Chapter 145 – After the One-Night Stand with a Heartless Billionaire

“Oh, hey, I‘m warning you. Don‘t mess with him. Ryan probably hasn‘t even graduated from college yet. He can‘t even remember what happened before, so maybe he has a girlfriend.”

Anna was very familiar with Peace, so she knew that once she started paying attention to a grown man, it meant she would hit on him.

She always said Karl was a playboy. But when it came to how often she flirted with men, she was actually about the same as Karl.

Peace glanced at her and said, “Wow, wow, take it easy, Anna. Do you think you‘re his mother? Chill, I was just asking. I‘m sure you can understand. After all, he‘s so cute. Everyone likes young and hot boys, and so dol.”

“Forget it! I know you very well, and you‘ll lose interest in him after a while. Ah, I think Kari‘s been pretty good to you lately. He does whatever you want.”

“Oh, please! He does whatever every woman wants.” Peace immediately looked defeated as she heard Karl‘s name. She glanced at the kitchen, and then withdrew her gaze.

“Old habits die hard,” she muttered

“What happened? Did he flirt with other women again? I thought you guys were getting along well lately.”

“Not really. But even though he doesn‘t flirt with women, there are women who want to mess with him. I envy you sometimes, you know, because Wayne has always been a good man. Karl used to be a womanizer, and he couldn‘t get rid of his habit of messing with women. Actually, I can understand him. As long as I pretend that I don‘t give a sh*t about that, then we can get along just fine.”

Looking at how Peace pretended not to care about anything, Anna felt heartbroken.

She said comfortingly, “Peace, honey, that‘s long gone. So, you should stop thinking about it. People always have to look forward to the future, and you can‘t be afraid to do so. If you take this pain alone and act as if you don‘t care about anything, then you will be the one who suffers. After all, you know that you can‘t change the past.”

Peace clenched her fists and looked as if she was holding something back. She replied, “Anna, I don‘t actually care about the past. You‘re well aware of what happened to me before. At that time, everyone knew what their future looked like, but I didn‘t. I used to put too much trust in him. So, it‘s better for me not to look forward to my future and not to expect anything from him. As long as we‘re happy together, it‘s enough.”

“Hey, come on, he probably won‘t cheat on you again. It‘s been three years.” Anna immediately took peace‘s hand in hers, only to find that it was cold.

“You know, he just probably‘ won‘t cheat on me again.”

Peace said calmly. She had always been a lively and sophisticated woman, but she seemed very thoughtful at that moment. Only a handful of people in the world knew about her past. She

After a long silence, Anna looked up and saw Karl walking around the kitchen, then turned back to Peace and asked, “So, will you tell him about it?”

Peace shook her head, blinked, and said, “No! Why would I tell him? Maybe we‘ll break up again if I do so.”

Anna sighed and furrowed her brow.

Ryan soon had dinner ready. He made lots of delicious food, including salmon, steak, and tacos with hot sauce.

Tammy started eating spicy food when she was three. But after Matthew took a bite of the taco, he had tears in his eyes.

Then, he began to cough. Anna immediately handed him water to drink and patted him on the back.

Matthew then did not want to eat anymore. He took a box of chocolates and went back to his room alone. When Tammy saw him leave, she grabbed a piece of pizza and left the dining room as well.

Karl suddenly said, “He can‘t eat spicy food because his father can‘t either. Wayne used to be a quiet kid, and he rarely talked to me. On April Fool‘s Day one year, our friends gave him cookies with hot sauce and told him that they were ketchup. Wayne‘s face turned red after taking a bite, but he insisted on eating them anyway. Later, I noticed something was wrong and called the adults to get them to take him to the hospital.”

Peace looked at him and asked, “How come you were the first one who found that Wayne was not okay?”

Karl rubbed his nose and replied, “Oh, maybe it was because he and I were close.”

Anna immediately exposed his lie and said, “Well, I heard that you went to his bed every day and cried while he was in the hospital. Why did you do that? Was it because you two were like real brothers to each other?”

“Ah! How could he even tell you that!” Karl asked in surprise and embarrassment “Tell me, why?” Peace asked with a smile. “Anna, please don‘t!” Karl said immediately, trying to stop Anna.

Anna said the truth anyway, “It was because he was the one who put that hot sauce on the cookie. After that, Karl got a lecture from his father. His father also said that he would be punished if Wayne didn‘t forgive him. So, Karl went to the hospital every day that week to apologize to Wayne. But Wayne didn‘t even say a word to him.”

“Smart kid!.” Peace said with a smile.

Karl defended himself by saying, “No, he wasn‘t! He didn‘t talk to me for a week because he couldn‘t speak! He immediately forgave me when he could talk. Is that right, Anna?”

Peace went on to say, “Come on! It‘s not like he‘s paralyzed. Look at Matthew, he can‘t talk, and he can still express himself.”

Karl was embarrassed and frustrated. After a while, Ryan suddenly asked why Matthew couldn‘t talk. “Has Matthew not been able to talk since he was born?” He asked. Anna shook her head and replied, “Nope. Wayne said he couldn‘t speak because he had a

Are You Going To Tell Hi… fever a few years ago. But I‘m not sure exactly what happened.”

Karl knew why, so he immediately said, “Oh! I know! It happened when Matthew was three years old. He was living with Mr. Wright in their family house at that time. One day, I went there to visit Mr. Wright. But he wasn‘t home. I thought that since I was there, I would check on Matthew. When I got to his room, I found him crying alone in his bed without a single babysitter around.”

“What? He didn‘t have a babysitter with him? He must have been crying loudly, so surely. someone would have heard him. Then why wasn‘t anyone looking after him?” Ryan asked afterward.

Karl looked at him and said, “Oh, you‘ve never been to the Wright mansion, so you have no idea. That mansion is super huge, and there are several yards. If I hadn‘t specifically gone to his room, I wouldn‘t have known he was crying.”

Anna just felt her heart skip a beat. She realized that if Karl hadn‘t tried to see Matthew at that time, then she might never see her baby boy again.

“How could this happen?! It‘s unbelievable! Did his babysitter leave?” Ryan kept asking about the babysitter as if he had found some loophole.

Anna felt puzzled as well when she heard him say that. She had been to the Wrights‘ mansion and knew that there were a lot of servants there. Even Natalie had two maids around. Since Peter was so fond of Matthew, he would certainly keep several nannies around him.

After Ryan reminded her, her intuition told her that this matter was definitely not as simple as it seemed

If someone had done this on purpose, they must be very familiar with the shift system of the servants. Not only that, but they also knew when the nannies were not in Matthew‘s room and possibly even bribed some of them.

Since this person was so considerable, they must know the mansion perfectly well. Perhaps, he or she was one of the Wrights.

“After that incident, Wayne let this poor little guy live with him. Of course, he looked into this case, but he didn’t find anything. We just know that the babysitter on duty that day sneaked out. She does this often because Matthew is an obedient and well–behaved child. She had snuck out before, and nothing happened. But, Matthew had a fever that day.”

Karl remembered the details of the incident well. This was because he had never seen Wayne lose his temper that much since he had known him Although Wayne always said that he didn‘t care about children, and that he was forced to have children by his grandfather, Matthew was his child after all. Wayne became anxious immediately after Matthew was in danger.

“How did they punish the babysitter?” Ryan asked.

“She was sacked, of course. Wayne has picked some new maids since he‘s been living with Matthew. Whenever he traveled, he would bring Matthew with him. But, if Wayne can‘t take care of him, he would let Ada do that. Ada was, of course, very cautious. After all, she was the only woman who could be around Matthew at that time. You know, a lot of women wanted to marry Wayne and be Matthew‘s stepmother.”

Ryan said calmly. “Well, I don‘t think so. It was not until that incident than Ada got to be around Matthew and thus stay with Wayne. If you look at it this way, Ada benefited the most from the incident.”

Karl didn‘t hear the implication of his words and said, “Yes, that‘s what I meant.”

Anna immediately Ryan‘s implication that and asked, “Are you saying that Matthew‘s accident might had something to do with Ada?”

Everyone froze.

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