It had turned dark by the time Anne returned to the East Mountain Villa. The outside lights had been
switched on.
She glanced at her watch. It was half past six. Looking at the bright street lights, Anne felt uneasy. She
somewhat felt Kevin would do something unthinkable if he knew she had gone to seen Ian earlier.
She was nervous as she entered the house. She took a deep breath to calm her nerves and entered
the living room. Kevin was sitting on the sofa with his legs stretched out in front of him. He was wearing
a grey turtleneck sweater and black casual pants which made his legs look longer. He looked thin and
tall. His body posture looked calm and relaxed. However, Anne was afraid of the indifferent look in his
eyes.
Anne greeted him and said, "I'm back. I want to see Eddy." She walked past him towards Eddy's room.
She opened the door with a smile on her face to greet the child, however, Eddy wasn't in the room. The
smile on her face was replaced with an angry frown.
When she stormed out of Eddy's room, the smirk on Kevin's face angered her more. The anger seeped
into her voice as she said, "Kevin, you promised me! Where is Eddy?"
"Well Anne, you didn't keep our promise. So I can't let you see Eddy for the time being," Kevin replied
coldly, while studying his outstretched feet.
Anne was trembling with anger. She said loudly, "I didn't keep my promise? I made it clear to Ian as
you told me to. What else do you want me to do?"
The thought of Ian made Anne very guilty.
Kevin looked up into Anne's face and saw the worry etched on her face for Ian. His heart hurt as if
someone pierced it with a lance. He questioned sarcastically, "Did you need to go to see him specially
to explain it to him? Anne, did you make me a promise, just to satisfy me and resume your relationship
with Ian behind my back on the quiet?"
His frivolous tone completely irritated Anne.
"Kevin, I don't want to hear you talk about my relationship with Ian like that."
It was disgusting, very disgusting. Anne already felt guilty for Ian and now listening to Kevin insult her,
she was furious.
Seeing Anne's fury, Kevin felt his blood boil. He couldn't tolerate to see Anne care so much about Ian.
He got up from the sofa and walked right up to her. Anne gathered all her will power to stand in place
and not step back.
"What? Are you angry because you realized I am right? If you want to see the baby, you will stay here. I
won't allow you to contact any other men."
After saying that, Kevin turned and stormed out of the villa, while Anne was steaming with anger.
"Unreasonable."
In the old house of the Fu Family.
The man-made hot spring was steaming. Rose was sitting on the edge with her feet in the hot spring.
She had her chin in her hand, lost in pensive thoughts.
"Rose, why are you sitting here? You are pregnant now. It's dangerous here. Hurry up! Kevin is back.
You go see to him," Selma scolded Rose with concern.
Hearing Selma, Rose came back to the present and she gave Selma a reassured smile.
"Okay, I'll be right there."
The empty living room held a feeling of loneliness, but the atmosphere was anything but cold and aloof.
The central air conditioner gave off a comfortable temperature. Kevin was standing with his back
towards the entrance, so he did not see Rose approach.
Since Rose hadn't seen Kevin for a long time, even the sight of his back pleased her. She walked up to
him with a smile on her lips and said, "Kevin, you're back. You haven't been coming home and I really
miss you."
Rose held his hand and placed her cheek on his arm.
But when Kevin felt Rose close to him, he refused to have any physical contact with her. He removed
her hand from his arm and took a couple of steps ahead and turned and looked at her.
"Are you Okay?" he asked her with an air of indifference.
His eyes didn't see a pregnant wife. He looked right through her. His attitude was of a stranger, like a
polite gentleman. Rose felt a wave of disappointment.
"I'm fine. It would be better if you could always come back to give me company in the evenings, Rose
said expectantly.
She knew that Anne and Ian were now engaged. No matter how much Kevin missed Anne, they would
never be together again.
"I'm very busy. I'll only be able to stay here for one night," Kevin said irritably.
The thought of Anne and Ian spending time together gave him a headache. But he controlled himself
not to lose his temper.
"Why for such a short time? What happened?" Rose asked tentatively.
She thought that Kevin came back because he was unhappy, now that Anne was engaged to someone
else.
"Nothing," Kevin said concisely. He just wanted to be left alone. He was not in a mood for any
conversations.
Rose was a little disappointed, but for the sake of her happiness, she said, "I know you're unhappy
because of Anne.
When Kevin heard this, his shoulders stiffened.
Seeing him stiffen, Rose knew that she was right. "Anne has found her happiness in Ian, so I think we'd
better give them our blessings and wishes. Ian is a good man."
Kevin's head started pounding after he heard Rose's words. He was incensed. He could let go of the
fact that Rose didn't know what was going on, but he couldn't forgive her for thinking that Anne would
be happy with Ian.
"Is Ian really that good?" Kevin asked in a voice filled with ice.
His eyes were deep, but they were bright with fury. He stared at Rose without blinking. She blushed
and lowered her eyes to the ground.
"Of course, the engagement ceremony Ian had for Anne was very grand. It can be clearly seen how
much he cares about her and he is really good to her."
"You need to rest. I'm leaving," Kevin said after a short awkward silence.
Rose's heart ached and she blinked rapidly so as not to let Kevin see the tears that sprang in her eyes.
"Kevin, what's wrong? Did I say something wrong? Didn't you just say that you would leave tomorrow?"
"I have some urgent work," Kevin said indifferently.
But Rose knew that Kevin was angry because he didn't answer her calls, which only meant that Kevin
was irritated with her.
"I know you are angry. Don't worry. Anne has fallen in love with someone. You'd better give up."
In Rose's mind, this matter was very simple. A clear black and white.
"Do you also think that Anne likes Ian?" Kevin was so angry that he didn't realize that he held Rose's
chin roughly and grated out each word through gritted teeth.
"Isn't it true? Anne is a kind of a person who will stay with a man whom she likes. If she doesn't like
him, she will definitely refuse, won't she?" Rose said that since she felt she knew Anne and she could
never mislead anyone.
"Shut up. I know it. You don't need to remind me," Kevin growled.
He just didn't want anyone poking his wound. He left Rose's chin. He was so blinded by anger that he
didn't see the red mark his fingers left on her.
A moment later, Kevin turned and walked out of the old house of the Fu Family, while Rose cried sadly.
She was so good to Kevin, that she gave up her pride as a rich family's daughter. No one had the
ability to hurt her like this, except Kevin.
"When on earth will you take a look at me and treat me as your wife?" Rose said broken-heartedly.
After some time, she wiped her tears and looked around to divert her mind from her sadness. She
switched on the TV, only to find that there was news about Ian on it.
It was said that Ian went to France in a hurry after his engagement. The reason was not known.
All of a sudden, the remote fell from Rose's limp hand to the ground. She was pale and numb all over,
as if she was very frightened.
In the East Mountain Villa.
The sun was shining brightly, but it was not particularly hot in the morning. The flowers and trees inside
and outside the villa were swaying gently in the warm breeze.
However, Anne was in a hurry to go to work.
The M. Group would hold a press conference to release their new products, but some problem
occurred with the new products and she needed to correct it.
She quickly got ready and drove away from the villa and didn't notice that Rose's car was hidden not
far from the villa.
When Rose saw Anne, she held the steering wheel so tightly with hatred that her fingers had gone
white. She didn't expect Anne would go to the East Mountain Villa so soon after her engagement.
"Anne, I want you to be discredited," Rose said with malice in her voice.
In Claire Jewelry City, when Anne went to work as usual, she saw and heard whispers. The people who
usually were gentle and friendly with her, were not meeting her eyes and whispering.
Confused, she raised her head to look around, but she didn't find anything unusual. Though she was
confused, she still felt that work was more important, so she didn't pay much attention to it and went to
her office.
"Anne, you are here," Mark said gently.
A few days ago, he didn't attend Anne and Ian's engagement ceremony, because he was afraid that he
would be sad, but his wishes for Anne were sincere.
"Well, is there anything wrong with the company?"
"Thanks to you, everyone knows that the famous designer here is engaged to the mysterious CEO,
Ian. Instead, they pay more attention to our jewelry and we sell a lot. You are really the Goddess of
wealth here," Mark said sincerely.
"Well, don't make fun of me. I'm working now." Anne opened the jewelry design which had some
problems and examined it carefully.
In the past, he always admired the cold and gorgeous appearance of Anne, but the serious Anne was
particularly attractive. After looking at her for some more time, he left the office.
After a couple of hours of straining her eyes, Anne was ready for a break. On her way to the bathroom,
Anne saw a couple of employees whispering, but they stopped as soon as they saw her.
She stopped and went back to her office. She just wanted to free her mind from all the design details
and rest awhile. She took out her phone to surf through it. She realized that someone had leaked the
news on the internet that she had seduced Kevin after her engagement to Ian.
Anne frowned at the news. The words on the screen gave Anne a headache, but she didn't care about
what others said and directly turned off her phone.
At the AN Group, Kevin was holding a cup of coffee.
Every day at ten o'clock, he would drink something to refresh himself, but today, he didn't drink it.
He was staring at the laptop in front of him. News related to Anne was doing the rounds on the internet.
He was furious.
"Daniel, come in," Kevin dialed a number and said coldly.
Two minutes after Kevin hung up the phone, Daniel hurried in. He was a little scared when he saw
Kevin holding back his anger, but he didn't know the reason of Kevin's anger.
"What can I do for you, Mr. Kevin?" he asked respectfully.
Kevin said, "Check who leaked this news on the internet and bring that person to me."
Kevin turned his laptop towards Daniel. Finally Daniel knew the reason for Kevin's anger. It turned out
that Kevin was slandered on the internet.
"Don't worry, Mr. Kevin. I will find out as soon as possible."
After saying that, Daniel hurried out of the office to do as Kevin asked him to.
Kevin rubbed his face with his hands and rested his palm on his forehead and frowned. He had been a
bit tired, but reading the news on the internet had left him wide awake.
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