Chapter 161 – After the One-Night Stand with a Heartless Billionaire

It was completely dark by the time Anna got off the plane. As soon as she stepped out of the airport, she felt the heat. It was a good thing she came here in the evening, as there was no sunshine.

“Hello, can you take me to the Carousel Hotel on Central Road, please?” Anna knew that Wayne would stay in his hotel whenever he traveled.

It was already midnight when the meeting ended. Wayne walked out of the conference room, surrounded by the staff. He then summarized the meeting in the hallway as Gabe recorded the contract changes on his iPad.

“I think the terms they came up with are acceptable. But, we don‘t have to act like we can accept it easily…”

“Okay, I got it. I‘ll talk to them again tomorrow morning alone. Then, I‘ll make them aware that we won’t accept the new terms easily.”

“Well, great.”

Wayne stopped abruptly. At that moment, all three men behind him stopped along with him. Not knowing what was happening, they all looked in the direction Wayne was looking.

At the sight of the person in the suite‘s doorway, Gabe was startled and said, “Miss

Vuuri…

“Oh, Mr. Wright, we‘ll leave you alone then. We‘ll go get another suite.” Gabe quickly snapped back to his senses, turned around with the other two assistants and left.

Anna and Wayne were left alone, staring at each other in the long hallway. Wayne strode over to her and asked in surprise, “Anna, what are you doing here?”

Anna took a deep breath and then hugged him. Although she did not speak, her actions were more effective than all the sweet words in the world. And she lifted her head and kissed Wayne.

Wayne then pressed her against the wall and kissed her hard. He opened the door to the room and walked in with her.

They then began panting and moaning, which echoed in the room with the sound of clothes fondling rustled. They took their clothes off and threw them all the way through the doorway to the couch.

After making love passionately, they lay on the bed looking at the moon outside the window.

Anna lay in her arms, her face gradually ceasing to blush.

She sighed, “Hey, you know what I went to see my dad this afternoon. My dad is in a sanatorium and has left the company to my sister and stepmother. Also, they rarely visit him. My dad said he misses my mom.”

“Is that why you‘re here?”

Wayne ruffled the messy hair on her forehead and moved his body before wrapping his arms around her again. He closed his eyes and asked in a low voice.

Anna did not answer him directly, but continued, “I don‘t remember much about my mom. But, my uncle and grandfather both told me that my mother was a very dignified and strong woman. She would break down easily no matter what happened to her. Before my dad met Shirley, my mom and dad had already had issues in their relationship. And that was because they rarely said what they thought to each other.”

After saying this, Anna struggled to look up at Wayne. She saw his pretty chin and his seductive blue eyes.

She swallowed and wondered if he understood what she meant after all she had said.

“My father was very fond of Charlotte. Our parents joked about setting an engagement for us, but no one took it seriously. You know, I was just thirteen at the time, and Charlotte wasn‘t even ten. Later, my father passed away, so my grandfather took this as his last wish. But no one ever asked me about my opinion.” Wayne said.

Then he teasingly looked down at her and asked, “Do you want to ask anything else?“

Wayne said all this just to tell Anna that his parents had made him engaged when he was a child. Besides, they hadn‘t even asked him about his opinion.

Wayne had always been a smart man. He made it seem like he wasn‘t responsible for this with just a few words.

Anna pouted and deliberately said, “Hey, don‘t you try to fool me! I know you very well. You were more than ten years old at that time. Even if you could just talk then, you would have opposed it if you didn‘t want to marry her. As long as you didn‘t want to, no one would force you to do so! Well, it seems to me that you do like Charlotte.”

“Oh. Well, do you want to know the truth?” Wayne asked. He looked a little more serious, which made Anna nervous.

What? It turns out you really like her? She thought in surprise.

“Oh, no, no. Anna, it‘s not what you think.” Wayne became resigned upon seeing her expression, and then gently flicked her forehead.

She grunted, covered her head, and said in a discontent voice, “Hey! You can talk as you want, and you don‘t have to hit me!”

Wayne was originally serious. However, seeing her cute look, he couldn‘t help but smile. He stayed silent for a few seconds as if he was thinking about how he should say these words.

“When my dad was alive, he always wanted to have a daughter. But, you know, my mother didn‘t give him one. So, he had always regarded Charlotte as his daughter.”

Anna froze after hearing his words. This wasn‘t the first time Wayne had volunteered to talk to her about his parents. However, he seemed calmer this time than before.

“My mom is a painter. Also, all she thinks about every day is her painting. She often left home to paint the outside world, leaving for months at a time. Even after she gave birth to me, she didn‘t change her way of living. She only came home a handful of times a year, which was the only time I got to see her. And, she did it all the time.”

Wayne said calmly, and his low voice flowed into Anna‘s ears like a peaceful stream. Anna thought he was so calm, as if he was talking about something that had nothing to do with him.

After listening to his words, Anna knew more about the relationship between Charlotte and the Wrights.

Wayne‘s mom, Jennie, used to travel a lot. And Wayne‘s father, James Wright, was very busy at work. The two of them rarely saw each other, so they let Peter and Henry take care of Wayne. Not only was Peter bad–tempered, but he had always been strict in raising children. Even if Wayne was still a kid, Peter was still very strict with him. So, Wayne was withdrawn and had a more eccentric temper than his peers.

Later, James realized that Wayne could not go on like this. So, he took Wayne back to his side. Whenever James wasn‘t working, he would take Wayne to meet other kids. He wanted his son to make friends with the kids and become more cheerful.

The Wilsons had three children, and the two of their sons were about the same age as Wayne. At that time, Charlotte had just learned how to walk. James thought those kids could hang out together, so he let Wayne stay with the Wilsons for a summer.

After the summer vacation, James went to Wilson‘s house to pick up Wayne. However, he found that Wayne didn‘t hang out with the two Wilson boys but with two other children.

One of them was Karl, a naughty boy who tricked Wayne into eating hot sauce and caused him to stay in the hospital for a week. The other was Charlotte, a little girl who had just learned to talk.

Wayne became friends with Karl because they had a fight. He became friends with Charlotte because she always stayed by his side. At that time, the two Wilson boys did not want to play with Wayne.

However, he was not upset at all, but was glad that he could have a quiet summer. So, Wayne often sat in the corner of the house to enjoy his time alone. Whenever that happened, Charlotte would often stumble over to him and clutch his shirt. She gave him storybooks and forced him to tell her stories. If he didn‘t want to, she would cry

“So, I told her stories all summer long. Later, Charlotte‘s mom told my dad about it. Then, my dad brought Charlotte to my house every summer. Maybe he was so nice to her because that was the way which he hinted at my mom to give him a daughter.”

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