Anna froze as she was unsure what he meant.
Peter said, “Well, | think it’s time for us to discuss your marriage again. | know you don’t have any relatives, but aren’t your aunt and uncle close to you?”
Anna then looked at Wayne as she hoped he would say something to save her from the embarrassing situation. She hadn’t anticipated Peter bringing up their marriage again so soon, so she was shocked.
Wayne said, “Don’t be in such a rush, Grandpa. It’s not easy dealing with Anna’s aunt and uncle.”
“Oh, they don’t like businessmen, do they?”
Anna’s uncle Joe worked for the government his whole life. He retired awhile ago and then left for London for another job.
In all, he’d had a very successful career. Anna’s mother had been hurt by Frank before, so Peter suspected that Anna’s relatives might not like the idea of her marrying a businessman.
In fact, Peter’s fears were justified. Anna had asked Selina about it and learned that she didn’t particularly like Wayne.
Anna laughed, and then attempted to change the topic by saying, “I’m not sure about that, but | believe that they like Wayne.”
“Gee, when | was Wayne’s age, both of my kids were about to graduate from elementary school,” Peter sighed and said.
“Your two kids?” Anna asked.
When Peter thought about the past, he froze and looked sad.
“Well, let’s not get into that right now,” he said.
Anna pinched her arm, regretting that she had asked that question so quickly.
The two kids Peter was referring to were Wayne’s parents.
Anna had met Jennie in a town and knew that she was Peter’s adopted daughter. And Peter’s son died years ago. Moreover, the two kids he was referring to were Wayne’s parents.
Anna looked carefully at Wayne, who was sitting next to her. She was relieved that he didn’t react much, as if he hadn’t heard anything wrong.
The two kids still wanted to play in the snow in the back garden in the afternoon.
On the other hand, Peter seemed to have lost interest in it, and Anna suspected it had something to do with what they had said at lunch.
Feeling guilty, Anna asked the kids to spend some time with Peter.
“Hey, kids, Grandpa Peter’s in a bad mood. So, can you guys cheer him up?”
Tammy blinked, smiled and asked, “Oh, why is he upset? Is it because you didn’t promise to marry his grandson?”
Anna patted her on the back and said, “Tammy, stop. Just go there, will you?”
Tammy rubbed her head, pouted unhappily, and said, “Okay, fine.”
Tammy was a smart girl who excelled at making others happy. She took Matthew’s hand and led him upstairs right away.
“Don’t worry, Mom. Consider it done,” she said, smiling at Anna.
At that moment, Wayne was sitting on the couch reading a book. He couldn’t help but look up when he heard Tammy’s sweet voice and laughter.
He noticed Anna standing at the top of the stairs, warning the two children to be careful.
The sunlight streaming through the window cast a warm glow on her back. At the time, he thought everything in the living room was so lovely that even the black furniture seemed to come to life.
Wayne remembered Peter telling him, “It’s time for you to marry her.”
Wayne used to despise that remark.
However, at that moment, he thought it was a good idea.
Anna and I will make a lovely family if we get married. We can always be there for each other and care for one another.
Wayne knew that getting married to Anna would be far better than living alone.
Gabriel Group held several meetings after the commercial was shot to discuss the data before and after the commercial was released.
Leon’s fan base was more extensive than anticipated, and the advertising data nearly doubled in growth over the previous period.
‘•We signed one-year contract with him. Well, we can see the figures a year later. Then, we’ll renew his contract if the numbers still looks good.”
Anna talked about that with the advertising department manager. After a while, someone knocked on their door.
“Come in,” Anna said.
“Hi, Leon’s assistant sent you something,” Mona said as she pushed the door open.
“What’s that?” Anna asked after a brief pause.
“He said you lent him a coat the other day, but he accidentally ruined it with coffee. So, he bought you a new one,” Mona looked hesitant as she said this.
“You know Leon very well, don’t you?” asked the advertising department manager.
Anna responded, “No, I don’t. Just put the clothes on the couch, Mona. Thank you very much.”
“But, | can’t make that decision myself,” Mona admitted, looking embarrassed.
Anna gave her a suspicious look. Then Mona pulled the other side of the door open at the same time.
Then two young boys carrying many shopping bags immediately walked in.
Anna asked, wide-eyed, “What? Why are there so many clothes?”
Mona stopped one guy and said, “Don’t leave just yet. Tell my boss what’s going on.”
The boy scratched his head awkwardly and replied, “Leon said that the coat you lent him is no longer available in the mall. To apologize to you, he bought all this brand’s new clothes and accessories in your size.”
Mona and the advertising manager exchanged shocked glances as they knew those clothes were costly. And no one expected Leon to spend so much money on these clothes.
Mona even wondered if he had even spent the endorsement fee on buying the stuff for Anna.
‘Anna frowned and said, “My goodness, that’s totally unnecessary! Please take them back. | don’t need so many clothes.” The assistant immediately said, “Well, we just came here to send you the stuff. So, we can’t take them back. If you don’t want them, you can tell
Leon directly.”
Both assistants left quickly after that as if they couldn’t hear Anna telling them to stop.
Mona was embarrassed and turned to Anna, asking, “Then, what are we going to do with these clothes?”
Anna felt another headache because of Leon. She then replied, “Oh, put them here for now. I’ll call Leon when I’m done with the work here.”
Hearing that, Mona breathed a sigh of relief because she had just been worried that Anna would ask her to return them.
Leon had been asking Anna about her clothing preferences for the past few days. She had been excited at first because she could talk to him, but she had quickly lost patience.
Pretty boys seemed to care about girls inappropriately at times.
Anna was in no mood to work because the shopping bags were piling up in the office, and she kept thinking about how to solve the problem.
She spoke with the manager for a long time but had no idea what she was talking about. As a result, she let him go first.
After the manager left, Anna spent a long time staring at the large pile of paper bags in the corner.
“Mona, figure out how much these are worth for me, will you?” she said after letting Mona in
Mona paused for a moment and asked, “Huh? Now?”
Anna pulled the dress tag out of the bag and said, “Oh, here are the tags. Just count them according to the price tags of them, please.”
Mona had no idea what Anna wanted to do, and she didn’t ask why.
After taking the calculator, she squatted in front of the pile to do the math, and after ten minutes, she told Anna, “That’s the number.”
Anna nodded, checked her watch, and said, “Thank you, dear. You are now free to leave work.”
“Bye.”
After Mona left, Anna went through the financial records, found Leon’s account, and gave him the money based on the number.
Anna became upset as she stared at the number. She felt she would not have lent him the clothes if she had known he would spend so much money buying the stuff she didn’t need.
After that, Anna packed her belongings and returned home.
On the following day, Wayne and Anna had breakfast together. And Wayne had just placed a muffin on her plate when he heard the phone ring.
Anna checked her phone and saw that it was Mona who was calling. She was perplexed because it was still not time to leave for work.
“Hey, good morning,” she said as she answered the phone.
“Anna, are you on your way to the office now?” Mona sounded anxious as she asked that.
Anna said as she took a bite of her muffin, “No. What’s going on?”
“When you come to the office, please take the elevator from the underground parking lot. Everyone on the Internet is talking about you now!”
“What’s wrong?” Anna asked in surprise, wondering what she had done wrong again.
Mona said unhappily, “Someone saw Leon’s assistants coming to your office to send you clothes and took pictures. Then his fans are all discussing it.”
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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