“Hi, Letty. What’s the matter?” John sounded as if he had just woken up from sleep.
I looked at the clock and it was only then did I realize that it was past midnight already.
I did not mean to disturb his sleep, but now that he had picked up the call, I might as well tell him the reason I called.
I went straight to the point. “Can you ask Uncle Louis to help me to contact the local authorities at W City? Summer has been missing for more than seventy-two hours and the Crest family are searching for her, but they haven’t found anything yet. I didn’t know what to do, so I called you.”
Speaking about Summer brought a lump to my throat again.
He fell silent for a moment before answering, “I’ll go to W City with Uncle Louis right away and I’m sure we will find Summer. Don’t worry.” He sounded fully alert now.
A wave of warmth washed over me as tears started to well up in my eyes.
“Thank you so much, John,” I replied with a hoarse voice.
When he heard me weeping, he said concernedly, “Sienna, we are family. You don’t need to say thank you.”
Feeling touched by his words, tears fell down from my eyes as I bid him goodbye.
I hung up the call and felt better somehow.
Now that my anxiety had reduced, I realized that I was covered in cold sweats.
Therefore, I put down my phone, filled the bathtub with hot water, and took a bath.
After I was done freshening up, I suddenly saw Anthony standing in my bedroom. I was so shocked that I almost yelled out in surprise.
Since I had come here in a rush, I did not bring a change of clothes with me. So, I had put my clothes just now into the washing machine and came out of the bathroom in a towel.
Even though we were husband and wife, I still felt shy in front of him.
“How did you get in?” I asked, puzzled. I had locked the door already, so how could he enter again?
He turned towards me with his eyebrows knitted. “Sienna, we need to talk.”
“We have nothing to talk about. It’s already late. You should go to bed.” Ignoring him, I sat down on the bed and towel dry my hair.
He then took the towel from my hand and began patting my hair dry impassively.
“I can do it myself,” I exclaimed and took the towel from him.
But he refused and held the towel away from me.
The anger that I had been suppressing rose again. Pursing my lips, I glared at him. “Anthony…”
But before I could finish my sentence, he cupped my face and abruptly pressed his lips against mine.
I wanted to push him away, but it was futile. He locked me within his arms and kissed me hard as if it was a punishment from him. It made me breathless.
If he had not heard me gasping for air, he would have continued kissing.
As he released his grip on me, our eyes met for a moment, but I averted my gaze and ignored him.
He narrowed his eyes and pinched my chin forcefully. “Am I not the one who should be angry?”
He gazed at me gloomily as though he had been wronged.
I pushed his hand away and shot daggers at him. “Then you should go away and sulk. Leave me alone. I want to sleep.”
Anthony could not help but laugh at my words. “Sienna, can you please be reasonable?”
“No!” I said defiantly. I know I’m throwing a fit, but I don’t care.
Seeing my attitude, he said no more and threw his coat aside before unbuttoning his shirt with his slender fingers.
As he stood there, removing his clothes gracefully in front of me, he smirked and gazed suggestively at me.
“W-why are you taking your clothes off?” I stuttered.
“I’m going to sleep, duh.” As he spoke, the shirt on him was casually thrown on the ground, exposing his bare chest in front of my eyes.
I quickly looked away with my face flushing with embarrassment. It’s rude to stare.
Then, I heard him chuckled.
“Anthony, you…”
By the time I turned to him, he had also removed his pants and he was now coming towards me.
I was taken aback for a second before scrambling away from him.
But before I could reach the other side of the super king-sized bed, he had grabbed my ankle and dragged me towards him.
Being trapped in his arms, I became infuriated instantly and gave him a cold-eyed stare. “What are you doing, Anthony? I want to sleep!” I yelled.
“Alright. We shall sleep,” he said gently, coaxing me into sleeping with him. “It’s already past midnight. We should rest now.”
His words sounded naughty as we lay naked on the bed.
However, he just continued to hug me. Sensing that he was not going to do anything further, I eventually let my guard down after a few minutes.
Having known him for several years, I knew that if he wanted to stay here, no one could not stop him from doing so, including me.
So, I opted to close my eyes and sleep.
That night, I barely slept. I kept jolting awake from horrible nightmares about Summer. Fortunately, Anthony was by my side. He patted my back and comforted me whenever I needed solace.
I woke up at six o’clock in the morning. Looking at the dim sky outside the hotel, I could not go back to sleep.
Even now, Anthony still had his arms around me. After a moment of hesitation, I shifted a bit, trying to get out of his embrace.
Even though I had moved as quietly as possible, I still woke him up. He opened his eyes and looked at me groggily.
Locking his eyes on me, he asked in a raspy voice, “What’s wrong?”
I proceeded to sit up, but he held me down.
He probably realized that it was still early, so he brought me back to his embrace. “It’s still early.”
Restricted in his arms again, I reached for my phone on the bedside table.
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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