“Why do you fire us? Why do you only believe what he says? You can’t treat us this way!” An angry woman said. She was skinny, as if she hadn’t eaten in a long time. However, she spoke very loudly and appeared hostile and aggressive. She didn’t seem to be the type to be easily bullied.
Anna was ready to leave at that point. She then returned, raised her eyebrows, and said thoughtfully, “I almost forgot about that. Julia, ask finance to calculate the cost of today’s facility closure and deduct it from their pay.”
Everyone began to murmur.
Anna said as she looked around the room, “The quality control workers are responsible for pointing out mistakes, and they tend to offend workers. If you don’t like them, you should leave. If this happens again, I will…”
Before Anna could finish her sentence, she heard a woman yell, “Bitch! Shut the fuck up!”
A plump woman rushed out from behind the crowd toward Anna. Anna almost lost her ability to think when she noticed that shiny scissors getting closer to her. At that moment, however, she still wondered which of her words had offended this woman.
At that critical moment, a man rushed toward Anna and pushed her out of the way a second before the scissors struck her. Then Anna landed on her ankle and sprained it.
The situation was starting to spiral out of control. James caught her from behind when the woman attacked Anna again while David grabbed her scissors.
James let out a painful groan amid the chaos.
“Anna!” Anna turned around when she heard the voice and saw Isabella darting towards her. She was followed by a dozen strong security guards.
The crowd became agitated, and more people attempted to attack Anna. The security guards immediately stopped all of them and saved Anna in the midst of the chaos.
At the same time, Isabella helped Anna up and exhaled deeply. She’d just walked in when she noticed a woman grabbing scissors and attempting to stab Anna. The consequences would have been severe if the woman had not tripped and fallen on someone else.
James’ face was pale, and his light blue work uniform was bloodstained. David brought cloth scraps to stop the bleeding and tightened the band around his shoulder. James’ pale face turned purple.
“Thank you very much, James,” Anna said.
“It’s okay. I’m fine,” James said, unable to hide his pain. His face was tense as if he was about to pass out.
“Julia is on her way to the car. I’ll take James to the hospital, David. He was hurt because of me, and I will be responsible for him.”
When Anna got home after leaving the hospital, the first thing she did was take a shower. She heard the bathroom door open unexpectedly. When she saw Wayne walk in, she covered herself and turned toward the door.
Wayne was dressed in a white shirt. He was holding his suit jacket in one hand and the doorknob in the other. He appeared to be flustered.
He asked, “Did you get hurt?”
Wayne sighed as he looked at Anna lying in the bathtub.
Anna was lying comfortably in the bathtub at the time. She was wearing a facial mask and had a glass of red wine next to her. Except for one of her gauze-wrapped feet, which was placed on the edge of the tub, every cell in her body was enjoying the bath. She didn’t look like an injured person in any way.
“Ah! Why did you come in suddenly?” Anna slammed the towel in her hand against him. Wayne frequently used his memory loss as an excuse to do many strange things, and Anna had put up with it.
The towel landed on Wayne and fluttered to the floor. He bent down and picked it up before approaching Anna slowly. “Let me help you.” He said.
Wayne had just finished having a meeting when Noel told him about the accident Anna had at work. He rushed to the hospital and discovered that she had just left. He then quickly returned home.
On the way home, he felt anxious, as if a fire was burning in his heart. Nothing could prevent him from seeing his wife. Wayne couldn’t explain why he was constantly losing his mind because of Anna. However, a subconscious within him continued to tell him what to do.
Anna refused to mention what he had forgotten, but he somewhat had a blurred idea about what had happened.
In an attempt to avoid him, Anna leaned back. On the other hand, Wayne took her arm in his hand and carefully wiped her body.
“Wayne.” Anna muttered.
He was surprisingly quiet, and after rubbing her back, he quietly began to rub her sprained leg.
“What’s the matter?” She couldn’t help but wonder because she was itching all over her body.
“I panicked and became scared when Noel said something happened to you.”
He had been separated from her for five years because of his foolish mistakes. The disappointment of waiting would creep into his dreams every night. Although he no longer remembered these details, he remembered the sensation. It was a bone-chilling pain, he recalled.
Wayne lowered his gaze to the ground. He always hated to show his vulnerability. His voice was becoming increasingly low, and it was clear that he was having difficulty saying what he had just said.
However, Anna was moved by him. “I’ll be there for you at all times.” She spoke softly.
Someone then began knocking on the bedroom door. The sound was like cold water, extinguishing their burning desire.
Wayne and Anna both opened their eyes and looked at each other. And the atmosphere began to shift from romantic to subtly awkward.
The person at the door kept knocking as if they insisted on seeing them immediately.
“Who is it?” Anna yelled at the door. She then kept her gaze fixed on the bathroom door, not looking Wayne in the eyes.
“It’s me, Tammy!”
At this point, Wayne was embarrassed and upset. All he wanted to do at the time was made love to Anna in the tub, but their daughter had to see them at this moment.
“What’s up, Tammy? Let’s talk about that tomorrow. Mommy had a very long day.” Anna said with a deliberate yawn.
“No! I have to say it now! I persuaded Great-Grandpa to let him go to the hospital tomorrow to prepare for the operation over dinner. But now he’s changed his mind and refuses to go no matter what. Matthew can’t even do anything about it.”
Anna patted Wayne’s shoulder as she heard this, “I really need to get over there. Put me down now, honey.”
Wayne still clung to her, irritated.
“You’re coming with me as well.” After finishing her words, Anna wriggled to free herself from his grasp. Wayne had to compromise and carefully place her uninjured foot down because she was injured.
Anna stood up and stepped on her slippers to reach the bath towel on a nearby shelf. But then she slipped and leaned back.
“Ah!”
In a panic, Anna reached out to grab something but accidentally yanked on Wayne’s belt. As a result, Anna and Wayne jumped into the tub together, making a big splash.
Tammy heard a noise from inside the door, frowned, and rapped on it, asking, “Are you guys okay?”
“I’m fine!” Anna replied hesitantly.
***
Early the next morning, Anna drove Peter to the hospital, although he didn’t really want to do so. They finally decided on a surgery date.
He was supposed to spend some time in the hospital before the surgery. The doctor examined him thoroughly and found all his vital signs normal. However, Peter always told the doctor that he was too dizzy to get out of bed. Everyone knew he was faking it but was too embarrassed to say anything about it.
At the moment, Peter was lying in bed, not feeling well but looking good. Tammy sat in a chair beside his bed, playing a game on her iPad.
“Why don’t you talk to me, Tammy?” Peter asked her.
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