He immediately asked Wayne, “Wayne, what do you think?”
Anna was using a fork to place the roasted chicken in the center of the table on Matthew’s plate. Her motions were slow and stiff as if she were a robot.
She didn’t realize that Wayne was staring at her at the time.
Wayne immediately turned gloomy when he discovered that she didn’t seem to care about it. He answered slowly, “Okay. I’m perfectly fine with that.”
His indifferent voice echoed through the dining room. Anna felt like she couldn’t breathe when she heard Wayne say this.
Anna thought to herself, what do you mean, Wayne? Did you admit that you were going to marry Charlotte? But you swore to me before that you only regarded Charlotte as you sister! Gosh, this is ridiculous and humiliating!
Anna whispered, “Tammy, honey, are you full?”
Tammy nodded sadly, then immediately replied, “Yes, I’m full. Mommy, let’s go home!
Tammy hadn’t eaten much. She felt she had lost her appetite when she saw Wayne and Charlotte seated together.
She thought, Peter is the evilest person in the whole world! He promised me before that he would only let Wayne marry my mother! But he went back on his word!
Anna smiled and patted Matthew’s head. She pretended to be calm and said, “I’m sorry, but my daughter is feeling sleepy, and I’m taking her home for a nap. So, we’re leaving”
Peter turned to face Anna and said, “Oh, well, I won’t make you stay at my house anymore. So, will you come back and cook for Matthew tonight?”
Anna nodded, and then lowered her head to make herself look less embarrassed. She said, “Well, Tammy, let’s go.”
At that exact moment, Matthew stretched out and grabbed Anna’s blouse. He yelled, “Mommy!” as if he were going to cry
Everyone at the table froze except Wayne, who remained motionless.
Matthew rarely called Anna “Mommy” in front of others but did it so frequently in front of Wayne.
Wayne did nothing and simply waited to see how Anna would react.
“Matthew, do you think you can just call a random woman ‘mommy’ like that?” Peter asked him indifferently
At the same time, Matthew appeared depressed. He yanked on Anna’s shirt, unable to accept that she was leaving
Because he was grasping her shirt so firmly, his hands were already red, Matthew screamed, “No, I want my mommy! Don’t let my mommy leave me!”
All those who were present became flustered, and the servants looked at each other in surprise.
“Come on now, Matthew.” Anna forced herself to say it. She prayed that she could whisk Matthew away from this place for good right now.
Even though Anna was sure she would be rejected, she requested, “Can Matthew stay at my house for a few days?”
Peter responded coldly, as Anna had predicted, “No way!” Hearing his words, Matthew cried even louder. Immediately, Peter yelled angrily at Wayne, “Hey! Why don’t you do something, Wayne?” Hearing that, Wayne still did nothing. He simply sat in his seat, his face expressionless.
Then, indifferently, he replied, “No, I can’t help you. You know that once Matthew begins to cry, no one can stop him.”
“Are you trying to make me furious on purpose?” Peter asked, his face flushed with rage. He immediately approached Anna, grabbed Matthew’s arm, and yanked him away from her.
Although Anna was reluctant to leave, she had to bite the bullet and walk away.
She looked back before departing with Matthew. When she saw Matthew crying, and on the verge of choking, she was heartbroken.
Then she drove away from the gate and then determined to leave this place.
Anna heard Tammy crying in the backseat and asking, “Mom, Matthew is crying! Do we have to leave him?”
Anna still looked ahead after hearing her words, and she grabbed the driving wheel more tightly
She replied, “No, I don’t want to leave him. But my love, there’s nothing I can do now. The lawyer your father hired will arrive in England soon. After seeing him, I will try my best to get your brother back to us.”
Tammy blinked her reddening eyes, sniffled, and inquired, “Why am I with you, Mommy? Why did Matthew grow up around Wayne? Mommy, is it because you abandoned him when he was little?”
Tammy assumed Matthew was Jasper and Anna’s child, but he was sent away for unknown reasons.
Anna didn’t know how to explain this to Tammy. So, she said after a long silence, “Oh, that’s because I accidentally lost him when I gave birth to you two.
At the same time, the dining room was chaotic when Anna left.
Only Wayne remained seated. He didn’t appear to want to cajole Matthew. Meanwhile, the servants were all scrambling and trying to make that little boy feel better.
However, Matthew cried even louder when someone approached him.
Peter slammed the table in frustration, feeling at a loss for words. After a while, he bent down to soothe Matthew, saying, “Hey, good boy, stop crying, will you?”
Matthew quickly stopped crying and sniffled. Just as everyone was surprised that he could calm Matthew, something unexpected happened the next second.
With a crisp snap. Matthew slapped his hand heavily on Peter’s face. Then he yelled with great anger, “You’re bad!”
Everyone in the room was taken aback by Matthew. Henry was equally astounded and couldn’t believe what he had just witnessed.
Peter had been a respectable gentleman since he was in business, and no one dared to mess with him.
No one would have predicted that his great-grandson would slap him in front of everyone like that
As everyone had expected, Peter immediately became irritated.
At this point, Charlotte stood up and said in a good word for Matthew, “Okay, Grandpa. Matthew is still a kid. He doesn’t know what he’s doing. Please don’t get mad at him.”
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.
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