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
Nigel's expression darkened. "I'm her father. Are you trying to insult me?"Dorothy chuckled, "Nigel, you've been extremely sensitive since you arrived in Luton. You have only recently gotten to know that Anne is your daughter, why are you taking this so personally?""Do not make claims when you have nothing to back them with. I am going back to the office." Nigel had hurried back home for lunch after learning about Bianca's tantrum, and had to rush back.After he left, Bianca and Dorothy remained seated on the couch.Dorothy noticed the fury on Bianca's face and consoled her, "Your dad cares about you. He wouldn't have hurried back home once he heard that you were upset.""I don't want him to be fair. I want him to be on my side no matter what." Bianca was overwhelmed by rage and jealousy at the moment."Of course! Your dad raised you, and Anne is just an illegitimate child. So what if he has accepted her? She can't possibly compare to you." Dorothy was confident. "But are you s
Anne knew that she was powerless before Tommy and regained her composure. "Tommy, Marwood, are you insane? Something did happen last night and I had to leave! It wasn't intentional!""You were drugged, right?" Tommy said."So you know." She sneered, "But you don't know who did it. It's hilarious.""Must be someone you know." He stared down at her.Anne, too, had a general idea of who might have drugged her, but had to focus on handling Tommy first. "Can you let me go? What else do you want from me?""What do I want?" His lips curled into a calculative smile. "You will find out soon."He then got up and let her go, before leaving immediately.Anne sat up and remembered that he still had the key to her apartment a few moments later. She went after him, but Tommy was long gone by then.Rendered speechless, she went back into the apartment and closed the door behind her.She had only recently changed the lock, and changing it again would only be a temporary solution.If Tommy ins
"Let's go back to the room and rest. It's late." Bianca reached out to grab Anthony's hand, and he moved away from her touch.Her heart sank and when she spotted the wound on the back of his hand, she grabbed his hand in shock. "What happened to your hand? Who did this?""I hit myself by accident. It's fine."Bianca could not understand how he could be so severely injured by 'accidentally hitting himself'. She was extremely upset that despite her preparation for a passionate night, it became clear that nothing was going to happen. Bianca knew that she was ovulating, and if she wanted a child, she would have to wait for another month to try after this.Considering Anthony's injury, there was simply no way that they could be intimate and she did not want to appear desperate."Hayden, go grab the medical kit," she said worriedly, "it's an external injury, but you still need to treat it or it will get infected.""I will go for a shower first," he said."Sure. You don't want to get w
She walked back to the department nervously, all the way trying to remember what she had done under the surveillance camera since she was hired by the Marwood Group.Everything seemed fine until Tommy kissed her. She did not want to, and Tommy did not seem to be actually interested in her either, but she knew what it would look like from others' perspective.She proceeded to work distractedly, glancing at her phone from time to time, wondering if she would be so unlucky for Anthony to witness what had happened earlier.Anthony was far too busy to remain in front of his computer all the time, so he might have someone else stationed, he had only wanted her to feel what it was like to be a homewrecker, but he never mentioned anything about not allowing her to kiss another man.However, considering what happened with Lucas before...Anne felt increasingly agitated and anxious."Ms. Vallois, come in for a moment." Xander sat on his chair, playing with his pen with one hand and holding