It was still early. Anna took a deep breath and sat on the swing. “Mr. Wright, I didn’t expect that you are willing to take other people’s advice.”
Wayne looked up and saw the sunlight on Anna’s face. She slightly narrowed which were sparkling with pleasure and a little tease.
Surprisingly, he wasn’t averse to her reaction. Then he stated, “In your opinion, I’m an arbitrary man who won’t listen to anyone.”
Anna denied in a flattery tone, “Absolutely no. Everyone knows that you’re a young and promising leader. How can I think you as an arbitrary tyrant?”
“Tyrant?” Wayne’s eyes narrowed.
“Ahem…” Anna suddenly realized that she had said her secret thoughts out loud and quickly changed the topic, “I just think that kids also need their own space.”
“Really?” Wayne asked with an inquiring look.
Anna explained, “It’s alright if a child has a mild injury. We can’t stay at home forever only because of the fear of the world outside. You shouldn’t keep Matthew in a safe bubble. He can’t see the sunlight outside, and he will never know what kind of life he wants. But we are born to live in our own unique way, aren’t we?”
These words suddenly hitWayne’s heart. The sentence “we are born to live in our own unique way” echoed in his mind.
Seeing that Wayne looked strange, Anna asked him carefully, “Is it possible that you’re so nervous because Matthew can’t talk?”
Wayne fixed his eyes at Anna’s face, his eyes deep as the ocean.
“Sorry.” Anna quickly zipped her lips and said, “Emmm. I know I shouldn’t ask this question. I forgot it just now. Sorry.”
She looked at the watch on her wrist and stood up from the swing. “It’s late now. I have to go to work. See you, Mr. Wright.”
“Matthew is reluctant to speak, and it’s all my fault.” There suddenly came a deep voice full of guilt from behind, stopping Anna’s hasty steps.
She turned around in surprise. Wayne Wright didn’t look like someone who would casually talk about his family with others, not to mention talking about Matthew’s speaking problem.
“Do you mean that Matthew can talk, but he is just unwilling to?” She asked tentatively.
Wayne slightly nodded with a complicated look on his face, “Matthew is a smart Ikid, he could already say a lot of words when he was two years old. But he suddenly stopped talking after a high fever. According to the doctor’s examination, neither of his vocal cords nor his nerve system was hurt. He just wouldn’t talk. The doctor said that it was a psychological problem.”
“Psychological problem?” Anna felt sorry for Matthew, “Has he experienced anything bad?”
Wayne looked more guilty and sighed, “I don’t know.” He blamed himself more for his ignorance. Matthew suddenly had a high fever with no reason, and no one knew what happened to him that night. The servants who should’ve taken care of Matthew in the mansion also had no idea. That was why he wanted to take Matthew away from grandfather, he had decided to take care of Matthew himself.
Wayne furrowed his brows and looked remorseful, which surprised Anna.
“No wonder you’re so nervous about Matthew now. But the past is the past. You don’t need to blame yourself for it.”
Anna realized that her little comfort didn’t work, and Wayne still looked upset. She immediately regretted hitting his sore spot and felt uneasy. Is he going to cry because I minded him of his sad story?
“Mr. Wright, have you ever played a swing?” Anna wanted to get Wayne’s mind out of the regrets.
Wayne looked at her, confused. And before he could realize it, Anna pulled him over then forced him to sit on the swing.
“You can forget all your trouble when you swing. Mr. Wright, just sit on it. Let me push you.”
“I don’t need that.”
“It’s alright. Mr. Wright, I know I’ve made you sad. All you need to do is sit here.”
“Anna. Gabriel.” Wayne twitched his mouth and uttered the words through his teeth,” Stop it. Now.”
At first, Anna thought that Wayne refused to play because he didn’t want to trouble her, so she kept telling him that it was alright. After pushing the swing for a few rounds, she finally sensed the anger and reluctance in his tone.
He said, “Anna Gabriel. Stop it. Now.” She quickly let go of the rope, “What…What’s wrong?”
Wayne stepped on the ground and controlled the swinging ropes, his expensive leather shoes leaving two “skid marks” on the ground.
He turned around and glared at Anna, said word by word, “Did I say I want to swing?
“Didn’t you just think it was not safe? You should try it for Matthew.” Anna still hadn’t realized what a wrong thing she had done and said naturally, “Besides, staying with a child means playing the things they like. Haven’t you played with Matthew before?”
“And that’s the reason why you think I should swing right here right now?” He stared at Anna with annoyance in his eyes.
Anna looked at Wayne up and down in confusion. Then the smile on her face froze.
His suit was certainly incompatible with the colorful swing. Besides, she was busy thinking about comforting him and totally forgot how cold and scary he usually looked.
And she just put the cold scary CEO on a children’s toy…
“Well, ahem… I suddenly remember that I’m in a hurry. I need to go to work. I…I must go now.” Anna pretended to look at her watch and took a few steps back, quickly running away.
As Anna ran out of his sight, the anger on Wayne’s face gradually faded. It seemed that his face was lit up and there was a glimmer of amusement in his eyes when he put his fingers on the ropes after making sure there was no one around.
Anna didn’t stop running until she stepped out of the gate. Then she stood there to catch her breath with her hands on her chest, embarrassed and frightened. She thought,“ That was close. If I stayed there for a few more minutes, I would be killed by Wayne Wright’s sharp eyes.”
“Ms. Gabriel, did you come outside alone?”
Anna raised her head and saw that Ada Xavier who just walked out of Wayne Wright’s MPV was giving her a hostile stare with arms folded.
Frowning, she thought of the aggressive words that Ada said to Tammy, so she only nodded and snorted drily. Then she waved her hand by the street to get a taxi.
“I suppose you must know that I’m going to marry Wayne, do you?” It seemed that Ada didn’t want to let her go so easily.
Anna could only turn around and answered, “The rumor is all over the company. It’s impossible that I don’t know about it.”
“That’s great.” Ada stroked her hair and raised her chin loftily, “Though we haven’t made an official announcement, we will hold a press conference soon. Our marriage will be a sensational news in our whole country. If anyone still holds the delusion that she could do something to our relationship in this period of time, she should be prepared to get spat on by millions of people. Don’t forget that old saying, ‘Many go out for wool and come home shorn
“Mr. Xavier, I think you have worried too much.” Anna pretended that she didn’t understand what Ada said in order to evade a conflict, “I don’t quite understand what you said.”
However, Ada wouldn’t play along and directly said in a cold tone, “I meant I wanted you to stay away from Wayne.”
Ada had known Wayne for over six years. She had never seen him care about any woman. Once she thought that this could her advantage. Since he wasn’t interested in women, all she had to do was to occupy the position of “Mrs. Wright” so that she could obtain everything she wanted. Besides, she didn’t even need to worry that he would like another woman. But this woman in front of her managed to make Wayne willing to solve her daughter’s education problem in person. This was too weird.
Now the gloves were off once Ada said so.
Anna took a deep breath and clenched her fists. She said angrily, “Miss Xavier, I suggest that you take back what you said.”
“Why?” Ada snorted coldly, “Do you feel guilty?”
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