However, she had only just discovered that Charlie was not home after she had arrived.

It turned out that Charlie had already left for Japan because of an emergency a few days ago and had not returned yet.

This made Loreen feel a little lost and despondent. Her originally happy and ecstatic mood instantly dimmed a lot.

In fact, Loreen had actually been a little hesitant when Claire and her family had invited her to stay and join them for lunch just half an hour ago. She felt that since Charlie was not at home, she would only be wasting an opportunity to get closer to Charlie if she were to stay at Claire’s house for lunch today.

She was thinking of telling them that she would just visit them again another day, but Loreen could not turn them down because Claire had been very enthusiastic, and she finally agreed to stay for lunch with them.

However, Loreen would never have expected Charlie to come home even before they had started eating their meal!

Therefore, Loreen was looking a