Chapter 221


    “Everyone is talking about it, Anna. And you might get yourself into trouble because of it. So, you better


    not go to Allie’s funeral.” Scott said to Anna over the phone.


    “Oh, no! I wouldn’t be there if I didn’t know that her funeral was shortly after. Now that I know that, I’m


    definitely attending her funeral.”


    Anna looked at herself in the mirror and tried to make her ck shirt and ck pants look neater. She


    then tied her long hair into a ponytail.


    She heard Scott sigh through her wireless earphone. He said, “Okay. I’ve got stuff to do right now, so I


    might bete. Well, I’ll be there anyway.”


    “All right, drive safely,” Anna said. She then hung up the phone.


    Everyone said that Allie’s death was an ident. However, after asking several board members who


    were present at the time, Anna learned that Allie had jumped off the building


    on her own. They all said that the situation in thepany was a mess at that time. However, it was


    Shirley who caused all this chaos.


    But, no matter what, Allie was dead.


    Dn, Allie’s uncle, nned her funeral and invited as many people as he could, including Anna.


    When Anna got there, she noticed there were very few people around. So, she even suspected that


    she hade at the wrong time. However, it then urred to her that no one would want to be


    associated with the Gabriel Group after what had happened to them.


    Anna then went to Dn and said, “My condolences.”


    Dn nodded. His eyes welled up with tears at that point as he said, “Allie had a bad temper, but she


    was a good girl,”


    Although Anna didn’t fully agree with that, she didn’t say anything more. She just nodded her head and


    then turned around and prepared to leave.


    Dn suddenly stopped her and said, “Wait a minute! Allie died because something happened to the


    company, and she couldn’t handle the pressure. The group has be a mess now. You should be


    held ountable because you are Frank’s daughter!”


    After hearing his words, Anna’s brow furrowed. However, Anna restrained the urge to create a fuss


    because they were at a funeral. She patiently exined, “I don’t own any of thepany’s stock, and


    my father didn’t give me any assets. I have nothing to do with the group. If you’re still confused, you


    can ask Mr. Lee. He’s my father’swyer.”


    Dn looked irritated. He said, “No, I’m not going to talk to thatwyer; I’m just going to let you take the


    responsibility! Why did Frank expect us to clean up this huge mess for him? You should take action


    since you’re his daughter.”


    Anna thought he was ridiculous and immediately said sarcastically, “But when you knew about my


    father’s will, you didn’t even seem to care about ‘fairness’ at all.”


    Dn looked even more somber. He said, “That’s different! Now is the time for you to exin yourself


    to Allie and the rest of us! Thispany belongs to your father, so you must be responsible for this


    mess!”


    “Just leave Anna the f**k alone!” Scott said. Even though he was standing in the crowd, Anna could


    hear him clearly.


    Anna felt a hand gently tugging at her before she could turn around. She had just looked up when she


    saw Randal standing behind Scott.


    “Get Anna out of here.” Randal, Scott said. He then took off his sunsses and looked at everyone; his


    expression became extremely unpleasant.


    As Anna left with Randal, she heard Scott saying in the distance, “I knew you all were up to no good


    when you made Anna go to Allie’s funeral! What did you want to do to her? Did you guys think no one


    would support Anna? You can’t me her for this disaster! When you divided her father’s estate, you


    utterly ignored her. What makes you think you get to take advantage of her now?! I’m telling you, no


    f*****g way!”


    “There’s a lot of people there! I’m afraid they will hurt Scott!” Anna expressed her apprehension.


    “Don’t worry, Anna. Someone is protecting him,” Randal said without ncing back as he helped Anna


    to get into his car.


    Anna immediately looked in the direction he was looking,


    Instead of pretending to be polite at all, Dn said meanly, “Who the f**k are you? You’re just a stray


    dog Gabriel took in! Who are you to meddle in our business here?”


    Anna became irritated as soon as she heard these words. When she looked up, she noticed Randal


    standing against the car door. He was dressed in a fine suit and expressionless.


    “Teach that person a lesson,” he said calmly.


    Someone let out a dismayed yell just as he finished speaking. Even though Anna was far away from


    there, she heard the man cry bitterly and the sound of bones breaking.


    “Just hit him! Don’t worry about anything else. I’ll take care of everything.” That miserable scream


    became more frequent in the distant crowd.


    Anna was taken aback when she noticed Randal wearing a ck wireless headphone clipped to his


    right ear.


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    The robust men in ck in the crowd were the bouncers Randal had left with Scott to protect him.


    No wonder Scott dares to scold the hell out of those shameless jerks,


    Anna


    thought.


    She exhaled a sigh of relief as she watched the chaotic crowd in the distance. She thought those


    people were pathetic and ludicrous at the same time.


    Shirley and Allie had spent their entire lives scheming and getting all their scrappy rtives to work for


    Gabriel’s group. What they didn’t expect, though, was that something unexpected had urred. Then,


    Allie passed away, and Shirley disappeared. Instead of looking for Shirley, their so-called “rtives”


    hoped someone would continue operating the Gabriel Group. That way, they could keep getting paid


    for doing nothing.


    After leaving the funeral, Randal drove Anna home.


    Scott sat on the couch and said to Anna, “Just ignore them, okay. They’re all psychos. If I hadn’te


    in time today, they might have hurt you.”


    Once Anna realized what was right and wrong and weighed the pros and cons, she certainly knew that


    the most important thing was to protect herself. So, of course, she would not take responsibility for the


    group.


    She nodded before looking at Randal and then said, “You’ve been showing up together a lot recently.


    So, are you guys dating?”


    Scott was taken aback by her words and nearly spit out the coffee he had just sipped. He said, “No!


    We’re just friends.”


    “Really?” Anna looked at Randal skeptically. Scott might be too embarrassed to admit it, she thought.


    Randal answered, looking at Scott, “Well, we’re sort of friends.” “What do you mean ‘sort of’?” Anna


    pursued.


    “You know, everyone has a different definition of ‘friend’. If he says we’re friends, then we are.”


    Anna asked, puzzled, “What are you talking about?” “In other words, he’s the only ‘friend’I have.”


    Anna understood what Randal meant. She smiled, looked over at Scott, and noticed his face turned


    from fair to rosy. She intended to tease him and deliberately asked, “Hey, why are you blushing, Scott?”


    Scott defended himself awkwardly by saying, “I feel hot.” “What? It’s fall already!” Anna said teasingly.


    “Oh, it’s really hot! Don’t you feel hot? It’s so hot in your house, so I don’t want to stay here anymore.


    Bye, Anna, I’m leaving.”


    When Scott finished, he was ready to get up. At that point, Randall looked as if he had been ready to


    leave for a long time. He also stood up, straightened his clothes, and said, “I’ll


    drive you home.”


    And Anna could see Scott’s face flush even more.