Chapter 2012
Bonnie’s appearance in the dining room surprised the two of them.
Jim glanced at her, frowning, and said with disapproval, “Since when did you arrive?”
Who gave her the right to eavesdrop on the conversation between him and Roanne?
Bonnie’s lips were pressed together in a thin line, and her gaze was on Roanne, who was still kneeling on the ground. “Roanne, repeat what you just said,” she repeated, albeit with an unsteady voice. “Who… Whose identity did Charlotte take?”
Roanne, too, was shocked that Bonnie would appear at this moment.
She had seized the opportunity of Charlotte not being around to tell Jim the truth and plant the seed of doubt within his mind.
However, Bonnie’s sudden appearance threw her off a little. She did not know whether she should get up from her position or if she should remain on her knees before Jim.’
Therefore, she had no choice but to glance rather sheepishly at Bonnie and repeat in a low voice, “Charlotte…took the place of another girl named Number-9 at the orphanage. At that time…”
She let out an exhale and tried to explain everything very briefly to Bonnie, “At that time, Master Landry had made a promise to a girl called Number-9 that he’d return after he grew up and find her so that they could reunite.
“However, Number-9 was adopted just a year after Master Landry left, so Charlotte put on her old clothes and jewelry and took her place as the new Number-9…
“After that, Master Landry returned to the orphanage as promised and took Charlotte away by mistake.”
With that, Roanne sighed and glanced at Bonnie. “Do you understand what I’m saying?”
Even though she was a little displeased by Bonnie’s sudden barging into their meeting, she still maintained a liking toward Bonnie because of her connection with Theo.
It would be great if Bonnie were willing to help her distract Jim and bring down Charlotte.
Bonnie remained motionless and bit her lip nervously.
Of course she understood.
She was Number-9.
Bonnie let out a sigh and glanced at Jim, her entire body shaking.
A few days ago, when she was still at Joshua’s house, Theo had suspected that Bonnie had known Charlotte EMB,\BA| Roanne in the past since all three of them had been at the same orphanage before.
Not only that, but Joshua even boldly guessed that Jim must have been the young boy she had met there, and she was the girl in red that Jim had been searching for his whole life.
However, Bonnie never took Joshua and Theo’s guesses to heart, especially after she met Jim once more.
His coldness, cruelty, and hostility toward her made it even more difficult for her to associate him with the boy she had fallen in love with when she was young.
Because of this, Bonnie had constantly been reminding herself that Jim could not possibly be the kind, gentle boy she had met, and Joshua was wrong.
In her mind, the young boy and Jim were two totally different people, but at this moment…
After hearing Roanne talk about Number-9 and Number-12, Bonnie felt as though her entire body had been struck by lightning.
It was one thing for Joshua to make this daring guess, but another thing entirely for her to hear the truth with her own two ears!
She bit her lip and lifted her head to glance at Jim.
In the past, she had never entertained the possibility that he might have been the boy she met, but upon second glance, she suddenly realized that…
She seemed to have recalled some more memories of the boy. The boy she had met at the orphanage was none other than a young version of Jim!
