Chapter 1988

Bonnie faltered upon hearing this

She stared at Jim’s face, which was etched with hostility and contempt, and a sneer crept onto her face.
“Judging someone without even trying to understand the whole picture. Is this what kind of person you
are, Jim Landry?”

Bonnie crossed her arms at her chest and said, smirking, “I used to come across people like this, who
pointed fingers at other people whenever something went wrong instead of reflecting on themselves,

“Now that Harvey has said these, why don’t you consider the reason he’s so hostile toward you and
Charlotte instead of just blaming everything on me?

“Jim, you’re not at all different from these selfish, arrogant bastards.”

Jìm narrowed his eyes upon hearing this. He stared coldly at Bonnie and replied, “But Charlotte said,”

landed on Jim’s bandaged hand. At that moment, she felt as though an invisible hand was squeezing her
heart.

everything Charlotte said was like the holy grail to him!

like a mindless chimp?”

The color drained from Charlotte’s face. She furrowed her brows, tightened her grip on Jim’s face, and
shot Bonnie a pitiful look as she bit her lip. “Ms. Bonnie, I know you don’t like me, but…”

“But what?” Bonnie shot her a cold glance and said contemptuously, “Enough is enough, Charlotte. Do
you honestly think there’s nothing I can do against you?”



Charlotte’s face turned an even paler shade of white.

She sucked on her lip harshly, glanced first at Bonnie, then at Jim, and quickly let go of his

arm.

Then, she sniffed as tears brimmed in her eyes. “Jim, I already told you I didn’t want to come with you to
pick Harvey up, but you insisted on me coming so that I can get to know Harvey better, but now…”

She wiped her tears and whimpered, “You saw what happened… She threatened to hurt me.”

Jim furrowed his brows upon hearing this, then quickly reached out to pull Charlotte into a

tight embrace. “Anyone who dares to hurt you, I’ll make them pay a hundred times over!”

“Is that so?” Before Bonnie could say anything in reply, Harvey stood up and dusted himself

Jim frowned, staring at this mini version of himself. “Of course; I’m a man of my word.”

“Alright then.” Harvey let out an exhale, leaped off the sofa, and stomped over to Jim and Charlotte.

“Ouch—!” A shrill scream came out of Charlotte’s mouth as soon as Harvey brought down his

As soon as she stopped screaming, Harvey righted himself and lifted his head to stare at Jim with wide,
innocent eyes. “Does this count as hurting your precious Charlotte, Mr. Jim?

“Since you said you will make whoever hurts her pay a hundred times over, does this mean you’ll chop
off my leg now?”


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