Chapter 1047: Chapter 1047: Jealous
At last, Charlotte noticed that something was not quite right between her and Doctor Vincent. She had wanted to push Doctor Vincent away with her hand, but unexpectedly, he firmly clasped her shoulder.
"Wait a minute, don’t move," Doctor Vincent said seriously, then pointed at Charlotte’s eyebrow.
"You’ve got a piece of willow fluff stuck here."
As Doctor Vincent reached out to remove the willow fluff from Charlotte’s eyebrow, a voice suddenly interrupted them.
"What are you doing?"
Startled by the abrupt voice, Charlotte instinctively pushed Doctor Vincent away.
Turning her head, she indeed saw Justin Battleson standing not far away, his expression somewhat unpleasant.
"You’re here," Charlotte stepped forward and walked over to Justin’s side.
Justin pulled Charlotte over and carefully checked her over to see if she had suffered any injuries.
Noticing Justin’s actions, Charlotte took hold of his wrist and shook her head at him.
"Didn’t I say? I’m fine, there’s no need to worry."
Wrapping his arm around Charlotte’s waist and drawing her into his embrace, Justin turned his head to look at Doctor Vincent standing aside.
His gaze swept across the doctor’s injured arm, and Justin spoke somberly, "Thank you, Doctor Vincent."
"Yo, brother-in-law, how did you get here?" Jordan Thompson had just looked down to reply to a few messages and when he raised his head, Justin Battleson had suddenly appeared.
He greeted him, but looking at the scene before him, he faintly felt that something was not quite right.
Could it be that while he was engrossed in his phone, he had missed some major event?
"I’m very grateful that I just happened to be passing by and could save Charlotte."
Doctor Vincent chuckled lightly, his foreign features accentuating his deep-set eyes as he smiled.
The silent exchange between Justin and Doctor Vincent lent a certain subtlety to the surrounding atmosphere.
"Thank you, Doctor Vincent. I’ll go back with Justin now. Take good care of your wound," Charlotte finally spoke up to break the tension, prompting Doctor Vincent to nod at her, and then he turned to Jordan,
"Remember, you still owe me a meal."
"Don’t worry, you won’t miss out," Jordan patted his chest confidently.
Doctor Vincent nodded and departed.
Charlotte watched Doctor Vincent leave, but the next second, her chin was caught and her face was turned back.
"What’s so interesting?" Justin asked in a low voice.
The scene he had witnessed upon arriving had been a sharp sting to his eyes.
"What were you just doing?"
Feeling displeased, Justin didn’t hesitate to inquire immediately.
"Just now?" Charlotte paused for a moment, then realized what Justin was referring to.
"Doctor Vincent had a bit of low blood sugar and nearly fell over, so I helped steady him."
"Nearly fell over? He looked quite spirited to me."
The colder Justin spoke, the colder his voice became, and even more so when he reached out his hand.
"Keep some distance from him in the future," Justin said bluntly.
"Hm?" Charlotte looked up at him with her eyes widening, the edges of her vision filled with Justin’s tightly pressed lips.
Remembering the physical contact she had shared with Doctor Vincent earlier, everything clicked for Charlotte.
She wrapped her arms around Justin’s waist and rested her cheek against his chest.
"Mr. Battleson, are you jealous?" she asked coyly, biting her lower lip playfully.
Seeing Charlotte’s knowingly provocative demeanor, Justin pinched her cheek.
"What do you think?" Justin’s tone rose at the end, seemingly laced with a veiled threat.