Chapter 44 – His Second Chance Love: The Freezing Silence

“Anything?”

“Anthony didn’t go home, right?” He seemed to be gloating as he continued, “You thought that you would be treated differently after you got pregnant, didn’t you? Honestly, I really pity you. Your husband is sleeping with another woman now while you are left alone at home. Are you upset?”

I pinched my glabella and replied impatiently, “Mr. Quinn, are you mad because Anthony and Rylee are having sex and they left you behind? That’s why you’re calling me at this hour to treat me as your punching bag, isn’t it?”

After a pause, I continued, “Don’t call me to vent your anger! If you really like Rylee, you can discuss with Anthony. There might be a possibility that the three of you could…”

“Sienna, screw you—” I ended the call before he could finish his sentence.

It was an awful day with both work and relationship problems coming my way.

My apartment measured approximately one hundred square meters. It was not spacious but big enough for me to live comfortably.

Feeling irritable after having a bad day, I intended to sleep my worries away. But after taking that short nap earlier on, I couldn’t fall asleep anymore, so I turned on my computer to study some data.

Upon logging into my email account, I was stunned by that conspicuous email in my inbox. I had almost forgotten about it. Harrison Credit was supposed to handle all of Featherstone Corporation’s audits. However, I had not expected Harrison Credit to set me up. It gave me no choice but to ask John for a copy of AC Credit’s internal report over the years. That report was intended to counter the trouble caused by AC Credit.

However, that report became futile as Quinn Corporation’s audit would be handled by AC Credit instead of Harrison Credit.

Hence, I decided to ignore the email. In fact, I wouldn’t even have sought help from John if there was an alternative plan.

I felt that I should let bygones be bygones.

Suddenly, the doorbell rang. Assuming that Macy had returned from grocery shopping, I tried getting to my feet but ended up feeling dizzy, possibly due to long hours of sitting.

Right after opening the door, I bent down to get her a pair of indoor slippers. “You went out for quite some time. What did you buy?” I was still feeling light-headed.

I placed a pair of furry slippers at the entrance. As there was no response, I shifted my gaze to the door.

That was when I saw a stern-looking man with an unfathomable gaze at the door, his slender figure looming over me.

I could not help but frown. Why is Anthony here? He should be lying on Rylee’s bed now.

I wanted to close the door, but Anthony stopped me in time. As his face darkened, he demanded, “Who are you waiting for?”

He pushed against the door so hard that I couldn’t close it. With that, I gave up and replied languidly, “Who else could I be waiting for in the middle of the night? Of course someone who can ease my loneliness.”

He blocked me in after entering. A sharp glint flashed across his eyes as he sneered, “Ease your loneliness?”

Then he straightened his hip and thrust it at me. “Do you think your loneliness can be eased by this?”

At a loss for words, my face flushed a bright red.

“Why’re you so quiet?” While pressing his body against mine, he landed a soft kiss on my forehead.

Then, things started getting steamy.

“Why didn’t you go home?” He bit my lip and continued in a hoarse voice, “Why are you hiding here?”

“Anthony, let go of me!” I had never seen such a brazen guy. He was just doting on Rylee earlier on, but now he had the audacity to come here and mess around with me.

He held me close and whispered, “Do you think I’m able to do that now?”

I was dumbfounded.

Usually, I would have played along. However, after the previous incident, I could hardly respond whenever he touched me.

He frowned after noticing that I gave no reaction when he was fingering me. Following that, he carried me to the shoe cabinet and placed me on top of it.

I immediately stopped him when he tried to take my clothes off. “Don’t even bother. I don’t seem to feel anything toward you anymore.”

I did not know what precipitated it. Sometimes things might seem fine on the surface, but deep down, they were already riddled with holes.

Furrowing his brows, Anthony stared at me coldly. “No feelings toward me?”

I opened my mouth to speak, but no words could escape from it.

Abruptly, he grabbed my hand and dragged me to the bathroom. I was then held in place under the showerhead with the icy cold water raining over me.

“Anthony, why are you doing this? You should get Rylee to satisfy your lust. Don’t torture a pregnant woman!” I almost broke down.

Since he has always been doting on Rylee, why can’t he just look for her and leave me alone?

The explosion of anger suddenly subsided. Anthony stopped unzipping and became silent for quite a while. He then turned the tap off and stepped away from me.

I averted my eyes from him. With little strength left, I slumped onto the floor after losing his support.

Perhaps due to consecutive days of sultry weather, a thunderstorm broke all of a sudden, followed by a heavy downpour.

The bathroom was filled with an eerie silence. Initially, I thought Anthony was angry at me, but apparently, he was not.

After regaining his composure, he tidied himself up before turning to me. “Get some rest!”

After that, he left without saying another word.

What a temperamental man!

I was sitting in a daze when Macy entered the bathroom. When she saw my disheveled state, she yelled at me, “Sienna, what have you done to yourself? You must think of the baby no matter what happens!”

Following that, Macy took me out of the bathroom and towel-dried my hair while I sat on my bed, staring into space.

After a while, I asked her, “Will a man fall in love with a woman because of their baby?”

Macy paused for a moment and thought about it. “It’s possible. After all, many women tend to fall in love with someone due to that reason.”

Indeed, there are many such cases.

I looked at her in a daze and asked, “What if the baby is gone?”

Shocked by my words, Macy patted me on my shoulder. “What’s on your mind? You are two months pregnant now, and the baby has grown substantially. You should deliver the baby. Don’t overthink the situation!”

I covered my face in frustration. Recently, I had been feeling flustered and irritable.

After Macy dried my hair, she brought me to the bed and tucked me in.

Anthony didn’t turn up again for the rest of the night. Worried that I would be unable to sleep because of the thunderstorm, Macy stayed for the night.

It turned out that she was right, except that I was too irked to sleep instead of scared. Eventually, I stayed up until the middle of the night.

I had barely slept before I was awakened by the buzzing of my phone and realized that it was already morning.

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