CHAPTER 1628: CHAPTER 1628: RESENTMENT

"When I met her at the bar before, I didn’t think much about it."

Annie Anne slightly lowered her eyes and, while speaking these words, a bitter smile appeared on her lips, "Ultimately, all of this is my own doing."

Seeing Annie Anne’s expression like this, Charlotte Thompson felt a pang in her heart and then raised her hand to press Annie Anne’s shoulder, looking at her seriously.

"Annie, what exactly happened before? You and Leon Battleson..."

Just as Charlotte was about to finish her inquiry, Annie Anne’s assistant hurriedly rushed in from outside, holding his phone with a slightly troubled expression, handing it to Annie Anne.

"Annie, it’s Mr. Hudson’s call."

Upon hearing Oliver Hudson’s name, Annie Anne’s expression became subtle. She seemed somewhat hesitant, but in the end, she chose to take the call.

No one knows what Annie Anne heard over the phone, but she soon cast a stunned look at Charlotte Thompson’s face.

Charlotte was bewildered by Annie Anne’s gaze, vaguely feeling that she might have made a terrible mistake.

While Charlotte was pondering internally, Annie Anne had already hung up the call.

Seeing Annie Anne’s pale complexion caused Charlotte to anxiously inquire, "Did something happen?"

Annie Anne deeply glanced at Charlotte in front of her, her lips quivered as if she wanted to say something, but in the end, she chose to bite down on her lower lip forcefully.

"Annie?"

Charlotte called out suspiciously, now feeling something was completely off about Annie Anne.

But Annie Anne merely managed a faint smile facing Charlotte: "I have something to do, I’m leaving now."

Originally, Charlotte wanted to follow Annie Anne, her fingertips brushed past her sleeve, but this action caused Annie Anne to have a huge reaction.

"Don’t touch me!"

Annie Anne’s sudden reprimand startled Charlotte, making her movements freeze in mid-air.

Seemingly realizing her reaction was somewhat excessive, Annie Anne raised her palm to her face, and her shoulder sagged slightly as she spoke in a hoarse voice:

"Sorry, Charlotte, I’m feeling a bit unwell, I’m leaving now."

After speaking, Annie Anne left without looking back.

Not sure if it’s Charlotte’s illusion, she recalled the look Annie Anne gave her after finishing the call.

It seemed like... resentment?

Charlotte wasn’t sure.

She could only turn around baffled, looking at the little assistant beside her, just about to ask something, but upon seeing the assistant looking even more confused and worried than herself, Charlotte swallowed back her words.

Not long after Annie Anne left the set, the trending news about her quickly rose to the top.

Accusations of being a diva, skipping work, and even hitting someone—various unfavorable incidents concerning Annie Anne were listed one by one.

In an instant, Annie Anne’s popularity among netizens plummeted to a terrible level, and some even started digging up rumors about her and Campbell Prickly, leading to a mass fan exodus and a chaotic state on her Weibo comments.

Given the current situation, unless there’s a major reversal today, no matter what kind of clarification Annie Anne issues, the general public likely won’t buy it.