It was a golden day with filtered sunlight that sharply contrasted Anne's mood.
She walked under the vivid blue sky with a blank look on her face. Her headache still hadn't completely
gone away as the breeze blew on a few strands of her hair.
It was getting chillier as the wind continued to shift. The sun might have been up but her hands were
cold.
When she arrived at the East Mountain Villa, she stood outside for a long time, not going in.
As she kept her gaze frontwards, her forehead puckered.
She wasn't welcome here and it was not like she wanted to be here either. A bitter smile tugged at the
corners of her mouth. Why didn't she just learn that there was no use trying to force something that
wasn't meant for her?
"Miss Anne, why don't you go in?" the servant asked upon opening the door and spotting Anne
standing outside.
"Okay." Without another word, Anne walked inside the villa.
She looked around for Eddy but she couldn't find him.
She searched every corner but it seemed that he was nowhere to be found. Sneering, she muttered to
herself, "How heartless of you, Kevin."
With that, she left the East Mountain Villa. She ignored the servant calling her from behind.
If Eddy wasn't here, there was no reason for her to be here. It was just a house—not a home.
When two hours had passed, Kevin arrived at the villa. The first thing he noticed was that Anne wasn't
there.
"Mr. Kevin, Miss Anne is not here. She went out," the servant blurted out.
Kevin's face transformed as he visibly tried to restrain himself. He barked, "Where did she go?"
"I don't know," the servant stammered in fear.
Kevin made his way to the couch, propping his forehead on his palms. His head was throbbing.
Yesterday, Anne didn't come home. Today, she left before he came back. What was she doing?
"Anne, why did you leave?" He balled his hand into a fist as he slammed it on the table with great force,
the table shaking from the impact.
Meanwhile, the Well Hotel was generously lit—the place was serene and warm.
The atmosphere almost made Anne forget about the despair that dominated her heart.
She had boiled water in her room for some warmth. She cupped the glass of hot water in her hands,
relishing the heat.
She had opened the windows so she could enjoy the lovely night view outside.
It looked beautiful and melancholic.
Her soft curls shone in the faint light.
Just as she was beginning to relax, the phone rang.
The caller ID read Mr. Kevin.
"Kevin, what do you want?" Anne said slowly and then hung up the call right away.
She turned her phone off so that no one would be able to disturb her.
She was not at all worried about Eddy's safety—she just missed him so much.
Ever since she gave birth to Eddy, she couldn't care less whom Kevin would end up marrying. All she
knew was that she loved Eddy and he was her son.
Meanwhile, on the road just outside of the East Mountain Villa, Kevin pulled over under a street lamp.
Silence filled the air. The East Mountain Villa was located in the suburbs after all so there was no one
else around but him.
He stared at his phone before he dialed Anne's number. After three beeps, the call was dropped.
He tried calling her again but it seemed that this time her phone had been turned off already.
"Damn it!" Kevin pounded his fists on the steering wheel as rage burned in his eyes.
He then made another call.
"Alan, could you check the surveillance videos of the whole city? Please look for Anne."
Alan suddenly got up from his comfortable bed when he saw that Kevin had called him.
"What's going on?" Kevin still sounded angry at the topic of Anne.
He had already checked the surveillance videos in the hospital to make sure that his sister's death was
because of Cherry since it was her fingerprints on the oxygen machine after all. He felt sorry for Anne
but that didn't change the fact that he still disliked her.
"I'm giving you another chance. Cherish it," Kevin said coldly before hanging up the phone. When Alan
heard the dial tone, he screamed in frustration.
It took only about half an hour for Kevin to trace Anne's whereabouts using various surveillance footage
from all over the city.
"Mr. Kevin, she's in the Well Hotel. Do you need me to take you there?" He knew what Kevin was
capable of which was primarily why he was scared of him. He just hoped that Kevin would let go of him
and his family.
"No need. You can go back to sleep."
With that, Kevin raced off to Well Hotel. In just under 20 minutes, he arrived at the hotel.
It was already 11 in the evening.
As soon as Kevin entered the hotel, he instantly attracted stares.
It was probably because he was dressed so casually—donned in a silver windbreaker, black trousers,
and sneakers. Still, he didn't need to wear fancy clothes for his nobility to show.
Generally, most of the people who came to Well Hotel were business men. Following this logic, Kevin
stood out like a sore thumb in the hotel lobby.
The middle floors of the Well Hotel was vacated as the rooms here were rather expensive. The service
they provided was topnotch and all of the rooms had windows.
On the 2nd floor, a man wearing sunglasses immediately spotted Kevin.
He was on the phone with a waitress who obediently responded to him, "Okay, boss."
The waitress hung up the phone. She turned her gaze at Kevin, smiling pleasantly. "Hello, sir. What can
I do for you?"
"I'm looking for someone. Which room is Anne Luo in?" Kevin showed his ID card.
"I'm sorry, sir. Our guests' privacy is our utmost priority here. I'm afraid we can't provide you with that
information," she responded apologetically.
"She's my wife. I need to see her," Kevin insisted firmly.
"You're divorced. Long time no see, Kevin."
The man wearing sunglasses had gone downstairs. Kevin instantly recognized him the moment he took
off his sunglasses.
"Ian," Kevin said indifferently. They had been enemies when they were young. Now they finally met
again.
"You're the boss here. That's good. I need to find Anne." Kevin wasn't interested in getting involved with
Ian.
"Why don't I know who Anne is?" An arrogant smile was plastered across Ian's face, reminiscent of his
young self.
In reality, he knew who Anne was. He had noticed her when she arrived at the Well Hotel.
When he saw Kevin arrive, he figured the two must have had a conflict which was why he stopped
Kevin.
"I'm sure you have surveillance footage. I need to see it," Kevin said plainly despite knowing that Ian
wasn't on his side.
Ian's smile was dripping with irony.
"Kevin, who do you think you are? You don't have the right to do something like that here," Ian said
haughtily.
The provocation in his eyes was undeniable. He and Kevin had been enemies ever since they were
young. Knowing that Kevin had hurt the woman he liked, he swore to himself he was going to get back
at Kevin for that.
Driven by frustration, Kevin landed a punch across Ian's face. Caught off guard, Ian fell on the ground.
Just as he got on his feet, he heard a familiar voice.
"Kevin, what are you doing here?" The coldness in her voice made Kevin's heart sink.
"Come home with me." Kevin heaved a sigh of relief at the sight of Anne. He immediately extended his
hand to grab Anne, attempting to leave with her.
"Let go of me, Kevin. I have nothing to do with you," Anne spat
"Don't you want to see Eddy? I'll let you see him if you come home with me," Kevin said in a low voice.
All of a sudden, Anne burst into laughter.
"Kevin, are you threatening me?" A strange look fell on her face as if she didn't recognize Kevin.
She always knew that Kevin was cold and heartless but never did she expect that Kevin would stoop
so low as to threaten her with her own child.
"It's okay if you don't want to go back. Then you won't see Eddy anymore," Kevin hissed.
As Ian watched the two quarrel, he knew he had no right to get in between them.
A hint of sadness flickered in his eyes. After a while, he finally said, "Kevin, you have no reign over the
Well Hotel. If you cause a disturbance here, I'm allowed to ask you to leave."
"Shut up!" Kevin said through gritted teeth.
He glanced at Anne, wishing that she would just come home with him. Even though he knew that she
would only get mad at him, he had no choice but use their son to keep her at his side.
"Okay, I'll go home with you," Anne said after thinking for a long time.
She knew she had to go back despite Kevin's ruthlessness.
He had always been like this. He knew that the child was her weak point, so he won this time.
Kevin and Anne left together. Ian stood in place as he watched the two leave, seemingly in a daze.
"Boss, it's late. You should get some rest," the lobby manager urged.
Smiling bitterly, he murmured, "She went back with him voluntarily. I shouldn't expect anything
anymore."
As he spoke, he slowly balled his hands into fists.
It didn't even matter to him that Anne couldn't remember him. He just couldn't watch her suffer.
He wasn't just infatuated with her. He was stoic by nature but in all the years he had lived, he had
never been attracted to anyone else but Anne.
"Mr. Ian, you don't look well. Are you injured? Do you want to see a doctor?" the lobby manager asked
worriedly.
Ian waved his hand. "No. No need."
With that, he turned and headed upstairs, looking inexplicably upset.
"That's strange. He always seemed fine. What's going on with him today?" The manager shook his
head, deciding to let it go. He glanced at his watch before leaving.
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