Chapter 358

When Charlotte Barnes shouted, I froze completely, and Oliver Barnes looked absolutely stunned. Then, bam! She pounced on me like a tiger and hugged me tight, yelling her lungs out. She even started pounding my back. Since my back is all bones, it hurt like hell, but before I could complain, she beat me to it, saying my back was so bony it hurt her hands. Oliver stared, wide-eyed, and sputtered, “Sis… you know Isabella Carter? Why do y’all seem so close?” Charlotte rolled her eyes and said her “dead” friend was actually me. She went on about how awful I was for letting her think I was gone, making her sad for days. She explained that while she and I didn’t get along all that well back then—our relationship was more like frenemies—we were both in the same industry. If I had really died, it would’ve been a big loss. Oliver sucked in a sharp breath, clearly still in disbelief. “But... you don’t usually care much about newbies, do you?” Charlotte snapped at him and landed a solid punch on