"Does it bother you that I have another woman?"
Staring at Anne with his dark eyes, Kevin waited for her answer. If she would admit that she cared
about his relationship with Cherry, it would make everything so much easier.
Right now, there was no other woman he wanted than Anne.
If Anne was being truthful, she would say just how much she cared.
However, no matter how much pain it was causing her, she would not speak it out.
"Whether or not you have another woman around you does not concern me, Mr. Kevin. I'd prefer not to
know about your personal relations. If you may, please do not come into my life ever again."
There was a calmness in Anne's eyes as she spoke, which made Kevin feel all the more flustered and
angry.
"If it is about anything else, we can talk it through. But about what you said, it's non-negotiable."
His voice boomed as his brows tightly knitted across his forehead. There was no chance he was going
to let her escape from him.
Anne was left speechless. With a helpless look on her face, she couldn't figure out how she should
make him understand what she was trying to say.
"You only have two choices," he continued. "One, stay here and watch this movie with me. You can
leave afterwards. Or two, you give yourself to me right at this instant!"
Recently, the only thing Kevin was keen on doing was threats. Every time he didn't get his way with
Anne, he would throw harsh threats at her, thinking that it would work without fail.
'This man is getting really--!'
Never had she seen such a shameless man saying such horrible things to her!
What she wanted to do right now was leave. However, his threat kept ringing in her ears. From the way
she knew him, she knew that he kept his promises. If she left, this man might really try to force her into
doing something she didn't want to do.
Defeated, she sat quietly beside him. With a content nod, he reached up and put his arm over her
shoulders. All the while, Anne kept wishing that the movie would end soon. She remembered how he
had watched a movie with Cherry, the two of them sitting beside each other so intimately. The
discomfort she was feeling made it incredibly hard for her not to lean away from Kevin.
Meanwhile, Kevin was having a hard time concentrating on the movie playing. From time to time, he
would steal glances at Anne.
It was rare for him to see her act so obediently like this. Anne, on the other hand, was trying to divert all
her focus on the screen to keep her distracted.
Eventually, it piqued her interest. The movie was about a young man and a young woman who went
through a great number of setbacks. After fixing their relationship, the two of them lived happily ever
after. Seeing the heroine's heartfelt smile at the end made Anne inexplicably flustered.
She couldn't help but relate to the two main characters, especially when they were going through all
their problems. Although it ended on a good note, she still felt that things were not as simple in real life.
As the credits started to roll, Anne was still completely immersed in the plot. How wonderful it would be
if the same thing happened between her and Kevin!
"So... Did you like it?"
Seeing how quiet she was, Kevin raised his eyebrows and looked at her with amusement.
It was just a silly, romance movie after all. The way Anne looked so deep in thought made him curious.
Was she feeling as if she was the heroine of the movie?
Regaining her composure, Anne took a deep breath and stood up.
"Let's go. You said you would let me leave after watching this with you." Without saying anything more,
she stood up and walked out.
With a frown, he clicked his tongue in annoyance as he watched her slender back. When she opened
the door, he finally stood up and quickly followed her.
Even though he still wasn't content on how she was acting towards him, it was still much better than
before. From the way he saw it, it seemed as if she really had feelings for him.
The movie had helped a lot in breaking the ice between him and Anne, and Kevin was a bit thankful for
his secretary for suggesting this to him.
As they sat in the car, Anne just stared out the window and didn't say a word. In her head, she was still
thinking about the movie, and about her and Kevin.
"Why are you quiet all of a sudden? Have you gotten dumb or something?" Kevin snorted, as he was
not used to her sudden quietness.
'Could this man get any ruder?'
Rolling her eyes at him, Anne threw a sarcastic smile at him.
"No."
"Then why aren't you say anything?" Her denial made Kevin a little dissatisfied. Was this woman
deliberately not talking to him?
"Say what? Is there anything to say between us?"
All she wanted to do was be quiet while she thought about things. Couldn't she do that in peace? As
Kevin heard this, his hands tightened on the steering wheel.
"Yes! And there is actually a lot to talk about!" 'Damn it! Is she telling me that she still has nothing to
say to me?!'
"What do you want me to say, Mr. Kevin? I'm all ears,"
she said in an indifferent tone. This left Kevin speechless. When he didn't say anything, Anne shrugged
and looked back out the window.
"Say my name, damn it! I don't want to hear you call me Mr. Kevin anymore. Do you understand?"
'Why is she still calling me that?! It's as if we never had anything special between us!'
It was undeniable that they had done every intimate thing that a couple were supposed to do.
'This man is so overbearing to order me like that,' Anne thought angrily.
"Anne, do you love me?" Ignoring her indifference, he looked at her intensely. His low voice shook with
emotion.
Shocked, she turned back to look at him. This man's question was really unexpected. It was so
uncharacteristic of him to ask such thing.
Was he really serious? Or was he just being crazy again?
A second later, she laughed at herself for overthinking the situation. She was sure that he was only
asking this because of his unreasonable possessiveness.
Looking out of the window again, she decided not to answer his question at all.
"Anne, look into my eyes and answer my question!" HIs voice echoed in the car when he saw how she
had ignored him,
"I don't want to answer such a meaningless question. There are so many women who love you. If you
want to hear something sweet, you can ask them. I think they will be very happy to answer your
question."
Why did he ask such a question? His sweetheart obviously loved him so much. He should ask her,
shouldn't he? Why did he suddenly ask her this?
"Anne!"
His heart was instantly filled with anger. This damn woman actually suggested that he ask someone
else!
"Yes?"
she answered nonchalantly, deaf and oblivious to his anger. There was no way she was going to allow
herself to hope that their relationship would be mended. The last thing she wanted to feel was the
sadness and disappointment she felt when they had first parted ways.
When Kevin heard her response, his face darkened, but he couldn't lose his temper inexplicably. The
more he did, the more he feared that he might push her away for good.
"If you care that I have other women around me, I promise you that I will take care of that."
When he said these words, he meant it wholeheartedly. If only Anne was willing to come back into his
life, she would be the only woman he would love for the rest of his life. He had not wanted someone as
much as he wanted her.
That would mean that he would have to get rid of Cherry, which he was more than willing to do for
Anne.
It was true that Cherry's mother had saved him. However, he was not some saint. He was not about to
let the love of his life slip from his fingers just because he owed someone's kindness.
'He'll take care of it?' Anne thought skeptically. How was he going to do that? She knew that Cherry
was his sweetheart. Was he really willing to leave her?
On second thought, maybe he was just offering her another agreement so as to keep her by his side
for a longer term.
Thinking of this, Anne felt pitiful for herself. It was ridiculous that she was still holding up hope that she
could have her 'happily ever after' with this man.
"Do you have any other conditions?"
Seeing that she didn't say anything, Kevin asked with a frown.
"Do you think there are always 'conditions' in this world?"
This man always put forward conditions to her. Did he think that she was a woman who put interest
above everything? Or maybe he just thought so right from the beginning.
"So are you telling me that you don't want anything from me?" There was no emotion on his face, and it
was hard to tell whether he was happy or angry from his tone.
She looked at him angrily. What did he mean? When did she want anything from him?
It was as if he was bound to misunderstand her all the time. Why couldn't he just listen to her words
carefully and figure it out? At that moment, she figured that he was still thinking that she was the one
who did that awful thing to Ruth.
"If I say that Ruth's death has nothing to do with me," Anne started, saying each word as carefully as
she could, "and that I had nothing to do with the fact that she was pushed down the stairs, would you
believe me?"
Thinking of the things he had misunderstood her for, she couldn't help but feel sad. She was
completely innocent, and yet he still wouldn't believe no matter what she said.
"I'll send someone to investigate it. If you didn't do it, then you didn't."
In fact, he really didn't believe that Ruth's death was caused by Anne. But the surveillance video at that
time was as clear as day that it was impossible to deny.
"Investigate? So are you saying you still don't believe me? Look, if a part of you still thinks that I'm
some vicious woman, why are you still trying to be together with me? Won't you be doing yourself a
favor if you just let me disappear from your life forever?"
Just like that, her heart flooded with pain again. Even up until now, he didn't believe her, and it was just
so disappointing for her to know that.
How she wished this man could believe her once. Just once...
But now, she knew that wasn't going to happen.
"Come on! The only thing I want is you. Why can't you just let me have what I want?"
'Damn it! She is so annoying!' Even if she didn't do it, he still needed time to find out the truth to prove
her innocence.
If he couldn't prove her innocence, it wouldn't matter whether or not he believed her. Others would still
think that she was some criminal.
However, being his woman and believing in her were two completely different things. Anne didn't know
why he just couldn't understand that.
Sighing helplessly, she stared out into the window, suddenly feeling emotionally drained.
The car zoomed along the highway. Soon enough, they reached the building where she and Sam lived
in.
"Thank you for taking me home," Anne said. Before Kevin could say another word, she quickly got out
of the car and closed the door behind her.
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