Chapter 141 – His Second Chance Love: The Freezing Silence

“Sienna!” he snapped in annoyance. “We can talk when we get back home.”

My expression was serious as I nodded. “That’s true. Whatever we have to say can be said back at home while we’re lying on our bed comfortably. We have all the time in the world, after all. That’s why I’m telling you to talk to Ms. Lorraine here now.”

“Sienna, you!” Rylee’s face flushed in anger, “You’re absolutely shameless!”

I stared at her in bewilderment. “Ms. Lorraine, in what way am I shameless? Anthony and I are married. Naturally, that means whatever we have to say to each other can be said at home. What are you acting all innocent for? You’re about to be a mother yourself. I’m pretty sure you’ve already had sex countless times. Is there really any need to act all prudish like this?”

The redness on Rylee’s face spread all the way down to her neck. Feeling both humiliated and infuriated, she glared at me. “Sienna Stanhope, you-”

“That’s enough!” Anthony scowled heavily and turned to Rylee. “I’ll have Joseph send you back.”

With that said, he tugged me away.

“Anthony Featherstone, let me go! Didn’t you see how Rylee was close to tears? Don’t you know that you’re supposed to treat a woman gently?” I berated Anthony. Rylee was still standing at the same spot, her eyes red and growing misty.

He stopped walking abruptly, the movement was so sudden that I was unable to stop in time. I crashed into his hard chest and pain shot through me. I hissed as my nose started throbbing.

I lifted my head to glare at him. “Couldn’t you have warned me that you were going to stop?”

He sneered and replied, “I don’t know how to treat a woman gently; you said so yourself.”

Hah!

“And you only proved how true my statement was! All you know how to do is spread your seed around. Everything else is probably too hard for your simple mind to understand,” I was still mad at him so my tone was harsh and unforgiving. “Sorry to have ruined your wonderful date with Rylee, even though it was purely a coincidence that I bumped into you guys at the cafe. However, to use such a tasteless method to get revenge is petty and humiliating even for you.”

“Getting revenge?” He grimaced and continued, “Sienna, can you at least try to be reasonable? Do you have to be so critical and nasty when you speak?”

“How else am I supposed to talk to you?”

He shut his mouth and resumed dragging me in the direction of the villa.

As I walked behind him, my pace was incredibly slow due to my burden. At last, he stopped and asked me, “Do you need me to carry you?”

I quirked an eyebrow at him. “Sure!”

His gaze landed on my distended abdomen before he scooped me into a bridal carry.

He had barely taken a few steps when he stated, “You’ve gotten heavier.”

Excuse me? Is he seriously calling me, a heavily pregnant woman, fat? How the f*** is that even fair?

I glared at him before shutting my eyes. It was easier for me to ignore him if I could not see him.

I was not exactly mad, per se. But at the end of the day, I was still a woman, it was only natural that I would be upset seeing him together with Rylee.

Normally, I would have pretended not to notice. However, my hormones were more than a little out of whack due to my pregnancy. This led to me being unable to control my emotions as much as I would have liked. Before I knew it, I had become a shrew.

“Heh!” My eyes popped open at Anthony’s sudden scoff.

We were back at the villa already. There was a black Bentley parked outside the gates. Having seen it several times before, I instantly knew who it belonged to.

It’s not that long ago that John was hospitalized because of Anthony. What is he doing here again?

John was a very handsome man with a tall and lean figure. He had the looks and the wealth to have every single female falling over herself to be with him.

Presently, he was holding a large bouquet of roses and a gift box.

Thankfully, there were not a lot of people who came by this neighborhood. If this had been at the entrance to a company or a shopping mall, he would have definitely attracted the attention of a large crowd of females.

I patted Anthony’s arm, indicating I wanted to be set down.

He chuckled coldly and commented, “What a useless, good-for-nothing jerk who doesn’t know how to get a decent job and earn money. The Stanhope family will be ruined if it really ends up being managed by him.”

I was struck speechless by Anthony’s words. Since when is he so talkative? ”Aren’t your arms sore at all? Put me down!”

“Why?” He looked down at me before turning to glare at John icily. “Planning on complaining to him about me?”

Well, well, this is a first! Is that jealousy I sense?

“So you would rather I speak and do nothing and just wait to see tomorrow’s headlines, is that it?” Eyeing the stormy expression on his face, I continued, “K City is nothing like J City. You probably don’t want to see the news headlines tomorrow all proclaiming how two such important men as you were fighting over a pregnant woman like me, would you?”

Anthony snorted and put me down on my feet. Throwing John and the roses he was holding a scornful look, he said indifferently, “You like this sort of courting method?”

“No.” I paused before adding, “But a lot of women do.”

He pursed his lips and crossed his arms before his chest. When it seemed like he had no intention of going inside, I questioned, “Aren’t you going to leave?”

“Why should I?” His retort had me at a loss for words.

In the end, I gave up and let him be.

I made my way over to John. He had noticed us a while ago but had not moved from his spot. Once I was near him, he offered the bouquet to me. “I’m here to wish you an early ‘Happy Birthday!’“

“It’s way too early!” I did a quick calculation, noting my birthday was still roughly two weeks away. “Besides, I never celebrate my birthday.”

I stared at the bouquet, my brows crinkling in a frown. It was way too large for me to comfortably carry it.

Before I could think of a solution, Anthony snatched the bouquet away. “Mr. Stanhope, how very romantic of you! Unfortunately, Sienna has never really liked flowers. Please be a little more thoughtful next time!”

Oh my god, I’ve never seen such a shameless person before!

John raised an eyebrow at me. “She doesn’t like flowers? Since when?”

I pressed my lips into a thin line, feeling more than annoyed at the posturing of the two men.

Seeing as I did not answer him, John turned to narrow his eyes at Anthony. “I remember Letty used to love flowers when she was young. Why did she lose her love for it after getting together with you, Mr. Featherstone? Flowers are a way of expressing love. Could it be that you’ve never given her flowers and simply assume that she doesn’t like them?”

Is this his roundabout way of saying Anthony doesn’t love me? D*mn jerk!

Anthony tightened his hold on the bouquet in his hands. Lifting a brow, he asked me, “You like flowers?”

Caught up in their word game, I wondered how to reply to that.

Unexpectedly, Anthony took my silence as admission. “You’re not allowed to accept flowers from anyone else. If you really do like them, I’ll buy them for you every day.”

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