Single Mom's Sweet Husband (Charlotte) novel Chapter 20

"Are you sure you didn't do anything?"

Charlotte's gaze was filled with suspicion as she stared the servant down.

The servant's face immediately turned sour.

"Miss, all I did was accidentally spill some wine on you. Are you trying to bully us who have no status by framing me in this way?"

Charlotte's gaze lingered on her unwaveringly as she said calmly, "I simply asked a straightforward question without putting the blame on you. Why are you getting defensive?" Speaking, she tore her eyes away from the servant and began scanning each corner of the room they were in.

"A wealthy family such as the Emersons should have a surveillance system in place, am I right? In that case, shall we take a look at the recordings to uncover when exactly I stole the necklace?"

Charlotte's gaze ultimately fell on Elaine. The coldness in her eyes sent a chill down Elaine's spine.

However, thinking of her prior arrangements, Elaine regained confidence.

"Get the recordings," Elaine instructed the housekeeper.

The housekeeper immediately stepped forward with an unsettled expression. He stammered, "Madam, the recordings..."

"Did the surveillance system fail unexpectedly yesterday, or was it because I tampered with the cameras, that you're unable to pull out these recordings?" Before the housekeeper could finish, Charlotte snatched his lines from him.

The housekeeper was stupefied. His lips parted, but he was at a loss for words.

All of a sudden, the people around them let their imagination run wild.

Charlotte's quick- witted words shocked Elaine, but she did not let her guard down.

She chuckled lightly, but her gaze turned into icicles as she stared coldly at the servant.

"Since you claimed that it was a scheme we came up hand-in-hand, would you mind telling me how we arranged this?

"How did I lay my eyes on you? How did we contact each other? What did I offer you in exchange for helping me steal the necklace? How did you manage to take the necklace from Madam Emerson? Lastly, why did you try to stall me after spilling the wine on me, instead of letting me leave immediately?"

As Charlotte spat out her questions word by word, she inched closer to the servant with clear- cut footsteps. The astonishingly powerful coldness radiating off of her was enough to make everyone hold their breath.

The servant stumbled backward subconsciously and she was so frightened she fell to the ground.

Seeing this, Charlotte couldn't help but sneer. She turned back to look at Elaine and asked again in her cold voice, "Excuse me again, Madam Emerson. Could you also explain why your guards immediately rushed to me in the massive crowd once you finished announcing the loss of your necklace?"