I Have Never Been Your First Choice novel Chapter 2

Chapter 2

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Caroline feigned scolding.“Collin, you can’t call him that!” She turned to

Jaxson apologetically. “I’m sorry. He doesn’t know better.”

Jaxson glanced at Charlotte briefly before effortlessly lifting the boy with a

neutral expression.“It’s fine.”

“I like you. I wish you were my real daddy!” Collin Warren clung to his neck.

Caroline tapped the boy’s nose playfully. “Silly boy.”

Charlotte clenched her fists.

This gentle, patient side of Jaxson was one she’d never known.

Charlotte decided not to dwell on it.

She wouldn’t warm up to his heart

anyway.

Perhaps this was for the best.

Swallowing her pain, she stepped past them into the elevator.

Charlotte hadn’t made her job transfer application public, nor had she told

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Jaxson, because she thought it was unnecessary.

He likely wouldn’t care anyway.

Her car pulled up to Hamilton’s Manor, where she rang the bell.

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In no time, the housekeeper, Linda Haney, came out to open the door.“Mrs.

Hamilton, you’re back.”

“Is Madam Hamilton home?”

“Yes, she’s inside. Please come in.” Linda treated Charlotte with utmost

respect.

Jaxson’s grandmother, Nancy Hamilton, was a highly respected elder in the

Hamilton family. Since her husband’s passing, Nancy had been in charge of all

the family’s affairs.

Nancy was a Southerner, born into a powerful business magnate in the

South. In her youth, she had been a formidable and decisive businesswoman.

Even if Jaxson’s mother disliked Charlotte, she wouldn’t dare cross Charlotte in

Nancy’s presence.

Linda led Charlotte to a meditation room where Nancy knelt on a cushion,

praying.