Chloe smiled vibrantly at Bryan. The look in her eyes was charming and tantalizing which made Bryan heat up a little.“Bryan, a toast to you, for loving my sister so much. Thank you.”Bryan had no choice but to lift his glass and take a small sip.He knew Chloe’s alcohol tolerance well. If she drank the entire glass, she would surely start acting recklessly. He shot a warning glance at Chloe, yet she continued to refill her glass and stood up to toast to Anna.“Anna, your eyes still have not recovered, so you can’t drink. I wish you a speedy recovery.”Chloe intentionally paused between the last three words. It was as if she was cursing Anna. Anna heard it loud and clear.Nicole noticed something was wrong. She quickly said, “Chloe, I’m sure Bryan and Anna have heard your thanks and blessings. Come pour Bryan some wine.”“It’s alright. I got it,” Bryan declined.At that moment, Byran was in no mood to deal with the mother-daughter duo’s benevolence. “Anna, you must be tired the
Anna held her phone in her hand and watched as the messages popped up on her phone. She was overwhelmed by the sheer amount of messages sent.[Hello, fellow student, who are you? Why are you sending angry face emojis to Geeky Anna?][The student looks familiar. Is he a freshman?][What happened between you and Geeky Anna?][You should be asking what did Geeky Anna did to him.]“...”Charles did not respond. Thus, the nosy students started tagging him in their messages, but he still never replied.The students made a few more curious guesses, then the group chat slowly died down, seeing that none of the two main characters was replying.Suddenly, someone sent a link to a lucky draw in the group. Once again, the chat blew up.[Wow, the prizes are amazing!][Thank you, good sir.][Thank you, boss.]Words of thanks dominated the entire chat.Anna could not help but click in as well.Ding, ding, ding!Anna could not believe she won a huge prize of 66 dollars!Meanwhile, some
Charles’s flood of prizes finally stopped.Even so, their enthusiasm still lingered.The students started chanting for Charles again. [Geeky Anna hasn’t got enough! Don’t stop yet!][Keep up the prizes and you’ll win over the princess!][More! More!][Perhaps he really did go broke! He did just give out a few hundred thousands!][This is the first time I’ve seen anyone give out this much in cash prizes.][No matter how rich he is, there must still be a limit. I guess that’s all the prizes we’ll have today.]Anna stared at Charles’s profile. Suspicion filled her heart.His stubborn and overbearing personality reminded her of someone…‘It can’t be! No, it can’t be!‘Why would he be in my university’s group chat!‘But if it isn’t him… who else can it be?’…Liam’s office.He was in a meeting with James and some executives of his company. They were reporting to him the company’s performance for the month. Meanwhile, Liam was busy playing with his phone under the table, c
Liam’s expression was cold. He kept sending messages to Anna, yet she never replied to any of them.At last, he grew tired of this game and called her number directly. However, all he heard was a robotic voice, saying, “The mobile you are trying to reach has been switched off…”Exasperated, Liam threw his phone away. It bounced a few times, then lay flat on the floor in silence.James realized what was going on. The only person who could make Mr. Ackman throw such a huge tantrum was none other than Anna Hamilton.James was rendered speechless. Did the two get into an argument?‘We’re doomed!’James could sense the imminent arrival of death. Soon, the office would turn into living hell again!When Anna woke up, it was already evening.Darkness loomed outside the window. Grey clouds billowed in the sky as if waiting for the perfect time to start a storm.Anna switched her phone back on. Messenger notifications flooded her screen.It was that crazy pervert again!He sent all so
“Ah!”A loud shriek sounded from Nicole’s lips.The boiling hot soup did not spill onto Anna, but was, instead, poured all over Nicole.Anna had been keeping her guard up against Nicole that whole time. When she saw Nicole slipped and was about to pour the bowl of soup toward her, Anna knew that was her chance to see through Nicole.Anna grabbed the pillow beside her and threw it toward Nicole, screaming, “I said I don’t want any food! Take it out! I want to rest!”“Ah!”Her loud shriek was accompanied by the sound of the bowl shattering on the floor. Both sounds reverberated in the room.Daniel and Chloe heard it too.“What happened? What happened?”They came upstairs to be met with Anna hugging herself tightly. Fear filled her beautiful eyes. Meanwhile, Nicole was screaming in pain as she flapped the drenched long dress she had on.“What… What happened?” Daniel questioned.Nicole gazed at Daniel with a pitiable expression. “Danny, I was worried that Anna isn’t eating anyth
Daniel glanced at Nicole and turned to Anna. He did not utter a word.The air felt as if it was frozen solid.Daniel was a little confused. It seemed like the situation was not so simple after all.He growled annoyedly, “What happened exactly?”Nicole rubbed the corner of her eyes and whimpered, “Anna, I can’t believe you’re framing me. I have always been patient and compliant with you. I treated you as my own daughter. I can’t believe you would hurt me like this…”Anna scoffed internally. If she had actually lost her vision, or if she was still the naive girl she once was, she would have been the one scalded by the soup.Even so, Nicole continued her wretched act and pointed her finger at Anna. Nicole could feel Anna’s piercing gaze on her. It sent a shiver down her spine. However, when she turned to Anna, her eyes were once again empty and unfocused.“Mom, if I wanted to frame you, I would have found a better excuse. Don’t you think this method is too substandard? I may not
Daniel sat on the sofa, smoking. Nicole fixed her gaze on him, observing his reaction. When he saw a hint of suspicion toward Anna in his eyes, she smiled and quickly spoke up.“Perhaps I had hoped too hard for Anna to get better! You’re right, how can the best hospital in the city make a wrong diagnosis.”“Yeah, you must be overthinking things! You probably care too much about her. If Anna can see, why would she say she can’t?“Besides, look at the state she’s in now. How can you say she’s pretending!” Daniel growled. “Danny, I never said Anna is pretending to be blind!” Nicole hurriedly corrected, “Anna has always been distant toward us, but I know she’s an honest kid!”Nicole sighed. “I can’t be at peace with her current state. I keep feeling like I’m not taking care of her well enough.”“Don’t say that. You’re already taking care of her so well. Anna didn’t have a mother since she was a young child, so her personality can be a little conceited. Give it some time, she’ll get
Heavy rain followed by a loud thunderclap.Anna was having trouble sleeping soundly. The booming thunder woke her up. After that, she found that she could not go back to sleep.Liam had not been contacting her those few days. ‘Did he forget about me?‘Maybe…’‘He has a new woman in mind?’Anna shook her head, shaking away the nonsense in her head.She was glad that he did not bother her. It would be even better if their relationship could come to a clean break! Otherwise, the ending would be bad for both of them if they had kept up this entanglement!Anna grabbed her phone. The soft lumination of her phone screen shone onto her bare face in the dark, making it seem as though her face was glowing. She clicked into her university group chat, wondering if that quirky Charles had done anything weird in the chat again.She opened the chat to be met with the students having a discussion about her.[Guys, why do you think Geeky Anna hasn’t been appearing these few days?][You’re t