<h4>Chapter 409 - Tough Choice</h4>


    Because Anne felt that she was being watched, she turned her head and saw n, who was staring at her without blinking. For a moment, Anne was lost in her feelings and almost mentioned Jack''s name. But finally, she realized that the man who was staring at her was not Jack, the man she had been waiting for these past two years. Remembering Jack made Anne sad, because she felt like she failed to take care of herself for Jack. She slowly lowered her head to avoid making eye contact with n.


    Realizing that Anne was avoiding eye contact with him, n pursed his lips. Slowly, he walked towards where Anne was standing and grabbed her chin up so he could look at her.


    "What are you thinking about?" n asked curiously.


    "No, I''m just wondering why you took so long up there. What did you do to ...."


    Anne immediately covered her mouth when n took off the jacket he was wearing, a ck gun was tucked in his waist.


    "Now you understand, don''t you?" n asked softly.


    "Y-yes."


    "Okay, then let''s go out. I wonder what you want to do in this cold weather," said n again, wrapping his arms around Anne''s waist possessively.


    "n..."


    "What? I can''t hug you like this? You''re my wife, Anne!!"


    Anne took a deep breath when she heard n''s words. She tried to dig deeper into the limits of her patience with this very annoying n.


    "Let''s go."


    Anne obediently followed n. Although it was very ufortable to walk while being hugged like that, Anne remained patient. Nichs and the other bodyguards followed their master from behind. Although they were just walking around the hotel''s proximity, but Nichs and the other bodyguards still carried their guns under their thick jackets like n did. They didn''t want to take the slightest risk, especially now that n was in a country where security was not 100% guaranteed.


    Being in n''s arms made Anne feel a littlefortable, she wasn''t too cold even though it was currently snowing from the sky.


    "What''s in there?" asked Anne curiously, pointing at the crowd that was not far from where she was.


    "Get rid of your curiosity, because it''s dangerous," n replied curtly as he tightened his grip on Anne''s waist.


    "What''s dangerous? Don''t overdo it," said Anne indignantly.


    "If you don''t obey me, we''d better go back to the hotel and do what I like," said n quickly.


    Anne immediately covered her mouth when she heard n''s words. She couldn''t speak anymore when n had said that. Seeing Anne''s change in attitude made n happy. He thennded a kiss on Anne''s cheek suddenly and said, "You are mine, Anne, you must obey me and stop fighting me. I don''t like rebellious women."


    Anne did not respond to n''s words. She was still lost in her thoughts. She was very upset with n who really liked to force his will upon her. Her n to seek help finally vanished. She really couldn''t get away from n in this position. n didn''t want to get away from her at all.


    After almost two hours of leisurely walking outside the hotel, n suggested they return to the hotel after Anne sneezed twice. He didn''t want her to get sick. Although she initially refused, she had no other choice because the stubborn n still forced her to return to the hotel. Finally, with resignation, Anneplied with her husband''s request.


    "I don''t want you to get sick, Anne, because if you''re sick, then we can''t do fun things together. So you better obey me," said n repeatedly as he entered the hotel.


    Anne, who was annoyed with n, just kept silent hearing her husband''s words, she did not respond or answer the vulgar tone. When they arrived in front of the hotel, n stopped in his tracks to get rid of the snow trapped in his jacket, as did Nichs and the bodyguards. Only Anne stood there doing nothing. She still wanted to be outside the hotel, enjoying the falling snow. When Anne was looking up at the sky that continued to pour down snow, suddenly the corner of Anne''s eyes saw a convoy of ck cars stopped right in front of the hotel. Out of curiosity, Anne looked at the motorcade and was surprised to see Alice in the half-opened car.


    "Alice..." Anne said quietly without realizing it.


    "What, Anne? What are you talking about?" asked n quickly.


    "A-aa...no, I didn''t say anything," Anne stuttered as she continued to stare at the convoy of all ck cars that stopped at a hotel not far from where she was currently standing.


    "Take off your jacket and clean the snow, you''ll get sick if you keep wearing it..."


    "Yes, I understand," answered Anne quickly as she took off the jacket she was wearing as she continued to stare at the car carrying Alice.


    Even though she only saw a glimpse, Anne was sure that the woman she saw earlier was Alice. That was why Anne tried to stay outside the hotel as long as possible to make sure that it was indeed Alice that she saw. Anne almost screamed when she saw Erick got out of the car. So it turned out that the woman she saw earlier in the car was actually Alice. Jack''s two assistants were now very close to her. Suddenly, both of Anne''s eyes filled with tears when she saw Erick and Alice again.


    n, who had finished cleaning the snow from his jacket, felt strange when he saw Anne was suddenly standing still. With a high curiosity, n then stood right in front of Anne. Seeing n suddenly appear in front of her face, Anne was shocked and almost fell if n didn''t grab her right away.


    "You''re so careless!!" n said curtly at Anne, who was now hugging her tightly after almost falling backwards.


    "You startled me by appearing suddenly like that," replied Anne softly in a hoarse voice as she held back her tears.


    "Hey... Are you crying? Why are you crying?" n immediately noticed that Anne''s eyes were already filled with tears.


    Anne immediately blinked her eyes several times, hoping that the tears would go away. However, the way Anne did was wrong as her tears just flowed down her face.


    "I-I''m not crying, sob," answered Anne quickly without taking her eyes off Erick, who was about to enter the hotel with Alice and their bodyguards.


    "If you don''t cry, then what do you call that?" asked n again, wiping the tears that were on Anne''s face.


    Anne, who was too happy to see Erick and Alice again, couldn''t stop herself from crying, but now she was confused to answer n''s question.


    "Answer me, why are you crying?"


    "I-I don''t want to be in this hotel, I want to change hotels," Anne stammered.


    "Change? Why should we change? We haven''t even spend the night at this hotel, Anne, we haven''t even feel the softness of the bed in our room. So why are we moving?" asked n in confusion.


    With trembling hands, Anne touched n''s cheeks. "I just want to move...please..."


    Thump!


    Thump!


    Thump!


    n''s heart raced very fast at the way Anne spoke, which looked so adorable, not to mention that Anne''s two soft hands were currently on his cheeks.


    "We can move, but there are conditions."


    "Conditions? What conditions?"


    n pursed his lips as Anne ate the bait he set. n slowly approached Anne''s face and stopped right behind her ear.


    "Serve me sincerely, then I''ll do whatever you want."