At the very least, she had resolved the issue with money and she did not have to beg Anthony for it, she did not have to worry about Bianca complaining to Anthony either, since all she did was borrow money from her.Anne planned on paying her back.At night, the personal nurse Nigel arranged before he left came in, so Anne slept in the room next to the room Sarah was in.Like Nigel had mentioned before, they did not know when Sarah would wake up, so Anne knew that she needed rest to keep her strength.Anne knew that Nigel cared for her, so she knew he did not abandon her, but had to leave because of other reasons.Both Dorothy and Bianca wanted Sarah dead, but Anne would not allow that to happen. What Anne could not understand was how Sarah was hit by a car when Sarah had always been careful when she crossed the road.Sarah was not heading somewhere far from the hotel and she knew that there were taxis driving around the area.'Am I overthinking this?' She thought to herself.T
Anne smiled and wrapped her arms around his neck. "Did you miss me?"The look in his eyes darkened dangerously. "I miss your body.""Don't…the doors here cannot be locked, so someone might come inside...""They won't.""Just control yourself. I still need to head out tomorrow...""Shut up." He sealed her lips eagerly.Anne did not fight him and allowed him to do whatever he wanted. Luckily, he did stop eventually and fell asleep with his arm over her waist.Finally able to catch a break, Anne could not go back to sleep and so, she stared confusedly at Anthony's face in the darkness.She knew better than to attempt at guessing what Anthony was thinking, because she was merely his puppet.She drifted off to sleep shortly after and by the time she woke up, Anthony was gone.The nurse Nigel hired was still in Sarah's room and she informed Anne that Sarah did not show any sign of regaining consciousness.Anne felt much calmer compared to before as she was ready to wait for as lon
Anne fell onto Anthony's lap and mumbled, "I'm tired so just wake me up when we are there.""..." Anthony remained quiet.Anne was impressed by herself to be able to fall asleep on a helicopter. It was likely because she did not sleep well the night before. Though Anthony did not go too far, it had still taken a toll on her body.The helicopter stopped on the top floor of the Archduke Group, where there was a gigantic 'H' sign.Anne went down by the elevator and as soon as the elevator door opened, she saw Bianca getting out of a car at the entrance and jolted.She immediately pressed on the elevator button and the elevator ascended to the floor above.She sighed a long breath of relief. She had just threatened Bianca into borrowing her fifty thousand and Bianca would never forgive her if she found out that Anne was still involved with Anthony.On her way back, Anne kept thinking about the car accident in Santa Nila and the person who was behind it. She did not think it was Anth
"No way!" Charlie had not had enough. "Tie him up!"Chloe went to find ropes hurriedly.Seeing how the children were having fun, Anne did not try to help Tommy.She checked on Anthony's location before going to the kitchen to help the nanny with cooking.When dinner was almost ready, Anne walked out and said to the triplets, who were still surrounding Tommy. "Go wash your hands!""Okay!""Coming!""Yay!"The three threw the toys away and ignored Tommy, before running into the bathroom.Tommy slowly removed the rope on him.Anne looked at him and asked, "Are you not going back?""Why should I?" Tommy seemed confused.Anne scowled at him."We were supposed to meet. Where were you?""I think you know," Anne said.Tommy dismissed it.After the triplets had washed their hands, dinner was ready and Tommy went to sit down without hesitation.Anne had never seen anyone more shameless, but since he had helped her before, she saw no harm in letting him stay for dinner.After di
"Two days ago. It's fine. I will go back tomorrow or the day after. The nurse there keeps in touch with me," she said."I'm sorry, Anne, but I'm occupied right now so I can't go there.""I know. It's okay. Focus on what you need to do. I can handle this." Anne paused, before asking, "Dad, are you okay?""Yeah. Don't worry." Nigel could not tell his daughter the truth that there was another woman forcing him to get involved.Anne did not ask because he knew that he was in a difficult position, and for as long as he remained married to Dorothy, they were still a family.Two days later, Anne called Anthony and asked, "You want to come over for dinner?""Busy," Anthony refused."No? I prepared a candle-lit dinner. I cooked," she said, "besides, don't you want to spend the night here?"Anthony quieted down.Anne felt a little nervous. She would have to go to Anthony if he refused to come and she did not want to risk running into Bianca."Wash up."Anne's face flushed as her heart
"Something you want to say?" Anthony lowered his gaze and glided the knife through the steak."Huh? Um…does it taste good?" She swallowed her original words."It's alright."Anne was surprised at the comment and relaxed that he was satisfied with it."I can make it again if you like it."Anthony looked up and Anne smiled awkwardly."Are...you staying the night here?""Depends on how you behave."Anne panicked as she knew what he meant by that, since it was not hard to guess what he wanted. There was only sex between them, after all."If I behave well, can I ask for anything?""What do you want?""I haven't decided yet."Anthony did not expose her little trick as he was in a good mood and saw no need in destroying the mood.She observed his expression carefully and set the fork down, before walking to stand behind Anthony and wrapping her arms around his neck from behind. "I won't make you angry ever again." She stared at the skin underneath his collar and planted a kiss th
The police officer informed her, "The driver confessed that some guy paid him to do it. The guy who paid him did not come from Santa Nila.""Is he from Luton?" She asked."You guessed it. If you have someone you suspect, we can narrow down the search."Anne thought about it and took out her phone to search for Dorothy's photo. "This one."She knew that Bianca would not get her hands dirty and even if they did plotted to murder Sarah, Dorothy would try to protect her daughter from being punished."I'm just guessing. Can't be sure.""We won't act until we have solid proof. You have a grudge or something? Can you brief me through it?""Dorothy's husband is my father. She divorced my dad and then he met my mom. After that, Dorothy regret divorcing my dad and used their daughter to get him back. They used to live overseas and only returned a few months ago. Dorothy has always hated my mom and even tried threatening me with my mom's life. That's why I think she did it. I can't think o
"Sometimes, we can't just arrest anyone you suspect to be the culprit," the police officer explained with resignation. "Sigh. Sometimes, you have to know when to call it quits."The officer left and Anne remained frozen in place.If she was only having doubts before, what the police said had confirmed that someone powerful in Luton had interfered with the investigation.She could not be sure if it was Anthony, as Bianca was already empowered to do a lot of things as his fiance.Anthony's helicopter did not turn back, so she went back to Luton on it again.The helicopter stopped on the top floor of the Archduke Group and she went into the elevator to get to Anthony's office.She almost bumped into Oliver along the way and though Oliver knew that Anne was traveling on Anthony's helicopter, he immediately went to stop her when he noticed that she was heading for Anthony's office. "Hang on, Ms. Vallois..."Without stopping to knock, Anne had barged inside and Oliver's heart sank as