The Langley family was crazily wealthy, so Charlotte made that request in a righteous manner.
When Albert got her reply that was to his expectation, he sneered and replied without the slightest hesitation. [Sure.]
When Charlotte received his decisive answer, she heaved a sigh of relief. Just as she was still a bit nervous, she got a call.
She thought it was Albert calling her, so she hurriedly picked up the phone when an impatient questioning voice came from the receiver. "Didn't you read my message?"
"I did."
"Why didn't you reply then?"
"I was about to. I was taking my pills," answered Charlotte.
The man on the other end of the line suddenly stopped.
Thinking that there was something wrong with the signal, Charlotte hurriedly asked, "Hello? Can you hear me?"
"Yeah. Take some res
