When I woke up at midnight, Hendrix was not around. So, I got out of bed and went to Anne's bedroom.

Anne was sleeping soundly. Hendrix had given her room warm and cozy interior designs. As she slept quietly, she looked like an angel that had fallen from the sky.

After watching her quietly as she slept, my wandering mind came back to the present moment. Much to my astonishment, Hendrix had been standing behind me.

I sluggishly turned to look at him. Sensing I was still a little drowsy, he walked towards me. He held me in his arms and hugged me for a while. After that, he led me out of Anne's bedroom.

We went back to our bedroom. Lying on the bed, I asked, "What did Josiah tell you?"

I didn't get to ask him about it as I was enervated on our way back home.

He looked at me and pursed his lips. After a brief pause, he replied, "It's about Anne. The Saunders family found out about her. They want her to stay with them."

I smacked the lamp on the bedside table and it fell off. I felt myself becoming more hysterical as I said through gritted teeth, "Over my dead body."

up the lamp carefully with his bare hands. There were shards of glass on the floor. Pursing my lips, I felt a tinge of affection and annoyance

insist on having Anne stay

from me. At least I'll love her unconditionally if she's by my side; the same can't be said if she stays with Saunders. Are you certain that Josiah will take good

to let Josiah take Anne away from me. Neither would

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stories had just subsided. Thus, I wanted to minimize our

over the phone sounded soft. He said, "Are you someone

my brain, but I couldn't remember what promise I

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sending waves of shock through my body. A lot of things had happened in the past few days, and this naturally, became the least of my concerns.

Since Josiah wanted to take her away, I had to think of ways to prevent it from happening. All in

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