilisa Lyons couldn’t help but raise her voice, "You can ask Robert to send an illegitimate child in just like that. Why not send your younger siblings from home?"

"They aren’t homeless."

Ilisa Lyons seemed choked by her words, remaining silent for a long while. Only the sound of breathing through the phone allowed Charlotte to sense her mother’s emotions on the brink of eruption.

"Charlotte," Ilisa Lyons finally seemed to collect herself and spoke earnestly, "Mom knows you have a kind heart, but you also know how much conflict I’ve had with your father over the years because of this bastard...the illegitimate child, Ryan. How could you hurt Mom like this?"

"Dion is already ten this year. Why don’t you talk to Robert and have Dion come over to accompany Edward?"

The Dion she spoke of was her cousin, but she hadn’t seen him since he was born.

In any case, among the Smith family members, both old and young, most had either been killed by Robert Stephens or had fled, and she hardly remembered their faces or names.