Chapter 38

The sound of Bianca‘s voice reminded how immoral it felt to sneak around behind someone else‘s fiance. She hated the feeling and struggled to cope with it. 

She could not bring herself to imagine what Nigel would think of her if Bianca told him that Anne was involved with Anthony, especially when she was the one who took the initiative the night before. 

Anne knew that this was Anthony‘s intention, or he would have ignored her back in the casino or simply sent her off to a hospital. He had brought her here to watch her beg for his touch and not be able to justify her own action. 

She sighed as she took the food out of the refrigerator and started cooking. She had not eaten properly the night before, or in the morning and at noon this day, so she had to eventually eat as she was not sure whether Anthony would appear again. 

 

When she opened the refrigerator, she froze at a sudden thought: there were more than a week‘s worth of groceries inside, so did it mean that he planned on keeping her here for a week? 

She snapped and tossed the frying pan away. Inside the office, Anthony set his phone down and Bianca walked up to him. 

“I found a pretty nice restaurant. Let‘s go together.” 

could respond, someone knocked on the

going to work?” Bianca asked. Anthony shot Oliver a look. “You can‘t cancel the meeting?” “No. Mr. Carter will be leaving the country this evening. He won‘t return until a few months from

expression darkened as he wordlessly considered.

Bianca said, “Go ahead, Anthony. I‘ll be fine. We can

call you

the

room when he caught the

table

find Anthony. She froze and walked up to him. “Why are you back? I thought you were meeting with Bianca?” “She‘s busy.” He tossed his phone to the side. “Start serving.” Anne pursed his lips at the

across him.

was only one main dish and some soup, but Anthony proceeded to eat without any complaint

two went on to eat in silence, with nothing but the sound of their cutleries

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