Chapter 283: Chapter 283: Losing Temper
Having said that, Charlotte Thompson wanted to hang up the phone.
Charlotte cursed under her breath at how strange Justin Battleson was acting.
"Look at the news for yourself. What are you trying to do? Why are you causing trouble with Adam Ross?"
Justin Battleson, momentarily caught off guard, didn’t know what kind of person Adam Ross was, but as his brother, he knew all too well.
She was going out of her way to mess with him as if she had a death wish.
Feeling baffled, Charlotte opened the Weibo app on her phone and clicked on the trending hashtag.
Her and Adam Ross’s names were glaringly ranked first on the trending list.
When she looked inside the topic, she found that it was filled with comments bashing her.
Insults like ’green tea bitch’ and ’shameless’ were flung at her. Charlotte found it all very bewildering.
She had only gone out for a meal, how could the media spin it as her seducing someone.
"Did you see it? What’s really going on between you and Adam Ross?"
While Charlotte was engrossed in reading the comments, Justin Battleson’s deep voice came through the phone.
You could tell he was in a bad mood.
It seemed as if he was trying to hide something.
"What’s going on? What are you talking about? Mere friends sharing a meal, is there something wrong with that, Mr. Battleson? Or are you implying there’s something more between him and me?"
Charlotte scoffed, her tone brimming with nonchalance.
It seemed like she considered the news unworthy of her attention.
Justin Battleson was infuriated, his brows twitching with a hint of unease and anger.
"You..."
"Mr. Battleson, aren’t you free? Did you call just to talk about this?"
"If you’re like those paparazzi, wanting to know some exclusive scoop, let me tell you directly: Mr. Ross and I have nothing going on."
"We simply had a meal together. Anything you’ve misunderstood or heard has nothing to do with me. I’m tired today. Goodbye."
Having said that, Charlotte hung up the phone abruptly, not wanting to waste another word on Justin Battleson.
She clicked on the image in Weibo and realized it was a sneaky shot of her and Adam Ross having a meal in a private room.
Her face was blurred in the photo and no one could identify her.
The angle of the shot was tricky and it made it look like she was throwing herself at Adam Ross.
Only Charlotte knew that she had to get close to Adam Ross to get hold of a strand of his hair.
Now, she had got what she wanted, and she had nothing to worry about.
She found the media’s speculations insignificant and knew they couldn’t affect her.
At that moment, Justin Battleson, having been hung up on abruptly, was filled with suppressed anger.
He held his phone tight in his hand.
Frustrated that he hadn’t received a satisfying explanation, he thought his heart rate quicken.
Charlotte would be the death of him someday.
Thinking thus, Justin Battleson swept all the files off his desk.
The files fell with a loud crash.
Michael Richard, in the midst of his work, was frightened and silently prayed that the boss wouldn’t call him.
But who knew, the next second, Justin Battleson summoned him into his office.
"You go find out what exactly Charlotte and Adam Ross were doing today."
Michael Richard instantly understood that the boss’s bad mood was all because of Miss Thompson.
"Understood, Mr. Battleson. Also, you have a video meeting with the senior management soon, so you see..."