Wayne turned to Natalie and stated, “You think spending time with me is risky, don’t you? But you know, it’s even riskier for you to be in the same room with me, Natalie.”
Everyone, even Anna, got goosebumps from his eerie tone.
As expected, Natalie became frightened and cried, “That’s ridiculous! Wayne Wright! You can’t do this to me!”
“Come on, stop crying! That’s enough! You know what, it’s time for you to go home now! Or, in a minute. They will not punish you if you return home on your own,” Wayne reminded her impatiently
“Well, then, I’ll go!” Natalie said as she stopped crying.
After picking up her handbag, she sniffled and waved to everyone goodbye. She gave Wayne one more hard stare before walking away, leaving the crowd dumbfounded.
Well, well, well. The drama queen finally left the room, Anna thought to herself. The room was utterly silent after Natalie closed the door. Anna felt a headache as she saw those four people sitting on the couch.
To avoid staying with them any longer, she left with the perfect excuse, “Well, I’m going to make dinner.”
Then she locked herself in the kitchen.
Of course, Anna knew why Wayne was here. She also knew that no matter how upset Pete was, he would not let Wayne sleep on the street.
However, the fact that Wayne had come to her house and said those words demonstrated that he had no intention of leaving. So, Anna wouldn’t bother trying to persuade him into leaving her house.
She only cared about Matthew and didn’t mind having another person in her house.
Anna thought to herself, I could regard Wayne as Matthew‘s accessory! Besides, I have a feeling that he won‘t stay in my house for long.
She was getting ready to cook when she heard the kitchen door open. Then a man entered and shut the door.
“Charlotte told you that, didn’t she?” Wayne asked Anna.
Hearing that, Anna’s heart beat wildly. Her hand shook, and the carrot in her hand splashed into the water.
“What?” Anna was confused by his words.
Wayne frowned and replied, “Come on, Anna, you know that Charlotte and I weren’t even planning on getting engaged. The only reason we’re usually together is that my grandfather has recently started pressuring me to get married. I only said that at lunch because I feared he would give you a hard time.”
Anna sighed, took the carrots from the sink, and resumed peeling them. “Oh, that’s your business, not mine,” she responded, appearing indifferent.
Wayne became depressed when he saw how aloof she was. He stated, “We’ve cleaned up all of our previous misunderstandings, Anna. So, I don’t think you need to treat me like an enemy”
Annoyed, Anna threw everything in the sink, whirled around, and exclaimed, “Well, if I treat you as my enemy, then why the hell would I allow you to stay overnight in my house?!”
Anna couldn’t control her temper because she had been under a lot of stress recently. Furthermore, she disliked it when Wayne talked to her like that.
Hearing that, Wayne suddenly froze, not knowing what to say.
Anna scowled, picked up the carrots, and continued, “You can wait in the living room with them. Dinner’s almost ready”
“How can you care so much about Matthew but not me?” Wayne asked as he stared at her back
Anna gripped the peeler tighter, replying, “That’s because Matthew is still a child. Really? You’re even jealous of your own son?”
Wayne was even more speechless. When he saw that Anna wasn’t paying attention to him, he began cleaning the veggies in the kitchen.
However, Anna was distracted by the way he moved around the kitchen.
Anna finally lost it and said, “That’s enough! You don’t have to wash the enoki mushrooms one by one! Get the hell out of my kitchen NOW!”
After dinner, Anna took the two children to take a bath. That way, Ryan and Wayne could use the other bathroom
Once she had finished bathing the two children and brought them back to their room, she saw Wayne standing in the doorway, looking at her in his suit.
“I forgot to bring any clothes with me,” He said.
Anna felt helpless as she had never seen anybody so proud of not having their clothes with them when they were going to stay overnight at someone else’s place.
So, she said, “You can borrow one from Ryan.” “No, I’m not going to wear his clothes,” Wayne said calmly yet firmly.
Hearing that, Ryan yelled loudly behind him in the bedroom, “I won’t lend my clothing to a stranger either!
There’s no mali nearby, Wayne. But there’s a supermarket downstairs. The clothes in the supermarket are cheap, and I doubt you’ll want to wear them.”
Wayne replied, “Oh, we can check it out there. The supermarket won’t be closed until ten o’clock.”
Anna looked at him in shock and deliberately teased him by saying, “Huh? Do you know when the supermarket closes? I thought men like you would have no street smart.”
“Oh, that’s because my group has a stake in this supermarket,” Wayne replied, looking at her.
Anna froze for a long time before coming up with an answer. She finally glared at him as she felt resigned and said, “All right, let’s go, Mr. Wright. Let’s go to the supermarket that your family invested in.”
That supermarket was a major national chain supermarket with three floors in total. And Anna regularly went there to buy her groceries.
The apparel department was located on the third floor. Those clothes were often on sale, and some didn’t even have hang tags.
Anna pointed to the “$5 each” sign in the men’s section and said, “All right, take a look at the clothes here. All those clothes are of the same price.”
Instead of moving, Wayne stood still and said, “Can you pick some clothes for me, Anna? To be honest, I don’t really care what I wear.”
Anna gave him a thoughtful look and inquired, “Really? Will you wear whatever I choose?” “Yeah.” Wayne nodded without even looking at those clothes.
Anna raised her eyebrows and then smiled a wicked smile. She rummaged through those narrow racks and found a few gaudy shirts and T-shirts at random.
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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