Is this destiny?

Emma was impressed by the clothes that she found for herself in Charlie\'s master closet. Everything was her size (as expected), and the style she usually wears. Emma was pleasantly surprised that there is underwear as well. Ah, Charlie thinks of everything!

She picked a light blue T-shirt and white capri pants.

Emma looked at herself in the mirror and she was pleased with her look. She would never say that someone else bought these clothes for her.

She took a moment to think about her current happiness and that last night she spent in Charlie\'s embrace, and then when she woke up… Her smile fell when she realized that he didn\'t use protection.

"Is something wrong?", Charlie asked when he noticed that Emma\'s mood is off.

"I need to go to the drugstore.", Emma said with urgency.

"Sure. Let\'s eat and then we can go."

"No. Drugstore first."

Charlie frowned. "What is so important?"

"I am not on a pill… or anything else.", Emma told Charlie.

His eyebrows shoot up and his eyes darted over her face few times before he broke into a smile. "I would be delighted for you to carry my child. I prefer a daughter. She will be pretty like you. We are already engaged, so it\'s not a problem… Ouch! Is there a need for you to pinch so hard the father of your child?" Charlie sulked while rubbing his achy arm.

Emma slapped his shoulder. "Stop joking! This is not funny."

He pulled her into his embrace. "Why do you think that I\'m joking?"

She looked at him in disbelief. "Charlie!"

"OK.", He sighed. "What do you need? Is it one of those morning-after pills? I will send someone to buy it and by the time we finish our meal it will be here."

Emma wanted to ask him how does he know about the morning-after pill, but then she decided not to. She does not want to know.

She logged into the LA Medical Center system with her phone and wrote a prescription to herself for contraceptive pills. It seems that she will need to start using them and the sooner the better.

She gave a note with medicines which need to be picked up to Charlie and he forwarded that to a maid who answered his summons.

…

Charlie held Emma\'s hand as they walked toward the dining room.

It was mid-afternoon and the lunch time was long gone. Emma was starving.

As they passed by the living room, she thought that she saw two figures on the sofa, but Charlie acted like no one is there, so she followed his lead. Her focus was on the food, anyway.

Halfway through the meal, when she got some of her energy back, Emma asked Charlie: "Am I seeing things from hunger, or was there someone in the living room?"

"You are not seeing things. Young misses of Davis and Thompson family are there."

Emma clenched the fork in her hand at the thought that those are two out of four bullies from last night. "Why are they here?"

"They want to talk to you."

Emma shrugged involuntarily. "I don\'t want to talk to them."

"I know. That is why I didn\'t tell you they are here. The staff told them that you will not see them today, but they insisted to wait.", Charlie explained.

Emma was confused. Why are they waiting for her? Do they want to bully her again? Wasn\'t last night enough? But it does not make sense… why would they come to Charlie\'s house to bully her? "They want to talk to me? Why?"

Charlie smiled while thinking that Emma has a good friend who is ready to protect her. "Last night, after you left, Anna made a public statement that if they don\'t apologize properly, their families will suffer consequences."

Emma exhaled while shaking her head with a smile on her face. "Anna… What did she say exactly?"

Charlie indicated that he does not know. "I was not there. That is all what my Uncle told me this morning when he called to check how are you doing."

Emma had so many questions. His Uncle? It seems that he also knows that she was bullied. But… how does he know that she is here? The more pressing topic are those women in the living room. Emma needs to find out what they want. "What does it mean… to apologize properly?"

Charlie shrugged. "Your guess is as good as mine."

"How long are they sitting there?"

"Miss Davis is here since 11 AM, and Miss Thompson arrived around noon."

Emma glanced at the time, and it\'s past 3 PM! "And you are aware of their presence since…?"

"Since they arrived.", Charlie responded like it\'s not a big deal.

Emma thought how they arrived while she was still sleeping. And he did all those things in the shower (and in the bed) while knowing that there are women waiting downstairs!

She does not want to talk to them. "When will they go away?"

"It depends on the punishment that awaits for them if they don\'t get your approval. Considering that both of them are waiting for hours, there is a chance that they will not leave until they see you. You are welcome to ignore them, but if you decide to talk to them and hear their apology, I will join you."

Emma frowned. What apology? No matter what they say or do, it will not fix that dress. And because of them she ran away… Emma\'s mood dropped while wondering, what would she do now if Charlie didn\'t come after her to Ellie\'s villa? Would she still be with Brian? No… she would not be with him. But, she would be alone and sad and… probably eating ice cream. A lot of it.

Emma\'s thoughts were interrupted by a maid who came to announce that Mr. and Mrs. White came for a visit.

Charlie and Emma exchanged surprised glances and stood up to welcome guests.

"Hey, I came to check on you.", JoAnna told Emma as soon as they entered the dining room.

"How did you know I am here?", Emma asked.

JoAnna gave Emma a knowing look. "I am Mrs. White. I know things."

Emma frowned. She saw that Charlie is also surprised by the news that they are here, so he didn\'t tell them. "That does not answer my question."

JoAnna rolled her eyes and started scolding Emma: "I know where you are in the same way how I knew last night when we all thought that you were kidnapped. Do you have any idea how worried I was? How can you leave just like that? I was about to call an army to rescue you!"

With every next word from JoAnna, Emma was feeling more guilty.

"I\'m sorry.", Emma said weakly.

She was pleasantly surprised when Charlie\'s arms wrapped around her protectively.

"Please, don\'t give a hard time to my fiancée, she has been through a lot already.", Charlie told JoAnna with a straight face.

Emma\'s was so red that she looked like a ripe tomato.

"Fiancée?", this excited question came from JoAnna.

"We are NOT engaged.", Emma quickly said and turned to face Charlie. His arms were still around her, and she kept her hands around his waist.

"You didn\'t say \'no\'.", Charlie told Emma smugly.

"I didn\'t say \'yes\' either.", Emma complained.

Charlie smiled happily, ignoring Emma\'s protests. "It\'s only a matter of time."

Emma glared at Charlie.

Jeff watched this from the side and his opinion of Charlie improved a bit. Jeff approves that Charlie is openly going for what he wants.

JoAnna burst into laugh. "Emma, you would be much more convincing if you are not hugging each other."

Emma looked at JoAnna and exhaled helplessly. She rested her head on Charlie\'s chest and complained: "Anna, I don\'t know what to do with him… I give him a finger, and he takes the whole arm."

"How can I be happy with just a finger?", Charlie shamelessly asked. "I want all of you!"

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