She could only guess that he had been waiting for her."You looked desperate, so I figured you were looking for me."She pursed her lips at the realization that Anthony was onto her every move.'I thought he was in the meeting? Why would he know that I was walking back and forth to the bathroom?' she thought. Without time to consider, she blurted out, "Are you okay?"He sneered. "So you are here to pay your respect, hm?"Her eyes darted away. "I will cut to the chase if you don't want me to at least ask how you are doing. I wanted to talk to you about something... Can you restore my citizenship?""Why?"Anne froze at his question. "What do you mean? The truth has come out, and we have nothing to do with your mother's death. Shouldn't you let us go already?""Nothing to do with it, huh?" He stared at her with a mysterious look."Yeah! It was your…Ron was the one who kept chasing after my mom, and she didn't accept it. Ron himself admitted to it! You can't just keep tormenting
It was no wonder that Anthony realized that Nigel had sold a house to her right away. He had an apartment here as well.Anne felt as shaken as she would if she saw Anthony eating fast food by the street.She wanted to ignore it and leave, but a noise from the balcony startled her into looking back.Anthony was leaning against the chair, and the glass in his hand slipped onto the ground, shattering into pieces. Meanwhile, he seemed completely relaxed with his head tilted to the side, his eyes closed and his face pale.'Did he pass out? Can I pretend like I didn't see him?' she thought.She could not.No matter how much she feared and resented Anthony, he was still the father of her children. However, she could not simply call out to him as well, and calling Bianca was not an option either, or Bianca would question how Anne came to find out where Anthony was.The only person whom Anne knew the contact number of and would not have to worry about words getting out would be Xander, b
"Why aren't you leaving?"She turned around and glared at him. "Can I go through your door?""You can't."She stared daggers at him. She was far too traumatized to go back the way she climbed over, so she did not want to do it all over again. "Who did you think I came all the way here for? What is it going to cost you to just let me use your door? Your life?""I just saved you."Anne was rendered speechless."I haven't eaten." Anthony closed his eyes lazily.She scowled and wondered if he was asking her to cook for him.Anne contemplated the options before her, knowing perfectly well that Anthony would not have said such a thing if he was not commanding her. If she did not wish to go through the fences again, she would have to cook for him to get the opportunity to leave."...Sure, what do you have here? I can cook."She went into the kitchen to prepare a meal for Anthony, but as there was nothing in the refrigerator, he had to order someone to deliver fresh ingredients.'If
Anne came to and hurried over to stop him from leaving. "Why do you insist on making me stay? I want to go home.""I'm not in the mood, so don't test me." Anthony narrowed his eyes dangerously."You're not in the mood, but I have to be?" she questioned in confusion. She could not understand why Anthony could not send her away to feel better if he resented her so much.He glared at her as he grabbed her by the shoulder and shoved her into the room."You…!" Forced to enter the room, Anne stumbled inside.Anthony then proceeded to ignore her and went into the bathroom.Anne stood still, not knowing what to do. She desperately wanted to leave but did not have the courage to disobey him. In the end, she figured that the least she could do was to leave the room.Feeling uncomfortable at the sound of the water running inside the bathroom, she turned to leave and went outside, pacing back and forth in the living room as though that would help her find a way to leave.She eventually too
She called out to Anthony. "Hey, take your medicine. Kathryn brought them here for you."Anthony did not respond as though he was deeply asleep.Anne stared at his perfect features and was amazed by how cold and dangerous he seemed even when he was asleep.She lowered her voice and said, "Snow White, here's your apple."Anthony's eyes opened abruptly.She fell backward and landed on the ground but immediately crawled back up before pointing at the nightstand. "Kathryn brought you your medicine.""Are you sure that's not poisoned?" he asked calmly.She rubbed at her nose and stood by the side. "I... I was just joking around."Without another word, Anthony sat up and swallowed the pill without having to drink any water.Anne had thought that Anthony would be offended by her joke but was relieved that he was not. Still, she was terrified and confused as to why he would not wake up when she was asking properly."Um. Can I leave now?" she asked gingerly.He leaned back against th
She had a habit of holding onto the triplets when she slept, so she must have mistaken Anthony for her children in her sleep.Realizing that she had wrapped one leg around Anthony's, so she immediately moved it away. Anne shot a glance at Anthony, who was still sleeping and slowly backed away from Anthony's embrace.She was sweating profusely by the time she got out of bed, and as soon as her feet touched the ground, she darted off.Anthony opened his eyes when he heard the door closing.Anne did not stop until she arrived at her own apartment, like she was running from something. After grabbing her phone, she left the apartment and did not look at the phone until she was in the car.She scowled when she noticed that there were three missed calls from Bianca.Why would Bianca be looking for her?She then realized that since Anthony had been gone the whole night, Bianca was surely searching everywhere for him.'Where was Anthony's phone? I think it was on the table on the balcon
Anne's expression darkened. "You sure seem proud of yourself for falsely accusing someone by manipulating the internet?""Falsely accusing you? Go on, then. Where were you all night?" Bianca questioned sharply.Anne was not sure if Bianca knew about Julie's apartment. Even if she did not, Anne was not about to inform her about the new apartment Nigel had purchased for her recently.It would be equally troublesome for Bianca to find out about it.Just as she contemplated what she should say, Bianca's phone rang.Bianca checked on her phone and walked over to the side to answer it.Anne could faintly overhear what she was saying."Anthony, where have you been? I was worried sick, thinking that something had happened to you because you won't answer your phone. You got drunk? You should have called me over to the clubhouse to take care of you then. You didn't have to suffer through that alone..." Bianca said.Anne was impressed by how good Bianca was at acting when she listened to
Anne's expression darkened, but she turned to face the triplet with a smile regardless. "Going to school? Is the school bus here yet? Go on."The triplets hurried down the stairs and glared at Bianca once they were on the ground."Who are you? Who are you fighting?""I know her. She's the one who presses keys for a living," Chloe said.Bianca was furious that a child had the audacity to describe her elegant art of the piano forte as 'pressing keys'."We don't welcome you here! You are the one who should leave!" Chris said.To prevent Bianca from saying anything worse, Anne told the nanny, "I'm going to be fine here. Don't let this delay the children from going to school.""Alright..." The nanny pulled the children away.Charlie was the most hot-tempered among the three, so he shouted fiercely despite being dragged away. "Key-presser, I remember you now! If you bully that lady there, I will make sure you suffer..."Anne watched as the children were dragged away and were relieve