Chapter 1208: Vain vanity
"You are a boy?"
Ram was perplexed. Looking at Charlotte’s face, she looked like a girl. She also sounded like one. Her body type resembled a girl her age, and she acted like a girl. Therefore, no one would suspect that underneath that dress she had worn would tell something else.
"Oh!" Surprise suddenly cast on Charlotte’s face, turning around to hide what he was told to hide growing up. His complexion turned pale as he gazed down, his shoulders trembling, scared of what would happen now.
"Put on your clothes, kid. I’ll wait outside, so tell me once you’re done. We need to talk."
After that, he heard the door open and then closed.
Charlotte pursed his lips and slowly looked back. Ram was gone, but that didn’t mean he felt less anxious.
Growing up, Charlotte was told never to reveal his real gender. Florence told him if someone found out, their life would be in danger. Florence told him all sorts of things, and he started to believe that being born a boy was a punishment for him.
’But Uncle Ram isn’t... a bad person, is he?’ he wondered. ’I can’t escape now.’
They were in the middle of the sea! He couldn’t jump off the ship now.