Chapter 988

Anne stilled and paled as she held her breath.

"We've had a wonderful time together in Athetin and here you are, calling me over again. If we meet too frequently, Anne is going to find out,” Bianca continued in a worried tone. “Anthony, I know that it's hard for you to pretend like you love Anne for the sake of the children. It's hard for me, too. I shouldn't have made you marry Anne, which is why I agree to what you proposed before. Let's just get a divorce at the right time. I just love you too much to let you go, and I'm sure that Anne won't fight me on this. After all, what's the point for her to keep you to herself when you don't love her at all...”

Anne backed away with tears in her eyes. Unable to stand it any longer, she picked up the lunchbox on the coffee table and ran away from the office.

Hearing the noises outside, Bianca opened the door to the lounge and walked out.

She had been alone inside all along. She knew that

Anthony was out of the office and headed to the Archduke Group to wait for Anne.

Ill let you have a taste of what it's like to know that your husband is seeing his exfiance in secret, until this feeling is overwhelming enough to choke you to death!" She thought.

Anne returned to the parking lot with the elevator and stumbled as soon as she walked out.

“Ugh!”

The lunchbox in her hands flew open and the food inside scattered on the ground.

She stared at the food dazedly and without making an effort to pick them up, she turned heels and left.

Once she was inside the car, the driver noticed the dark look on her face and asked, “Why did you come back down so early, Mrs. Marwood? Did you manage to deliver the food?”

“He wasn't there,” she said.

The driver thought that Anne was simply upset that she could not see Anthony and consoled her. “It's fine. Mr. Marwood will be pleased to know that you tried. You can always do it again.”

Anne decided that once was enough and she was never going to attempt it again.

She ran into Anthony and Bianca holding one another the first time she went to the Archduke Group and found them seeing each other in the lounge on her second visit.

She knew what they were doing in the lounge, as normal conversation would not require them to enter the lounge. She kept her head bowed and clenched her fists until they were as pale as her face.

Anne had allowed herself to think that it was a coincidence that Bianca and Anthony were in Athetin at the same time, but in the end, she was merely lying to herself.

When she arrived home and got out of the car, Mia greeted her caringly, “Home so early, Mrs. Marwood? I thought you would have your lunch with Mr. Marwood.”

"He is busy.”

Spotting the look on Anne's face, Mia realized the plan had worked and continued to add fuel to the fire. “Mr. Marwood must be pleased to see you, right? He's been so caring and kind to you whenever he’s in the Royal Mansion, and back when Ms. Faye-" Mia's voice came to a sudden halt. Anne froze and asked, "What?"

“Nothing. The manager is going to fire me if he finds out that I said this,” Mia said worriedly.

“I won't tell anyone.”

“Um...back when Ms. Faye lived here, Mr. Marwood acted slightly differently,” Mia stuttered. “Ms. Faye would play piano and Mr. Marwood would listen to her on the couch, then the two would have candle-lit dinner together. Ms. Faye's room is still there! But I heard that it's just an empty room because she slept in the master bedroom all the time. After...”

"After I got here, she left?” Anne asked.

“There's something that people here don't have the courage to tell you, but whenever you are not around, Mr. Marwood would bring Ms. Faye over...” Mia's voice faded into the background.

A sharp pain pierced through Anne's heart.

She had known about it all along ever since she found Bianca's earring under Anthony's pillow. She told herself that she could ignore it and wait for Anthony to come home to her like a good wife for as long as she loved him. She thought that all she wanted was to see Anthony, and did not realize until this moment that it still hurt her, regardless.

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