Chapter 729 Knowing The Truth


    At the hotel


    Laura and Junia stood in front of the hotel gate. They were waiting for Anthony to pick them up. Laura


    was slowly gaining confidence that she could dissuade her son from marrying Sheryl. Till now their n


    had been working for them. After Laura pretended to faint, Anthony thought she was really ill and


    stayed with her most of the time. And she knew that Anthony had never seen Sheryl since then.


    Both Laura and Junia were happy that their scheme worked.


    Hence, both thedies stood there sharing niceties with each other. Laura took this opportunity of


    Anthony''s absence to pep up Junia a little more. Laura patted Junia''s hand and said, "Junia, I have


    done everything I could to help you. Next it depends on you in terms of whether or not you can win


    Anthony''s heart. You must grip this opportunity."


    "Aunt Laura, don''t worry. We have won half the game. Now Anthony has a good impression of me,"


    Junia said smiling confidently. As both thedies thought that they had out smarted Anthony and after


    all the games they yed, he would most definitely move away from Sheryl, neither of them noticed


    that Anthony had gone out of the hotel.


    Anthony had had a stomach upset, so he had gone into the washroom at the hotel. When he went out,


    he wanted to y a trick on them so he tiptoed to them. At that time, Laura was speaking with a smile,


    "A good impression on you? That''s great. I don''t have any other wish except that Anthony and you get


    married. Only then will all my efforts be worthwhile."


    "Don''t worry, Aunt Laura," Junia spoke with a big smile on her face. "I have followed your instructions


    and it has really worked. My disagreeing with your behavior in front of Anthony has helped me win his


    trust. Now he feels that I will give him sensible and genuine advice. Hence, he even listened to me


    when I asked him not to see Sheryl any more, '' she added with a confident smile on her face. "So now I


    think I have the opportunity to be with him," she added.


    "That''s really good," Laura said with a big smile. She felt relieved, thinking that Sue could finally


    rece that single mother in her son''s heart who had no family background. ''Anthony is young and


    blind in love. He will never understand why I am doing all this. But whatever I am doing is only for his


    good. Perhaps he will understand when he bes a father himself, '' Laura thought to herself. Then


    she continued her words, "I know my son. He wouldn''t listen to you if you oppose him. But if you can


    make him feel that you are on his side, it will be very easy to convince him. I don''t think that woman will


    be able to keep my son happy. You are destined to be my daughter-inw." Saying this, Laura touched


    Junia''s cheek lovingly.


    "Aunt Laura..." Junia lowered her eyes as she blushed. She felt a little shy. "It is you who know your


    son best. If you hadn''t pretended to be ill, I wouldn''t have got a chance to approach him." She showed


    her great gratitude to Laura.


    As both thedies were freely speaking about how their scheme was working well for them, they did


    not even notice that Anthony was standing right behind them. After hearing their words, Anthony was


    dumbstruck.


    A yful gesture that he had nned for surprising his mom turned out to be a great revtion for him.


    He just wanted to frighten them by cropping up, but instead the one who got truly scared was none


    other than he, himself.


    This was so ridiculous.


    All the while he had just been a fool! He froze at the spot he stood. Too scared to even call them. Too


    scared to confront them. Needless to say, he was heart broken by what his mom had done to him. But


    it left him to be absolutely numb.


    Suddenly, Laura felt it was taking unusually long for Anthony toe back. "Why hasn''t Anthony still


    arrived here?" Laura asked. Having said that, Laura suddenly had an uncanny feeling that kind of


    scared her. She then turned around and there he was. Anthony was standing right behind them.


    He stood there motionless. His face was as white as a sheet, as he stared right into his mother''s eyes.


    It was utter embarrassment for Laura. As Junia noticed Laura had turned absolutely silent after turning


    around, even she felt something was wrong. Then even she turned around toe face to face with


    Anthony. Both thedies were dumbfounded to see him. Laura tried to gather her speech as she


    stammered, "When… when did you arrive, Anthony?"


    She wanted to confirm if Anthony had heard their talking. Anthony looked at her without even casting a


    nce at Junia who stood there, petrified.


    Anthony curved his lips in a sarcastic smile and said, "I arrived when both of you were busy appraising


    each other."


    Laura understood that he had heard everything. She could not find words to exin to him. "Anthony,


    please listen to me. I can exin it…" Junia spoke hastily. She took a step forward and tried to hold


    Anthony''s hand. But Anthony just shook her hand.


    "That''s enough. What else do you still want to exin?" Anthony asked her in an angry voice without


    even looking at her face. "You want to fool me again?" Now he turned towards her and gave her a


    sardonic smile. Junia lowered her eyes immediately. Then he continued his words, "I was so silly. You


    just said a few words and I just believed in you. Junia, I did not expect this from an educated and


    independent girl like you!"


    "Anthony!" Laura frowned at him as she interrupted his terrible words, "What are you speaking?" She


    tried to defend for Junia, "It has nothing to do with Junia. If you truly want to me someone, you


    should me me. It was me who instructed her to do so."


    "Yes of course. How did you think that I wouldn''t me you?" Anthony said with an ironic smile. "I find it


    difficult to believe that your are my mother? You schemed with another woman to cheat me. I have


    been with Sheryl for three years. I thought that you truly wanted to know her. I took her to see you with


    so much of expectations. But what have you done? You humiliated her in front of me. I just believed


    that you were testing her. Mom, do you think I am a fool?"


    "Do you know what kind of nonsense you are talking? Is this how you talk to your mother?" Laura


    creased her brows. She then tried to pacify his anger. "Whatever I have done, it was only for your


    good. Just think about it yourself. Do you think Sheryl has no rtionship with that man? Why do you


    insist on wasting your life with such a disreputable women? How can I, being your mother, ept this


    kind of women as your wife." Laura realized that there was no point pretending anymore. It was the


    time to take the bull by its horn.


    "You know nothing at all!" Anthony yelled at Laura with a sardonic smile. "That man is Shirley''s


    biological father. It was he who kept harassing Sheryl. Sheryl does not have an affair with him at all."


    Anthony tried to defend Sheryl.


    "What?" Laura''s eyes were wide open when she heard Anthony''s words. Even after she heard what


    Anthony said, she heart did not soften towards Sheryl. She remained firm on her opinion and said, "So


    what? Although she was not with that man earlier, what is the guarantee that she will not an affair with


    himter on?"


    "Shut up!" Anthony couldn''t help but speak sternly. His mother''s attitude towards Sheryl hurt him


    beyond words. He felt so belittled at the very thought that Laura just refused to trust Sheryl, he felt he


    would never be able to face Sheryl. He was so confident that his mother would like her once she met


    her. But here, Laura had closed all doors for her even before she met Sheryl. She came here with a


    scheme to separate her from him. He cast a cold nce at Laura and said sarcastically, "From now on,


    you must not meddle in my rtionship with Sheryl. I can handle it myself."


    He then red at Junia grimly. "And you, as a girl, please respect yourself. You can''t get someone like


    this. No one would like to be with you if you try to get him by hook or by crock."


    "Anthony!" Laura yelled at Anthony with furrowed brows, "Don''t cross your limits. It has got nothing to


    do with Junia at all."


    "Whatever you say." Anthony''s expression hardened as she looked at Laura. After Anthony had heard


    their conversation, no exnation from Laura could bring back his faith on her.


    "Mom, now you have had a visit. Just go back," Anthony looked away as he spoke to Laura. Then he


    added unemotionally, "If you still want to stay in Y City, I can''t stop you.


    But I wouldn''t care about you anymore. I will get Sher back now. If you still cannot ept her as your


    daughter-inw, then prepare your mind to forsake me as your son as well. I will break all ties with


    you." Anthony spoke in a stern voice with a very hard expression on his face.


    Then he just turned around and walked out of the hotel. Laura was so enraged that her blood pressure


    shot up immediately. She fell on the ground and lost her consciousness. Junia was utterly scared and


    supported her with her arms. "Aunt Laura, what''s wrong with you? Are you okay?" Junia asked


    concernedly tapping her on her face.


    "Anthony, Anthony! Stop!" Junia called out to him from back out of fear. "Aunt has fainted." She tried to


    stop him from leaving.


    Anthony stopped after hearing her cry. "Now, stop crying wolf," he said without even turning back at


    them. He stood right there just a few steps apart, resolved not to fall a prey to their trick anymore.


    "Don''t you get bored of ying the same trick again? I have no faith in your words any more," he said


    with a hardened expression.


    Then he stepped ahead and left the hotel premises ruthlessly. Junia watched him walk away as she


    knelt down on the floor holding Laura in one hand.


    She then asked for help from a hotel employee and took Laura to the hospital immediately. After the


    doctor examined her, she said that a dy of even a few more minutes could have resulted in being


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    fatal for Laura.


    Junia was extremely worried and angry as she could not get through with Anthony over the phone even


    though she called him over and over again.


    At the same time, she could even understand Anthony''s position as well. ''If I were in his ce, even I


    would have thought that Laura was pretending to faint. No one could believe this time it was true, '' she


    thought in her mind.


    Eventually Laura opened her eyes. Junia was sitting on a chair in front of her. She took a deep sigh of


    relief and said in a tearful voice, "Aunt Laura, you really scared me just now."


    "Good girls don''t cry." Laura tried to pacify her emotions. Laura had a faint smile on her face as she


    said, "I am okay, don''t worry."


    Laura nced around the ward to find her son in the room. Then she couldn''t help but smile wryly. She


    asked Junia, "Where is Anthony? Did he just leave?"


    "He…" Junia furrowed her brows as she didn''t know how to exin to Laura. Then she smiled and


    reassured Laura softly, "Anthony has something urgent to solve. Aunt, are you hungry? How about


    ordering a take-away food for you?"