Chapter 191
Breakups were usually too brutal to watch. Moreover, Anna felt embarrassed to stand around and
watch while they were breaking up. So, Anna immediately flipped out of the side of the pavilion and ran
away.
As she escaped there, thest words she heard were from Karl. He said, “Peace, let’s just pretend that
nothing happened these days, okay? Can we just stay the same as before?”
Anna was surprised. Karl was the biggest yboy in town, and he had dated almost half the women
there. But he would make others sympathize with him if he became serious about his rtionship.
Anna didn’t expect Karl to be willing to back off after all that had happened. He even wished he could
go back in time and pretend he had never proposed to her or been rejected by her.
“I’m afraid I can’t. I’m sorry, Karl, but I’ve had enough of fooling around, “Peace responded.
So, messing around was not just a right of men.
Anna drove Peace back to her studio when it was dark.
“Anna, I’m actually fine. You don’t have to give me a ride.”
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Anna nced at her and said, “No, I don’t care if you’re fine or not. I just want to eat that taco in the
store next to your
studio.”
“Okay, then I’ll go get it for you.”
“Sure! I don’t have a job right now, so it’s on you, right?”
Anna was talking like that on purpose. She noticed that Peace had been depressed and silent when
they came out of the hospital.
Anna was afraid that she would be upset, so she tried to cheer her up in this way.
If it was before, Peace would have bickered with her. However, Peace just leaned back in the
passenger seat and looked exhausted.
After being silent for a long time, she finally sighed and said, “It’s a shame,”
Anna looked at Peace and thought she felt bad about breaking up with Karl. She stated, “What? It turns
out that you also feel the
same way.”
Peace, however, looked at her dumbfounded and said, “No, I’m sorry that we won’t be able to go on
that trip together. Earlier, Karl
and I talked about bringing you and Wayne on a trip to an ind. So, you two can have a chance to talk
about your rtionship. But now
that we’re no longer together, I can’t offer you that wonderful chance.”
Anna had a soothing smile on her face. But when she heard Wayne’s name, she couldn’t smile
anymore. She tightened her grip on
the driving wheel and replied, “Hey, I don’t need your help. You’d better take care of your own
business.”
Peace’s studio was in the east of Birmingham downtown and next to a tourist attraction. Since it was
summer, many tourists were
Anna and Peace sat in the window seat of that taco store. They looked at how the tourists dressed,
talked on the street and made rudements. As a designer with good taste, Peace thought these
tourists were all dressed in a tacky way.
Anna rolled her eyes toward her and said, “You have no right to talk about them! You should take a
good look in the mirror and see
how you look right now. You have guacamole on your mouth, and your mascara is smudged.”
When Peace beard Anna’s remarks, she quickly looked up at her. Anna was holding hall a taco in one
hand and chicken nuggets from
the tte
She mad calmly, “You too.”
We both had our hearts broken by men and relied on eating a lot to make ourselves feel better. So, we
had better stopughing at
each other, leave thought,
“Would you have said yes to Karl’s proposal if you hadn’t been sick?” Anna asked.
Peace took a bite of her chicken nugget and looked as if she didn’t care. Her mouth was full of food as
she spoke, “I’m afraid I would
have married someone by now if I didn’t have this illness. In that case, he wouldn’t have had a chance
to marry me!”
Peace chose to live because she craved the excitement of the world. She chose to be alone because
she didn’t want to bring burdens
to others. She believed that if she hadn’t been sick and had led a regr life, she would have married
and had a happy life.
“Okay, let’s not talk about that. By the way, how is your father? I heard you chatting with the doctor at
the hospital this morning,
and he said that your father’s health condition is better now. So, after that, will he still be in that nursing
home?”
“Well, I asked him, and he said he preferred to stay at home,” Anna responded, frowning.
Peace immediately said in surprise and anger, “What the hell is that old man thinking? You‘ve put in so
much effort to look after him
these days, and now he wants to go when he’s feeling better? Does he still wants to live with that
mistress?”
Anna couldn’t help but feel uneasy because Peace’sments were not kind. However, Anna
pretended to be rxed and said, “Forget about it. After all, they’ve spent most of their lives together.
So, I’m not surprised that he’s closer to her than me. He is getting
older, so he might not want to live in that nursing home by himself.”
“What? What an ungrateful bastard!”
Peace didn’t show any mercy to Frank just because he was Anna’s father, but kept calling him
“bastard”.
“I think, Anna, you’ve done your best. After all, you’ve visited him in the hospital so many times. So, just
ignore him and
concentrate on your life.”
Anna said calmly, “It’s okay; I should leave him alone.”
Shirley and Allie have visited Frank in the hospital frequently recently. Moreover, they are the ones who
offered to let Frank stay
home. So, they seem to be treating him pretty well, Anna thought.
“What are your ns after that?”
“Hmm?”
Peace asked Anna as she wiped her greasy hands, “I’m asking you about your new job. You said that
you had it all figured out before.
So, stop keeping it a secret and just tell me!”
Annaughed and replied, “Actually, I don’t have to keep it a secret. I didn’t tell you at that time
because I hadn’t done the paperwork yet. Well, I just had it all done yesterday.”
“What?”
Anna wiped the grease off her hands with a napkin, then took out a business card from her bag and
handed it to Peace.
Peace read it out softly, then looked up in surprise and asked, “Anna Gabriel, the Lemon Clothing
Company’s general manager?
What? Have you started a business?”
Anna exined, “To be honest, my mother founded thispany, not me. My father had just started
his business when my mother rried lim. So, my mom gave him all the money he needed at that time.
Later, when my mom was pregnant with me, my dad’s
Anna deliberately did not say what happened in the middle. On the other hand, Peace had already
figured out what was going
Of
Olivia had given up her job after being pregnant with Anna. As a result, i emon was merged into
Frank’s group and became an
obscute subsidiary, thenter because I rank chealed on her with Shirtey, Olivia died while giving birth
to her child. Shirley did not even
treal het daughter Anna well, not to mention hepany.
So, it was not easy for us shallpany to survive through so many difficulties for so long.
“When I loll myther about it, he said yes right away,”
“Of course, he had to say yes, because thispany is supposed to be yours. I don’t see any problem
with you getting your stuff
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Annaughed and said, “Come on, I don’t even care about the past myself, so don’t you feel angry
about it. By the way, I have to ask you something important.”
“What is it?”
“Would you like to work for me at Lemon?”
Peace froze, frowned and asked, “My goodness, are you kidding me? Do you really want me to work
for your smallpany as a designer? Why?”
“Because you’re cheap.”
“Gee! Anna, do you know how much I get paid?” Peace’s eyes immediately widened in surprise.