Chapter 1296: Chapter 1296: Justin Battleson, Do You Believe Me?
She wanted to shift her gaze away from Justin Battleson.
But in the end, Charlotte Thompson still found herself involuntarily staring into Justin Battleson’s eyes.
To Charlotte, they should have contained a galaxy, but now it was shattered, and the once twinkling stars had gradually dimmed.
"Did you send someone to follow me?"
Charlotte felt she must be crazy, otherwise, she wouldn’t have asked such a question.
Then she saw a smile tugging at the corners of Justin Battleson’s lips, brimming with complex emotions.
It seemed tinged with sorrow and helplessness, but mostly, it looked like disappointment.
"Haven’t you been investigating everything about the Battleson Family as well?"
Justin Battleson’s voice came slowly, yet it struck like a heavy bell toll, resonating loudly in Charlotte’s mind.
"Why?" Justin’s thin lips muttered.
Three simple words, yet they seemed to carry the weight of a thousand pounds for Justin.
Charlotte didn’t know how to respond.
She tried hard to find something else in the eyes of Justin looking back at her, but all Charlotte could see was a tiny, bewildered reflection of herself.
"Justin Battleson, do you believe me?"
Charlotte never imagined she would one day ask Justin Battleson this question.
The hand dangling at her side unknowingly clenched tighter and tighter, her pale palm throbbing with pain, yet Charlotte seemed not to feel it at all.
Charlotte looked at Justin Battleson, hoping to get the answer she desired.
But Justin Battleson disappointed her, or perhaps it was she who had also disappointed him now.
Justin Battleson said nothing.
The silence in the room was like an invisible hand, squeezing the hearts of the two, tightening its grip until it became hard to breathe.
Charlotte looked down, only to see the shadows of the two of them, mismatched due to the light.
"Justin, apart from the chance encounter at the cemetery, I haven’t seen Leon Battleson again."
Charlotte sighed softly, taking her time to express these words.
However, what Charlotte didn’t expect was that upon hearing her explanation, Justin Battleson let out a derisive laugh.
In an instant, Charlotte doubted if she had misunderstood something.
"Why? Why..."
Suddenly, Justin Battleson reached out and pressed down on Charlotte’s shoulders, his expression and tone both agitated as though he was interrogating her.
"If you wanted to know something, you could have just asked me. I could tell you anything, but why did you still investigate on your own?"
It seemed that these words had been bottled up inside Justin Battleson for quite some time.
Charlotte looked into Justin Battleson’s indescribable gaze.
She understood in her heart.
He had always known she was investigating the Battleson Family in secret.
"Justin Battleson."
Charlotte took a deep breath, placing her slightly cold fingertips on her own shoulders.
She frowned slightly, looking at the Justin Battleson in front of her.
"You’re hurting me."
As if realizing something, Justin Battleson withdrew his hand, stepping back a couple of steps as well.
He let his own shoulders sag, the strands of hair falling across his forehead casting a fine shadow on his face from the window’s light, completely concealing his expression.
"Justin Battleson, I think we both need to calm down."
Having said that, Charlotte turned around and left the room, but no matter how much she slowed her pace, she did not wait for Justin Battleson to call her back.
Until the sound of the room door closing burst in Charlotte’s ears, she could no longer hold back the tears welling up in her eyes.
Justin Battleson doesn’t believe her.