The Dawson home.
Grandma Dawson sat beside Anna with loving and gentle eyes.
Ever since Anna saved the day at the wedding, Grandma's love and admiration for Anna increased exponentially.
"Anna, I heard you performed well during your assessment. Your parents are lucky to have such an outstanding daughter.”
Anna tugged on her lips but didn't say anything.
Performed well?
She caught Liam's vague smile through the corners of her eyes. She wished she could kick him in the shins and ask him how Grandma Dawson found out about this.
Bryan, who was sitting beside Liam, looked at Anna's fair and pretty face. A complex emotion welling in his eyes.
He felt uncomfortable ever since Chloe told him about Liam and Anna.
What Chloe didn’t know was that her actions would actually arouse his humiliation and competitiveness.
His eyes traveled between Anna and Liam.
To him, Anna had always been the dull and boring girl in the jeans and white shirt wearing a pair of blackrimmed glasses with her hair cut in an unflattering bowl cut which covered half of her face.
But now, she had transformed into a beautiful swan.
Bryan still thought that Anna’s world was still filled with no one else but him.
How could another man appear and take her away!
She always belonged to him, whether it was her family background, her beauty that could move cities, or her perfect body.
Even if he was now married to Chloe and a father-to-b e, he still believed Anna would be his, sooner or later a s another woman that stood by his side.
He didn't expect that his uncle would take her for himself before he had a chance to get a taste of her.
His anger and regret were enough to push him over the edge.
But the man in question was Liam Ackman, a god-like presence. Liam frightened him.
He didn't dare move rashly.
Now, all he could do was wait for the right time.
Besides, he didn't know himself what his true feelings for Anna were.
Possessiveness?
Or did he want to use her?
Or maybe, he had really fallen for her.
Especially every time he imagined her writhing and moaning below him, he felt desire burning in his veins.
Because the grass was always greener on the other side.
Bryan hated himself for being late to the game, but the smile on his face remained warm like the summer breeze.
"Anna, I'm glad you can join the Ackman Group. In the future, you can be in charge of the collaborations between the Ackman Group and the Dawson Group."
Anna maintained her smile but said nothing.
Noticing her silence, Bryan seized the opportunity to cause a scene.
"Anna, are you still mad at me? Because of me and Chloe?"
Bryan wanted to see how she would reply with Liam sitting right in front of her.
A wave of disgust spread through Anna.
What did he expect her to say?
In front of Grandma and Liam, what could she say?
What a good question. It was perfectly calculated, he and Chloe belonged together.
She kept her condescension in her chest and smiled," This is just the way relationships are, most of the time you don’t end up together. There’s no reason behind it, and there’s no one to blame, we just have to let bygones be bygones."
Bryan was disappointed with her answer.
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