Chapter 1299: Chapter 1299: Met Leon Battleson Alone
Her wrist slightly drooped and Charlotte Thompson pursed her lips.
"Is it just because of this?" Annie Anne tentatively asked.
Just as Annie Anne expected, Charlotte shook her head and continued, "Previously, I went to the cemetery to see Aunt Watson, but ended up encountering Leon Battleson there."
Charlotte briefly explained the encounter with Leon Battleson to Annie Anne, allowing her to understand the circumstances.
"It can’t be such a coincidence that he suddenly appeared in the cemetery where Aunt Watson was?" Annie Anne furrowed her brows tightly.
"I don’t know what’s going on, but today, when I returned, Justin Battleson asked me if I had been looking for Leon. I remembered the encounter that day in the cemetery, and since I was already investigating the Battleson Family, I chose to hide this from Justin."
Charlotte took a deep breath and then said, "What I didn’t expect was that Justin Battleson actually had photos of me and Leon meeting at the cemetery."
Hearing this, Annie Anne felt something was off and massaged her temples.
"How did Justin come to have photos of you two? Did he see you?"
"I don’t know."
Charlotte looked at the noodles in her bowl, the previous hunger she felt had completely disappeared during the conversation.
"But I told Justin that besides being at the cemetery, I hadn’t met Leon alone, but he didn’t believe me at all."
There was a trace of perplexity in Charlotte’s voice; she didn’t understand why Justin reacted that way when she spoke those words.
"So, did you have any actual interaction with Leon at the cemetery?"
Her question made Charlotte uncomfortably furrow her brow.
She then pressed her fingertips against her neck, pondering for a while before looking up at Annie Anne.
"Or did Justin see Leon choking me?"
"What?"
Seeing Charlotte cover her neck, Annie Anne was thinking about whether she and Leon had done something improper, but she had never expected the situation to unfold like this.
Remembering that chilling sensation, Charlotte couldn’t help but shiver.
"That day, he suddenly reached out from behind."
As she spoke, Charlotte moved behind Annie Anne, mimicking Leon’s actions in the cemetery on Annie.
"Just like this."
Charlotte spoke as she prepared to let go, but the peripheral vision caught a faint red mark visible at the collar of Annie Anne’s clothing, leading to suggestive thoughts.
She paused slightly, forgetting her next move.
"Charlotte?"
Feeling Charlotte’s pause, Annie Anne thought something had happened and turned her head, but then saw Charlotte’s gaze fixed on her neck.
She chuckled softly, bringing Charlotte back to her senses.
"You..."
Charlotte looked up at Annie Anne in front of her, no wonder her voice sounded somewhat hoarse over the phone.
Then, Charlotte shifted her gaze: "This was my only contact with Leon, but Justin’s reaction made me feel like he didn’t believe what I said, as if I met Leon alone somewhere else."
"Perhaps it’s really because you were secretly investigating the Battleson Family, and that hurt Justin."
Annie Anne thought briefly, then pulled Charlotte to sit down on the chair.