My Secret Billionaire Husband Chapter 2812 - 2822: She Really Hates It!

Those words brimmed with intense jealousy.

Listening more closely revealed a trace of unwillingness too.

It seemed Joanna's stroke of luck left her begrudging it.

This abrupt and seemingly offhand remark only deepened Joanna's doubts about her true identity.

Initially, Joanna assumed Omega had blocked her path to talk about something important.

Yet she never imagined it would involve this.

Joanna narrowed her eyes, staring intently at her for several seconds before questioning, "Did you stop me just to say this?"

Of course not!

Annie's eyes burned with hatred as she glared at Joanna, her whole presence exuding fierce malice. Fists tightly clenched, she couldn't hold back a sneer, "Of course not. I just feel that Joanna seems to have some misunderstanding and dissatisfaction toward me. So I wanted to have a talk with her."

Joanna felt shocked once more by the intense malice radiating from Annie.

Even though the woman before her sported a different face and voice from Annie's.

Her look, facial expressions, tone, and choice of words mirrored Annie's too closely.

To the point where Joanna was convinced this person facing her was truly Annie.

Yet despite her inner suspicions and hunches, without solid proof, she could take no action.

Besides, regardless of Omega Huntley's actual identity.

Joanna remained certain of her hostile intentions toward her.

When Joanna responded next, her voice turned icy and detached, "Ms. Aria, I believe you're the one who's mistaken. No misunderstanding exists between us. Instead, perhaps you've got something wrong."

"Really?" Annie sneered, "Joanna, with just us here, I'll speak plainly. I know you resent that I resemble you, you..."

"Hold on."

Unable to bear it further, Joanna cut her off before she finished.

"Ms. Aria, since you insist on frankness, I'll be straightforward too." Joanna found Annie's earlier words laughable. Unsure if Omega meant to provoke her deliberately, but it had irked Joanna enough to drop all courtesy.

"As for who resembles whom more, you know that best. Ms. Aria, if I may venture to ask..." Joanna hadn't spotted the plastic surgery traces Linda mentioned from afar, but up close now, she clearly saw the signs on Omega's face.

After all, those who've undergone surgery, no matter how seamless, can still be spotted in person.

Especially someone who might have sculpted herself to mimic Joanna.

If Joanna missed it, her eyesight would be at fault.

Annie shot her a cold look, "What are you trying to say?"

Joanna offered a faint smile, "Ms. Aria, you didn't always look like this, did you? Let me presumptuously guess that before the surgery, you showed the doctor my photo."

Joanna delivered it lightly.

As though merely commenting.

But her sharp eyes fixed on Omega, watching every reaction.

Suddenly, the once-cold and glaring Omega's face shifted, a flicker of shock and alarm in her eyes.

She reacted powerfully to Joanna's words.

Her eyes bulged wide, staring at Joanna in utter disbelief.

This response solidified Joanna's belief that her suspicion held truth.

Otherwise.

Omega wouldn't have such a vehement reaction.

Only if Joanna's remark struck home would she respond this way.

Had there been no surgery.

Had she not copied Joanna's looks.

Joanna's comment would merely offend, not elicit this response.

Right then.

Joanna herself felt stunned and amazed.

Should her theories prove correct.

Then Omega's true identity was highly questionable.

Plastic surgery to resemble her wasn't unheard of.

But spotting Annie's traits in her made it impossible for Joanna to view it casually.

"What nonsense!" After her initial fluster, Annie forced composure and refuted, "Joanna, I treat you as a senior with respect and politeness. But that doesn't let you insult me freely." "You went too far with those words."

"What proof do you have to claim I had plastic surgery to look like you? Just our resemblance? Joanna Lawrence, aren't you too self-absorbed? Countless people worldwide share looks; did they all undergo surgery for it?"

At that instant, Annie Lawrence was truly panicking.

She feared Joanna Lawrence recognizing her.

If exposed...

This detestable Joanna would never let her stay.

Without a strong supporter yet, she lacked the strength to rival Joanna Lawrence.

Joanna's single word could destroy all of Annie's painstaking efforts.

"Ms. Aria, don't you realize everyone can spot the surgery on your face?" Joanna kept taunting her, probing further, "Certain things remain counterfeit no matter what. Even if you employ tricks to make them seem authentic, they aren't."

"Sure, plenty of folks in the world resemble each other, but you weren't born with this appearance. You underwent surgery to mimic me, yet you believe the original like me can't detect it? Credit where it's due—the plastic surgeon who worked on you has impressive talent; it appears very lifelike. Still, as a copycat, you dare appear on the same program as me. You claim I shame you, but seeing your face shames me."

"Joanna Lawrence, you've crossed the line!" Annie Lawrence exploded in fury, shouting curses, "Who do you think you are? Without marrying Ashton Heath and having his backing, you'd be worthless right now!"

"What do you possess other than that face!"

Annie Lawrence's face had turned ashen with rage, making Joanna even bolder as she pressed on: "But I did wed Ashton Heath, and he adores me while backing me fully. Even if it galls you, what can you possibly do?"

"I rely on my face, and if it bothers you, tough luck. When you got surgery to resemble me, didn't you admire its beauty and aim to match it for your own gain?"

"Moreover, even without Ashton Heath, I'd remain a White family daughter with loving parents and brother, able to obtain anything effortlessly."

"Don't you envy me? Yet your jealousy changes nothing. You'll never enjoy such fortune in your lifetime. Though your face closely mirrors mine, our fates differ, and you'll never share my blessings."

"Thus, I advise accepting the truth. Don't imagine copying my looks and leeching off my fame will let you reach my level. We're from different worlds; you'll never be me."

"Joanna Lawrence, you... you..." Annie, eyes bulging in rage with veins throbbing on her forehead, jabbed a finger at Joanna. Her lips quivered in utter fury, "You've gone too far."

"Do you fancy yourself superior? Aren't you scared I'll share your words on my blog? So what if you're rich and influential? Think the public will all side with you?"

Wretch, wretch!

She once crushed this miserable woman underfoot and dominated her.

Yet now, this miserable woman lorded over her, showing off her dominance.

She despises her intensely!

"Post it then." Joanna Lawrence looked utterly indifferent, casually fixing her hair while displaying clear scorn and disdain. "Given the divide between us, whose words do you think netizens will trust more—yours or mine?"

"Besides, wealth and influence do make one formidable. Didn't you hear that 99% of worldly issues resolve with money, and the remaining few just need more cash thrown at them?"

"If you're skeptical, go ahead and upload what I said to your blog right now. I'm curious too—will more netizens back you or me?"

Joanna Lawrence intentionally uttered these lines to rile up Annie.

Thus, she behaved utterly haughty, paying Annie no mind whatsoever.

The greater Joanna's air of superiority before Annie, the quicker she ignited. Once Joanna stopped talking, Annie's complexion paled to a sickly green, her eyes reddened, and her frame shook uncontrollably.

Despite her boiling anger, Annie remained powerless against Joanna.

Nor could she counter Joanna's statements.

She recognized the truth in Joanna's claims.

Considering the vast disparity between them now, even a recording of Joanna's words might fail to harm her.

Provided Joanna dismissed it as fabricated.

Far more people would side with Joanna than with her.

Even securing a genuine recording wouldn't help.

The Heath and White families could swiftly discredit it as phony.

At present, she held no means to strike back at this loathsome woman.

Unless...

She secured a mighty ally.

Like... if she could sway Frank Parker, she'd gain the strength to rival Joanna Lawrence.

"I won't waste words on you! Joanna Lawrence, don't get too smug. The world isn't yours alone. Pray you never face misfortune!" Unable to outmatch or harm Joanna, Annie feared saying more might expose her secrets. Discovery by this vile girl would spell trouble.

After her furious outburst, she stormed off in a huff, feet pounding the ground.

Joanna remained rooted in place, her eyes tracking the woman's retreating figure, as her smile gradually vanished.

From the recent questioning, that lingering suspicion deep in her heart bubbled up once more.

Even though it felt somewhat absurd.

Yet, if it turned out to be true...