Chapter 66 – His Second Chance Love: The Freezing Silence

I had no idea what was going through Joseph’s mind. What made him think we could finish all these? Besides, I had already eaten earlier.

Anthony placed all of the food in front of us, looked at me, and said, “Finish all of these, then lie down and take a nap.”

I raised my head and looked at him. After letting out a deep breath, I uttered, “Anthony, are you raising pigs here? How are we able to finish all these foods?”

He nodded and raised his eyebrows. “Yes, two!”

I…

I had dug my own grave.

“I can’t finish them all.” I paused for a moment, then continued, “Besides, I need to deal with some matters back in my office.”

Without saying a word, he walked towards his desk seat and sat down. Then he made a phone call.

Not long after, Stacey arrived with a stack of documents. She looked at me then shifted her gaze to Anthony. Then she uttered mischievously, “Ms. Stanhope, these are the documents which require your signature. We’re almost done with the work at AC Credit. Please have a look.”

Stacey placed the documents down and blinked her eyes at me in a prying manner.

I knew what she meant. She was trying to pry into whatever was going on between Anthony and me. I packed up the breakfast that was untouched on the table and gave them to her. “Well noted. You surely haven’t had your breakfast yet. Eat up!”

Seeing that I’d shoved all the food to her, she shook her head immediately. Then I whispered next to her ear, “Don’t decline, just help me.”

Stacey uttered, “Ms. Stanhope, I can’t eat all these.”

“No worries, there are many people in the office. Everyone can eat together.”

After handing over the breakfast to her, I sat on the sofa and turned my head towards Anthony. He was staring at me motionlessly.

In a moment of guilt, I asked, “What’s the matter?”

“What am I going to eat?” he replied with a smile.

I was stunned and looked at him with widened eyes. “You haven’t eaten yet?”

He raised his eyebrow and said nothing.

I facepalmed and glanced over at the glass of soy milk that I had taken a sip from. Then I asked, “Do you want to drink that?”

I was just casually asking because he was very particular about hygiene and would never touch other people’s things. Not to mention, I have already taken a sip of it.

“Yeah!” he replied and walked in my direction. He sat next to me then emptied the entire glass of soy milk right away.

Seeing that he drank with the straw that had my lipstick stain on it, I was lost for words.

I had a funny feeling in that instant.

“What are you thinking?” he asked while placing his arm around my waist and then gently rubbed my belly with his palm. The corners of his mouth curled up. “It seems like you’ve gained some weight!”

I rolled my eyes and pushed him away. Then I attended to the documents that were in front of me. The audit for Featherstone Corporation and Harrison Credit was completed. As for AC Credit, it was awaiting my signature.

He grabbed an audit report and went through it. Then he asked, “AC Credit is in charge of Robinson Group’s audit?”

I nodded while signing the documents I had gone through and then continued with the next pile.

After acknowledging that, he flipped through a few more documents then glanced at me. “Who did you assign for this project?”

I was taken aback for a moment. “Stacey. I was busy back then, so she has been in charge of that. What’s wrong?”

Upon seeing his gloomy expression, I thought something must have gone wrong. So, I went through the files he had read but didn’t find any problems.

For a while, I was slightly confused.

Seeing that I was waiting for a response, he curled his lips and teased, “Give me a kiss and I’ll tell you!”

“Nonsense!” I ignored him. Since I had reviewed the document carefully, there shouldn’t be any problem. It was probably just his usual dubiety.

He placed the document down, took the ones that I was going to sign from my hand, and said, “I will have a look at these and sign them if everything is fine. Go inside and have some rest.”

Anthony’s office was so huge that there was even a lounge fully equipped with facilities.

I frowned as I replied, “I’m not tired.”

However, he ignored me completely and brought me into the lounge. As the weather was warm, he switched on the air conditioning. “Lie down and have a good rest.” Meanwhile, he took my cell phone away.

“Anthony!” How am I supposed to sleep while it’s still early? ”I woke up late this morning, so I’m not tired.”

He looked at me. “Do you need me to accompany you to sleep?”

I was speechless. I climbed to the bed angrily and pulled the blanket over my head. “I’m going to sleep. You can go out now.”

I vaguely heard his laughter.

After a while, it was quiet in the lounge. Upon thinking he had left, I removed the blanket and stared at the ceiling. There was still an unpleasant feeling coming from within.

Did Anthony change because of guilt?

Can a loveless marriage really last a lifetime?

It was impossible to sleep with all these thoughts running through my head. Hence, I planned on finding my cell phone. Then I remembered it was placed outside.

After getting out of bed, I headed out. Anthony wasn’t in the office at that time.

I looked around and saw someone standing behind the balcony curtains. I grabbed my phone and prepared to return to the lounge when I overheard Anthony talking on the phone. “Is she alright?”

I wasn’t sure what was being said on the other end of the call, but I heard him reply, “Alright, bring her for a checkup and have her wounds bandaged well. After that, send her back to Pear Garden.”

It was about Rylee.

That’s right, how could I have forgotten? Rylee was also hurt. Even though he made no mention of her, but she was the person he cared for the most.

As for me, he didn’t love me. All he had was just a sense of responsibility.

Anthony wasn’t expecting me to suddenly appear. His eyebrows furrowed when he saw me standing there. “Why aren’t you resting?”

I flashed the cellphone as I said, “I’m here to retrieve this.”

“Since you’re going to sleep, there’s no use holding on to your phone.”

“Alright.”

After returning to the lounge, I was slightly absentminded.

Fortunately, pregnant women tend to feel lethargic. I dozed off after zoning out for a while.

It was already afternoon when I woke up. I heard people arguing outside so I got out of the bed. My head was hurting at that point, probably due to oversleeping.

I opened the door and saw Anthony and Joe fighting with one another. They stopped the moment they saw me.

Anthony threw a pile of documents to Joe and uttered coldly, “Stop causing trouble for yourself. I hope you don’t repeat the same mistakes again.”

Joe picked up the documents and glared at me. After that, he left without saying a word.

I was a little baffled. Is it a bad time for me to show up?

“What are you daydreaming about?” Anthony asked while his slender body leaned against the chair. As he stretched out his hand towards me lazily, he said, “Come here!”

I walked up to him and sat on his lap. “I’ve slept too much and I don’t feel too well!”

He tucked some loose strands of hair behind my ears and pressed his face against my neck. “It’s alright. We’ll go for a walk later. What do you feel like eating?”

“I’m not hungry.” I looked at the clock on the wall. It was already three o’clock in the afternoon. I had slept for three or four hours. No wonder I wasn’t feeling well.

He handed me a glass of warm water. “Dr. Ludwick invites us for dinner tonight. Do you want to go?”

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