Chapter 1692 All Hope Is Gone (Part One)


    "If this is what you want, then you have won. I give up." Rain was so crushed that he had to close his


    eyes for a moment. He was really hoping that they would move into his house, but not in this way.


    Seeing his daughter cry struck the softest depths of his heart, making it too painful for him to continue.


    "Rain, do you think that I am such a cold-hearted and calcting woman that would use my own


    children against you?" ''I never expected that they would behave like this. Judging from their earlier


    response, I have thought that they would love to live with you, '' Annie wondered.


    "The truth is right in front of us. If you don''t want to live with me then tell me straight. Don''t use the


    children as a tool for your rejection, "Rain said, enraged. To use one''s own children against the other


    parent, struck a chord with Rain. It reminded him of his own family when he was growing up. His


    mother used to be denigrated for using him as a weapon against his father. This made him extremely


    sensitive when he saw that Annie was doing the same with their children.


    "You can believe what you want. But I didn''t do that!" Annie burst out. She felt wrongly used by him.


    Her eyes were red with tears.


    "It doesn''t matter to me anymore. Since you have rejected me so strongly, then I wish you well, good-


    bye!" Rain looked at his children longingly. He then turned and left with a heavy heart as he couldn''t


    bear to see them crying because of him.


    Annie''s heart was full of bitterness. Once again Rain turned his back on her and walked away hurt and


    lonely. She knew that probably this time he wouldn''t be back again, which meant that she had


    extinguished a good chance of them getting back together.


    "Mommy, doesn''t daddy love us anymore?" Huey asked, looking at her with a sad face. ''If he loved us,


    he wouldn''t have left us, '' he thought.


    "No, he will always love you two. He left because he''s angry at mommy, not at you two." Annie felt


    nervous. Even she questioned what was going through Rain''s mind.


    "Mommy, you don''t love daddy. Is that why you don''t want to move to daddy''s house with us?" Joyce


    asked in a little voice. Her eyes were full of tears. Annie''s heart broke seeing Joyce like this.


    "No sweetheart it''s not like that, don''t think too much about it. Huey, take your sister into the room now,"


    Annie said softly. She had a very bad gut feeling that she had lost Rain forever.


    "All right Mommy," Huey nodded. He gently took his sister by the hand and led her to her room. He was


    such a sweet and obedient boy.


    Annie paced the room back and forth weighing up if she should exin everything to Rain. After some


    consideration, she decided to swallow her pride. It was more important for her to go after him than to


    risk losing him forever.


    Running down the stairs as fast as she could, she ran out onto the street only to see his car speeding


    away in the distance. She had missed him by only a few seconds.


    ''How could you just drive away like that? Don''t you care about your own children anymore?'' she


    thought bitterly.


    Rain drove his car straight to the KD Group. Before the argument, he had nned to spend the whole


    day with Annie and the kids, but now that n was quashed. So he decided to immerse himself in his


    work to try and forget about the pain that he was now feeling in his heart.


    "Mr. Xia, what a coincidence! I was thinking about calling you and here you are," William said cheerfully


    as he walked towards Rain to greet him.


    "What''s the matter?" Rain asked impatiently. ''Whatever William is going to say, it couldn''t be something


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    "Well, the thing is, the model that previously signed the contract with ourpany was in a car


    identst night. She wasn''t badly hurt, but she doesn''t seem to be able to attend any of the


    activities," William replied a little bit at a loss. It wasmonly known fact in the industry, that changing


    a model temporarily wouldn''t be beneficial for thepany.


    "What? Why didn''t you tell me this earlier? What did the advertising department say? Have they found


    a recement for her yet?" Rain asked, irritated. He was having a really bad day. Everything just


    seemed to be out of his control.


    "Not yet. It''s very difficult to find two people with the same style in such a short time," William answered


    cautiously. He felt as if Rain, the president was about to explode with rage.


    "I see. I''ll fix the problem right now," Rain said, frowning. He took a deep breath and let it out slowly as


    he reached for his cell phone. Fortunately, FX International Group had signed on many new models, so


    finding the right one shouldn''t prove to be too difficult for him.


    After finishing the call, he copsed on to the sofa, sinking deeply into it, with his own thoughts...


    Annie thought about calling Rain, but she didn''t know what to say to him. So, instead, she spent the


    whole day restless, and even during the night she tossed and turned in bed.


    The next morning when she went to work at thepany, the first person that she saw was Belinda.


    Belinda always looked professional, immactely groomed, capable and experienced.


    "Good morning, Belinda," Annie said, greeting her with a small smile. She didn''t sleep well and her


    eyes were puffy.


    "Good morning Annie. Your eyes... Didn''t you sleep wellst night?" Belinda asked with a look of


    concern.


    "Yeah, I went to bed a littletest night," she said embarrassed. Annie touched her face and thought,


    ''Is it that obvious?'' She tried to hide her puffy eyes with heavy makeup this morning but obviously, it


    hadn''t worked.


    "How about you join me for a cup of coffee in my office now?" There were so many people at the get-


    together party yesterday that she didn''t get a chance to talk to her.


    "Sounds good," Annie said, thinking for a moment and then agreed her offer.


    "Annie, you are very good at keeping a secret. You never told us that Rain was the father of your


    children, why keep that from us?" Belinda gave her a stern look pretending to be angry with her, but


    inside she admired her courage.


    "I''m sorry. I didn''t mean to hide it from you all. I just didn''t know how to tell you." ''If I had told them that


    Rain was the father of my children, they would probably all think that I had an ulterior motive, '' she


    thought.


    "Well, I guess you are right. Anyway, have you two talked about when you are going to have the


    wedding?" Belinda asked directly, curious and worried about them.


    "Well no, not yet," Annie said, frowning. ''Why do they all just assume that we are going to get married, ''


    she thought sadly.


    "Well, you should both make the time to have the wedding. After all, your children are growing up very


    fast. It''s not good for you both to wait for too long. Besides, Rain has been waiting for you for a very


    long time." Belinda couldn''t understand the brotherhood that Rain had with his mates. But she could tell


    how much Rain was in love with Annie that she could see with her own eyes.


    "Was he really waiting for me?" Annie asked a little surprised. She did wonder if Rain might look for her


    after she disappeared, but now to hear it with her own ears from someone else...