"Are you scared now?" Tommy looked at her, using reverse psychology. "The more he wished for you not to appear, the more that you should be appearing before him. Who knows, one day he would be annoyed enough to kick you out of Luton?"Anne was not triggered but looked straight at him. "If Anthony really wanted me to get out of Luton, can I really leave then?"In other words, Tommy was still holding her secret in his hands. It was still subject to him.Otherwise, once she left and Tommy informed Anthony about the kids, Anthony would catch her no matter where on the planet she was on. Then she could really go to heaven earlier."You don't understand me. If he ever lets you leave, I will let go of you too," Tommy said.Anne looked at him doubtfully. Based on her previous experiences, this looked more like a trap."I know you don't believe me, but I am telling the truth." Tommy's eyes looked extra sincere."What do you want?" Anne was not naively buying it. Tommy came with intention
Without another word, she followed Michelle out.Outside the corridor, Michelle took her sunglasses off and questioned, "Do you know Bianca Faye?"Anne nodded. "What does that have to do with me?""Of course, it's related to you! I thought you liked Anthony?" Michelle mocked, "I used to think that he liked you, so I didn't think you would be replaced so soon!""I will tell you this again: he doesn't like me, he just... wants to torture me because of my aunt," Anne argued because she knew for a fact that Anthony did not 'like' her."Is that so?" Michelle crossed her arms smugly and said, "I already told Bianca that you have slept with him for god knows how many times!"Anne's expression darkened. "What did you just say?""I finished filming the movie and went home to Anthony to find that woman talking to him about pianos! Oh, that's right. I heard that she's some famous pianist overseas or something. To me, whoever tries to take Anthony from me is my enemy!" She scanned Anne up a
A burning sensation instantly spread across her cheek. As soon as she managed to balance herself, she shot Michelle an icy glare."How... How can you just hit people like that?" Lucia questioned sharply."Who are you to interfere?" Michelle mocked.Humiliated, Lucia bit her lip in silence.Michelle walked closer to Anne in rage. "I hit you, but so what? I wish I could just kill you! I wouldn't be swarmed by all these negative comments about me if you hadn't posted those photos of me! Anne Vallois, good for you!""I have nothing to do with it." Anne's hand dropped, and the palm print on her cheek came into sight."Nothing to do with you? Who else knows about me getting surgery? You should at least own up to what you did! I knew sl*ts like you have no sense of decency or virtues whatsoever!" Michelle pointed her finger at Anne's nose, and just before her finger was about to come into contact with Anne's face, she shoved Michelle away forcefully.Not expecting the sudden movement,
"You can go to the human resource department to get your salary for this month. They will calculate the commission for your sales in the past month as well.""Thank you." Without protesting at all, she left the manager's office before heading to the human resources department.She knew well enough that protesting would not mean a thing. Without Anthony's protection, she could receive three hundred complaints and still remain in the clinic. He had told her not to appear before him again, so he did not see a point in providing her a job any longer.Without another word, Anne received every penny of her salary and left after informing her team leader and Lucia. Both of them were shocked, but neither could help her.Anne did not have much to pack from work, so she left and got onto the subway that took her home. She glanced at the subway route and got off in the city center.She had just received sixty thousand dollars from her company, so she intended to buy her children something be
Oliver followed him into the office as he reported all the updates.Anthony took off his jacket and casually laid it on the couch before walking toward his desk while loosening his collar.Oliver took it that Anthony was satisfied with the company's progress since he had not raised any questions.After a pause, Oliver added, "Ms. Vallois has quitted the Aesthetic Clinic's side. Michelle Grainger wanted her gone, so I agreed to her request."As soon as he said those words, he began to panic at Anthony's silence. Though Anthony remained quiet earlier, Oliver was still anxious as he sensed the tension inside the office.Just as he thought that he had done something wrong, he heard Anthony's emotionless voice saying, "Alright."Oliver nodded carefully before leaving the room. He did not notice his heart racing until the door was closed.He realized that he had been overthinking since Anthony did not seem to care about Anne any longer.Oliver had meant to save Anthony the trouble. S
Sarah stepped toward the door hesitantly but did not go inside. "Anne, I'll let you rest, then. I'll be on my way."By the time Anne came outside, Sarah was gone, and the card was sitting on her coffee table.She stared dazedly at the card. Anne did not resent Sarah. She cared for her 'aunt', after all; she simply wasn't used to considering her as her 'mother'.In the end, Sarah was still her mother, and she could not bring herself to hate her when she herself was a mother of three as well.Her phone inside the room started ringing and disrupted her sulking.She got up to find her phone and realized that it was a call from Tommy. She did not want to answer, but he refused to give up and kept calling until she picked up."What do you want?" she answered in frustration."I heard you lost your job?" Tommy drawled. His tone was an odd balance between mockery and sympathy. Before Anne could respond, he continued, "Come to work at the Marwood Group!""What? No way," she refused witho
Anne noticed that Tommy was staring, so she leaned back in annoyance.Not at all ashamed that he was caught, he continued casually, "What's wrong with being my assistant?""I want something else. Another post where I can stay away from you.""You will take what I give you." He kept one hand on the steering wheel and leaned one arm against the edge of the car window."Fine! Go tell Anthony that I have been hiding his children from him, and I'll go tell him that you were working in the dark to kill him." Anne refused to step down on the matter. "I've already compromised. Don't get too cocky."He tapped his finger on the steering wheel rhythmically as he considered her words. "Alright! I will get you a position that isn't too hard and where you can stay away from people... How about an accounting officer? Is there a problem with that?""... None." Anne was content with the offer. It was a position that required minimal human contact and would not have too heavy of a workload. Though
She knocked on the meeting room door and went inside. She was instantly greeted by the suffocating tension inside. Pursing her lips, she looked for the CFO gingerly, only to accidentally meet a pair of familiar, brooding eyes. She instantly stilled and paled.Anthony sat at the seat that was furthest from the door with his side facing the door. His perfectly sculpted features gave him a cold, intimidating presence as he stared indifferently at her."Anne?" the CFO, Charmaine Turner, called out.Snapping out of the initial shock, Anne forced herself to move toward Charmaine to hand her the documents before turning her heels to run. She held her breath until she was out of the meeting room, and instead of returning to the finance department, she went to the bathroom to calm herself.Inside the washroom, she stared dazedly at the frightened expression on her reflection as she tried to make sense of the situation.'Why is Anthony in the shareholders meeting, and on the first day I sta