Chapter 992

Chapter 992

Anne turned away and bit her lip wordlessly. Before long, she heard Anthony chuckling. She shot

him a confused look and muttered, “Don“t...don’t laugh at me.”

“I'm not laughing.”

"You are.”

"Did you see it?" He teased.

“I heard you...” Anne said. She was unsure as Anthony was never one to show emotions, so he rarely

smiled at her.

Anthony wiped her tears away; her face was hardly even the size of his palm and the realization

struck him.

“I didn't leave. I just went to get you food.”

Anne turned to look at the nightstand and spotted a bowl. If she guessed correctly, it was probably

a bow! of soup.

At noon, apart from desserts, she would always be made to drink beauty collagen drinks.

"Any sugar in it?” She whispered.

He grabbed the bowl and fed her a spoonful. “Try it.”

She accepted it and tasted a hint of sweetness. “They put sugar in it.”

“Really? Let me try.”

Anne had thought that he meant that he wanted to try the drink, and was shocked when he

devoured her lips instead.

He let her go shortly after and licked his lips. “Indeed, there's sugar in this.”

She looked away with a blush, before glancing back at him. She was certain that he was laughing at

her because of how horrendous she looked earlier.

Feeling increasingly irritated, she punched him on the chest. “You are so mean. I don’t want to talk

to you anymore...”

"Who do you want to talk to, then?” He grabbed her hand and asked.

“I'm not telling you.” She pouted with a dark expression on her face. “Who...was it that called you

just now?”

“Oliver.”

“Do you need to go back to work?”

“It can wait until tomorrow.”

When Anthony left the room, she could not help but pay attention to his phone on the nightstand.

She knew that she should not invade his privacy, but reached for it regardless. Since there was no

password for the phone, she found the contact record easily and saw the name “Bianca’ in the most

recent call record.

Her heart sank at the realization that Anthony had lied to her.

'So I don't even deserve the truth if he doesn't love me... She thought.

The next morning, Anthony stayed home and did not go to the Archduke Group until after lunch.

After waking up from her afternoon nap with the children, Anne woke up and sat on the balcony

blankly.

Whenever Anthony left her, she would assume that he was with Bianca and felt alone at home.

Devastated, she decided to go outside for a walk. Perhaps she would be able to take her mind off of

the imagination of how Anthony and Bianca were doing.

She headed to the residential area she lived in before alone.

Peace had been resumed as though nothing had ever happened. She opened the door to her

apartment and all the mess had been cleaned up.

Just as she wondered who had cleaned her apartment, her phone started ringing and she spotted

the name “Ashlynn on the screen of her phone.

She had seen this name on her contact list before, and though she had never talked to Ashlynn, she

knew who Ashlynn was from Ken.

“Hello?”

"Anne, it's Ashlynn. Are you home?”

“I'm at...at my aunt's place,” Anne said.

“Is it okay if we go over now?”

“Sure.” Anne provided her address and hung up.

She was not certain about what kind of person Ashlynn was. All she knew was that Ashlynn was

once her assistant and became her uncle's wife afterward, so Anne assumed that Ashlynn should be

a great person.

'Did she say “we’? Who else is coming over?’ Anne thought.

She got up to see if there were any snacks she could serve her guests and contemplated whether

she should take them to the Royal Mansion.

Since she could not find anything, Anne decided to go downstairs.

Marco happened to be in the same area and was taking a walk to look for any sign of Lilian. After

all, she could still be alive even though she fell into the Noxus River.

He soon spotted Anne standing by a building, waiting for someone. He was about to walk over

when he saw a familiar-looking Bently driving toward Anne.

As soon as he had a clear look at the car plate, Marco's expression darkened and he immediately

hid under the shadows.