“I know you’re still in Luton. Your passport is with me.” 

 

Anne was taken aback and asked, “My passport is with you?” 

“Yeah, I couldn’t reach you, so I went to your hotel. How could you leave your passport at the cheap hotel? It’s not safe. I checked out for you. Come stay with me.” 

Anne could not go back to the hotel even if she wanted to. She could not get away from Anthony’s control. 

“Aunt, I’m not coming over yet. I will stay with my friend for a few days. I will come to get my passport before leaving,” Anne replied. 

 

“You haven’t been back for so many years. Who’s your friend?” Sarah asked. 

“Someone from high school…” Anne tried to make it sound convincing. 

“I know you’re on bad terms with Anthony. However, it’s been many years now, and you have nothing to do with him. Don’t take it too seriously.” 

Anne felt ironic. They had nothing to do with one another? So why was she here… 

“Come to my place. It’s been so many years. I have many things to tell you,” Sarah said. 

“I’ll come…later.” Anne hung up and leaned against the bed frame. 

How could she get away without Anthony’s permission? 

She knew clearly that Anthony would not go easy on her if she stayed. 

To him, her aunt was someone who ruined his parents’ relationship. Her, too… 

At noon, Anne was invited to dine at the dining hall. 

When she saw the table full of dishes, her face turned pale because they were all seafood dishes. 

They were expensive but deadly. 

Anne’s eyes fell on the dish of vegetables. She scooped the food, and before she put it in her mouth, an intense seafood scent went to her nose. She was so terrified that she dropped the spoon. 

She stood up and asked the maid with her quickened breathing, “What is this…made of?” 

broth,” the maid said

leave. However, her legs could not move.

did not eat this meal, what about the next? Unless she could go on three days without eating? How could she escape

wants me to eat just bread?

down. She ate the bread and

watched

three days she had stayed in this mansion. In the past three days, there was no sign of Anthony. It was as

a trapped bird in a cage, anxious about the

to the living hall and questioned Hayden, “Where

Mr. Marwood’s

to lock

know,”

Anne did not want to make his job harder than it was. She knew this

nine at night, and Anne could not fall asleep. She curled up in the

had been away from them. Would they miss her, would they cry

were tearing up, she heard the sound of engines from below. Her heart tightened as she rushed

car slowly pulling over. However, it was not the black

the car; instead, it was a businessman in glasses and

bag in his hand. Nobody

Anne Vallois?” Oliver

“You’re…” 

Mr. Marwood’s chief secretary, Oliver Clayton.”

you to let me go?” Anne asked

her the bag and explained,

she looked at the bag and

at the bar with

figure was alluring with her beautiful, fair, and long legs. She exuded a unique aura and instantly

toward a private room at the back without

the lights inside were brighter than the

women clinging to men. There

did not hide their admiration of this pretty lady, even though they

new model? Not bad at all,” One of the men known

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