Chapter 144


    “Seriously?” Anna froze. Then, she burst outughing.


    The girl looked only twelve years old, and Anna didn‘t expect that Wayne actually had to call her


    “auntie“.


    I can hardly imagine what Wayne looks like when he calls a twelve–year–old girl “aunt“, Anna thought


    She peeked at Wayne and noticed that he didn‘t look happy. So, she forced herself not tough and


    tried to think of something tofort him, “Henry, I think she should be his aunt in name only. I don‘t


    think Wayne has ever called her‘ aunt‘, has he?”


    Anna didn‘t expect the butler to shake his head and deny it outright.


    He said, “No, he still has to call her ‘aunt‘. Although Natalie is an adopted daughter, she is still a family


    member.”


    Wayne nced coldly at the butler and said, “Henry, you‘ve been talking a lottely. I think maybe it‘s


    time for you to retire and go home.”


    Anna lowered her head and held back herughter. With an embarrassing smile, Henry immediately


    changed the subject, “There is a threshold, so please watch your steps.”


    The Wright House was an old and grand building in Birmingham. They walked for a long time through


    the corridors and passed many rooms before they reached the beautiful dining room.


    Peter Wright looked energetic even though he was quite old “Mr. Wright, hello.” Anna greeted him


    respectfully.


    “Hey, you don‘t have to call me that. We‘re not in thepany now. Besides, I‘m retired. You can just


    call me Grandpa like Wayne does. Anna, make yourself at home.”


    Once she heard that, Anná blushed a little. She hesitated for a while before saying. “Grandpa.”


    Peter was satisfied with this and then looked at Tammy and Matthew with a smile. “Come on, kids,


    please sit with your great grandfather,” Anna said to the children.


    Tammy totally made this ce her home. She touched Peter‘s hand, kissed him on the cheek, and said


    affectionately, “Great–gramdpa, I would like to eat strawberry ice cream.”


    “OK, I‘ll have the cook make it for you, and you can have itter.”


    Looking at how familiar the two of them seemed to be with each other, Anna asked, somewhat


    suspiciously, “Are you two familiar with each other?”


    Peter froze, then didn‘t say anything.


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    Henry exined to him, “Mr. Wright has met Tammy once before at the hospital, and he likes her a lot.


    When he heard that Tammy and Matthew often hang out, he asked for her cell phone number.


    Sometimes, he would ask Tammy about how Matthew was doing at school.”


    Anna didn‘t suspect anything more and said, “I see. I can understand that you get worried for Matthew,


    as this was the first time he goes to school outside alone.”


    Wayne, however, sensed that something was off. He stared at Peter with aplicated look