"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
She was about to suffocate when he finally let go. She dropped onto the cold, hard floor helplessly with her head bowed as she gasped for air, feeling as though she was one second away from dying from suffocation.He lifted her face by the chin once again, and Anne met his dark, cold eyes dazedly."Enjoyed it, huh?" He uttered dangerously. "Should we continue?"She wanted to shake her head, but his fingers around her jaw stopped her from doing so. "I've never meant to be involved with you. If you don't want to see me, just let me leave Luton. You know that I would kill to leav…Umph!"The crushing force around her jaw stopped her from continuing, and she whimpered in pain."Playing hard to get?" He sneered devilishly.She wanted to argue but understood how it looked for him that she had started working in Marwood Group.The tension was interrupted by the sound of Anthony's phone vibrating.He let go of Anne and glanced at his phone before answering. "What is it?"His emotionles
"How can you be sure? Did you not see the exchange between those two in the meeting room? There's something between them!"Tommy was more than sure because he had found out about the triplets.As soon as Anne returned to the office, her colleague informed her that her phone had been ringing.She had left her phone on the desk, and it started ringing again when she went back to her workstation.She glanced at the display and realized it was Sarah calling, so she took the phone outside to answer with resignation."Anne, I heard that you started working in the Marwood Group? How? Was it Ron?" Sarah asked in excitement."No.""Who then?""I went to apply for the job myself," Anne dismissed.Luckily, Sarah was not truly curious about how Anne started working in Marwood Group. It came as a pleasant surprise that Anne had become an employee in the Marwood Group, and it had sparked her ambition to strengthen Anne's position in the company so that she would not have to worry about the
When she received the number, she could not help but feel that she had seen it somewhere. The name of the contact popped up on the screen as soon as she made the call and her expression darkened. As soon as the call was answered, Anne roared, "Where are the kids, Tommy Marwood?!""Here with me."She took a few deep breaths to stop herself from cursing because her priority at the moment was to find the children. "Address. Now. I'm coming over."After the call, Tommy turned to look at the triplets, who were furious.Charlie had a plastic knife in his hand and was standing in front of Chris and Chloe protectively. "Come any closer, and I will cut you!""Ah! I'm so scared!" He placed a hand on his chest and added, "Your mommy is coming.""You are a bad guy!" Chloe observed Tommy warily."We cannot trust you!" Chris added.Tommy studied the boys' faces and was annoyed by how much they resembled Anthony, but he found Chloe adorable and waved at her. "Come here. I can give you candy."