“Cheyenne Carter, are you thinking of kicking me, your mother, out of this house too? You don’t want me anymore?” Karen questioned menacingly while pointing at Cheyenne.

She rarely called Cheyenne by her full name, but she was probably too livid at this point.

Cheyenne ignored her and maintained her composure as she said, “No, I just want you to stay with Dad.”

With that, she stopped talking and turned around to leave while pulling the dumbfounded Charlotte along with her.

Lucas naturally wouldn’t stay either. Soon, Karen was left alone in the luxurious hall again.

She looked around at the opulent and exquisite decor of the villa with a reluctant gaze in her eyes. She couldn’t bear to part with the villa. But when she stared at the backs of Cheyenne, Lucas, and Charlotte, her eyes were full of immense hatred again.

“Bastards! You’re just a bunch of ingrates abandoning your mother now that you’re all grown up! Sooner or later, I will make you all regret it one day!” Karen clenched her fist and muttered with great resentment. Unfortunately, no one else saw this scene.

…

Bright early the next morning, the sky had just turned bright after dawn, but Lucas could already hear the bustle going on downstairs.

By the time he and Cheyenne went downstairs, they saw three suitcases already filled with belongings in the middle of the living room. William was still stuffing some clothes and small belongings into one of them.

Reluctant to see him leave, Cheyenne stepped forward and said to William, “Dad, there’s actually no need for you to move out…”

William chuckled twice and said in an unprecedentedly relaxed tone, “Don’t worry. I’ve been feeling the best I’ve ever been lately! I’ll come back to see you guys when I’m free. The place I’m moving to isn’t far away from here either. I’ve spoken to your mother, and she’s agreed to move out with me. Rest assured! But I’ll have to trouble you to take care of Charlotte. She can’t live with us.”

Lucas nodded. “Of course we will. Charlotte’s our younger sister, so we’ll definitely take good care of her. Don’t worry. Call us immediately if you encounter any trouble!”

After giving each other instructions, William noticed that it was about time to go, but Karen was still in her room, so he had to go and urge her to leave.

Soon, Karen followed William out sulkily.

Unlike when she first moved into the villa, Karen didn’t take a truckload of luggage with her. Instead, she was carrying only a small exquisite purse. In fact, she didn’t even take a single piece of clothing.

Actually, deep down, she didn’t want to move out of the villa at all. Besides, she intended to move out with William only for a day. After which, she would complain about the poor accommodations and say that it was too uncomfortable for her so that she could find an excuse to move back into the villa.

When William saw that Karen was only carrying a small purse, he understood what intentions she was harboring. He sneered and said, “Karen, don’t think you’ll come back soon. Since I’ve decided to move out and live on my own, I won’t change my mind in a day or two. If you don’t bring some clothes and personal belongings with you, don’t think I’ll give you money to buy some after we move out!”

Having her scheme exposed by William, Karen cursed under her breath, “Petty miser!” She then turned around to return to her room, where she stuffed a huge pile of clothes into a suitcase before dragging it out furiously.

“Mom, let me help you.”

Cheyenne reached out to help Karen with the suitcase, but Karen slapped her hand away relentlessly. “I don’t need your hypocrisy! Go away. I’ll take it that my efforts to raise you have gone in vain!”

Karen already bore a grudge against Cheyenne for refusing to help her to persuade William.

The back of Cheyenne’s hand reddened, and Lucas’s face turned sullen. William seemed angered too.

“Karen, if you keep creating so much trouble, you won’t have to move out with me reluctantly anymore. We’ll just go to a lawyer and get a divorce!” William barked furiously.

Karen pursed her lips, humphed coldly, and stormed off while dragging her suitcase along.

Cheyenne insisted on sending William and Karen to their new residence so that she could have a look at it herself and have peace of mind. Since William couldn’t persuade her, he could only agree.

Lucas said to Cheyenne, “Okay then. Send your parents to their new place while I send Charlotte and Amelia to the office and kindergarten. I’ll come look for you guys after I’m done handling some matters.”

Cheyenne and William both nodded.

“Are we leaving or not? You kept rushing me just now, but now you’re the one who’s dilly-dallying!” Karen barked in disgruntlement as she stood outside the door.

Cheyenne and William stopped talking and moved the luggage to the trunk of the car. Cheyenne then drove the two of them to the new residence that William rented.

Meanwhile, Lucas also started his car and took Charlotte and Amelia with him.

Because they didn’t have breakfast this morning, Lucas bought some sandwiches and coffee from a café along the way for them.

Sitting in the backseat of the car and drinking the coffee distractedly, Charlotte suddenly said, “Lucas, I feel so sorry!”

Lucas was slightly stunned, and he asked smilingly, “What are you sorry for?”

Clenching her jaw, Charlotte explained, “Actually, I should have apologized to you a long time ago. From the time you just got married to Cheyenne till when you returned from the military more than two months ago, I’ve been rather rude to you, and I even did lots of detestable things. But you didn’t hold it against me, and you even rescued me on several occasions. I feel really guilty about it!

“My mother has always been like that. She says mean things to you all the time and has done so many awful things. I apologize to you on her behalf!”

Lucas laughed, unaffected by these things at all. “It’s okay. All of it has long passed. Yesterday, Cheyenne said something similar to me. But Karen is a separate individual from you guys. She does treat me terribly, but as long as she doesn’t go overboard, I won’t hold it against her since she’s yours and Cheyenne’s mother. Don’t worry too much about it.”

Only then did Charlotte smile gently. “Okay.”

During this period of time, the more she interacted with Lucas, the more she felt that he was a good man. So she didn’t want him to have ill feelings towards their family because of Karen and her misdeeds.

Lucas was quite emotional too.

Karen was a mean person who would never admit to her mistakes or change for the better. Yet both her daughters felt ashamed and guilty for what she had done and even apologized to him. He wondered who they had taken after because it clearly wasn’t Karen.

After sending Charlotte to the Stardust Corporation office building, Lucas didn’t stay long and sent Amelia to the kindergarten.

Seeing that it was almost 9 a.m., Lucas drove to the Ocean Bathhouse.

Back in Snowflake Entertainment yesterday, Preston had promised him that he would give him an answer before 9, so Lucas wondered if he would be getting a satisfactory answer today.