Chapter 184 – After the One-Night Stand with a Heartless Billionaire

Wayne had always been a determined man. So, he rarely said ambiguous words like “maybe” or “possibly” in his life. He was a man of clear boundaries and could not tolerate gray areas.

As a result, even those closest to him were unable to comprehend what he was thinking.

So when Karl heard these words, he’s got mixed feelings. After a while, Karl finally couldn’t hold back. He slapped the table heavily and said out loud, “F**k, Wayne! You’ve never hesitated, let alone intertwine a single thing in the past almost thirty years! When I pissed you off, you would ignore me no matter what I said. I got it, only Anna can make you hesitate!”

“Only Anna can change you”, echoed in Wayne’s head.

Karl gradually calmed down and then sat back on his chair. He glared coldly at Wayne and said, “Only Anna broke all your boundaries and changed your principles, and she even made you doubt yourself. She’s the first gray area you’ve encountered in your life. Just admit it, Wayne, you can’t live without her anymore.”

Wayne frowned. Karl had just said exactly what he was thinking, making him feel uncomfortable. So he glared at Karl and said coldly, “Stop staying in my company and get your ass back to yours.”

Then, he left the conference room straight away.

Karl rubbed his chin and smiled teasingly, thinking, Wayne is so stubborn!

Wayne had too much of a smooth life over the past thirty years. Even though his parents hadn’t gotten along, it hadn’t done him much harm. He was always the coolest kid in school. However, After his father’s death, he lost the only tenderness and joy he had.

At Wayne’s father’s funeral, Wayne’s mother finally made a change. She decided to never leave home again and stop chasing her so-called dreams and freedom, and to just take care of him.

However, Wayne was calmer than anyone else at that point. He told her in front of the entire Wright family, “How much money do you want? Go to the finance department and get your money. After that, don’t ever show up in front of me again in your life.”

Wayne was such a ruthless man. But, he had compromised with Anna many times.

Karl, as a bystander, knew better than even Wayne what he had done.

Afterward, he called Peace. He said to her gently, “Hey, baby. When are you available? Let’s go camping! I’ve got everything ready, I saw the weather forecast, and it will be nice lately.”

Peace stayed as calm as she could and said, “Oh, let’s just wait a little longer. Anna’s not in the mood these days, I’m afraid.”

“What’s wrong?” Karl asked and sat up straight. At that moment, his instincts told him that something was wrong.

After a brief period of silence, Peace said, “Something’s happened to Anna’s father.”

Anna’s father, Frank, suddenly fell seriously ill in the morning and was taken to the hospital. He still hadn’t come out of the operating room at that time.

Peace and Anna were shopping at the mall and ready to have lunch when they got the news. Luckily, Anna had been to her father’s nursing home and had the phone number of his doctor. Anna did this specifically to get an update on her father’s health condition.

As soon as she received the call, Anna rushed to the hospital. She was trembling violently the entire way.

Most people thought that Anna and Frank were not close and were estranged. Anna, on the other hand, knew that her father was the only one she could rely on. She deliberately shunned him because she thought that he was the one who made her mother die.

She was well aware that Frank loved her.

Anna’s bedroom was the largest in the house except for the main bedroom, and her birthday presents were all the most expensive and rare. Even when she was tricked by Allie into going to the underground boxing ring and was arrested by the police as a result, Frank didn’t scold her

When she offered to adopt Scott, Frank didn’t hesitate to say yes. At that time, he was even delighted and said that it was the first time Anna had ever asked him to do something for her.

Anna knew that Allie and her mother hated her because Frank had been so good to her. She was spoiled by her father, so she could understand why Allie hated her.

“Anna, I’m sure thngs will be fine. The doctor said that your father is just in temporary shock. Also, they’re doing their best to save hun. Don’t worry, nothing bad will happens,” Peace said.

She was sitting with Ana in front of the operating room, but she didn’t know how to comfort her.

Anna hadn’t said a word since they arrived at the hospital. She kept staring at the operating room door so hard that even her face turned pale.

The light in the operating room was still on. Anna found herself dizzy as she looked at that light for too long and saw a red dot in front of her eyes.

At that moment, two people were making their way down the hall, and their jumbled footsteps and the sound of crying were distracting

Peace shot an impatient glare into the distance.

Then, Shirley and Allie stumbled across the scene. With her hands trembling, Shirley was on the verge of collapsing from the emotional trauma she had just experienced. She said, “What happened to my Frank? God, how could this happen?!”

Allie held her up, and there were tears in her eyes. She said, “Mom, please don’t cry. My dad is going to be fine. Okay, it’s alright.”

“God! I told him to go to the hospital before, but he never listened to me. It’s a good thing he was in a nursing home, and there were nurses to take care of him. What would we do if he has fainted at home then! Oh my God, Frank, you can’t leave me! I can’t live without you!”

“Mom, don’t cry.”

Hearing that, Peace felt like she was going to throw up. She lowered her voice and whispered in Anna’s ear, “Jesus Christ! What are they doing? They surely are good at acting! They’re saying that on purpose, aren’t they?”

Anna stopped looking at the lights in the operating room. She glanced at them indifferently and said, “Hey, you’re in a hospital now. Please be quiet!”

They both seemed to have just realized that Anna was there and suddenly stopped talking. Then, they looked at Anna grimly.

“Oh, what are you doing here, Anna?” Allie asked. Her sinister expression was a stark contrast to the tender one she had just worn.

“Is there a problem? What makes you think that I can’t come here? I’m Frank’s oldest daughter!”

Hearing her words, Allie and Shirley’s expressions became more gloomy.

Shirley said with dissatisfaction, “Anna, how can you say this? Why are you doing this to us now? Don’t forget that your dad is still alive! Why are you saying that you are his oldest daughter?”

Anna sat calmly in her chair, and her gaze became fierce. She said, “Then, you have to answer the question yourself. Why the hell are you so shameless that you hooked up with my dad when my mother was giving birth to me?!”

Although Anna had hated Allie and her mother since she was a child, she had never shown it. Instead, she had been polite to them.

All this time, if they didn’t treat Anna unfairly, she wouldn’t have done anything to them.

But today, she was extremely hostile towards them.

Allie Wasifmediately angry. In a harsh, sarcastic voice, she said, “What do you mean? Anna, don’t you think that you will become the hostess of our latudy if das dies. You’re such abb! Alew years ago, you ran away to America without even an explanation. We later learned thal you were knocked up by Sorne stranger and you were alraid that dad would be angry. Now, you come back and pretend to be a good daughter when dad is sick.”

Her voice echoed in the comidor. Hearing her words, many patients and nurses gathered around them.

“God, everyone knows what you’re thinking! Don’t you think you’re some kind of “g moral role model, you hypocrite! Anna, you’re nothing but an unyiatelulb”hi”

Anna stood up, and her lacetumed very pale because of her anger. She said slowly, “Don’t you dare say that again, Allie!”

“Why can’t ? You‘re such a psycho…”

Before Allie could finish her sentence, Anna slapped her on the face hard.

Shirley screamed and then held Allie, who was about to fall, and she yelted. “Are you crazy?! Anna, why did you hit her?!”

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