Chapter 63
Anderson strode over. Looking at Johanna’s tearful face, he asked nervously, “What happened? Who
bullied you?” ‘It was… Catherine… and Ms. Aurora Adams.”
Johanna cried so hard that she couldn’t catch her breath. She looked like a child who had suffered a lot
of grievances and met her family.
She pounced at Anderson, and thetter took a half step back subconsciously.
He reached out and helped Johanna up. “Please don’t cry. Come in and tidy yourself. Tell me what
happened.” Johanna nodded while sobbing, following Anderson into the vi.
“I went shopping today and met Miss Johnson. I truly like her appearance, so I talked to her. She just
asked me to get out.” While she spoke, Johanna carefully studied Anderson’s expression.
“She was quite rude to me, so I asked her if I’ve done anything to offend her. Then Miss Johnson started
to humiliate me for my appearance, calling me ugly… Then she also called Ms. Adams. Since that store
is invested by Ms. Adams, she asked her bodyguard to send me away.”
Anderson handed a piece of tissue to her. When he heard that Catherine humiliated Johanna for her
appearance, his eyes turned coldpletely.
Johanna wiped off her tears. With reddened eyes, she asked, “I know I’m not so good-looking as her, but
I’m not that ugly as she said, am 1? Why did she attack me with her friend?”
“Don’t worry. I…” Anderson wanted to tell her that he would deal with Catherine for her.
Just before Anderson could finish his words, a clear voice sounded from the stairs.
“My mommy isn’t that kind of person.”
Anderson frowned. “Why did youe downstairs?”
Lincoln didn’t answer him. Walking to them, he stood beside the sofa and looked at Johanna who had
reddened eyes. He said, “Miss, if you want to marry Mr. rk, you don’t need to step on my mommy.”
Meeting Lincoln’s crystal clear eyes, Johanna was stiffened. She felt that this kid had seen through her
already.
She believed that it must be an illusion. This kid looked so young.
Johanna shook her head. Looking at Anderson fearfully, she hurriedly exined, “No, I didn’t. You can
ask someone to look into it. All the customers in the store had witnessed that she asked me to get out.”
Anderson’s gaze fell on Lincoln. “Go back to your room. Stop minding the adults’ business.”
Lincoln closed his eyes, his long thick eyshes covering his eyes.
After a moment, he raised his head and looked into Anderson’s eyes. “One day you’ll regret it.”
Finishing his words, Lincoln turned around and left.
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If someone were with him right now, it could be seen that this boy’s eyes were reddened.
His father had never trusted his mother, and nor had he ever cared how his children felt.
However, Lincolnforted himself that he had grown up and it was all right for him to have no father’s
love…
After Lincoln was gone, Anderson stared at Johanna.
His eyes were slightly cold.
Anderson had never stared at her in such a way, so Johanna was quite uneasy, wondering if he was
suspecting that she lied.
She forced a smile and said gently, “Anderson, I came toin to you not because I have an evil
intention to Catherine. I just felt so wronged. After all, I truly like Catherine. Since I was humiliated by
someone I like, I felt quite sad.
“It’s my fault. I shouldn’t have told you those matters.” As she spoke, Johanna burst into tears again.
Looking at her face that looked almost the same as Isabelle’s, Anderson recalled that her age was the
same as Isabe’s when thetter passed away. Back then, Isabelle used to cry,ugh, and yed at
being cute to him.
Staring at her face, Anderson pulled out a few more pieces of tissues from the tissue box and said in a
gentle tone, “Leave the matter to me.” Johanna sobbed and sobbed. Suddenly, she burst into tears.
“Please don’t bully Catherine. I just want to actin the drama. If
Catherine agrees me to act Amanda, I can apologize to her.”
Anderson noticed that she became happy quite soon no matter how aggrieved she felt just now. He
curled up his lips into a smile. “Stop crying. I’ll ask Paul to send you home.”
Johanna had another purpose toe here today … to getid by Anderson.
She wanted to have sex with him so that he could take responsibility. However, unexpectedly, Lincoln
appeared in the middle, so Anderson had be wary of her. Johanna realized that her n couldn’t be
carried out.
She nodded obediently in agreement. “Okay. Thanks.”
Before leaving, she waved to Anderson with a sweet smile. “Remember. Please don’t bully Catherine.
I’m not ming her.” Anderson slightly nodded.
Watching Johanna get in the car, Anderson turned around and returned to the living room.
A maid came over with a cup of tea in the try. “Excuse me, Mr. rk. Just now the old house called,
saying that they’ll hald a birthday banquet for Sophia and Lincoln. They asked if you have any close
friends to invite.”
Anderson took a sip of the tea. Upon hearing the maid’s question, he was a bit surprised. “Is Sophia’s
and Lincoln’s birthday approaching?”
“Don’t you know about it?” the maid blurted out subconsciously.
Anderson truly didn’t know about it. Except that Sophia and Lincoln woulde over to Ziting Vi as a
routine weekly, or they were taken to meet Catherine, he never asked anything about the children.
“When is their birthday?”
“4st of September.”
Anderson checked the calendar on his phone. It would be less than a week. “All right. Leave it to me. I’ll
ask Arthur to give them a list.”
After finishing her work, Catherine looked at the sandalwood box on the rack.
She hesitated, wondering if she should open it. She didn’t dare to face it.
After hesitating for a long while, Catherine still opened it.
A green and crystal jade bracelet was lying quietly in the sandalwood box.
It was sold at the auction house back then. She favored it a lot at that time. However, because of the
high price, she had given up. Much to her surprise, her mother had bought it for her.
After Johnson Group went bankrupt, her mother didn’t lead a good at all. If she had pawned this bracelet
at a low price, it would be enough for her to lead a rich life.
However, she had left it to her daughter.
Catherine tried hard not to burst into tears. She took out the brocade that was used to protect the
bracelet.
Unexpectedly, she found a piece of note under it.
She opened it carefully. Looking at the familiar writings on it, she burst into tears.
“My dear daughter, as your mother, I wanted to protect you from the difficulties for a lifetime, but all of a
sudden, the tragedy happened. As your parents, we couldn’t do anything about it but just watching you
go to jail. I had a lot to say to you in the past few years, but I didn’t know where to start. Snowy missed
you very much. When she saw your photos, she barked at me as if asking me where you had been. But I
don’t know where my sweetheart is locked up. I’m so useless that I couldn’t save you. And I don’t even
know where my sweetheart is.
‘I don’t have anything by my side. You liked this bracelet very much back then, so I’ve bought it. But
before I gave it to you, the incident happened. I’m old now and I’m afraid I can’t hold it anymore. I’ll give it
to Antonio and ask him to give it to you. In the future, it will apany you on behalf of your mother. I
believe that my daughter is brave and moral. She wouldn’t have done such a thing.”
Tears made her eyes blurred, dropping on the yellowish notepaper.
Catherine wiped off her tears. Covering her mouth, she couldn’t help stopping sobbing.
It was she who had harmed her family, but in the end, her mother was still ming herself for not be able
to protect her from the difficulties…
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