CHAPTER 2003

“We…”

Before Charlotte could even finish her sentence, the driver quickly pressed a button, lowering, the

partition between the front and back seats.

The back seat was entirely separated and concealed from the front of the car,

Charlotte stared at the partition board and silently cursed the driver. Did he think he was being

thoughtful? She was just using him as an excuse!

She had not anticipated that the driver would literally take the hint.

Jim could not help letting out a chuckle when he saw Charlotte staring dazedly at the partition board.

“Well, we can now.”

He reached out once more and tried to pull open her collar.

It was not because he wanted to take a look at her birthmark, but…

He had seen Charlotte’s bare shoulder before, and he did not recall seeing anything there.

It was rather out of the blue, even, that he recalled that Number-9 had told him about her birthmark in

the past.

Therefore, he wanted to double confirm if this was true.

However, Charlotte clung to her shirt, refusing to relent. “There-There’s nothing to see. That birthmark

is…hideous! Don’t look at it!”

With that, she held both ends of her collar close together, concealing every inch of her bare neck and

skin. “Jim, I’m a bit tired now, and I don’t feel like playing this game with you.”

Jim narrowed his eyes and glanced at her left shoulder. “Alright. I’m a bit tired too.”

Truth be told, he had deliberately misspoken about an important detail; the birthmark was supposed to

be on the right, not the left shoulder.

Jim had deliberately misspoken about the location in hopes that Charlotte would notice it and tease him

about misremembering. However, he was surprised that she did not seem to know of the birthmark’s

existence at all.

She had clutched her left shoulder after hearing what he said.

Jim stared at Charlotte’s pale face and, for the first time ever, started to suspect that…

Could it be that Charlotte was not Number-9?

However, this doubt only crossed his mind for a moment,

Asplit stond later, he shook his head and tried to chase away his strange thought.

How could Charlotte not be?

There would not be another person in the world who knew of the secret between him and Number-o

nor would they know that the pendant was supposed to be the token of their love.

Besides. Jim had already been with Charlotte for so many years that he could not imagine the

consequences if he had truly mistaken someone else as Number-9.

Meanwhile, at Landry Mansion, Bonnie had changed into her pajamas and was trying to put Shelly to

sleep in the bedroom.

It was almost summer at this point, and for some reason, there was no air-conditioning in the small

house they were staying in.

Bonnie wondered if Jim had turned off the air-conditioner on purpose, and initially, Harvey had wanted

to confront his father about this, but Bonnie stopped him before he could do so.

She knew that Jim was not around, and it was just going to be a night; they would get through it just

fine

However, she never thought that the night would only grow hotter from that point.

In the end, she changed into a thin camisole to tide her through the heat as she sang a lullaby for

Shelly.

After all, Sean was supposed to be sleeping in the small room outside hers, and only Harvey and Content (C) Nôv/elDra/ma.Org.

Shelly would be staying in the same room with her, so there was nothing to be embarrassed about.

Staring at Bonnie and Shelly, Harvey’s attention was immediately grabbed by a rose tattoo on Bonnie’s

right shoulder. “I never thought you’d be the type to get a tattoo, Bonnie.” Bonnie froze, then chuckled.

“I got it just to conceal a birthmark on my shoulder.”