Chapter 251


    Tantrum


    Peter turned to face Anna and said, “Oh, well, I won’t make you stay at my house anymore. So, will you


    come back and cook for Matthew tonight?”


    Anna nodded, and then lowered her head to make herself look less embarrassed. She said, “Well,


    Tammy, let’s go.”


    At that exact moment, Matthew stretched out and grabbed Anna’s blouse. He yelled, “Mommy!” as if he


    were going to cry


    Everyone at the table froze except Wayne, who remained motionless.


    Matthew rarely called Anna “Mommy” in front of others but did it so frequently in front of Wayne.


    Wayne did nothing and simply waited to see how Anna would react.


    “Matthew, do you think you can just call a random woman ‘mommy’ like that?” Peter asked him


    indifferently


    At the same time, Matthew appeared depressed. He yanked on Anna’s shirt, unable to ept that she


    was leaving


    Because he was grasping her shirt so firmly, his hands were already red, Matthew screamed, “No, I


    want my mommy! Don’t let my mommy leave me!”


    All those who were present became flustered, and the servants looked at each other in surprise.


    “Come on now, Matthew.” Anna forced herself to say it. She prayed that she could whisk Matthew away


    from this ce for good right now.


    Even though Anna was sure she would be rejected, she requested, “Can Matthew stay at my house for


    a few days?”


    Peter responded coldly, as Anna had predicted, “No way!” Hearing his words, Matthew cried even


    louder. Immediately, Peter yelled angrily at Wayne, “Hey! Why don’t you do something, Wayne?”


    Hearing that, Wayne still did nothing. He simply sat in his seat, his face expressionless.


    Then, indifferently, he replied, “No, I can’t help you. You know that once Matthew begins to cry, no one


    can stop him.”


    “Are you trying to make me furious on purpose?” Peter asked, his face flushed with rage. He


    immediately approached Anna, grabbed Matthew’s arm, and yanked him away from her.


    Although Anna was reluctant to leave, she had to bite the bullet and walk away.


    She looked back before departing with Matthew. When she saw Matthew crying, and on the verge of


    choking, she was heartbroken.


    Then she drove away from the gate and then determined to leave this ce.


    Anna heard Tammy crying in the backseat and asking, “Mom, Matthew is crying! Do we have to leave


    him?”


    Anna still looked ahead after hearing her words, and she grabbed the driving wheel more tightly


    She replied, “No, I don’t want to leave him. But my love, there’s nothing I can do now. Thewyer your


    father hired will arrive in Ennd soon. After seeing him, I will try my best to get your brother back to


    us.”


    Tammy blinked her reddening eyes, sniffled, and inquired, “Why am I with you, Mommy? Why did


    Matthew grow up around Wayne? Mommy, is it because you abandoned him when he was little?”


    Tammy assumed Matthew was Jasper and Anna’s child, but he was sent away for unknown reasons.


    Anna didn’t know how to exin this to Tammy. So, she said after a long silence, “Oh, that’s because I


    identally lost him when I gave birth to you two.


    At the same time, the dining room was chaotic when Anna left.


    Only Wayne remained seated. He didn’t appear to want to cajole Matthew. Meanwhile, the servants


    were all scrambling and trying to make that little boy feel better.


    However, Matthew cried even louder when someone approached him.


    Peter mmed the table in frustration, feeling at a loss for words. After a while, he bent down to soothe


    Matthew, saying, “Hey, good boy, stop crying, will


    you?”


    Matthew quickly stopped crying and sniffled. Just as everyone was surprised that he could calm


    Matthew, something unexpected happened the next second.


    With a crisp snap. Matthew pped his hand heavily on Peter’s face. Then he yelled with great anger,


    “You’re bad!”


    Everyone in the room was taken aback by Matthew. Henry was equally astounded and couldn’t believe


    what he had just witnessed.


    Peter had been a respectable gentleman since he was in business, and no one dared to mess with


    him.


    No one would have predicted that his great-grandson would p him in front of everyone like that


    As everyone had expected, Peter immediately became irritated.


    At this point, Charlotte stood up and said in a good word for Matthew, “Okay, Grandpa. Matthew is still


    a kid. He doesn’t know what he’s doing. Please don’t get mad at him.”


    Wayne remainedposed, and all he did was sip his water


    Then, as if he’d made up his mind, Peter frowned and took a deep breath. He knelt down, grinned as


    wide as he could, and said, “I’m sorry, Matthew. It was my fault. You can p me again if you are still


    angry. I will not me you for it. So, could you stop making a scene? Will you please finish your meal?”


    Everyone was stunned, and Henry’s jaw was about to drop to the ground. They realized how much


    Peter adored his great-grandson at that point. They had just learned it because they had rarely spent


    time together in a long time, and such things had never happened before.


    Matthew, on the other hand, was still wailing. He took two steps back after pping Peter’s


    hand away.


    With tears streaming down his cheeks, he eximed, “No! I want my mommy!!!”


    Peter sighed and finally understood why Wayne said that no one could coax Matthew while crying. In


    fact, it was true that no one but Anna could make Matthew stop crying.


    Matthew was taken away by the maids. They couldn’t keep him quiet, but they could keep the dining


    room quiet


    However, no one had an appetite for lunch anymore


    After Charlotte realized everyone was depressed, she stood up and said, “Well, I’m full. Excuse me, but


    I should get going. I’ve got ns in the afternoon.”


    Hearing that, Peter said, “But some dishes are not served yet!”


    Charlotte smiled respectfully and said, “Oh, thank you, but I’m good. I’m on a diet right now, so I can’t


    eat too much. I also have ns for tonight, so I won’t be able toe over then.”


    Peter nodded his head after she finished her words.


    Charlotte then left Wright’s house. After getting into her car, she spotted a number on her phone


    contacts.


    She stared at the screen for a long time before dialing it.


    “Hello. It’s me, Charlotte.”


    “Well, where are you now? You haven’t eaten much just now, have you? Why don’t we get together for


    lunch? I just wanted to talk to you about something.”


    After a few words, they hung up the phone.


    Charlotte then took a paper bag from the passenger seat and opened it, revealing the paternity report


    Gazing at those papers, she had mixed feelings.


    She used to believe that Ada had lied to her. However, when she saw the evidence, she realized that


    Anna turned out to be Wayne’s surrogate mother back then.


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    Anna asked Ryan to take care of Tammy. She said to him, “Tammy hasn’t eaten yet. So, would you get


    her something to eat, please? I’m going to meet someone, and I might be backte.”


    Ryan nodded and said, “Sure, no problem. By the way, who are you meeting?” “Charlotte.” Anna said


    after a brief pause.


    Charlotte asked Anna to meet her at a café in the center of town. The café looked just like the ones in


    Paris with beautiful iron ck tables and chairs.


    The leaves of the maple trees along the road were slowly turning red, and the weather was getting


    colder day by day.


    Charlotte was dressed elegantly, as she had been when she first met Anna. She wore a Chanel beige


    suit and looked like a ssical rich girl.


    After arriving at the cafe, Anna stood still and looked around, searching for Charlotte. Charlotte, seated


    by the wall at the time, waved to her and said, “Anna! I’m right here!” Hearing that, Anna walked over


    and sat down in front of her.


    Charlotte said, “Oh, I’ve bought you a cup of caramel mhiato, a dessert, and a sd. Do you like


    them?”


    Anna nodded and said, “Yes, thank you. So, what do you want to talk to me about?”


    Anna didn’t think Charlotte and her knew each other well enough to go to lunch. After all, they had had


    an extremely awkward meal and hadn’t even greeted each other back then.


    Charlotte stated with her lips pursing, “Oh, Anna, don’t get me wrong. I don’t want to threaten you


    again. Besides, I want to apologize to you for my rude behavior earlier.”


    She appeared sincere. Anna, on the other hand, felt that she was being provocative.


    “Oh, you don’t need to apologize to me. Charlotte, you now have everything you desire. So, no matter


    what you say to me, I won’t take it as your apology. On the contrary. I’ll think you’re going against me.”


    Charlotte quickly exined. “That is not the case! To tell you the truth, I’m not in love with Wayne any


    longer! And he and I are really just friends now. I hope you guys can reconcile so that things can return


    to the way they were. I hope I haven’t caused you too much trouble.”


    When Charlotte said that, Anna felt that she was being ridiculous.


    Therefore, Anna frowned and said, “You’ve got to be kidding me, Charlotte! I’m sorry, but I’m too busy


    to y those foolish games with you.”


    “I’m not kidding. Anna. Mypany is nning to relocate me to its headquarters in France soon. And


    my parents are moving to France with me. So, I may rarelye back here in the future.”


    When Anna looked at Charlotte’s serious expression, she said suspiciously. “What? You’re returning to


    France? So, how are you and Wayne going to get married then?”


    Anna reasoned that Peter would never let Wayne apany Charlotte to France. Then it was


    impossible for them to get married if they lived in different countries.


    Charlotte chuckled and said, “Actually, we weren’t nning on getting married at all. Wayne said that


    because he wanted to keep his grandpa’s mouth shut. You know, Peter will talk to Wayne about our


    engagement today. So, Wayne is about to reveal the truth to him.”


    Anna then went utterly still. She couldn’t believe that Wayne and Charlotte were getting married turned


    out to be a lie.


    “Huh? How is that possible?” Anna inquired, perplexed. She assumed Wayne would not deceive Pete


    with such a foolish lie.


    Charlotte took a file from her handbag and handed it to Anna, asking, “Please believe me on this. I


    discovered something by chance recently, realizing that my meddling with you guys only makes me


    look like a fool. But I am still curious about it. Would you mind telling me the truth?”


    Charlotte motioned for Anna to grab the papers from the bag. Then Anna’s face became pale as she


    realized it was a paternity test.


    “I was puzzled about why you treated Wayne’s son so nice before. But now, I understand why.”


    Charlotte said.


    Anna felt a chill running down her spine, and her blood was on the verge of freezing. She had never


    imagined that Charlotte would dig out the secret that she tried so hard to hide from everyone.


    She had believed she had kept the secret well hidden. Furthermore, she assumed that no one would


    ever find out about it if she didn’t say anything about it


    “However, I still want to know the truth from you. Anna, tell me, your daughter’s father is Wayne, isn’t


    he? And you’re the mother of her son, aren’t you? What the hell had happened?”


    Anna clenched the paper so hard that her knuckles turned white. “Does Wayne know about this?” she


    asked after calming down.


    Charlotte answered with a shake of her head, “No, he certainly doesn’t. I didn’t tell him because I


    wasn’t sure what will happen if I tell him. Anna.”Exclusive ? material by N?(/v)elDrama.Org.


    “Yes, I see. What do you know?”


    “Actually, I only know the first half of it. Someone told me that Wayne’s son was born to a surrogate


    mother. He only did it because his grandfather persuaded him to get married soon. But I still find it


    puzzling. Your father was a sessful businessman, wasn’t he? So, what made you decide to be


    a surrogate mother?”


    Anna frowned and started to ponder. She thought Charlotte already knew most of what had happened,


    but she hadn’t told Wayne about it because she was worried about some things.


    However, Anna knew what Charlotte was worried about


    Then Anna tucked that paper into the bag and sealed it. She said thoughtfully. “Well, Charlotte, I can


    tell you more of it since you have already known my secret. But will you keep it a secret for me?”


    Charlotte was stunned for a moment and asked, “Huh? Do you want to keep it a secret? So, you’re not


    going to tell Wayne about this, right?”


    Anna answered indifferently, “No. It’s my own business. If you don’t tell