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 cetery 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 cetery 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 if I had been looking for Leon. I rembered the encounter that day in the cetery, 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 and Leon eting at the cetery."
Hearing this, Annie Anne felt sothing was off and massaged her temples.
"How did Justin co 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 cetery, I hadn’t t Leon alone, but he didn’t believe 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 cetery?"
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 ?"
"What?"
Seeing Charlotte cover her neck, Annie Anne was thinking about whether she and Leon had done sothing improper, but she had never expected the situation to unfold like this.
Rembering 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 cetery 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 sothing 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 sowhat hoarse over the phone.
Then, Charlotte shifted her gaze: "This was my only contact with Leon, but Justin’s reaction made feel like he didn’t believe what I said, as if I t Leon alone sowhere 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.
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