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 door and he

the meeting earlier and nodded when he saw Bianca. “It‘s lunch time now. Are you still 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

her place, Bianca said, “Go ahead, Anthony. I‘ll be fine. We can always go next

I‘ll call you

as Anne was done cooking, she heard a sound outside the door. Startled, she ran toward the balcony and hid behind the

glanced at the dining room when he caught

table and none had been touched just yet.

the plant and peek outside to 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 command and wordlessly began to plate the food

down across him.

Anthony proceeded to

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

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