Chapter 1298: Chapter 1298: Bloody Scars
Annie Anne reached out to grab Charlotte Thompson, intending to take her into the room, but found that Charlotte’s hands were even colder than her own.
"Charlotte, what happened?"
Annie Anne had never seen Charlotte show such an expression before, her tone full of concern, she immediately poured a cup of hot water for Charlotte to warm her hands.
After receiving the hot water, Charlotte kept staring at the wisps of steam rising from the cup, but she didn’t speak right away.
Annie Anne sat down beside Charlotte, thought for a moment, and then tentatively asked.
"Did you have an argument with Justin Battleson?"
This was the most unimaginable question in Annie Anne’s mind.
After all, in her eyes, Justin Battleson was extremely affectionate toward Charlotte, and Annie Anne couldn’t think of anything that would cause the two to argue.
What Annie Anne hadn’t expected at all was that Charlotte actually nodded.
"Why would you two possibly have an argument?"
All Annie Anne felt now was confusion and utter astonishment.
"Charlotte, what exactly is going on..."
Annie Anne started to speak, wanting to immediately ask for the full story, but seeing Charlotte’s current expression, Annie swallowed the words that were on her lips.
She decided to wait until Charlotte’s emotions were a bit more stable before discussing it.
Glancing at the clock on the wall, Annie Anne got up and walked towards the kitchen.
"Do you want me to make you some late-night snacks?"
It was then that Charlotte finally reacted, she clenched her now-warmed palms, then stood up to follow Annie’s pace.
"I’ll join you."
Annie Anne didn’t oppose Charlotte’s suggestion, and the two of them went to the kitchen together.
After hesitating for a while, Charlotte finally decided to make herself a bowl of clear soup noodles.
The boiling water bubbled in the pot, and Charlotte watched the bubbles constantly breaking in the boiling water, saying softly:
"I lied to Justin Battleson."
Seeing Charlotte speak up, Annie Anne directed her gaze her way.
"What reason would you have to lie to Justin Battleson?"
Annie Anne knew very well what kind of person Charlotte was, she looked at Charlotte with a puzzled expression as if hesitating for a moment before continuing to speak,
"Plus, didn’t you always tell me that the most important thing between lovers is trust?"
"I deceived him, so he doesn’t trust me, when you think about it carefully, isn’t that somewhat to be expected?"
Charlotte stirred the noodles in the pot with chopsticks, and a dry smile cracked at the corner of her mouth.
Annie Anne pondered for a moment, then ventured a guess.
"Is it because of the Battleson Family’s issues?"
In fact, Annie Anne had heard a bit about some matters concerning the Battleson Family from Oliver Hudson, and since Charlotte had also mentioned to her the matter of her meeting Justin’s father before, Annie Anne naturally connected the dots to the Battleson Family.
As expected, Charlotte nodded.
"But the mistake was mine, hiding from him the investigation into the Battleson Family’s affairs. I knew all along it was a thorn buried deep in his heart, a memory he never wished to revisit, yet now I chose to secretly investigate while keeping it from him."
As she spoke, Charlotte couldn’t help but remember the words Justin Battleson had pressed out when he had held down her shoulders earlier.
She chose to keep it a secret and investigate on her own because she didn’t want to touch or reveal that bloody wound of Justin’s.
Now, reflecting on her current actions, wasn’t Charlotte causing Justin even greater pain?
Justin must be feeling extremely disappointed with her in his heart.