Anne tensed at the realization that Anthony was going to get involved in the investigation, but she was certain that Bianca was the one pulling the strings. Anne did not know if Anthony was aware of that, but even if he did not, he would surely side with Bianca when he eventually found out.There was no hope in justice and she simply felt pressured, because she knew that she would have to swallow her pride and accept it when Anthony decided to cover the truth up for Bianca's sake.Just then, Anthony’s phone started vibrating. He glanced at it and answered, "What's wrong?"Noticing his gentle tone, Anne immediately realized that it was Bianca on the phone."I'm at the hospital...sure, come over."'Bianca is coming here?' Anne thought, 'Does that mean I get to confront her? Why do I get the feeling that this isn't that simple?'She then heard knocking on the door and the doctor walked inside.The doctor was bold and had a huge belly with greed written all over his face.The docto
"I've been watching you since you got pregnant and I knew that I'd been exposed as soon as I found out that you were coming to the hospital." Michelle turned to Anthony. "Anthony, there's a reason that I did this. She got pregnant with your child and tried to get rid of it in secret. I didn't think she should so I bribed the doctor to pretend that they terminated the pregnancy. I did what I did to keep Anthony's child. If I was wrong for doing so, please punish me and I won't say a word."Anne was rendered speechless by Michelle's speech, which pointed a blaming finger to Anne herself instead and Michelle appeared to be the saint of the story according to her.The door was opened once again and Bianca walked in. She glanced around the room and walked over to Anthony in confusion. "What's wrong? What happened?""What else? It's about Anne's failed abortion in this hospital! I admitted that I was the one who bribed the doctor," Michelle confessed honestly."What?" Bianca exclaimed in
Oliver immediately started driving once she got into the car. He glanced at the rear-viewing mirror and saw the depressed expression on Anne's face."Mr. Marwood will get to the bottom of this," Oliver said."I imagine that Bianca would have nothing to do with this by the time he's done." Anne stared outside the window. She had not expected to get anything out of this from the moment she stepped out of the hospital."You are different to Mr. Marwood," Oliver said."Your consolation only makes me feel worse," she said with a cold look on her face. "Don't speak for him. I know just what kind of a man he is, better than anyone else."When Anne arrived home, she collapsed onto the couch and felt as though she had reached her limit both physically and mentally.She remained in a horrible mood until Sarah came to visit."Why do you look worse? Did you even rest?" Sarah asked."I was watching television," Anne said."You were watching television, instead of resting? I told you it's b
Anthony would simply neglect the facts and stop the investigation to avoid hurting the woman he loved, and if his plaything was to get hurt in the process, so be it.Feeling miserable and exhausted, Anne was in despair. She lowered her head sorrowfully. "Just go. I want nothing to do with you and I want you to stop coming here. You are not welcomed here."His expression darkened as he darted forward to grab her by the arm."Stop…let me go! Don't touch me! You disgust me..."He dragged her into the room and tossed her onto bed, before pinning her down with his weight."Disgusted?" He grabbed her by the chin and pressed his lips against hers forcefully."Umph!" She could not believe that he would insist on insulting her in such a manner despite what had happened.He did not let her go until she was at the brink of suffocation. Anne gasped for air and her face was flushing a crimson shade from the lack of oxygen.He tilted her face up and said, "I can kiss you until you are not di
Lucas wrapped his arm around the three of them. "Have you missed me?""We have!""Here are your gifts," Lucas said as the driver behind him brought bags of souvenirs into the living room.The triplets cheered and ran over."Why did you come home so early? Is everything settled?" Anne asked."Yeah, nothing of import left to deal with," Lucas said. "I should have told you, but I wanted to surprise you."She chuckled, "Consider me surprised. Is Tommy back as well?""No. He is the boss, so he won't be back so soon." He studied her face and asked, "are you ill? You don't look so well."She touched her face and said, "Really? I don't feel anything."Her body had been traumatized only five days ago, so she wouldn't be able to recover so soon after the surgery."Have you eaten? Why don't I cook something for you?" She changed the subject."I ate on the plane, so I'm good. I'll stay for a while and go home later."Charlie received a beautiful toy knife, Chloe received a limited-edit
Half-way through the meal, Chloe wanted to go to the washroom.Not wanting to trouble the nanny, Anne took her to the washroom and walked past another room on their way back.A waiter happened to be walking out and Anne turned to look, only to be startled by the sight of Bianca and Michelle. She immediately picked Chloe up and hurried back to their room.Chloe shot Anne a confused look. "Mama?""It's okay."Once they were inside the room, Lucas noticed the odd look on Anne's face. "What's wrong? Saw someone you know?""Bianca and Michelle," she said, "didn't expect to see them here.""Did they see you?""No. They were inside a room.""There's nothing to worry about, then." Lucas scowled. "What a coincidence."After dinner, Lucas went to drive the car around while the nanny took the triplets into the car.Anne was the last to leave.She stopped when she walked past one of the rooms and went inside.The two women inside had thought that it was a rude waitress who came in, bu
The manager hesitated for a moment. "Did you lose something?""Yeah, we did," Bianca said."Something of great value," Michelle added.The manager apologized, "I'm sorry, ma'am. There's an issue with our surveillance cameras, so we can't check. If it's something important, we can help look for it."Both Bianca and Michelle paled at his words. However, there was nothing they could do if the cameras did not capture anything, so the two had to simply accept that Anne was lucky.Anne sat by the window with Chloe on her lap, as they stared at the street lights together.She listened to Chloe counting the lights while drifting off to her own thoughts.Anne thought back to what happened in the club.She was not worried about Bianca finding out about Lucas or the children. The fact that Bianca managed to find her way to them meant that there was not other people inside the club because Lucas had informed the owner about it ahead of time, even if Bianca and Michelle wanted to investigat
Bianca went to the Archduke Group in the evening, and Anthony was nowhere to be found because there was a meeting.She went into his office alone.Every time she entered his office, she would be overwhelmed by the joy and pride of being powerful and no one could take that glory from her, nor could anyone replace her in Anthony's heart, including Anne.She circled back to stand behind the desk and though the screen was pitch black, the computer seemed to be on.Wondering if she would find Archduke Group's action plan, she turned on the monitor and the screen lit up, only to find surveillance feed from nine different cameras.'Why would this be in Anthony's office?' She thought, 'Isn't there a specific department to manage the surveillance cameras in the building? He shouldn't be paying attention to this considering how busy he is.'In the midst of her confusion, she realized something odd in the footage.'Why is Tommy there?' She wondered.Shortly after, she spotted a few employ