Chapter 463 - 472 Sarah Grandy
Charlotte’s smile vanished instantly, her eyes quickly reddening. She spoke softly and weakly: "Uncle, do you not like me anymore?"
James Brown was startled and hurriedly said, "How could I not? Charlotte, you’re so adorable. How could I not like you?"
"But you do those kinds of things with Sister Emma, so why won’t you do them with me? You just don’t like me. I don’t even have parents now, and if you don’t want me, then I’ll have no one to love me anymore... sob..."
James Brown, after these past two days, had gotten a bit sensitive because of Charlotte. Seeing she was about to cry, he quickly said, "Don’t cry, don’t cry. How could I not love you? It’s precisely because I love you so much that I don’t want you to get hurt."
"You’re lying. You always say that. You just don’t like me anymore. You think I’m a burden, and you don’t want to care about me anymore." Charlotte wiped away her tears as she spoke.
James Brown knew that Charlotte wasn’t pretending; this girl was just too sensitive now, especially with Emma Campbell here. He was always so casual with Emma, but when it came to Charlotte, he was constantly concerned about this and that, making her feel the difference in how he treated them both.
Emma Campbell propped herself up and said, "Charlotte, don’t cry. Big Brother Brown really does like you. Otherwise, why else would he have brought you back?"
"No, it’s not that he likes me. He just thinks I’m pitiful, a girl without parents. He doesn’t actually like me at all, sob..."
Emma shot James a look and said, "How is that possible? If Big Brother Brown didn’t like you, would he be able to sleep in the same bed with you? Only the people closest to you can do that."
James Brown gave Emma a wry smile, feeling it was really hard to coax Charlotte just by talking. He hooked his left arm around and pulled Charlotte close, his hand resting right on her chest. Charlotte’s sobbing stopped instantly—this trick really worked wonders.
He gently massaged twice and said, "So now, does this mean I like you?"
Charlotte’s face turned red at once, and she nodded over and over, just like a little pecking chick.