Bianca realized what Anne had gone to do and hurried after her."Is she going after Anthony?" Frightened, Sarah asked. "Will Anthony raise his hand on her?"Nigel left his seat. "I'll go after her!"Sarah grabbed her purse to leave as well, but Dorothy stopped her. "What's the hurry? Nigel went after her.""It disgusts me to be in the same room as you!" Sarah tried to leave again."But I know a lot of things that you don't. Aren't you curious?" Dorothy asked.Sarah halted and turned to stare at her. "What trash talk can I expect from you now?"Dorothy did not get upset, because she was about to show Sarah her place."What exactly are you trying to say? You won't succeed in provoking me with the kids. They will never call you grandma, either! What a load of bull Bianca said, that she didn't want to have kids. I think she's nothing but a hen that can't lay eggs!" Sarah mocked, not holding back at all when it came to Dorothy and Bianca.Enraged, Dorothy said, "Sarah, no one would
She panted heavily as tears scrolled down her cheeks.'Why do you have to be so cruel? I am the mother of the children! Why are you doing this to me?' She thought in despair. She had tried everything she could to escape, and everything still ended in the worst way possible. 'Is he even human? Can't he show me a little mercy considering how hard I tried to please him?'The thought that her children would be raised by Bianca and would eventually forget about her cut through Anne's heart like a sharp blade.'No way! No way in hell! I'm not giving up! I will never give up. No matter the price, I am getting my children back!' She thought.Anne suppressed the despair she felt and turned back around, before stopping when she saw the woman walking towards her.Bianca strolled toward her with a purse in hand and tall heels in the most elegant, yet arrogant manner possible. "Tsk tsk tsk. How pathetic. You must be really upset, huh?""Smug, aren't you?" The tears in Anne's eyes threatened t
Anne backed away from his embrace with bloodshot eyes and shook her head. Her tears fell once again and she wiped them away, forcing herself to calm down. "It's fine. I can find a way on my own..."She knew that her father had agreed to surrender his happiness and remain married to Dorothy in order for Sarah to return to Luton. If Nigel went to negotiate with Anthony, no one knew what Nigel would have to compromise again."What can you do? Let me...""No!" She yelled. "I did this, so I will deal with it. None of you can help!"She turned to leave."Anne!" Nigel wanted to go after her, but was startled into a halt when he spotted Sarah stepping outside the hotel with ruffled hair and blood all over her face. "Sarah! What happened?""Your... Your wife did this." She collapsed into his arms. "Where's Anne?"Nigel's heart was torn between his concern for Anne and Sarah, but Sarah clearly needed immediate attention."I'll send you to the hospital." Nigel tried to help her into the c
Anne returned to her residential building and went up to the sixth floor.The apartment was empty and though the toys were still scattered on the ground, no one was occupying the apartment any longer.Anne sobbed as she tidied up the toys, Bianca's words cutting into her heart as she thought back to them.As the triplets' father, how far was Anthony willing to tolerate Bianca? How deep was his love for the woman? What could Anne do to ask for Anthony's mercy, even just for a little of it?"Are you still renting this place?"Hearing a voice behind her, she wiped her tears away and turned to find the owner of the apartment standing behind her."I called you multiple times, but you didn't pick up. You weren't in your apartment either. Are you still renting this place?"Anne remembered that her phone had fallen into the ocean along with the plane and explained apologetically, "I'm sorry that I didn't explain this to you in time. I won't be renting this place any longer. Am I past th
Anne instantly realized that she was on speakerphone and said, "Dad, I'm fine. Kathryn said I am capable of going back to normal life. I just have to avoid extreme exercise."Sarah sighed, "I finally understand why you keep refusing to come and live with me. So it was because of the children all along. They aren't there anymore. Why do you have to be so stubborn?""Mom, I will move in once I resolve everything.""How?" Sarah asked."I haven't thought of anything yet. I'm still in shock..." She said gloomily.Both Sarah and Nigel were worried when they heard the exhaustion in Anne's voice."Anne, don't stay in that place and move to the apartment I got you," Nigel said. "I already told you back in the hospital that the apartment is ready. You can move in anytime you want.""I will move in later. Right now, I'm staying right here and don't even think about hiring a nanny to cook for me. I can take care of myself. Don't worry about me. That's it. I'm going back to sleep." Before th
She froze, before asking, "did you see the kids?"Tommy simply raised his glass.Desperately to know what had happened, she grabbed her glass and took a sip."How unsettling it is for you to drink the wine that's offered to you at a strange man's place..."She scowled. "Are you going to talk or not?""I saw them. They were eating with Anthony. A heart-warming scene, truly." Tommy sipped on his wine, before setting the glass down. "Don't worry. They are his kids. He's going to treat them well. If I'm being honest, they are better off than relying on you, who can barely make ends meet.""I know..." Anne did not need him to remind her of that."Did you talk at noon?""How do you know?""Anyone could find out," he said calmly, "judging from the look on your face, it didn't go well?"Anne stabbed at the meat on her plate with her fork, thinking back to what a disaster lunch had been."Can you talk about it?""I wanted to fight for the custody of at least Chloe, and... leave the
She soon realized that she was in a bedroom and judging from the interior design, it belonged to Tommy.Though she was reluctant to remain in Tommy's room, she had no way of getting out.She quietly opened a small gap to the door and saw Damian walking into the living room."Why didn't you answer my call?" Damian questioned."I missed it."Damian decided to ignore the truth to that explanation since he had something more important to discuss. "Do you know that the Archduke Group is all talking about Anthony's kids? How did he end up with kids? When? Did Bianca get pregnant? Why don't I know anything about this?"'So, that's why he is here,' Anne thought."I just found out myself. He has triplets, two sons and a daughter. They are around two years old, but Bianca isn't their mother. It's Anne Vallois." Tommy sat down on the couch."What? What the- Anne Vallois?" Shocked, Damian said, "When did she even sleep with Anthony? She was supposed to be overseas two to three years ago, r
"Alright. I can't argue with you. I'll leave." Damian walked towards the door and left.Anne walked out of the room when she heard the main door closing."Did you hear my dad? He said you're a monster," Tommy teased."Yeah, so keep a distance from me. Don't give me any chance to seduce you, too," she said impatiently."How far?" Tommy approached her.Anne watched him warily and backed away at the proximity until her back was against the wall. She tensed and held out her arms to stop him, but he proceeded to grab her by the wrists.He bent down and Anne was startled into screaming, "Tommy Marwood, don't you dare!"He stopped with his face a few centimeters away from hers and asked, "How's this for distance?"He could just kiss her if he moved any closer.She tilted her face to the side with a scowl. "I'm going home. Let go..." She escaped him and pulled her arms away in frustration. "What's wrong with you?""Keeping a distance from you."She shot him a confused look and said,