“I know you’re still in Luton. Your passport is with me.” 

 

Anne was taken aback and asked, “My passport is with you?” 

“Yeah, I couldn’t reach you, so I went to your hotel. How could you leave your passport at the cheap hotel? It’s not safe. I checked out for you. Come stay with me.” 

Anne could not go back to the hotel even if she wanted to. She could not get away from Anthony’s control. 

“Aunt, I’m not coming over yet. I will stay with my friend for a few days. I will come to get my passport before leaving,” Anne replied. 

 

“You haven’t been back for so many years. Who’s your friend?” Sarah asked. 

“Someone from high school…” Anne tried to make it sound convincing. 

“I know you’re on bad terms with Anthony. However, it’s been many years now, and you have nothing to do with him. Don’t take it too seriously.” 

Anne felt ironic. They had nothing to do with one another? So why was she here… 

“Come to my place. It’s been so many years. I have many things to tell you,” Sarah said. 

“I’ll come…later.” Anne hung up and leaned against the bed frame. 

How could she get away without Anthony’s permission? 

She knew clearly that Anthony would not go easy on her if she stayed. 

To him, her aunt was someone who ruined his parents’ relationship. Her, too… 

At noon, Anne was invited to dine at the dining hall. 

When she saw the table full of dishes, her face turned pale because they were all seafood dishes. 

They were expensive but deadly. 

Anne’s eyes fell on the dish of vegetables. She scooped the food, and before she put it in her mouth, an intense seafood scent went to her nose. She was so terrified that she dropped the spoon. 

She stood up and asked the maid with her quickened breathing, “What is this…made of?” 

broth,” the maid

However, her legs

what about the next? Unless she could go

wants me to eat just

ate the bread and nothing else.

speechless as she watched Anne eating the

the three days she had stayed in this mansion. In the past three days, there

like a trapped bird in

was eating the bread that day, she could not stand it anymore. She went to the living hall

about Mr. Marwood’s agenda,” Hayden

going to lock me

know,”

to make his job harder than it was. She knew this was Anthony’s idea.

nine at night, and Anne could not fall asleep. She curled up in the corner of

she had been away from them. Would they

tearing up, she heard the sound of engines

a car slowly pulling over. However, it was not

Anthony who came out of the car; instead, it was a businessman

Nobody knew what was inside the

Vallois?” Oliver glanced at

“You’re…” 

Mr. Marwood’s chief secretary,

me

to meet Mr. Marwood.” Oliver handed her the bag and explained, “Here is the outfit prepared for

professional tone, she looked at the bag and

the bar with

a unique aura and instantly gained the attention

private room at the back without glancing back.

opened, the lights inside were brighter than the outside. However, Anne felt like she was entering an unknown world

drinks, men touching women, women clinging to men. There was no sign of Anthony in this corrupted

men did not hide their admiration of this

all,” One of the men

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