Single Mom's Sweet Husband (Charlotte)

Chapter 334

"What else do you like except for bags?" Rick led Kendall to the sofa and sat them both down.

"Lipsticks, cosmetics. Oh right, I came all the way here without bringing any of those things. Rick, I don't have any money..." Kendall opened her eyes wide and grabbed the corner of his shirt. She looked pitiful and cute, and there was a hint of craftiness in her helplessness.

"If you can guarantee that you will stay with me, I can buy all of that for you."

It sounded like a business deal, but Kendall didn't think that there was anything bad with that. In fact, she felt that it was pretty great. Rick will take care of her like a pet, and she'll just stay obediently by his side. It sounded quite romantic too.

As she thought this, Kendall nodded at Rick and said, "I can guarantee it. If you buy these things for me, I will never leave your side, I will never leave you."

Rick smiled, a bit helpless. "You should know that's not what I meant."

"Then what do you mean?" Kendall blinked her big innocent eyes.

At this moment, Rick was in a daze. Just now, he tried to step into Kendall's shoes to try and understand her thoughts. He never thought that Kendall would not understand what he was saying.

It was a mistake that everyone would commit. Everyone believed that, as long as they spoke, the other party was certainly able to understand. It was their own problem if they didn't. This was how many misunderstandings happened.

But he would never do this to anyone. His thoughts were his own. If the other party could not understand it, it must be because he did not use a method of explaining that the other party could understand.

As Rick thought about it, he chuckled. "What I mean is, between the Stevens family and me, you choose to let me take care of you."

This was really a very annoying problem. In Kendall's mind, she did not need to rely on anyone to take care of herself. However, when she remembered that she didn't have any special skills, and that cosmetics were expensive, she immediately nodded seriously. "I choose you."

"Why?"

"The Stevens family can't take care of me for a lifetime, but you can," Kendall answered logically.

"Why can't the Stevens family take care of you for

a lifetime?"

Kendall was confused for a second, but soon she shook her head. "I don't know why I have thought this way. Actually, when I was very young, about thirteen or fourteen years old, I already had this assumptive. I don't think the Stevens family will be there for me forever. My grandparents will die..."

Rick reached out and rubbed her head gently. "I'll die too."

"That's different. If they're dead, they're dead. If you're dead, I can die with you."

Kendall didn't know how shocked and warm her words made Rick feel. He looked at her and had an impulse to kiss her for the first time.

Perhaps humans were all animals who were unwilling to be lonely. Even though they've said thousands of times before that loneliness was not something to be afraid of, but as soon as someone showed even the slightest bit of warmth, they would give in immediately. It wasn't because he liked Kendall, but simply because she showed him warmth.

"Idiot, what are you talking about? Even if I die, you have to live well, don't you know?" Rick touched her eyebrows and said with a helpless tone.

"I know, but my heart will die with you. Once the heart dies, it doesn't matter whether they are alive

or not."

"Do you really like me so much?"

Rick really could not feel Kendall's sincerity. Perhaps it was because she loved him too much, which made him feel like she didn't know her own feelings, so she could only like him the way she thought she did.

This kind of love was particularly childish for him. It couldn't even be called love. Belongs to (N)ôvel/Drama.Org.

Kendall looked at Rick and seemed to have sensed the meaning he wanted to express from his eyes.

She opened her mouth and said, "I like you very much, I've liked you since I was young. I'll like you no matter what happens. When I was young, I admired you. When I grew up, I wanted to hold your hand and even wanted to kiss you countless times. In short, I just wanted to be with you."

"It doesn't necessarily mean love."

"But I never had this feeling with anyone else. Why isn't this love?" Kendall was puzzled.

Rick was speechless.

He suddenly did not know how to answer.

When it came to love, different people had a different understanding of it. No one thought the way that they loved others was wrong. And most people would think that only their own ideas of love

were right. So 'What is love?¹ was a question that could never be answered.

However, there was a question that he could answer.

"Kendall, although I don't want to make you sad, although I am interested in you, love is a strong word, do you understand? It represents responsibility..."

"I know, Rick." Kendall softly but firmly interrupted him. "I can be sure that I love you. I want to become a better person because of you. I want to be with you, and then become a better person under your wing. I want to proudly say that I am yours when you take me out."

Rick sighed.

They were not talking about the same thing at all.

"I still have one last question, Kendall." Rick's tone suddenly became unusually serious.

"What is it?"

"How long have you liked me? Or shall I say how long do you think that you've loved me?"

To answer this question, she had to go back to when she was very young. Kendall thought for a moment and said, "When I first fell in love with you, I was seven years old. My brother and his friends all bullied me at that time. You told them not to bully me, and then someone threatened to beat you. And then, you calmly said something about arresting them or something. At that time, I thought you were very mature, very cool."

"Afterwards, we were both in the same junior high school. I was so shocked. I didn't know that you were only two years older than me. I always thought that you were much older than me."

"After you graduated, I missed you all the time. During summer vacation, I saved some money and went to the city you moved to and stood outside the museum to see you. Of course, you didn't know that I went there. I think I really started liking you during that summer."

She threw caution to the wind and fell in love with him. It probably happened during those summer holidays.

Rick didn't know that such a thing had happened. When he graduated from junior high school, Kendall would have been in her early teens. She would not have been much older than 13 years old at most.

"You came to see me alone?" Rick didn't even dare to think about what would have happened if befell her back then. Maybe all this would not happen now.

"Yes," she replied with a smile. "Aren't I very brave?

Back then, technology was not as developed as it is now. I spent a lot of effort on it."

Rick took a deep breath and suddenly reached out to hold her in her arms. "Next time, no matter where I am or how far away we are, you just need to remember to stay there. I will come to you."

Kendall felt that these words were particularly romantic. She nodded with a smile.

After Rick arranged for Kendall to sleep in his own room, he went to the study alone.

After he drank a lot of coffee, he couldn't calm down. He could only go to the guest room to take a cold bath. But he still couldn't calm down. His brain was very active, and he couldn't stop thinking even this late at night.

He held his coffee as he stood in front of the French window, looking into the distance.

Knock! Knock! Knock!

Someone was knocking on the door.

"Come in," Rick replied in a hoarse voice.

The door was pushed open.