"Umph!"Her head was already spinning, and the dizziness simply worsened at the sudden movement. She felt a pressure on her chin, and she was forced to gaze up dazedly."Who am I?"She twitched in fear at the freezing tone. Instantly, her vision became clearer, and she stared dazed at the devilish face before her. "You...""Disappointed that it's not your Mr. Principal, hm?" He forced her to lift her chin further as he narrowed his eyes dangerously.Her neck tensed, giving her a beautiful yet frail appearance. "Why... are you here? It's none of your business...""It is none of my business, but you were in my way," he said before dragging her out of the car by the arm."Ah!" she exclaimed.By the time they arrived at her apartment, Anne had mostly sobered. Though she felt light-headed, she finally recognized Anthony and was terrified."Cook something," He ignored the wary expression on her face and commanded.Still feeling a little dazed, she stared at him in confusion with fl
"I'm done over here. What about you? Are you still at the hotel?" Bianca asked."I already left.""I just thought that maybe we can grab some food if you aren't full already. Sorry about tonight," she said. Anne remained dazed at the beginning when her mouth was covered, but she started to run out of air. It became suffocating, and she struggled to move the hand on her mouth, but it would not budge, so she simply tried to wiggle out of it."Where are you now? Still not going to rest?" Bianca asked."In my study room. It's still early," Anthony said."I knew it. It's quiet on your side. Alright, go back to your thing then!""Yeah."After the call, he moved his hand away from Anne's face.She coughed as fresh air flowed into her lungs. "Ugh! What are you doing... Ahem!" Eventually, the coughing eased, and she looked up in tears as she struggled to focus on Anthony's face, but her vision was blurred from the lack of oxygen. "That was Bianca, right? If you are that afraid that sh
"How dare you threaten me?" His eyes were filled with malicious anger as he questioned in a furious voice."It hurts..." Her face twitched in pain as she struggled to speak. "Yeah, I... only have one life, so... so even if you manage to do as you please now, I am... going to slit my own throat as soon as you are gone. Why don't you try me..." Her drunken voice was weak, but every word was laced with determination.He grabbed her by the jaw, and because her face was small, he could almost hold her entire with just one of his hands."Playing the virtuous woman now, are we? For who, hm?" he questioned viciously. "Looks like you have really taken a liking to the kindergarten principal!""It's not that... I just... don't think we should be doing this anymore if you've already decided to cast me aside..."He shoved her aside with a dark, vengeful expression. "I look forward to seeing what would happen to that principal now that he has you on his tail."With that, he turned and left.A
The three hurried to her and held onto her legs.Anne chuckled and set the bags in her hands down to wrap her arms around them. Every time she was apart from her children, she would miss them dearly.The triplets immediately noticed the bandage on her forehead."Mama, what happened to your head?""Did you fall, Mama?""Does it hurt, Mama?" Chloe asked with tears gathering in her eyes.Not wanting to worry them, she immediately said, "It doesn't hurt. I just fell. It really feels like nothing!""What did you hit? I will break it!" Charlie said.Just as she was about to say something, she noticed Lucas walking over."If there's something in the way, you should get rid of it," he said with a mature tone that naturally made people respect him.She hastily let go of the children and bowed. "Hello, Mr. Newman."Lucas glanced at her forehead and picked up the bags on the floor. "Come in."She realized that she should not be standing at someone else's door and went inside with the
She lowered her gaze when he leaned in closer.She felt the cold air when her wound was exposed and the warmth of his breath on her skin.Anne gazed up to meet Lucas's eyes and felt her pulse speeding."Did Anthony do this?" He asked.She looked away frantically. "No. I drank too much last night and fell. It's true...I'm sorry for not being there when you went all the way there to pick me up. I didn't expect Anthony to be having dinner there as well and he just forced me into his car...""What exactly does he want?" Lucas asked calmly."I...my aunt married into the Marwood family and he resents me because of that. It's been going on for a while now, so I've gotten used to it," she explained gloomily.Lucas must already know about the situation, but what he did not know was why Anthony would resent Anne's mother so much that he had to vent his anger on Anne, in Anthony's eyes, Sarah was a homewrecker and Anne was the daughter of the homewrecker that destroyed his family."Have y
Perhaps her children had noticed an abnormality in her recent behavior, but telling her children the truth felt like she was doing something wrong in front of them.She headed home alone at night, drowning in her own thoughts. She felt as though she could barely breathe from all the pressure in life and it was only when she was with her children that she could forget about the troubles for a while.Ultimately, all the pressure she was feeling originated from Anthony.The next day at work, she went to the restroom to pour herself a glass of water and found her gossiping colleagues falling into silence as soon as she returned.The awkward atmosphere was painfully obvious and Anne wondered how she had become the topic of their gossip.Her colleague that sat across from her asked, "Anne, do you pay attention to scandals or things like that?"She hesitated for a moment and asked, "Like what happened with Michelle Grainger, you mean?""Do you know about the scandals concerning the Mar
Anne recognized the voice and knew that it was Lucas' assistant. Knowing that he must be busy at the moment, Anne did not continue the conversation and ended the call.For a long while, she could not seem to regain her composure because she felt like there was more to the situation. The attention on the incident had only increased in the past two days almost as though the school had hidden the truth about the death of the female student back then.At the moment, the triplets were the only ones who were in Lucas' apartment and they had not seen him in the past two days.Just then, they heard the door knob turning and Lucas stepped into the apartment.Anne stood up abruptly."Daddy!" The three children chirped and Anne blushed at the way they addressed him.Lucas casually walked over to pat them on the head, before turning his attention to Anne. "You're here."Though there was still a smile on his face, Anne could tell how troubled he was and looked away. "I just got here.""I wa
She received no response after a while and got into a taxi to head toward Royal Mansion.Anthony was a businessman, so it was not possible for him to miss a phone call, even if he was in the shower, she had waited enough to rule that out as a possibility.If Anthony had not replied, it meant that Bianca was not in the Royal Mansion, otherwise he would do everything to prevent her from ruining his time with the woman he loved.Half an hour later, she arrived at the Royal Mansion.The Royal Mansion was not as bright as the typical luxurious mansions and was most hidden in the darkness in a terrifying manner that would scare off any visitors.Seeing the Rolls Loyce parked outside the gate, she bit on her lip and summoned the courage to climb up the stairs, feeling the weight of her fear with each step she took.She knew that there would be no end to what was happening to the Pinnacle Academy if she did not come to Anthony herself, since he was the person pulling the strings and more