Chapter 492


    Charmine, on the other hand, had only known Anthony for about three months… 3 Anthony noted how


    Charmine remained quiet, and his usually cold and calm eyes became rather uneasy. He said with his


    hoarse and low voice, “Don’t think too much, Charmine. I’ll fix this.”


    “For how long?” Charmine asked, out of the blue.


    Anthony frowned. How long would he need?


    Such a question..


    “I don’t know exactly, but I’ll hurry.” As Annabel was drugged, he would not alert McKenzie so long as


    he did not have the antidote. Knowing McKenzie, Anthony knew that Annabel would have to endure


    more unnecessary pain if he confronted McKenzie.


    Anthony would remain uncertain of the future until Nial and medical professors could give him an


    antidote for Annabel. He would not lie about things he was uncertain of, and he would never lie to


    Charmine.


    Charmine felt as though a cat’s w tore at her heart; she could see that Anthony was extremely


    careful this time. The usually decisive Anthony had be extremely cautious because of Annabel. 1


    He must be worried about harming Annabel, worried that Annabel could not get an antidote… 1


    Truthfully, this was no big of a deal. If this woman was not Annabel, had it been any other woman


    instead, Anthony would have gone up to McKenzie right away to fix it. However, since Annabel was an


    important person to him, he cared about the consequences. It was because of that, Anthony was


    unable to give her an exact time…


    At that moment…


    Ding! Ding!


    The doorbell rang again.


    Anthony and Charmine’s eyes fixed on the door, wondering if Annabel had returned. None of them


    moved.


    The doorbell continued to ring. From outside the door, they could hear a faint conversation: “Maybe


    Charmine isn’t home? Shall we wait for a while?” That was Joey’s voice.


    Hearing that, Charmine somehow let out a sigh of relief. She said to Anthony, “Get inside.” After what


    just happened, this was not the time to officiate their rtionship. Her future with Anthony had be


    erratic. After a moment of silence, Anthony eventually stood up and walked inside. He had no other


    thoughts in mind. It was not that he did not want to officiate their rtionship-he just


    respected Charmine’s decision.


    Even without him in the living room, the air remained rather tense. After taking a deep breath,


    Charmine walked over and opened the door to see Joey and Adam standing outside. 1 The two of


    them no longer looked like wealthy people. They still had the same clothes they wore to the hospital


    yesterday, and they could not even change out of them. The essories


    on Joey’s hair were all gone, and she looked in and shabby. 1


    Joey had a delicate matcha cake in her hands. When she saw Charmine, she greeted with an awkward


    and polite tone, “Charmine…”


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    Charmine calmly leaned against the door. “Anything?”


    One word, cold and simple, as if speaking a word cost a gold bar. 1 Joey and Adam could feel how


    distant she had grown, and they felt extremely guilty for that. 1


    Charmine was their actual daughter, and yet under Tiffany’s schemes, they screwed up their


    rtionship with their actual flesh and blood…


    If it was not for Tiffany, Charmine would have been their favorite for the past 23 years. She would have


    been the glorious heiress of the Jordan family instead of bing the ”adopted daughter’ who was


    being looked down on for all those years…


    With mixed feelings, Joey handed the matcha cake to her. “Charmine, I remember that matcha cake is


    your favorite. Your father and I bought this for you.” Charmine nced at the matcha cake, and her


    eyes turned colder than it already was.