Chapter 279


    Hugging Michael gave me a strong sense of security, and I felt like I could solve any problem that came


    my way.


    Throughout the next couple of days, he left the house early and came homete, but never once did he


    neglect me. In fact, he even had the housekeepers prepare different dishes for me each meal.


    However, the fact that Josephine objected to our rtionship still left me feeling uneasy, and Michael


    coming homete every night wasn''t exactly helping.


    That night, I couldn''t stand it anymore and decided to wait for Michael in the living room as I wanted to


    know what he had been up totely. I didn''t know why, but I seemed to have be a lot more


    sensitive ever since I got pregnant.


    Michael finally came home when the clock was about to strike midnight, and he seemed really


    exhausted when he walked through the door.


    I had thought of questioning him, but the words became stuck in my throat when I saw the state he was


    in.


    Suppressing the burning rage in my heart, I walked up to him with a faint smile. “You''re finally back.”


    “Why are you up sote? Didn''t I tell you not to wait up for me if I''m homete?”


    Michael frowned when he saw that I was still awake, but I could tell he wasn''t actually angry at me.


    “I... I couldn''t sleep...”


    I had wanted to ask him the burning question in the back of my mind, but I didn''t know how to go about


    it all of a sudden.


    “Is something the matter?”


    Michael was a smart guy and knew something was up when he saw me stammering hesitantly.


    “I...” I lowered my head after looking him in the eye. “You''ve been leaving the house early anding


    home reallyte these days, so I wanted to know what you''re so busy with.”


    I then nced at Michael nervously as I didn''t know how he would respond to my question.


    “You stayed up sote just to ask me this?” Michael asked coldly.


    I kept quiet and simply looked down in acknowledgement.


    Although Michael didn''t say anything about my behavior, I could feel that I was being a little


    unreasonable. Michael has already promised to be together with me, and yet I''m still questioning him


    like this... I bet he must really hate me for this...


    Instead of getting mad at me, Michael simply looked me in the eye and replied patiently, “I''ve been


    busy handling the breach of contract and the preparations for our wedding.”


    I felt my heart racing when I heard him mention our wedding.


    That''s right... Michael is a man of his word. I should''ve trusted him fully right from the start.


    When he saw me keeping my head low with a guilty expression, he walked up to me and patted my


    head as he said firmly, “I know what you''re thinking, Anna. I always fulfill my promises, so stop


    overthinking things, okay?”


    My heart continued to pound uncontrobly in my chest as I looked up at him and nodded profusely.


    I was finally able to calm down after finding out what he had been doingtely and receiving his


    reassurance. I knew Michael would never leave me no matter what happened, and I no longer felt


    anxious the next time he left home.


    In fact, I was even kind of excited as I knew he was making the preparations for our wedding.


    That afternoon, I was watching some boring soap opera on television when my phone rang all of a


    sudden. A frown formed on my face when I saw Justin''s name on the screen.


    Justin and I hadn''t seen each other for over half a year, nor have we contacted each other the whole


    time. I found myself feeling uneasy receiving his call so suddenly and declined it a few secondster.


    There was no need for us to remain in touch as we were no longer rted. On top of that, I didn''t like


    him at all.


    In fact, I sometimes cursed at myself for dating such an irresponsible man like him.


    I assumed Justin would know better than to call me again after I declined his call, but it seemed I had


    underestimated his shamelessness as my phone began ringing again immediately after.


    The sight of his name shing on my screen was really irritating, but I eventually chose to answer it.


    Let''s see what Justin is up to this time.


    “What do you want?” I asked coldly after answering the phone.


    “I didn''t think you''d answer my call, Anna! I thought you wouldn''t talk to me anymore!” Justin''s


    somewhat surprised voice came on the other line after a brief pause.


    Justin was really good at sweet-talking people, and that was precisely the reason I had agreed to date


    him back then. A singlepliment from him would leave me happy for days on end, but that was


    many years ago.


    I had long since grown out of that phase, and he had hurt me so deeply that I hated him more than


    anyone in the entire world.


    “Why did you call me? Is something the matter?” I asked, keeping my tone cold and emotionless.


    “Are you free to meet up right now, Anna?”


    Justin sounded a lot more serious when he heard how cold I sounded, and his request caught me by


    surprise.


    Nothing good could possiblye out of him asking to meet up so suddenly like this. It''s been over


    half a year since we broke up, so there''s no need for us to meet up at all.


    “I don''t think there''s a need for us to meet up ever again. Is there anything else you want to tell me? If


    not, I''ll be hanging up now.”


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    I hated Justin so much that I didn''t want to see him in the slightest.


    I wanted to hang up after saying that, but then Justin said, “Wait, don''t hang up! I just want to see you


    once, Anna. I''ve been feeling guilty for a really long time, and I''ve wanted to apologize to you. Will you


    at least give me a chance to?”


    He sounded really anxious and sincere, but it didn''t have any effect on me anymore.