Anna glanced back when she saw a little girl hiding behind a tree in the garden peeking at her.
She waved graciously at her. However, the girl didn‘t seem afraid and waved at her as well.
“Natalie Wright! If you keep staring at us, I’ll have the housekeeper send you back to the orphanage.”
The girl then immediately ran away.
Anna tugged on Wayne‘s arm and scolded, “Hey, you scared her. She‘s just curious. She didn‘t do anything wrong. Why are you so mean to her?”
“What? Oh, she never feels scared.” Wayne frowned, looking a little impatient.
“Hey, that girl is not your maid, right? She looks very young.” Anna suddenly remembered something and looked at the tree just now. And she found that the girl had run away.
Henry, who was leading the way, looked back and explained with a smile, “Natalie is an orphanage child sponsored by old Mr. Wright, and she came here six years ago. Mr. Wright let her have his surname. She is a lively girl, so he quite liked her and took her as an adopted daughter. And, she should be Wayne‘s aunt.”
“Seriously?” Anna froze. Then, she burst out laughing.
The girl looked only twelve years old, and Anna didn‘t expect that Wayne actually had to call her “auntie“.
I can hardly imagine what Wayne looks like when he calls a twelve–year–old girl “aunt“, Anna thought
She peeked at Wayne and noticed that he didn‘t look happy. So, she forced herself not to laugh and tried to think of something to comfort him, “Henry, I think she should be his aunt in name only. I don‘t think Wayne has ever called her‘ aunt‘, has he?”
Anna didn‘t expect the butler to shake his head and deny it outright.
He said, “No, he still has to call her ‘aunt‘. Although Natalie is an adopted daughter, she is still a family member.”
Wayne glanced coldly at the butler and said, “Henry, you‘ve been talking a lot lately. I think maybe it‘s time for you to retire and go home.”
Anna lowered her head and held back her laughter. With an embarrassing smile, Henry immediately changed the subject, “There is a threshold, so please watch your steps.”
The Wright House was an old and grand building in Birmingham. They walked for a long time through the corridors and passed many rooms before they reached the beautiful dining room.
Peter Wright looked energetic even though he was quite old “Mr. Wright, hello.” Anna greeted him respectfully.
“Hey, you don‘t have to call me that. We‘re not in the company now. Besides, I‘m retired. You can just call me Grandpa like Wayne does. Anna, make yourself at home.”
Once she heard that, Anná blushed a little. She hesitated for a while before saying. “Grandpa.”
Peter was satisfied with this and then looked at Tammy and Matthew with a smile. “Come on, kids, please sit with your great grandfather,” Anna said to the children.
Tammy totally made this place her home. She touched Peter‘s hand, kissed him on the cheek, and said affectionately, “Great–gramdpa, I would like to eat strawberry ice cream.”
“OK, I‘ll have the cook make it for you, and you can have it later.”
Looking at how familiar the two of them seemed to be with each other, Anna asked, somewhat suspiciously, “Are you two familiar with each other?”
Peter froze, then didn‘t say anything.
Henry explained to him, “Mr. Wright has met Tammy once before at the hospital, and he likes her a lot. When he heard that Tammy and Matthew often hang out, he asked for her cell phone number. Sometimes, he would ask Tammy about how Matthew was doing at school.”
Anna didn‘t suspect anything more and said, “I see. I can understand that you get worried for Matthew, as this was the first time he goes to school outside alone.”
Wayne, however, sensed that something was off. He stared at Peter with a complicated look
The maid nodded and seemed to be in a dilemma.
“But, ma‘am, the guest room smells bad. The master said you can stay in the young master‘s room and let him stay in the guest room. It‘s late now; maybe it‘s time for you to sleep. If you need anything, just call me.” The servant said and immediately ran away.
Anna didn‘t know what to do. She knew she couldn‘t chase her because the house was too big and she would probably get lost.
So, she decided to listen to Pete.
Wayne‘s room was as luxurious and elegant as the entire mansion, filled with expensive furniture. Once Anna entered it, she found a study with its door half–open on her left, and she saw a desk inside.
She then saw the paper and many bottles of ink on the table. She went into the study to see what kind of pens Wayne usually used.
However, she immediately burst out laughing when she saw what was on the paper. She leaned on the desk and laughed for a long time.
There were huge words on the paper, “Boring as hell.”
Anna could never have imagined that Wayne, a seemingly calm and meticulous man, would write such words on paper in such a solemn and severe study.
Anna laughed for a long time before finding a few paper balls inside the trash can next to her. She then knelt down and took the paper out
One read “I‘m so annoyed“, another read “The weather is so horrible“, and one even read “Why do I have to wake up early tomorrow“.
Anna looked at Wayne‘s “masterpiece” seriously and laughed, not even realizing that he had come in.
“What are you laughing at?” Wayne asked as he walked toward her. “Did you write all this?” Anna even blushed because she was holding in her laughter.
Seeing his handwriting, Wayne‘s face turned pale. He was silent for a while, then said, “Do you enjoy going through the trash?”
“Oh, no, of course not. But I saw this beautiful work of yours, and I can‘t help but want to see more.”
“Boring!” “It‘s ‘boring as hell‘,” Anna said teasingly.
Seeing Wayne‘s defeated look, she laughed even more as her stomach hurt. She suddenly couldn‘t stand and sat down on the ground and couldn‘t get up for a long time.
Wayne had felt humiliated, but he became resigned when he saw her sitting on the ground. He reached out his hand toward her, trying to help her up, and said, “Okay, okay, stop laughing. Get up, Anna. It‘s cold on the floor.”
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
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