When Anna was humiliated, Wayne was on the phone with Henry, and then he went outside and ran into Rachel.
He finally understood why Rachel had said such a thing to him, but he regretted not asking her where she had heard it
Wayne was immediately disappointed. He remembered promising Anna last night that he would protect her at the party, but he failed, making him feel like an i***t.
Anna stepped out of the bathroom after taking a shower. She wiped her hair and looked out the door. And she hadn’t heard anything from outside.
She hadn’t gotten much sleep that night. She tossed and turned in bed, watching the moonlight shine through the curtains into the bedroom.
Ithad been freezing recently, and Anna could feel the cold wind stinging her bones as she walked back home with Wayne.
On the other hand, people’s hearts were colder than the weather in November days.
Anna thought, People sometimes can be scarier than ghosts. People! used to know didn’t seem to have changed. | expected them to at least change for the better, but it turned out Inever really got to know them.
Jacob remained as cowardly as ever, and Lillian remained vicious. Furthermore, they still enjoyed doing awful things to harm others.
That fact had not changed, no matter how hard Anna tried to hide what had happened six years ago. It knocked her down again at an unexpected time
Anna wondered if Wayne knew what Lillian said at the party, but she hoped he didn’t, in fact, she was worried about Wayne looking into what had happened to her six years before.
The cold rain continued to fall all night. The following day, Anna awoke while it was still dark.
She wore a heavy cashmere sweater because it was already getting cold.
As she showered and prepared to leave, she hoped she wouldn’t run into Wayne. She did, however, notice a man lying on the couch in the living room.
Wayne was sitting on that narrow couch, looking pitiful. His legs were placed on the couch’s arm, and he was only dressed in a thin blanket. Plus, he was even wearing the same clothes he wore the night before.
Anna paused for a moment before approaching and patting him on the back as she said, “Well, you can go back to your room.”
Wayne didn’t respond and appeared to be sleeping.
Anna shook him by the shoulders and said, “Wake up, Wayne. I’m not in the mood to joke with you! I’m off to work now, go to our room now.
He still didn’t move, much to Anna’s surprise.
Anna froze, then touched his forehead and noticed it was hot.
It was freezing that night, so Anna guessed that Wayne had caught a chill.
Anna woke Ryan up and then moved Wayne to the bedroom with him.
Ryan sat on the carpet and gasped, “I didn’t even lock the door last night! | really don’t know what Wayne was thinking! He has a thing for sleeping on the couch, doesn’t he? Plus, couldn’t he just turn on the air conditioning? “
Ryan waved his arms up in frustration. He wasn’t a fan of doing sports. Instead, he preferred to sit down and solve problems. As a result, it took almost all of his strength to lift Wayne, a tall, muscular man, into the bedroom.
Anna gave him a brief glance before tucking Wayne in and saying, “Come on, he probably doesn’t even know how to turn on the air conditioning. I’m going to go to work now. So, please give him some medicine when he wakes up. Take care of him for me, will you?”
Ryan nodded and asked, “Anna, do you really think I’m your nanny?”
Nanny’? Can’t you think of him as your brother and look after him?” Anna said.
She didn’t notice that Ryan immediately looked over at Wayne with mixed emotions in his eyes.
After Anna left, the whole house became very quiet.
Ryan stood up from the carpet and looked at Wayne from above as if he were a puzzle.
Suddenly, his cell phone began to vibrate.
He lowered his voice and answered the phone, then walked away, closing the door behind him and saying, “Hey, Mom, | need to take care of some school stuff. So, I can only return home during winter break.”
His mother said gently, “You haven’t been home in half a year! I called you two months ago, and you never called me back. What the hell have you been doing? Don’t try to lie to me! | asked your supervisor, and he said you’ve been away from school a lot.”
Ryan lied and said, “Oh, I’m out doing research. Although | got my PhD in school, | still have to write my essay. Otherwise, I’ll be unable to graduate. Ill be studying in America next year, so I need to finish my essay.”
“Geez! You always use this excuse to get rid of me whenever | ask you to come home. Okay, I’m going to hang up now. Bye!”
Ryan immediately became gentle and pampered, “Hey, Mom, did you miss me? If you miss me, then I’ll be back tomorrow.” “Come on, you don’t have to go home. I’m not even interested in seeing you. By the way, you told me that you’ve got a crush on a girl, right? Can you bring her back home? | really want to meet her.”
Ryan was embarrassed and replied, “Oh, I’m afraid not. She doesn’t like me, and she already has a boyfriend.”
His mother paused and said, “Oh, | can understand how she feels about that. You’re sloppy and don’t know how to say anything nice. She’s definitely not going to like you”
Ryan sighed and said, “How can you say that to me? I’m your son!”
“No, | found you in a trash can.”
After talking for a while, Ryan looked at the door to Anna’s room and asked cautiously, “Mom, do you want to come to Birmingham for Christmas?”
“Why do you ask that? | told you before | really don’t want to go there. Well, don’t ask me that question ever again.”
“Really? So, you don’t want to see him?”
“actually, | saw him,” Ryan said.
Ryan’s mother remained silent for along time.
Ryan exclaimed eagerly, “What’s wrong, Mom? | didn’t do anything wrong, and he has no idea who | am. | was just wondering if you wanted to meet with him. He doesn’t appear to be as cruel as you think.*’
His mother said, slightly embarrassed, “Oh, no. | actually met with him during the summer.*’
Ryan froze and asked, “Have you met him? Where? Tell me!”
“Well, I, I’m cooking. And, there are guests waiting for me to serve them breakfast! I’m going to hang up now, bye.** She then hung up the phone.
Ryan then took a deep breath and felt frustrated.
Ryan knew that everyone had some secrets that they wanted to keep hidden. When what happened in the past was brought up, they would become flustered and overwhelmed.
When applying to universities at that time, Ryan selected all those in Birmingham. He remembered feeling as if there was a magnet in the city that drew him to it when he first arrived there.
However, he had no idea he would meet Wayne by chance.
After that day, the weather forecast warned everyone to take precautions to avoid getting the flu for a week in a row.
Wayne first had a fever and then got the flu.
Ryan became infected after caring for him for two days.
While Anna was disinfecting the house with a mask, Ryan wrapped himself in a blanket and coughed on the couch, saying, “I need to return to school tomorrow for a lecture. A well-known professor from America is visiting our school.”
Anna gave him a sidelong glance and said, “Well, | think you’d better not go. I’m afraid you’ll infect that professor. Stop going out these days, Ryan’’
“Tammy and Matthew, what about them? What are they supposed to do?” Wayne asked, sitting on the opposite side of the couch. Because he had a terrible cold, his voice was extra hoarse and low.
Anna sighed dejectedly, “Oh, I’ll bring them to my aunt’s house later. However, my uncle told me that two of his nannies had a cold over the phone this morning. And their entire family is busy spraying disinfectant everywhere.”
Ryan said, “Oh, well, then they’re probably infecting each other. Is there anywhere else the kids can go?”
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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