Chapter 1306: Chapter 1306: Off by Ten Thousand Times
"Justin, I’m your Charlotte, don’t you recognize me? Are you just too drunk..."
As she spoke, Evelyn Curtis was about to reach for Justin Battleson’s arm, but Justin reacted quickly, grabbing Evelyn by the neck and pinning her against the wall.
"Speak! Who are you?"
Justin’s voice was icy cold, and in that instant, Evelyn felt as though she had returned to those darkest of days, when a knife seemed perpetually perched above her neckline.
By instinct, her body trembled slightly.
"I said..." Evelyn’s lips quivered, yet she couldn’t utter a single coherent sentence.
It was then that Justin released his grip.
However, he furrowed his brows as if he had touched something, rubbed his fingertips, and quickly distanced himself from Evelyn in front of him.
The very next second, Justin seemed to revert back to his usual cold and noble self. As his thin lips parted slightly, he spoke slowly:
"Are your eyes malfunctioning?"
The tentative tone of his voice indeed confirmed that Justin was still drunk.
"What?" Evelyn was stunned by Justin’s insult.
"Have the audacity to claim you’re my Charlotte when you look like that?"
Justin swiftly sized up Evelyn with his eyes, followed by a cold snort from his nostrils.
"If you don’t own a mirror, I’ll buy you one. You’re a thousand times, no, ten thousand times worse than our Charlotte, and yet you spout such nonsense here."
Not caring about whatever expression Evelyn would show, he turned and left, leaving behind only one sentence.
"Since the world is fraught with peril, one should at least be self-aware."
The resounding slam of the door finally shook Evelyn out of her stupor.
Evelyn’s pupils dilated, seemingly unable to believe what she had just experienced.
She reached out to touch her face.
This face was not much different from that of Charlotte Thompson.
And Justin had said those things about her?
An uncontrollable rage burned in her chest, causing her body to heave violently. Unable to restrain herself any longer, Evelyn grabbed the bedding and pillows from the bed and threw them onto the floor, screaming aloud to vent her fury.
"Justin Battleson, you just wait; one day, I will make you kneel before me!"
...
Meanwhile.
Charlotte Thompson was still at Annie Anne’s place, the two sat side by side on the sofa, watching a movie projected on the screen.
Suddenly, Charlotte turned to Annie beside her and said, "I think you were right."
Annie jumped with fright and turned towards her with a very friendly smile.
"Sis, could you please not start talking to me so suddenly when it’s all quiet? Don’t you know we’re watching a suspenseful horror movie?"
Charlotte sat up properly and pursed her lips as Annie used the remote to pause the projection.
"Where do you think I was right?"
"If there’s a misunderstanding between us, why not just talk it out directly? Besides, it was me who initially deceived Justin, so if he wants to know the truth, I’ll just tell him everything. Whether he believes me or not..."
Charlotte’s voice paused for a moment.
Then, she clenched her hands resting on her lap and when she looked up, her eyes sparkled with a very determined light.