NovelEnglish"Hey... It's already very late. Why are you still calling me? Did you only get hafter you were out drinking again?" Annabeth Cates asked.
"Annabeth, I'm telling you. I bumped into my true love at the club tonight... He's a gift from heaven... So handsome..." Paula Whittaker sounded extremely excited... Despite being sdistance away, Josh Batton could still overhear the conversation clearly.
"We're in love... Are you envious? Say, you've been here in Atlantis for so long... Why haven't you met anyone? Aren't you embarrassed?" Paula asked.
Annabeth's heart clenched tightly when she heard this. She seemed dumbfounded.
Annabeth didn't expect Paula to bring this up suddenly...
She also didn't think her lie would be exposed so soon.
Josh now paid attention to the phone conversation.
He immediately frowned a little as he looked thoughtfully at Annabeth's face.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtThere was a curious look in his eyes...
Annabeth clearly said she had a boyfriend.
Why did her friend say that she didn't have a boyfriend? Based on how Annabeth spoke to this person, Josh could tell that this was probably her close friend...
It was impossible that a close friend wouldn't know that Annabeth had a boyfriend.
With all these things put together, Josh suddenly understood everything. S~EaRch the Findwebsite on Gøøgle to access chapters of early and in the highest quality.
Annabeth subconsciously lowered her phone volume. She didn't know what to do now.
Meanwhile, Josh didn't allow Annabeth to make her next move. Instead, he snatched her phone away. "Did you say she doesn't have a boyfriend? Are you sure? Doesn't she have a long-term boyfriend?" Josh asked.
"What long-term boyfriend? I used to live with her all the time. How wouldn't I know? She only stopped renting the unit withhalf a month ago. She was still single then..." Paula said.
Her speech was a little slurred because she drank too much, but Josh could still hear her clearly.
"Are you sure she was single half a month ago?" Josh asked.
People tended to tell the truth when they were drunk. Josh believed that Paula wasn't lying...
"Yeah, yeah. Half a month ago, Annabeth even askedto introduce her to guys..." Paula said.
After hearing what she said, Josh fully believed in his assumptions...
Annabeth panicked. She subconsciously reached out to grab her phone...
However, Josh wouldn't let her. Instead, he got out of the car with her phone and locked the car from the outside.
After that, Josh lazily leaned against the car. "Really?" He asked in a serious tone.
"Yeah, really... Hey... Who are you?" Paula asked.
"Why are you still with Annabeth at this hour?" She added.
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"Hey... Your voice... Why does it sound so familiar? You sound like a celebrity Why can't I recall..." Paula said.
"It doesn't matter who I am... Thanks for tellingthese things," Josh said before hanging up in a satisfied En.
manner.
At this moment, he completely stopped feeling guilty toward m Annabeth's so-called boyfriend... Instead, he felt endlessly touched...
"This idiot!" Josh shook his head helplessly.
Annabeth kept trying to open the car door from the inside, but she couldn't.
In the end, she had no choice but to give up and let fate decide...
She never thought that her lie would be exposed so easily.
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