Chapter 20 The Past and the Present (Anj‘s POV) “What are you doing?” 

I turned around, wiping sweat on my forehead as I smiled at Olivia. She was at the bottom of the stairs already, looking adorable in her pink dress while holding her teddy bear

“Cleaning,” I answered as I continued mopping the floor. I was too angry at Sky that I needed to divert my attention to something else, and this is one of the things I do when I feel stressed, confused, or angry. Clean. 

“But you‘re not a servant here,” she said, walking to the living room and sitting on the couch. 

I nodded and smiled at her. “When you grow up, you‘ll understand,” I said, but it was a lie. Some questions will remain unanswered, or no one would dare answer

“I don‘t want to grow up,” she sat down on the last step, propped her elbows on her lap, and cupped her angelic face. 

eyebrows and waited for the next words she would say. “She said we looked like sisters,” she grinned and rose to her feet. “That

Sky would like to hear that,” I said, mopping the floor again. He would always look at me with disgust except when he was drunk. His eyes would sparkle and gaze at me as

one who prepares the food for us.”

was at the door, the person must be a friend or someone the security guards knew. Either the kidnapper or the guards are dead before they can reach the main entrance.” “Hi, Olivia! Is Sky there?” It was a female voice, asking for Sky. My eyebrows raised as I straightened up, holding the mop firmly as if getting ready to defend the princess of the Mars mansion. I looked like a warrior prepared to fight as if someone

Elenita said you‘re Sky‘s wife, my sister–in–law,” She blinked her eyes at me. “Is this

nose. I looked at the beautiful woman standing in the doorway before

behind me. I took a deep breath, hoping I had the magic to

open, looking at Sky whimpering as if he missed her... as if he was glad she came. “You came back,” Sky whispered, planting

 

the child‘s eyes when I saw Sky‘s wrapping her arms around her and kissing her on the lips intensely and passionately. I froze; only my eyes were blinking as I stared at Sky, my husband, kissing another woman in front of me. This must be the feeling of someone being skinned alive or eaten alive by zombies in the movie that Anya and I love to watch. It hurts... it is so painful that every part of me goes numb. When their lips parted, Sky glared at me. “What are you still doing here?” I swallowed hard as I panicked, lowering my gaze and holding Olivia‘s tiny hand to tug her away from them. When we were in the family room,

in her black sleeveless dress, moving fluidly as she ran to Sky, an unmistakable personality of an elite and a classy woman. With her, Sky didn‘t need to get drunk to look at her with desire and... love. I crawled to the corner of a dusty basement, not minding the possibility of seeing rats or whatever dangerous animal in the room. I just wanted to hide and cry

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