Chapter 190: Chapter 191

Breakups were usually too brutal to watch. Moreover, Anna felt embarrassed to stand around and watch while they were breaking up. So, Anna immediately flipped out of the side of the pavilion and ran away.

As she escaped there, the last words she heard were from Karl. He said, “Peace, let’s just pretend that nothing happened these days, okay? Can we just stay the same as before?”

Anna was surprised. Karl was the biggest playboy in town, and he had dated almost half the women there. But he would make others sympathize with him if he became serious about his relationship.

Anna didn’t expect Karl to be willing to back off after all that had happened. He even wished he could go back in time and pretend he had never proposed to her or been rejected by her.

“I’m afraid I can’t. I’m sorry, Karl, but I’ve had enough of fooling around, “Peace responded.

So, messing around was not just a right of men.

Anna drove Peace back to her studio when it was dark.

“Anna, I’m actually fine. You don’t have to give me a ride.”

Anna glanced at her and said, “No, I don’t care if you’re fine or not. I just want to eat that taco in the store next to your studio.”

“Okay, then I’ll go get it for you.”

“Sure! I don’t have a job right now, so it’s on you, right?”

Anna was talking like that on purpose. She noticed that Peace had been depressed and silent when they came out of the hospital.

Anna was afraid that she would be upset, so she tried to cheer her up in this way.

If it was before, Peace would have bickered with her. However, Peace just leaned back in the passenger seat and looked exhausted.

After being silent for a long time, she finally sighed and said, “It’s a shame,”

Anna looked at Peace and thought she felt bad about breaking up with Karl. She stated, “What? It turns out that you also feel the same way.”

Peace, however, looked at her dumbfounded and said, “No, I’m sorry that we won’t be able to go on that trip together. Earlier, Karl and I talked about bringing you and Wayne on a trip to an island. So, you two can have a chance to talk about your relationship.

But now that we’re no longer together, I can’t offer you that wonderful chance.”

Anna had a soothing smile on her face. But when she heard Wayne’s name, she couldn’t smile anymore. She tightened her grip on the driving wheel and replied, “Hey, I don’t need your help. You’d better take care of your own business.”

Peace’s studio was in the east of Birmingham downtown and next to a tourist attraction. Since it was summer, many tourists were coming. It was already midnight, and there were still many people there.

Anna and Peace sat in the window seat of that taco store. They looked at how the tourists dressed, talked on the street and made rude comments. As a designer with good taste, Peace thought these tourists were all dressed in a tacky way.

Anna rolled her eyes toward her and said, “You have no right to talk about them! You should take a good look in the mirror and see how you look right now. You have guacamole on your mouth, and your mascara is smudged.”

When Peace beard Anna’s remarks, she quickly looked up at her. Anna was holding hall a taco in one hand and chicken nuggets from the platte She mad calmly, “You too.”

We both had our hearts broken by men and relied on eating a lot to make ourselves feel better. So, we had better stop laughing at each other, leave thought, “Would you have said yes to Karl’s proposal if you hadn’t been sick?” Anna asked.

Peace took a bite of her chicken nugget and looked as if she didn’t care. Her mouth was full of food as she spoke, “I’m afraid I would have married someone by now if I didn’t have this illness. In that case, he wouldn’t have had a chance to marry me!”

Peace chose to live because she craved the excitement of the world. She chose to be alone because she didn’t want to bring burdens to others. She believed that if she hadn’t been sick and had led a regular life, she would have married and had a happy life.

“Okay, let’s not talk about that. By the way, how is your father? I heard you chatting with the doctor at the hospital this morning, and he said that your father’s health condition is better now. So, after that, will he still be in that nursing home?”

“Well, I asked him, and he said he preferred to stay at home,” Anna responded, frowning.

Peace immediately said in surprise and anger, “What the hell is that old man thinking? You‘ve put in so much effort to look after him these days, and now he wants to go when he’s feeling better? Does he still wants to live with that mistress?”

Anna couldn’t help but feel uneasy because Peace’s comments were not kind. However, Anna pretended to be relaxed and said, “Forget about it. After all, they’ve spent most of their lives together. So, I’m not surprised that he’s closer to her than me. He is getting older, so he might not want to live in that nursing home by himself.”

“What? What an ungrateful bastard!”

Peace didn’t show any mercy to Frank just because he was Anna’s father, but kept calling him “bastard”.

“I think, Anna, you’ve done your best. After all, you’ve visited him in the hospital so many times. So, just ignore him and concentrate on your life.”

Anna said calmly, “It’s okay; I should leave him alone.”

Shirley and Allie have visited Frank in the hospital frequently recently. Moreover, they are the ones who offered to let Frank stay home. So, they seem to be treating him pretty well, Anna thought.

“What are your plans after that?”

“Hmm?”

Peace asked Anna as she wiped her greasy hands, “I’m asking you about your new job. You said that you had it all figured out before.

So, stop keeping it a secret and just tell me!”

Anna laughed and replied, “Actually, I don’t have to keep it a secret. I didn’t tell you at that time because I hadn’t done the paperwork yet. Well, I just had it all done yesterday.”

“What?”

Anna wiped the grease off her hands with a napkin, then took out a business card from her bag and handed it to Peace.

Peace read it out softly, then looked up in surprise and asked, “Anna Gabriel, the Lemon Clothing Company’s general manager?

What? Have you started a business?”

Anna explained, “To be honest, my mother founded this company, not me. My father had just started his business when my mother Alarried lim. So, my mom gave him all the money he needed at that time. Later, when my mom was pregnant with me, my dad’s company was doing well. So, be merged this company into the Gabriel Group. But, the group never really took care of this small company, and it was sinuerling So, I took it over.”

Anna deliberately did not say what happened in the middle. On the other hand, Peace had already figured out what was going Of Olivia had given up her job after being pregnant with Anna. As a result, i emon was merged into Frank’s group and became an obscute subsidiary, then later because I rank chealed on her with Shirtey, Olivia died while giving birth to her child. Shirley did not even treal het daughter Anna well, not to mention he company.

So, it was not easy for us shall company to survive through so many difficulties for so long.

“When I loll my lather about it, he said yes right away,”

“Of course, he had to say yes, because this company is supposed to be yours. I don’t see any problem with you getting your stuff A1 t Anna laughed and said, “Come on, I don’t even care about the past myself, so don’t you feel angry about it. By the way, I have to ask you something important.”

“What is it?”

“Would you like to work for me at Lemon?”

Peace froze, frowned and asked, “My goodness, are you kidding me? Do you really want me to work for your small company as a designer? Why?”

“Because you’re cheap.”

“Gee! Anna, do you know how much I get paid?” Peace’s eyes immediately widened in surprise.