Anna blushed, coughed to look less embarrassed, and asked, “Where’s Wayne?”
“He told us to wait for him for a while and have dinner after he returns. If you’re hungry, I’ll get you some snacks.”
Anna said awkwardly, “No, thank you. I’ll leave now.” “Mr. Wright is off to pick up Matthew and Tammy, he should be back soon.” Hearing this, Anna just had to sit down. “Have a seat, please. I’ll get you something to eat.” Anna said no, and the young maid left anyway.
Most of the servants in the Wright household were new to the house, so they all knew Anna. Because Anna often came here, they assumed that Anna was the future Ms. Wright, and therefore, they all respected her very much.
Not long after, the sound of a car engine came from inside the yard. Wayne and the two children came in after the maid opened the door.
As soon as the two kids saw Anna, they ran to her. “Mommy, Mr. Wright said we’re having something delicious tonight.”
The maids had already set the table with many delicate dishes on it. They walked around with their plates, making the whole house look very lively.
Anna looked up at Wayne and then blushed. She said awkwardly, “I’d better take Tammy home, or I won’t be able to get a cab after a while.”
“Let’s eat first, and I’ll take you home afterwards.”
Wayne looked at her, and then took off his coat and handed it to the maid. He put on his slippers and came into the house.
He looked very calm as if nothing had happened that afternoon.
Anna had always believed that she couldn’t panic if others acted as if nothing had happened. When she saw that Wayne looked so calm, she sat up a little straighter. After thinking for a while, she agreed to have dinner with him.
It‘s just a meal. If I insist on leaving at this point, it will make me look guilty, Anna thought to herself.
The two kids were more than happy about Anna staying. The two secretly exchanged high fives, sending messages that only they could understand.
Tammy let Matthew sit next to Anna, and she climbed into Wayne’s lap as everyone was seated at the table.
Anna immediately said, “Tammy, sit on your seat.” “I’m too short to reach the table.” Tammy pouted her lips and defended herself.
Anna was about to say something else when Wayne interrupted her. He said, “It’s okay, don’t worry.”
He said and brought Tammy up into his arms. He lowered his head and asked her softly what she wanted to eat as if he was her father.
Anna suddenly thought of that dream again and had mixed feelings when she saw this scene.
What will Wayne do he knows that the girl in his arms is actually his own daughter? thought.
“We‘ve arrived.”
Anna snapped back to her senses after hearing Wayne’s low voice. She turned her head to look out the window and saw the apartment she was staying in. She was a little disoriented because she felt like she was just having dinner at Wayne’s house.
After thanking him, she then turned her head and shook Tammy’s shoulder and said, “Tammy! Hey, honey, wake up.”
Tammy grunted and was still asleep. “I’ve got this.” Wayne unbuckled his seat belt.
He then got out of the car before Anna could refuse his offer. Wayne pulled open the door on the other side of the car and gently picked Tammy up.
“Come on, I’ll walk you upstairs.”
Anna froze. She nodded immediately after coming back to her senses and walked ahead to lead the way for him.
Peace’s apartment was on the twentieth floor. As the elevator was rising slowly, the two seemed like they could hear each other’s breathing clearly in the narrow space.
Tammy was lying quietly on Wayne’s shoulder, sleeping soundly. She seemed to trust Wayne a lot.
Anna gave them both a look and thought that maybe Tammy was extra intimate with Wayne because they were really family, and so was Matthew with her.
“I thought you said you got your house back, so why are you still living here?” Wayne asked, bringing her back to her senses.
She looked to the ground and said, “That house is in Golden Ocean Community, where all the houses are old villas. Tammy and I stayed there for one night and both found it a little too chilly and creepy. So, we moved back.”
She wanted Ryan to live in the villa, too. After all, he hadn’t remembered who he was. That way, the house could be a little more lively. She didn’t expect that Wayne later let Ryan stay at the hotel. Moreover, she didn’t like having a babysitter at home, so she didn’t move in with Tammy either
“Are there still reporters coming here?” Wayne thought of what happened earlier when Scott stayed here and had attracted reporters
At the mention of this, Anna suddenly laughed and said, “A lot of reporters have come here before. When Peace came back from a business trip the other day and saw them, she cursed the crap out of them. After that, no reporters dared to come.”
As they were talking, the elevator doors slowly opened it was pretty late, and there was no one in the hallway
Anna took out the key and opened the door. After entering the house, the fust thing she did was look at the main bedroom and then tiptoed
Wayne tiptoed as well, carrying Tammy gently to the bedroom.
After closing Tammy’s bedroom door, Anna said to him, “Thank you for bringing us home in this late hour and carrying her up here.”
“That’s the second time.” “Hmm?”
As usual, Wayne looked at her coldly and said, “This is the second time you’ve thanked me since you got off my car this evening. Are you a big fan of thanking people?”
To avoid his gaze, Anna looked to the ground and replied, “I was just being polite. if I don’t say anything, it makes me look like a rude person.”
“Are you being polite to me?” Anna looked stunned. She asked hesitantly, ”Shouldn’t I be polite to you?”
Wayne’s gaze became deeply meaningful. He then asked, “And what do you think of what happened between us this afternoon? Are you trying to justify yourself by saying ‘we’re all adults’?”
Anna’s heart beat faster. She avoided the matter all night, but he still brought it up. It made her feel alarmed. Even though she knew that he would not forget what happened in the afternoon so quickly
However, she could not explain herself this time. She couldn’t say precisely what kind of feelings she had for Wayne, not knowing whether she did it because she couldn’t help it or because she liked him very much.
She knew that she could not explain it clearly. “I…um…” She said.
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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