Anne simply kept quiet because she had no other choice other than trying to escape."Does Anthony hate us that much?" Sarah had lost her appetite and an idea came up as she looked at Anne. "Anne, the next time he lays his hands on you, ask for something. If you can't have him, you ought to at least get something back."Anne was once again reminded how different she was from Sarah."I know that you are proud and can't do that, but if you don't have any money, you won't get anywhere..."Sarah wanted to keep lecturing her, but Anne stood up and said, "I'm going to work."Sarah stared at the door closing before her with a dark expression, thinking to herself, 'what a stubborn girl she is!'Anne went into the subway, feeling drained both physically and mentally.'How can she even suggest that I ask for something in return?' She thought. 'I'd consider myself lucky that Anthony doesn't kill me on the spot if I do that!'Anthony had always known exactly what to do to take full control
Chloe grinned from ear to ear."Mama, come watch us win Daddy!" Charlie shouted."Mama, come!" Chris' face was flushed from the excitement.The two did not dare to take their eyes off the screen, so Anne could tell how much they were struggling, on the other hand, Lucas sat on the couch with his legs crossed and glanced at Anne. "We will be done soon."Anne chuckled, "Carry on. I will watch."She then took a seat on the couch and watched the intensive boxing contest on the television, while Chloe fed the fruits to her brothers and Lucas.She fed them one by one, before offering another piece to her mother again.In the end, Chris and Charlie won, and Lucas managed to make it look as though he did not intentionally lose.Anne had made some coffee for him and he got up. "Let's go to the balcony. You kids carry on."There were chairs and a table on the balcony, so they sat down and admired the night view of the city."I've never played video games with them before," she said wit
Chris stood next to them and said, "I'm curious.""Me, too," Chloe added."In the Archduke Group," Anne said, thinking that there was no need in hiding where their father worked, since they did not know that Anthony was their father, what she did not know was the the triplets had their own plan.The next day, the children arrived back at the apartment on the school bus. When they noticed that the nanny was not by the entrance, they shot one another a look and instantly darted to the other direction as fast as they could.They blended in with the crowd and peered at their surroundings curiously, all the while being shielded by the adults around them and the masks on their faces.A taxi stopped by the road not far from them. Before the customer who got out had the chance to shut the door, the triplets darted into the car.The customer was shocked, especially because the triplets were not accompanied by any adults, but shut the door anyway.The driver turned around in confusion. "W
Seeing how the other two receptionists were still fawning over the triplets, she lowered her voice and tried to warn them. "Hey..."The others didn't hear her and did not notice that something was wrong until Anthony was close enough. They turned around and stood up abruptly, with their bowed.With the receptionist out of the way, Anthony spotted the triplets.Though the triplets had no intention in acknowledging Anthony as their father, they were still slightly excited and all tensed at the sight of Anthony like three anxious little penguins.Anthony stilled for a moment, before walking over to them.The triplets looked up at their father and greeted him with unison. "Hello!""What are you doing here?" He asked expressionlessly."We are lost!" Charlie said."Can you send us home?" Chris requested."Mama can't find us." Chloe sobbed as she looked at Anthony.Anthony scowled, failing to see how that was any of his concern.Three minutes later, the triplets found themselves in
The Rolls Loyce stopped outside the gate of a residential complex."We've arrived!""This is the place!""Thank you, Uncle!"Anthony turned to look at the building before him, noticing that it was the sort of complex that only wealthy people would manage to get in. "I remember that you don't stay here."The first time he had run into the triplets was at the area where Anne lived, which was at a completely different price range compared to the building before him."That is our nanny's place!" Charlie said."We are going to visit our nanny!" Chloe added."Can we get out now?" Chris asked.The car door opened on its own and just like how they got inside, the bodyguard needed to help them out.Anthony simply watched while leaning back leisurely. He was surprised that he managed to tolerate the children for so long despite his lack of patience. It was something that he did not consider possible.Just before the door closed, Chloe turned around and muttered, "Can we...travel in yo
Anne could not bring herself to get angry and stared at them with resignation.She tore the triplets off her legs and said, "Get in line and stand straight."Charlie, Chris and Chloe stood shoulder to shoulder in a line."Well? Why did you run off?" Just because she was not going to get angry, it did not mean that she would let it slip. "Didn't Mama tell you not to run off on your own? Why didn't you listen?"The triplets shot her their puppy-eyes looks."Don't play cute!" Anne said sternly.They continued to look at her dazedly."End of conversation." Lucas came over and patted them on the head. "It's alright. Go drink your milk and go to bed after that.""Wait, they haven't told me why they went to the Archduke Group..." Anne followed closely behind, but Lucas shielded the children and sent them off to drink their milk, before having the nanny take them to bed.Anne had no chance to speak at all, until Lucas came back to talk to her.The two went to the balcony, each holdin
Anne was stunned for a moment, and her face was uneasy.Lucas did not even give her the chance to refuse, so she got up and went to the living room.Anne held the coffee cup and shrunk in the chair. Her eyes were glimmering.This was the first time that Lucas had invited her like this.She knew it was insignificant, but she was still very embarrassed.Anne stayed for the night and made her three children overjoyed.They had not slept with Mama for a long time.Even though the bed was very big, they still snuggled close to Mama, and wanted to hug her.Anne was very satisfied when her children were laying on top of her.The uneasy feeling of staying for the night just dissipated.At the table in the next morning, the two adults and three children had breakfast merrily. It was as if they were a happy family.When they left, they parted ways in two directions.The children were led by the nanny, and Lucas gave Anne a ride.The car only took Anne to the subway station, not the
However, the persistent caller had affected other colleagues.She had to get up and go out to answer the phone, "I'm at work, can you not bother?""Get ready to get off work. I'll wait for you outside." It was Tommy."What?""We're going to a banquet. I need a female companion.""I don't believe that you can't even find a woman. If you really don't have the charm to find one, I can help you find one!""Men don't like to be told we're running out of charm," Tommy sneered."…"Anne did not want to go at all, but at the same time she knew very well that if she did not go, she would be threatened.How nasty.She thought that after the fight with Tommy last time, her relationship with him would get worse.Unexpectedly, this man made it as if nothing had happened.Anne walked out of the company and stood on the side of the road. The Aodi A8 drove near her from the east. She opened the door of the passenger seat, not wanting to sit in the co-pilot seat.Tommy did not say anything