Chapter 488
Instantly, the air in the vi became tense.
A strange glint appeared in Annabel’s eyes when she spotted Anthony. Quickly, she avoided his eyes
and cautiously asked, “Mr… Mr. Bailey, I… May I speak to you in private?” Her tone was meek and low.
After a moment of hesitation, Anthony put down the document and walked out. When he walked past
Charmine, he halted and reminded in a deep voice, “I’ll fix this soon. Remember what I said to you.”
Charmine frowned. What did he say? He had said too many things to her…
Meanwhile, Anthony said to Annabel, “Follow me.”
He walked in front of her toward the rockery pond. Annabel nodded at Charmine politely before
following behind him. 1
Charmine felt unusually anxious as she stared at their retreating forms. She could clearly feel that
Anthony’s interaction with Annabel was different-especially with the way he looked at her-and his action
was very strange.
There must have been a story between them…
Furthermore, now that Anthony was walking in front, with the small figured Annabel following behind,
the scene seemed as if it could only make sense for him to protect her from others.
Charmine’s hand held onto the door tightly. 1)
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Beside the rockery pond, there were just the two of them. Anthony stood by the pond with one hand in
the pocket. He said nothing, but he exuded an air of authority. Annabel stood behind him, uneasy and
anxious. After a while, she built up her courage to say, “ Mr. Bailey, I wouldn’t…have looked for you if I
had other options. I know that I’ve wronged you ten years ago…”
Although the two of them were not in a rtionship back then, Anthony would always show up to
protect and help her. His life was boring back then, consisting of only work, study, and business. She
promised him to show him other things in the world, such as the roadside stalls and the little things in
life. However, the next day after she made such a promise to him, she took five million and left
Burlington…
Annabel lowered her head with guilt. “I know I wasn’t worth five million-epting the money was an
insult to myself. However, I had no other choice back then as my Grandma was diagnosed with kidney
failure, and I needed arge sum of money to treat her. Also, I was aware that I wasn’t good enough for
you, that being with you would only add to your trouble, SO I…”
Anthony remained silent, his cold back showed not a single emotion. 1
Annabel continued in a hoarse voice, “I was nning to stay out of Burlington forever, but Grandma
died five years ago… She wanted to be buried back home and didn’t want to die in a
foreignnd. She insisted oning home every day, and I cannot let her die unpeacefully, so I had no
choice but to bring her ashes back to Burlington.
“‘I know you have a new life now, and I’ve never thought of disturbing you nor breaking my promise to
Ms. McKenzie and your mother. However… As you know, I was an orphan since young as my parents
left me when I was little, my Grandpa being the only parent who raised me. When I brought back her
ashes, I realized that my parents came back, and it turns out that they were captured and forced to
work as ves in illegal brickyards. Those people didn’t let my parentse home until they were
completely worn out…” 1
Annabel’s eyes reddened as she spoke, “I had no one after Grandma died, and they were the only
ones I had- I can’t leave them here. Sadly, I’ve spent the whole five million on Grandma’s treatment,
and I don’t have much left to bring them out of Burlington with me, so I had no choice but to stay in
Burlington five years ago.” 1
Anthony’s expression turned grim the more Annabel spoke, especially when he heard those words:
‘five years ago’. The hand inside his pocket jolted. Five years ago, she came back to Burlington. Was
she truly the one who birthed Chris? Was it true, then, that Chris was her son? That Annabel was the
woman he slept with?