“It‘s okay,” Anna smiled bitterly and said. “You know what? Everyone in the Gabriel family told me that my mother died of illness. Even my grandfather also said so. But if my father didn‘t do anything that made my mother heartbroken, how could my mother be ill and die? Allie was born before my mother married him and was two months older than me. Do you know what it meant?”
“Do you hate your father?” Wayne asked.
Anna nodded, but then shook her head, saying, “I don‘t know. If he had treated me badly, I would have hated him. But he had been treating me very well since I was a child and was partial to me. He has never done anything bad to me. But I can‘t let go of what he has done to my mother.”
Back then, Anna‘s father started the business from scratch and established the Gabriel Group. If Anna‘s mother hadn‘t given him all her savings as the start–up capital, the Gabriel Group wouldn‘t have become what it was now.
“So you don‘t hate your father,” Wayne said, looking at Anna with mixed feelings.
“Maybe. And as his child, I have no right to interfere with the matter between my mother and him,” Anna raised her eyebrows and said with a bitter smile. “Besides, even if I hate him, I can‘t do anything to him. After all, he‘s my father. If you were me, what would you do?”
“If I were you,” Wayne said in a cold and deep voice, “I would have kicked him and the mistress out of my home.”
Anna was stunned and looked at Wayne in surprise. “I‘m full,” Wayne said and then put down the fork on the table, making a slight noise.
Somehow, Anna could feel the anger in his tone and action. Wayne then walked upstairs and went back to his room on the second floor.
Watching his receding figure, Anna was confused and wondered, Did I say anything that offended him again?
In the master bedroom on the second floor, the light was dim. Wayne opened a book at the bedside table and looked at the photo that was torn in two.
Half of the photo was wrinkled and it was hard to tell the person on it. And in the other half was a little boy who rode on the shoulder of a handsome man, in high spirits.
Wayne held the photo in his hand tightly with his knuckles turning white. Staring at the man in the photo, he felt a little irritable and thought of the past.
For so many years, he had never thought that what he had done back then was wrong.
A few years ago, Wayne‘s mother betrayed his father and had an affair with another man, which indirectly caused the death of his father. Therefore, Wayne drove his mother away out of anger. He didn‘t think it was not wrong for him to do so.
However, just now Anna said that children had no right to interfere with the matter between their parents, which made him annoyed.
–….
The next morning, when Wayne went downstairs, Anna had made breakfast and was eating breakfast with the two children
“Good morning. The breakfast is ready.” Anna looked at him and said with a smile. “I cooked ereal. It‘s good for health.”
Wayne didn‘t say anything but just pulled out a chair and sat down quietly. And there was a certain coldness in his manner.
Anna noticed the change in his attitude and felt a little embarrassed. She still couldn’t figure out what she had done to make him unhappy.
In her heart, it didn‘t matter that Wayne didn‘t let her stay here but she didn‘t want his attitude to affect her mood and work efficiency.
The maid filled a bowl with cereal and placed it in front of Wayne. Without saying anything, Wayne picked up the bowl and ate all the cereal. Seeing this, Anna breathed a sigh of relief.
I‘d better be cautious and not do anything to offend him these days. I‘ll work hard and finish all the work for the centennial celebration as soon as possible so that I can move back home with
Tammy.
In the following days, Tammy and Anna had been staying in Kingsford Neighborhood.
In the morning, Anna and Wayne would send the two children to kindergarten together. And in the evening, Wayne picked the children up alone.
Whether Anna got off work late or early, she was just in time for dinner when she came back every day
She was quite surprised about it and didn‘t know why the cook could always prepare the dinner in time.
It took half a month to decorate the venue of the centennial celebration. After all the work had been done, Anna arranged for the staff of the Financial Department to pay the salary of the workers.
When Anna thought about whether she should get off work early to pick up Tammy, her phone suddenly rang.
“Hey, Anna It’s me.” The voice of a young man came from the other end of the line.
“I know,” Anna said gently, “I have your phone number. You said you would come back from · abroad after finishing your performance. Have you decided when you will come back?”
“Yes.’
“When? I’m not busy in the following days, I’ll pick you up at the airport if I have free time”
Thank you. But don’t bother.”
“All right” Anna said with a smile. “You are a popular and famous violinist and the Mr. Medreamy in our country now. There will be a lot of people who want to pick you up.”
“But Mr. Mcdreamy is going to live on the street as a vagrant. Anna, I need you.”
What do you mean by living on the street?” Anna asked in surprise. Turn around”
Hearing this, Anna turned around and looked in the direction of the gate of the Carousel Hotel
Then she saw a young man carrying a huge cello case with a suitcase beside him. He was looking at her with a bright and innocent smile.
The young man opened her arms and shouted, “Surprise!”
Anna was stunned at first and then she smiled. She trotted out of the hotel in her high heels, patted him on the shoulder, and said, “Hey! When did you come back? Why didn’t you tell me about it before?”
“I’ve just come back. I spent more than forty hours on the plane. I’m so tired now.”
“You may have a rest and we’ll have dinner together later,” Anna took a look at her watch and said. “I’ve finished my work and I can get off work early today. Wait a minute. I’ll pack up my belongings first
“Hold on.” The young man stopped her, then suddenly held her hand and pulled her into his arms.
“What are you doing? It’s so hot,” Anna said as she struggled.
The young man rested his chin on her shoulder like a spoiled child and said in a pleasant voice, “I’m charging myself. I’m about to be out of power and need to charge myself by hugging you
*Scott, how old are you? Why are you still so childish?” Anna patted him on the back and said helplessly
“I just came back and have no place to stay.” Scott said to Anna with a pitiful look on the way to pick up Tammy
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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