Chapter 197 – After the One-Night Stand with a Heartless Billionaire

in the veil of smoke, he was in a trance. Then, he took out his phone and looked at a photo.

in the photo, a woman was holding an infant. She had her back to the man behind her and snuggled affectionately into his arms.

They looked very intimate and seemed to have known each other for a long time.

I told Anna that I should be honest with her, and leven told her the secret about Matthew that had kept for more than six years. Despite this, /was unable to persuade her to be honest with me in return. I knew she was lying when she said that I was Tammy‘s only father! And I‘m excited to hear how she would explain herself later. Wayne thought to himself.

After that, Wayne laughed mockingly at himself in the cold wind.

The sun shone brightly when Anna woke up early the next morning. When she felt a ray of sunlight falling on her face through the window, she instinctively raised her hand to shield it. Then, she sat up.

At that moment, she heard something scratching the car outside.

Anna then instantly got out of the car. And she saw Wayne standing in front of the car’s gas tank and fiddling with a plastic pipe.

She asked as she felt puzzled, “Hey, what are you doing?”

Wayne looked at her and said, “Filling up the car, obviously.”

The white tube connected the fuel tanks of the two cars and was transferring the oil from her’s to his.

Wayne’s car had run out of gas, and Anna’s car had broken down. As a result, he intended to make the most of what was left of her

Car.

“Wow! Awesome!” Anna said.

Anna froze as she discovered how he did it. She asked, “How did you do that? I remember that your car was far away from mine!

How did they get so close together?”

“Someone passed by us this morning, and I asked him to help me push it over,” Wayne said, looking at her again.

“Is that so? It seems the local people are really kind!”

“He asked me for two hundred dollars.” He then said.

Hearing his words, Anna immediately shut her mouth and couldn’t help but frown. She thought to herself, Gee, Wayne, why do you look so upset? You didn‘t even seem to want to talk to me. What exactly is going on? Did / irritate you?

Wayne lowered his head and connected the tube. He then straightened up, cleaned his hands and said, “We can get to the town you mentioned if we drive a dozen miles down this road. Don’t worry, it won’t take long. Are you hungry? I’ve got food and water in the

Car.”

Anna shook her head and said, “No, I’m good. It looks like we’re pretty close there. When we arrive there, I’ll treat you to breakfast.

I’ve heard they have some very nice grilled fish over there.”

Wayne smiled at that and replied, “Sounds good.”

Anna had a difficult time recalling what had happened the night before, and she thought it was weird. She wasn’t drunk, but she just couldn’t remember anything that happened. She thought that maybe it was because the chilly breeze had overwhelmed her.

Anna thought to hersell, How on earth did we ever make up? I remember that Wayne apologized to me. Well, never mind, since he condescended to apologize to me, I suppose I should simply let it go.

Alter Wayne had filled up the car, they were on their way to Sea Town.

Anna‘s phone finally received a signal just as they were halfway down the mountain and almost at the bottom.

“Damn! I have a lot of missed calls!” Anna was terrified as she saw that Peace had called her several times.

I‘m screwed; she must be worried about me! Anna thought.

Then, Anna noticed that Karl had also called her. She paused for a moment before calling him back.

Before Anna could think of anything to say, Karl quickly answered the phone and said, “Hello? Anna?”

Kari’s voice was so but that she almost didn’t recognize him. Then she said, “Karl, hello there. We’re all right now, and Wayne is with

Thank you very much!”

“Anna, does Peace suffer from mental illness?” Kart asked directly and interrupted Anna.

Both of them tell silent

*Huh? What’s wrong? Why do you want to know that?” Anna looked serious and tried to sound as calm as she could.

Karl sounded as if he were in tears. He said, “Last night, she passed out right in front of me. She appeared to be a completely different person when she woke up. She claimed that she was a knight, and that the doctor’s stethoscope was her sword…”

As she listened to Karl’s description, Anna’s mind went blank. She froze for a long time before coming back to her senses and explained, “Sounds like she had an episode.”

Peace had severe schizophrenia, which was why she kept living her life with a casual attitude.

And that was also why she admired Karl but was hesitant to marry him. Despite her love for him, her despair made her scared to take a step forward to further their relationship.

Few people knew that Peace had such a disease, and no one would have expected this.

Anna sighed deeply after hanging up the phone. She’d been holding her breath for a long time. When she actually let out this breath, though, she didn’t feel very relieved.

She had just given Karl a quick description of what it was like when Peace had an episode. Finally, she told him, “Could you look after her for a few days? I’ll be right back after I finish my business here.”

Wayne did not ask her anything but just sped up the car.

Anna sat silently in her seat for a long time before saying, “Actually, Wayne, I thought I’d be able to keep this a secret forever. But I’ll tell you that right now, and please tell Karl about it.”

“Okay.” Wayne used his long, slender fingers to grip the steering wheel. He acted as though he were an outsider, aloof and uninterested in anything.

That was why Anna trusted him and dared to tell him about Peace’s secret.

“It took Peace quite a lot of time and effort to keep her schizophrenia under control. Still, she’s experienced the most severe attack twice before. She had the first one when she was fifteen. At the time, her parents had divorced, and she was living with her mother. Later, her mother remarried to a college professor…”

Peace’s childhood was unhappy because her parents fought all day long. She lived that miserable life for more than a decade, so she supported her parents’ divorce. But she just didn’t realize that their divorce was just pushing her from one hell to another.

Her stepfather was a college professor who had had brilliant achievements when he was young. He was forty years old and had already won many awards and honors. But, he would sexually assault Peace when her mom wasn’t home.

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