Anne's fierce voice came through, "I'm hungry!" More than a dozen high-level executives, including Oliver, immediately held their breaths. Who was it? Who dared to speak so arrogantly to the person in charge of the Archduke Group? More was yet to come. "Hurry up and give me something to eat! You don't think I only need to eat three meals a day, do you? Don't you feel hungry in the afternoon? Don't you want some fruit snacks? I like sweets, buy me some cakes and milk tea. I want a cheesecake and milk tea with light sugar, do you hear that? Why don't you speak?" The atmosphere in the conference room was chilling. Would Anthony burst into a rage? They were too frightened to move. Nobody knew who this person was, but Oliver knew it as soon as he heard the voice. What a time to make a call… "I am in a meeting." Oliver had been with Anthony for a long time, and he looked over in astonishment and incomprehension. 'At this time, shouldn't he just hang up?' Why was he an
"Nigel, are you hiding something from me? Are your wife and daughter bullying Anne, but you're not telling me about that?" Sarah doubted. "Anne is also my daughter. I love her very much. It's not what you think. The child works late at night and has to go to work during the day. She said that she always feels tired. She is afraid that you will be worried and will call you after work is done." "Okay, there are two days left. If she still doesn't call me, I'll go crazy." Nigel knew she was in a hurry, but now he could only comfort her. He was very anxious. He did not know where Anne was now, and he did not even know if she was safe. He was a failure as her father. "Hey, did you see the picture of the night scene I took for you?" Sarah asked. "I did, it's beautiful." "I'm so bored here, no one to chat with me, no one to play poker with..." Sarah sighed. "I... have friends over there. I can ask their family members to contact you," Nigel said. "Actually, you can come
"You cannot completely leave this aside either!" Dorothy said in a hushed voice, "We have not found Anne yet. Your dad suspected this is related to Anthony…""Why do you even say so too?" Bianca felt her head heavy just hearing this."I am only asking you to stay vigilant." Dorothy said and tried to remind her about her situation, "Think about it, how many women want to climb into Anthony's bed? Which family in business does not wish to marry their daughter to Anthony? Don't you take it lightly just because you are his fiance. Even after marriage, you should still keep a lookout. You don't have kids now, and your only bargaining power is yourself.""I'm not an id*ot. Of course, I know. I purposely went to the Archduke Group when I came back from the studio. Anthony was still busy then!""That's great." However, Dorothy found it weird. "Then what did you mean by Anne is still missing?""As long as it is not related to Anthony, I don't care where she went. Who knows when we finally
"Ah!" Anne squirmed into the corner of the bed. "Anthony, you treat me this way. Do you have strings attached already?"Anthony went into the bed and was only a few centimeters away from Anne. He was stunned and paused. His face grew eerier and eerier. "What did you say?""Are you… In love with me?" Anne reached forward and stroked him, feeling extremely nervous. "Are you seeking death?" Anthony's eyes were menacing and pinched her face. "Otherwise, why would you treat me this way…" Anne said it with immense difficulty. She could feel that her face almost shattered under his pinch."Stop humiliating yourself. It was only because your body is still up to par to keep me satisfied." Anthony coldly released her, turned and walked away. Anne desperately held his arm. "Are you mad? I didn't mean it, don't you be this way…"Anthony turned around and looked at her with a cold face, and ordered, "Let go.""Anthony, don't be mad, really. It was my fault for saying that… Ah!" Before An
It was impossible for him not to feel the pain unless all his attention was put on Anne. What exactly was Anne to Anthony?No matter his brutal side, or his caring side, all of them were ironically only shown to one person, Anne. Kathryn was Anthony's personal physician that did not mean she could ask about his personal life. After giving her advice, Kathryn left. When passing by the corridor, Kathryn saw Julie's humongous portrait in the hallway.She was so young and elegant. This was something that Kathryn could not understand. The people around him understood well enough why Anthony could control Anne. However, he brought her to this condo that no one could enter in the end. Even more so, because of Anne, he even allowed Kathryn to enter this condo. What exactly was Anthony thinking?If he were starting to care about Anne, then he would not have engaged with Bianca, would he?It seemed that Anthony was so mysterious that no ordinary person could understand him.
She almost bumped into Nigel when she arrived at the office. "Why are you looking upset? What happened?" Dorothy asked. "The car that brought Anne away was found. I will go have a look." Nigel turned away. Dorothy was shocked. It was found?She regained herself and immediately followed. "I will go with you!"When they arrived at the lake, Tommy and Lucas were still there and explained the situation to Nigel. "The car was retrieved. It was verified as the one that brought Anne away. The car doors were open when it came up, but there was no one inside," Lucas's face was sunken, and his voice was hoarse. "Plus, the rescue team said, this was not the place where the incident first happened. It happened upstream. We have seen it just now, would you want to check it out?"Nigel looked into the distance nervously. The rescue team was still in action. The lake's current was strong. Why would Anne be in the lake?Nigel followed Lucas upstream.Dorothy stayed behind. She heard t
"Fine, you are ungrateful about me telling the news." "Go and tell everyone that your daughter died, please!" Before getting a response from Dorothy, Sarah hung up. Sarah could not believe that. She was panicking, her hands did not know what to do, and she could not think.Has something really happened to Anne?However, Nigel said that Anne was busy with the month-end financial closing! She could not contact Anne, could it be because…Sarah called Nigel. Nigel was checking out the geographical situation upstream when his phone buzzed.He took out the phone and saw that it was Sarah. His hand shook. Subconsciously, he did not want to answer the call, but he could not. He walked to the side and answered, "Woke up?" His tone was not abnormal. "Tell me frankly, did something happen to Anne?" Sarah asked desperately. "Who told you this nonsense?""Why is her phone not connected? She is so busy that she has no time to give me a phone call? Plus, your wife deliberately
Anne was afraid of his unpredictable temperament and was worried that he would see through her plans, so she said, "If it were not for you, I would not have fallen down from the bed. It is fine if you did not like what I said, but you threw me out. That was violent."Anthony's face looked displeased. Anne then said, "Can you give me some painkillers? It's unbearable…""Bear it.""Is this something to be borne? My back is burning." Anne could not breathe evenly. She saw Anthony's cold face keeping quiet and pondered what she should do. "Are you really not going to send me away? There's no one that can enter this place. Who would take care of me? You?""I am on leave these two days."Anne was taken aback. Did he really plan to take care of me?Could she reject it?Anthony coldly locked his gaze onto Anne's face. "Why? Any objection?""No." Anne did not dare to admit it. Anthony placed his laptop down, stood up, and walked out.Anne noticed that Anthony was limping slightly.
At first, Corentin was stunned. Then, he said, "Who have I killed? Ash, you've misunderstood. I've changed now. It's true. Hurry up and come down. The ravioli is getting cold.""Don't come over! I'll jump if you get any closer!" Ashlynn shouted hysterically."Alright, alright. I won't go over!" Corentin did not dare to take another step further. "Ash, I'm telling the truth. I didn't kill anybody. Come down, and I'll explain to you. It's all a misunderstanding.""Actually, I've felt it was strange since the beginning. It's just that Anne's reassurance dispelled my suspicion about you." Tears filled Ashlynn's eyes, but they did not stream down her face. She looked at Corentin and said, "But I know everything now. I don't have evidence, but you are Salvatore Yeager. At first, I thought you would change for the sake of the child. In the end… In the end, you didn't even spare the child's grandparents. Salvatore, are you even human? Why would a monster like you exist?""Ash, come down, a
After Ashlynn was discharged from the hospital, she called Anne when she was alone in the room."Anne, are you alright? I heard you were taken by Tommy and were later saved by Anthony.""Mmhmm. I'm fine. I've gotten home safely.""That's wonderful," said Ashlynn.Anne could tell that Ashlynn was not feeling alright, so she asked, "What's the matter? Are you not in a good mood?""I've found out about my parent's passing," said Ashlynn.Anne was stunned. She found out? "I'm sorry, Ashlynn. I've kept it hidden from you.""It's fine. I know you're being considerate to me and the child." Ashlynn took a pause before asking again, "Was Tommy killed by you guys?""No. He fled the cruise ship back then. When we found him, he was already killed by somebody. His body was pulled up from the sea.""Corentin was there as well, wasn't he?""That's right. Did he tell you that?"Ashlynn's eyes looked emotionless. "Have you guys ever suspected Corentin?"Anne immediately got so nervous tha
Corentin hugged Ashlynn. "I heard that Tommy's dead, so your parents' murders have been avenged. Now, they can only rest in peace. Calm down."Ashlynn collapsed in his arms as she cried. Then, she started to feel waves of throbbing pain in her belly, and her face turned pale.Corentin noticed something was not right with her, so he hurriedly roared at the driver, "Go to the hospital now!""Hurry up!" Jeremy urged. He held Ashlynn's hand and realized that it was freezing. "Ashlynn, you have to be alright. You still have me! Hang in there, Ashlynn!"Ashlynn looked at him with tears in her eyes. She was extremely saddened. She could not understand why things would end up like that. Did she not deserve to have parents?When Ashlynn woke up, she was already at the hospital.She subconsciously touched her belly, but Corentin grabbed her hand. "You're showing signs of miscarriage, so you need to recuperate."Ashlynn scanned around the room and asked, "Where's Jeremy?""He's outside. H
"I know…" Jeremy looked up and saw Ashlynn standing at the entrance. He was so shocked, and he immediately stood up. "Why…are you here?"Ashlynn stood there dazed. She looked at Jeremy, then the person who spoke earlier. "What do you guys mean when you talk about my parents' soul resting in peace?""Nothing. We were talking about someone else."Ashlynn could tell from their faces that they were clearly panicking. She was not deaf. She heard what they said clearly.Her face turned pale, and she immediately searched for her phone. She did not have it on her, so she rushed to the car."Ashlynn!" Jeremy ran after her and stopped her. "What are you doing?""I'm going to call Mom and Dad.""They are traveling. Don't disturb them."Ashlynn looked at him. "Jeremy, tell me honestly, why aren't Mom and Dad coming home? Don't lie! I have always felt it was strange. Why haven't they come home when I'm already so far along? Something is wrong, isn't it? Did something…really happen to them?"
Corentin came forward and asked, "Anne, are you alright?"Anne nodded."You don't look too well. What happened?""Tommy's dead," said Anthony."Have you found the cure?" asked Corentin.Anne shook her head."Unfortunately, the infected people would have to endure it a little longer."Anne suddenly thought of something, and she immediately pushed Anthony away. "Don't touch me."Only then, Corentin noticed a small patch of ulcer below Anne's cheek. "Anne, did Tommy drug you?"Anthony frowned. "I don't mind.""I do. Both of us would not be able to have contact with the children, and they will worry." Anne rejected his touch.Anthony had been touching her the whole time. It was unclear if he had been infected. Anne was very worried."It wouldn't make a difference now. If anything, I would have already been infected just now," said Anthony.Anne still refused to listen. "That's not necessary. Just don't touch me. We still don't know where the cure is, and Tommy died so suddenly
Just as Tommy finished his sentence, he heard a commotion behind him.Ivan was fighting with the assassin, and every strike he delivered was fatal. If Ivan were not skilled in combat, the professional assassin could have killed him in just a few moves.Tommy realized something was up, so he immediately wanted to grab Anne.While Anne retreated, she was pulled into a person's arms."Let me go!" She thought it was a man she did not know, so she hated to be touched like that."Anne."Anne was stunned. She looked up and felt happy to see a familiar face. "Anthony?""It's me."Tommy was infuriated as he watched the two of them looking lovingly at each other, Tommy became infuriated."As expected, Anne, you did leave a trace for Anthony." Tommy's expression darkened."You're the one who took me too lightly," said Anne.It was because she had always wanted to run away from Anthony in the past that he had the wrong impression, was it not? "So what? You want to kill me? With just t
Anne was drugged at that moment, and there were surveillance cameras all over the cruise ship. She saw a surveillance camera over her head when she was returning to the room. Therefore, it was impossible for her to sneak around in the middle of the night if she wanted to.Tommy had long been guarding against her.However, Anne still left Anthony some clues before she left him. She believed Anthony would find her very soon, but she never expected that he would do it so quickly.At daybreak, she seemed to have heard the rumbling of a helicopter above her. Then, the door swung open. Before Anne could make sense of the situation, she was picked up. "How did you get the message out?" Tommy said. He even searched Anne's body after that."Ah! Are you crazy? I don't have a phone!""Don't think Anthony can take you away just because he's here. If I'm going to hell, I'm dragging you along with me! Let's go!""You…" Anne had no strength, so she was dragged out of the room by him.He thre
Anne ignored him.If she were not afraid that Tommy would pull some tricks behind her back, she would have slept with her back facing him."Do you remember running to my home and sleeping on my bed when Anthony bullied you as a child?"I don't.""I know you do. I truly wanted to help you back then," said Tommy.Anne knew he was speaking the truth, so she did not refute him. She stared at the ceiling and said, "I think the past Tommy died a long time ago."Tommy's expression was mixed, and he asked, "Are we not able to go back anymore?""Instead of asking me this now, you should've gone to hell after you killed the people I cared about. No matter how unhappy your childhood was, you can't hurt others for your own pleasure." At that moment, Anne did not pity Tommy at all."Look at you on your high horse. Has Anthony not killed anybody before? Has Corentin not killed anybody before? Why did you forgive them for killing people but not me? Just because the victims were your friends?
Seeing that she did not move at all, Tommy said, "It won't be good for you if you don't eat."Anne thought that he made sense. If she did not eat, she would go hungry and would have no strength later. How could she fight with Tommy then? It was because she refused to eat and only drank water while hiding in her room that Tommy drugged her.After a while, she seemed to have figured it out.She picked up the fork and started eating the fish.Tommy saw her eating and asked, "How was it?""Could it be that you're the one who made it?" Anne looked up and shot a glance at him lazily."That's correct. I am the one who made it."Anne thought, 'Is this something worthy to be praised?'"It must be tough for you to do such a thing on top of everything else.""If you're worried that it's tough for me, why don't you make it with me?""I don't know how to cook.""How great. You just have to enjoy being served." Tommy clicked his tongue, but he was looking at Anne with a doting gaze.Anne