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,
After getting out of the car, she almost ran into others when she hurried toward the restaurant. She ignored the person she bumped into and the pain on her body as her eyes darted around."Ma'am, we are closed," the restaurant manager whom she bumped into said."Where are they? This isn't possible. He said here!" She mumbled in disbelief. "Where are the private rooms? Are there customers in the private rooms? Do you know Anthony Marwood? He's definitely here!""With three children?" The manager asked.She froze, before nodding frantically. "Yeah. Three children! Where are they?""Mr. Marwood reserved the whole place and brought them here for barbeque, and then they left," the manager said with a smile. "It's a surprise that Mr. Marwood would be seen eating barbeque. Maybe he's here because his kids like it, which is proof of how good our grill is!"Anne did not care about how good the food was and was instantly in despair.Why did she have to follow Tommy and return home so late
Was Antony requesting that she exchanged her pride for the right to see her children?'It's fine,' she thought, 'I will do anything to see my children.'She reached a trembling hand toward him and he grabbed it, forcing her to look up and stare into his dark, brooding eyes."Your lips are twitching?" He hummed huskily. "Hum?""I'm sorry. I misunderstood..." She blushed.Anthony did not intend to be intimate with her at all, but his blood boiled at the sight of her flushed cheeks. However, he did not want to let Anne off easily.He let go of her arm and said, "Upstairs."Anne realized what he meant and beamed at him. "Thank you!" She got up and ran out of the study room.Anthony stared at the opened door with a dark expression.When the bedroom door opened, Anne found the triplets fresh out of shower and playing on the bed with the maids.When the triplets saw her, they widened their eyes in disbelief and screamed cheerfully."Mama!"They fumbled to get out of bed and Anne w
She rubbed Chloe's butt and said, "Mama will help you rub the pain away.""Papa did that, too!" Chloe said."Is that so?" Anne did not feel reassured.If Anthony truly cared for the children, he should have avoided such a thing to happen to begin with. The children were still so young and only a heartless person would raise their hand on them.'What a vicious woman she is!' Anne thought. 'She is going to become a mother someday. Is she not afraid of karma at all?'"Is Bianca spending the night here tonight?" Anne asked."No. She made me cry and left without apologizing!" Chloe pouted.Anne held her children close to make them feel safe until they fell asleep.Even when she was asleep, Chloe still kept her hold onto one of Anne's fingers.Charlie was lying next to her and Chris was right next to Charlie, the four of them laid side by side like they used to, but Anne could not sleep until the situation was resolved.She studied her children's faces for a while, before getting u