Chapter 683 A Monster In The Shape Of A Human


    From the window, one could see the sky outside darkening as rain clouds gathered, covering the


    bright sun.


    The woman in the ward looked as gloomy as the dark sky. She suffered from an inner storm.


    "Don''t you want to exin yourself?" Brandon''s eyes, which were trained on her, were as sharp as


    an eagle''s.


    Charis swallowed uneasily.


    Brandon''s question was straightforward. Apparently, he had already talked to J before they


    came.


    Charis wasn''t sure what J had told Brandon, but she doubted J had any evidence of her


    past crimes. Therefore, it was likely that J didn''t tell Brandon everything. Otherwise, Brandon


    wouldn''t have been so gracious as to give her a chance to exin herself. In fact, he might not have


    visited her at all.


    Since Charis had figured this out, she knew what to do next.


    She pretended to be angry and asked pointedly, "Why don''t you trust me? I''ve never lied to you!


    Brandon, I described your rtionship with J only from the perspective of an outsider. Didn''t I


    tell you before? You never talked to me about your rtionship with her. If you didn''t tell me


    anything, how could I have known whether or not you two had a good rtionship? Now, I realize


    that I must''ve misunderstood your rtionship. After all, what I saw was just the way you two got


    along in public. You are always cold and indifferent with everyone. I thought you didn''t like her


    either."


    Charis''s exnation was somewhat convincing.


    It was true that Brandon didn''t talk about his private affairs with others.


    But Charis was an intelligent woman with a discerning eye. She should''ve seen the rtionship


    between Brandon and J for what it really was.


    Which meant that she wasn''t telling the whole truth. Still, it was difficult for Brandon to tell which part


    of her words was true and which part was not.


    They had known each other for years. Thus he still trusted in Charis somewhat.


    As for J, Brandon could only feel that there was some sort of a special bond between them. But


    every time he tried to recall something rted to her or their past together, he''d get a splitting


    headache that would debilitate his thinking.


    "Indeed, I''m not good at expressing myself." Brandon fell silent for a moment. After a while, he


    stood up and said, "All right. Get some rest. I have go back to work. I''ll visit you another time."


    Although what he said wasn''t out of character, his eyes were as cold as ice. No matter how hard


    she tried, Charis couldn''t read him.


    So she simply forced a smile in response.


    She could see that although Brandon had stopped questioning her, he didn''t trust her as much as


    before.


    Not long after Brandon and J left, Charis''s attending doctor entered the ward with several


    nurses.


    The doctor nced at Luke and then said to Charis, "Miss Turner, the gauze can be removed


    today."


    Charis had been in the hospital for a long time now. Because her burns were severe, the doctor


    never talked about removing the gauze until she had calmed down.


    After all, in his experience, many burn patients just broke down as soon as they saw their disfigured


    faces.


    Charis was nervous. Her whole face and body had been covered in gauze since she woke up. She


    couldn''t see how bad it really was and therefore hadn''t really mentally prepared herself for the fact


    that she was disfigured.


    Standing beside the bed, Luke said in a fatherly tone, "Only after checking the wounds can the


    doctor decide the treatment n for the next stage."


    "Okay." Charis slowly squeezed her eyes shut andy still.


    She could feel the nurses slowly peelyer uponyer of gauze off her body. Then she heard


    someone gasping.


    Charis slowly opened her eyes, only to find her mother crying in her father''s arms.


    The doctor and the nurses also looked at her in shock. There was even a trace of pity and fear in


    their eyes.


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    Charis slowly turned her head to look at the mirror in the ward.


    The reflection staring back at her didn''t look like human at all. She looked like a monster in the


    shape of a human. Not a single part of her skin was intact, and her face was beyond recognization.


    Therge ck scabbing all over her body looked like a pangolin''s shell.


    In the blink of an eye, Charis''s self-esteem was shattered. She started scratching at the scabs on


    her face like a madwoman and screamed at the top of her lungs hysterically.