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
After taking back the cash prizes, Charles started spamming Anna’s private chat again. Anna’s phone could not stop buzzing.[Why won’t you reply?][Are you mute?][Are you blind?][Is everything above your neck just there for show?][Is everything below your neck also just for show?][You’re still awake? Are you a pig?]…Anna was thrown into a daze by all his insults.‘Is there seriously something wrong with his head?’Anna kept trying to block her, yet his account seemed to have some special functions. No matter how many times she blocked her, his messages still got through to her phone, making it buzz continuously.Anna took a deep breath to calm herself down.She yearned to reply to his messages to ask him who he was, but in the end, she refrained.First of all, that person had popped into her friends list out of nowhere.Secondly, he did not have any information on his profile, indicating it was a new account.Thirdly, he knew her name, so he could be a student at h
Anna managed to reach the hospital before noon. However, she was in no rush to enter. She had no idea why she even went. She wondered what Liam was up to this time.Could he be using her lie about her blindness to force her into doing things she did not want to do?That huge pervert had always been yearning for her. Clearly, he had no good intentions this time around either.Anna held on to the black wristband on her wrist. As she fumed internally about Liam’s intentions, her lips subconsciously curled upward.“Anna, what are you smiling about?” Chloe questioned as she glanced at Anna.Anna was staggered. “I was smiling?”“Yeah. So joyously too. It was as if you were thinking about your lover. The kind of smile that would make someone’s imagination run wild.” An opportunistic glow appeared in Chloe’s eyes. She drew closer to Anna and whispered, “Anna, there’s something not right here! Are you having an affair?”Anna’s eyes turned dark. “Is that any of your business?”“Of cour
The lights in the examination room were dim. There was also a series of blackout curtains within the room. When Anna first entered the room, she did not notice the man sitting on the furthest chair in the room at all.After she found out that Liam was there, she could not be at ease at all.“Attracting ghosts? Ms. Hamilton, did you see something you weren’t supposed to?” Micheal asked curiously.Anna let out a nervous laugh. “Dr. Hart, you must be joking. I can’t see anything right now, so how can I see something I’m not supposed to?”Micheal nodded. “I thought you had regained your vision.”Anna felt her surroundings with her hands, just like a blind person would. “I think I might be hallucinating. My mind seems to be easily filled with all sorts of hallucinations these days.”“Those things are all conjured up by your mind. You could only see those hallucinations if you’re constantly thinking about it in your head,” Micheal explained.Anna hit the table. “Dr. Hart, that makes s
Anna widened her beautiful eyes and stared at Liam’s large hand that was sliding down his own body.Just watching his movement had her body heat up. Her throat immediately turned dry.“Looks like you really want to see it.” Liam dragged his words out. A look of amusement filled his ink-black eyes.Anna felt her chest tighten. She abruptly snapped out of her daze and covered her eyes, screaming.“Huh? How could you be so perverted!”Liam was still grinning. He leaned in closer to Anna and moved her hands away from her face.“Don’t be shy. It’s not like you’ve never seen one before.”“You…!” Anna ground her teeth in fury.“Last time, I let you off the hook because you were feeling unwell. Now that you’re all healed up, I do not need to pardon you anymore,” Liam whispered. She could feel the heat of his scalding breath.Anna was flustered. Her heart thumped violently. She ground her teeth and said, “You really are…”Anna could not even think of any adjectives to describe him!H
It was a modern romance movie with an artistic touch. Most of the scenes were dragged out but with beautiful cinematography. The male and female lead loved each other but could not be together—that was the tear-jerking plot behind the entire movie. Anna subtly glanced at the man sitting beside her. She did not expect Liam to bring her to the movies—especially not this kind of movie. Who knew a brash and simple man like him would watch an emotional film about painful love…Anna shook away the goosebumps on her body. No matter how she looked at it, this scene did not suit him at all.Even so, Liam did not say a word. In fact, he seemed to be pretty absorbed in the movie, leaving Anna with no choice but to force herself to watch. Nonetheless, her mind had wandered off to a place far away…Halfway through the movie, they heard some girls whispering, “What’s wrong with people nowadays? How could they kiss like that in a theater? Look, even her dress has been lifted.”“Tut-tut, do you