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
"And that requires you to talk to Anthony in his room?" Bianca questioned darkly.Anne had not imagined Bianca to know that she had been in Anthony's room as Anthony surely would not tell Bianca about it.She suspected if it was Hayden for a moment, but immediately denied it as Hayden was smart enough to know what he should talk about, or he would not be the head butler of the Royal Mansion."Anne, I won't get mad now. Once everything is set and done, you will learn what it means to cross me!""What are you going to do?" Anne scowled and glared at her.Bianca sneered in contempt, and left without answering her question.'When all is set and done, huh?' Anne thought as she stared at the car disappearing into the distance. She knew what it meant to cross Bianca, as Bianca was capable of the most vicious act, but Anne had no choice if she wanted to see her children.She took a deep breath to suppress the fear she felt within. As a mother, she had to protect her children and if Bian
Xander welcomed her with open arms. "A plane crash is counted as a work injury, so we managed to put it under your hospitalization leaves. I'm glad to see you back.""..." She looked at him dazedly.It was off enough for her to be paid for her time away, but it was ridiculous that they described her injury as a work injury.Naturally, she did not object as there was no reason for her to do so. Anthony was the one who caused everything, so she would simply consider it a compensation from him.Sarah was not pleased when she heard that Anne had gone back to work, and lectured Anne for over an hour when she went over to Sarah's house for dinner."I was going to stay the night here, but I might have to go home if you keep that up," Anne said.Sarah bit her tongue and said, "Alright, alright. I won't say any more. I wonder who you got that temper from."Anne stared at her pointedly."Not me. I'm not stubborn like you. Your Dad isn't like that either.""Then I guess I was just an orp
Anne was so startled by the question that she dropped the pillow in her hand. "What did you say?"Sarah held Anne's shoulders down lest she would fall off the couch in shock at her next sentence. "Just think about it… If Anthony marries you, you can stay with the children forever, forming a complete family. Don't you agree?"Anne did not know how Sarah came up with such an unrealistic idea. It was simply ridiculous! Marrying someone as terrifying as Anthony was just like jumping into a living hell! "Anthony will never do that.""So, it all depends on you!" Sarah taught her, then asked, "When was the last time Anthony touched you?"Anne instantly appeared uncomfortable. "You have to tell me everything now. Otherwise, how can we solve the problem? Just by relying on you sulking all day? You can only do so much alone anyway!" Sarah was anxious for her. "Well, it was just that day…""When exactly was it?""...When I looked for the children two days ago…" It was hard for Anne