Anne only managed to get out of the pool with Tommy's help, as it was extremely difficult for her to move while panting.She glanced at the men who were walking toward them and asked, "Can you handle this by yourself?"He leaned into her ear. "It's not a good habit to doubt a man's ability."Her temperature rose again at the sensation of his breath brushing through her skin, and she immediately scowled.Tommy took pleasure in seeing the blush on her face, and Anne shoved his hand away from her waist. "I'll leave it to you then."She turned to head into the changing room and heard wails from the outside, none of which belonged to Tommy.Instead of taking off her clothes, she found a robe and put it on. With all strength drained from her fingers, she could not even tie the robe and was panting hard. By the end, she finally managed to do so.She knew she would not last long and had to leave as soon as possible. Frustrated and frightened, she headed outside and saw the men lying on
"I am looking for her as well." Damian had dropped by the pool but did not find Anne.Tommy's expression darkened. "Did you hire people to rape her?""Rape…what? I just want to get her drunk so that I can get some answers. She was still sober when I took her to the pool, so I left," Damian explained, "I wouldn't have come if Oliver didn't show up and ask me to do it. If something happens to her, all the better."Tommy froze. "Anthony is here?""No. I just saw Oliver. This is weird. Where is she? Did something really happen?"Tommy remained quiet thoughtfully.Anne was taken to Julie's apartment and Anthony let go of her as soon as they were inside. She fell onto the ground dazedly, panting.She longed for someone's touch, but the man before her simply ignored her and left.Anthony sat down on the couch with his legs crossed as he stared at her. "What do you want to say?"She looked up dazedly as she tried to focus on Anthony. "I thought...I thought you were sending me to the h
Eventually, he let her go and Anne panted blankly, feeling as though all the air in her lungs were squeezed out.'This guy is an insatiable beast!' She thought, before asking, "Can I…can I get up now?""There's no hurry." He stared at her like a hungry animal."Are you trying to kill me?" Unable to stand it any longer, she questioned angrily at how boundless Anthony's lust was.Anthony lifted her face by the chin forcefully. "Relax. I'll let you live.""..."The phone outside rang, and Anthony got off of her to answer the phone.Anne hurried out of bed, knowing very well that it was far too dangerous for her to stay and that she needed to leave.She noticed the phone on the coffee table since her last visit. Nowadays, no one would own a landline phone anymore as everyone has their own smartphone.Even for a place as enormous as the Royal Mansion, all the servants were using their phones as well.So who could possibly be the one who called the landline phone instead of Anthony
She pulled at the door and found out that it had been locked from the outside.Unable to get out, she paced back and forth inside the apartment.Anthony had left her here and commanded her to stay, before leaving.Anne could not understand why he would keep her here. Naturally, she did not think it was merely a change of scenery from the Royal Mansion as Anthony was now engaged to Bianca.To her, Anthony had to be a mad man or a demon to insist on controlling her despite having a fiance.She sat on the couch and whimpered when she pulled her sore muscles, so she fell to her side and laid down on the couch, not daring to move around as it was Julie's apartment.She could not quite tell how she felt when she looked at Julie's painting.Julie must have resented Sarah, but in Anne's point of view, she felt that the only one at fault was Ron.Sarah could not possibly stop someone from pursuing her and it was not her fault that her pursuer's wife took it upon herself to confront Sara
The sound of Bianca's voice reminded how immoral it felt to sneak around behind someone else's fiance. She hated the feeling and struggled to cope with it.She could not bring herself to imagine what Nigel would think of her if Bianca told him that Anne was involved with Anthony, especially when she was the one who took the initiative the night before.Anne knew that this was Anthony's intention, or he would have ignored her back in the casino or simply sent her off to a hospital. He had brought her here to watch her beg for his touch and not be able to justify her own action.She sighed as she took the food out of the refrigerator and started cooking.She had not eaten properly the night before, or in the morning and at noon this day, so she had to eventually eat as she was not sure whether Anthony would appear again.When she opened the refrigerator, she froze at a sudden thought: there were more than a week's worth of groceries inside, so did it mean that he planned on keeping
If he was not eating, she saw no point in eating on her own. She never ate much anyway and was simply using it as an excuse to spend time with Anthony.At the moment, there was something that she needed to find out, so she called Michelle."How's Anne right now?""It went south.""What?" Bianca paled. "What happened?""Those men were supposed to grab Anne, but someone came to her rescue at the last minute.""Who?" Bianca sat up straight."Anthony.""What?!" Bianca tightened her grip on the steering wheel. "And? He took Anne away with him?""Yeah. I wanted to go check on her this morning, but it turns out that those men were all horribly beaten and Anne was rescued safely.""That's not possible! Why are they saying that Anthony took her away? How can you say that? Did you see it with your own eyes?" Bianca refused to accept it."Based on their description, it can only be Anthony. It's not like you don't know what it's like between those two.""What's between them? There's no
Anne swallowed hard and moved away from the fist and Anthony's shadow that loomed over her, before running out of the apartment.She came close to falling onto the ground when she entered the elevator when she was once again reminded of what a twisted psychopath Anthony was. She felt that she narrowly escaped hell, but at the same time, was impressed by herself for daring to say such a thing to him.She should consider herself lucky that she managed to get out alive, if she did not provoke Anthony and remained in that apartment, she could not imagine what would happen when Nigel found out about it.Anthony went into the bathroom and glanced at the wound and blood on his fist, before grabbing a towel to wipe the blood away with a dark expression.He should have tortured her to death the night before. He had been too mercifulOliver knew that Anthony needed to view certain documents, so he knocked on the office door upon Anthony's return and handed the documents over. When he spotte
Damian would not be foolish enough to do something, knowing that he would appear suspicious.Anne wondered if Anthony had found anything and after what happened at noon, she could not quite ask him about it.She had always been wary toward Anthony.Anthony had kept his words for Nigel's sake, but she had broken the pack and allowed Anthony to touch her, so there might happen again and there would be no end to it.Anne sighed with resignation and checked the missed calls on her phone to find that Nigel had called her twice around noon.She walked out of the Archduke Group and called him back as she walked toward the subway station. "Dad, what's wrong?""Did you go to work today?" Nigel asked.She subconsciously wanted to hide her track, but the fact that she did not go to work was not exactly a secret, so he would see right through her if she tried to lie."No.""Today's not a Sunday. Did you take leave?""I had a bit too much to drink last night during our company's gathering