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
Anthony narrowed his eyes dangerously at the threat.As courageous as Anne was when she made the threat, she was equally terrified afterward.She could do anything for the sake of her children and no one could ignore her; not Bianca, and not even Anthony could deny her as their mother. No one could bully her children.She returned to the room and collapsed beside her children, before holding their soft bodies close to her, whispering, "Mama will protect you from all harm..."In the middle of the night, Anthony went into the children's room and saw Anne asleep with the triplets, their little legs sprawled across her legs with their heads on her arms.Anne, too, was deeply asleep, not aware that her top had lifted to reveal her stomach.Anthony walked closer to pull her trousers down until he saw the scar left from the C-section.He had never imagined that Anne would give birth to his children. Judging from the location of the scar, it was not hard for one to tell that the doctor
The triplets tried to open the door and she buried her face into his chest."Hey, they can't come in." Anthony was prepared for it and simply deepened their kiss until Anne was at the brinks of suffocating.Hayden ran over. "Young masters. Young lady! Mr. Marwood is asleep right now. Shall we wait downstairs?""But… But Mama is gone!" Chloe deadpanned.Hayden chuckled, "No. She won't go missing inside the Royal Mansion.""We want to go in and see!" Charlie said, "Mama is inside!"Hayden held his hand and whispered, "Your parents are talking inside. They will come out when they are done.""Talking?" Chris noticed something odd and grabbed his siblings' hands. "Let's go!"Hayden was stunned for a moment, but smiled at how easily convinced they were.Down the stairs, Charlie asked, "Why did you drag us down? We were just about to go inside!""Papa and Mama are talking. Maybe Mama can stay here after they talk!" Chris said.Both Chloe and Charlie immediately came to a realizatio
Anne wanted to take them with her, but also knew that it was not realistic for her to do so.Anthony stood by the side wordlessly, his intimidating presence enough to explain his stance."It's nice here! You can live with Papa. You always ask about your Papa before, right? Isn't it nice to find him?" Anne asked."Mama, are you mad at us for sneaking out to see Papa?" Chloe asked."No, why would I be? Mama is happy for you. You are all so great to have found him!" Anne complimented them so that they would not feel burdened, since they were more mature than most of their age. Seeing how they remained silent, she added, "Stay here. I will come over if you miss me. You can always call me, right?""You will come here if we call?" Charlie asked."I will." Anne nodded.The triplets seemed confused with the living arrangement, they could not understand why their parents could not live together, and why their father was marrying another woman whom they hated.Anthony interrupted them. "
As though everything Anne said was testing his patience.Sensing the shift in his mood, Anne could not help but feel that he was becoming increasingly difficult to deal with. She swallowed hard and asked gingerly, "Why aren't you sending the kids to school? They don't have other kids to play with here. It's good for them to be with other kids.""I will make arrangements," he said. "No child of mine is going to Pinnacle Academy. I will just build a school specifically for them.""..." Anne's jaw dropped and she gaped at him.'Seriously?' She thought to herself, 'It matches his personality, though. How rich can he be to build his own kids their own school?'The car arrived at the area Anne stayed and left after she got out of the car.Anthony saw Anne walking back to the building with a hand on her back and smirked.Anne felt as though she had aged over the night and climbing the stairs felt like the most difficult task she could imagine. She went up to the floor, before rememberi
The triplets looked at their gifts and glanced at Bianca.They knew that she was going to be their father's wife and that they had to be polite with her, but they simply did not like her.Knowing better than to let it show on their faces, the triplets said in unison, "Thank you, Aunty.""You're welcome," Bianca said with a smile. She realized that she might have overthought everything, the triplets were still toddlers and could easily sway when gifts were involved.Chloe held her doll up and said reluctantly, "I was wrong the last time. I shouldn't have drawn on the piano.""Like your Papa had said, he will just buy me another one. He buys me whatever I want and there's no other woman who can get that kind of treatment," Bianca gloated."Papa must really like you, then," Chloe said.Bianca smiled gently. "Yeah. I'm really happy.""It's no wonder Papa didn't let Mama stay here with us this morning, then," Chris said.The smile on Bianca's face froze in an instant as she questio