Chapter 371: Chapter 371: Why Do You Need to Explain to Me?
"I want to explain." Justin Battleson couldn’t figure out why he suddenly pulled Charlotte Thompson into his arms.
It was only when he noticed her expression of wanting to leave on her face that he instantly felt unhappy.
"Explain?" Charlotte Thompson scoffed, a hint of disdain crossed her beautiful face.
She simply gave up struggling, and it seemed like she was coldly asking him.
"Explain what? Mr. Battleson, you were just trending online for your heartbreaking separation with your girlfriend Evelyn Curtis, and now you’ve come to embrace your subordinate. Isn’t it more suitable for me to praise you as a master of time management?"
After saying this, Charlotte began struggling to free herself again.
However, there was a significant strength difference between men and women, and the more she struggled, the tighter Justin Battleson held her.
After a few minutes, Charlotte was so tired that she couldn’t break away from Justin Battleson’s grip.
She shot an annoyed stare at Justin Battleson, only to see a faint trace of amusement in his eyes.
She frowned in confusion, feeling that Justin Battleson was indeed odd.
"Charlotte Thompson." Justin Battleson’s voice suddenly became very gentle; he slowly leaned into Charlotte’s ear and softly asked.
"Are you jealous?"
As his words fell, Charlotte’s ears instantly flushed red.
Justin Battleson was quite satisfied with this; he was just about to touch Charlotte’s little earlobe when his shoulder was suddenly pushed by a force.
Charlotte, with a flustered and annoyed expression, pushed Justin Battleson, which caught him off guard.
Before he could react, Charlotte had escaped from his embrace and stood a meter away.
"Jealous? I think Mr. Battleson must have taken the wrong medicine today. Do you have anything else to say? If not, I need to get back to work. Mr. Battleson, you know, there’s a lot of work in the company, and I don’t want to work overtime."
As she spoke, Charlotte, clearly upset, wanted to return to her own desk.
"Charlotte, I went to talk things over with Evelyn Curtis."
Charlotte stopped in her tracks, turned her head hesitantly to glance at Justin Battleson, only to see a calm expression on his face, with no hint of joking at all.
"I went to negotiate with her, I told her everything, but somehow, someone took pictures of us."
Justin Battleson looked intently at Charlotte, trying to discern a hint of surprise from her face.
Yet Charlotte looked calm, without a ripple on her face, which frustrated him slightly.
"Don’t worry, I have no relationship with Evelyn Curtis now, nor will there be any in the future."
Charlotte was quite surprised; she stared at Justin Battleson, seemingly unable to believe his words.
But when she thought about the trending topic that disappeared within five minutes today, she somewhat felt that Justin Battleson’s words were more credible.
"Why does Mr. Battleson need to explain this to me?"
Charlotte casually opened her mouth to ask, but her hand clenched involuntarily into a tiny fist behind her back.
"I don’t want you to think I’m a fickle person, and I don’t want you to misunderstand."
Justin Battleson candidly expressed his thoughts, he believed that Charlotte Thompson would believe him.
However, Charlotte currently believes that the breakup between Justin Battleson and Evelyn Curtis isn’t that simple.
She could always feel a sense of strangeness from those two.
"How could Mr. Battleson easily break up with a girlfriend he’s been with for so many years? A person who breaks up easily is definitely not fickle, because he’s simply a person who likes new things and is tired of the old."
Her words caught Justin Battleson a bit off guard.
He initially thought that by explaining everything clearly to Charlotte, no matter what, she would be somewhat moved. However, he did not expect to get such a response.