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
Anne buried face into Anthony's chest, fearing that someone would see her.Both Damian and Xander tensed outside the door as soon as it opened, the two remained quiet until Anthony ignored them and left with Anne in his arms."What's going on?" Damian asked, "He's so dramatic!""I don't really know," Xander said. He was shocked as well, as he had never seen Anthony so angry.Anne was sent back to her apartment.The Rolls Loyce stopped outside the building and just when Anne was about to take the jacket off, Anthony said, "keep it on, or do you enjoy showing your skin?"Anne gritted her teeth and forced herself to remain quiet, all the while thinking to herself, 'And who exactly was the one who made me this way?'She adjusted the jacket and got out. She walked past Anthony gingerly, not wanting to be hurt again.Anthony stared at her like an eagle at its prey, before grabbing her wrist abruptly and pulling her against him."Ah!" She exclaimed."Let me check if you are clean...
Tommy already knew who was calling judging from the look on her face. With no intention to walk away, he asked, "Are you going to answer that?"Anne could not understand why Anthony had called her, considering the fact that he had just sent her home earlier that afternoon.'What else does he want?'Her heart threatened to jump out of her chest as she wondered if he was already on the fifth floor and was calling because he could not find her."Why are you so frightened? He's going to get suspicious any time now if you don't pick up," he reminded.She shot him a cold glare and turned to walk into her room, but Tommy grabbed her by her sleeve."Answer it right here."Frustrated, she shoved his hand off. "Enough, Tommy."The next instant, Tommy snatched the phone from her hand and answered it on speaker phone.Anne held her breath."Where are you?" Anthony asked impatiently."...At my apartment." She tried her best to sound normal."Why did it take so long for you to answer the