The next morning
Sure enough, Liam had left already.
Anna put her hands on the spot where Liam had lain last night, feeling his warmth. A splitting pain was tormenting her as if a knife was cutting into her heart piece by piece.
Slowly, Anna closed her eyes and took a deep breath, thinking to herself.
"He'll come back! He's just too busy with work and nothing else."
However, the waiting was so endless, so torturing.
Anna looked at the time every now and then. Every hour of each day felt so long.
Anna suddenly wished that time could fly faster. It passed day by day. Maybe the next day, Liam would b e back.
Nina called her, but Anna didn't want to answer.
Jamie called her to go out to have a distraction, but she didn't bother to go either.
Anna just wanted to stay at home and wait for Liam to come back.
James kept on coming over every day to deliver food and supplements. Every time he saw Anna's haggard appearance, he would only let out a light sigh.
Anna didn't know what James's sigh meant, nor did she want to know.
She made up a lie for herself that Liam was too busy a t work.
Anna heard that Chloe and Bryan had divorced and that Bryan had kicked the mother and daughter out of the Dawson house.
Chloe and Nicole came to the Hamilton mansion together. They cried and pleaded for Anna to take them in. They cried like they were so sincerely apologizing to Anna.
Anna did not forgive them.
The mother and daughter were too good at acting.
Anna didn't believe them at all because there was no credibility in their words.
And Anna was now so afraid of deception.
She refused to take in Nicole and Chloe and kicked them out. They stood at the gate and cursed loudly for a long time before leaving.
At last, Anna said only one sentence to them,
"This is your comeuppance."
Chloe's curse was so harsh. "Anna, how much better d o you think you'll end up? Now the word is out there! Your husband, Liam, has another woman outside!"
Standing inside the gate, Anna stepped backward. She turned around hastily and ran back to her room, blocking out all sounds.
Anna closed herself up.
She didn't call anyone. She didn't go online. She didn't talk to anyone. She just waited in agony for Liam to comeback.
However, the man didn't make a single phone call or send her a message. Their relationship seemed to go back to when they didn’t know each other yet.
These days, God knows how many times Anna cried, and how many nights she lost sleep.
But in the end, there was still no message from him...
Finally, Anna couldn't resist making a phone call.
It was late in the night. Only silence was in the dark. The beeping sound of the phone was particularly harsh.
However, Liam hung up the phone.
A pinching pain hit Anna's heart.
She couldn't resign herself to it and continued to call.
After a series of calls, Liam hung up all of her calls and finally turned off his phone.
Anna could no longer control her temper. She threw the phone furiously and it was smashed into pieces.
"Liam Ackman!!!"
Anna screamed. Tears trickled down her cheek like a string of beads.
Hearing Anna's scream outside the door, Lisa knocked worriedly. "Ms. Anna, you're more than four months pregnant now. You mustn't get emotional!"
"Be careful with the baby, Ms. Anna."
Seeing Anna in a daze every day, Lisa was so worried, but she could do nothing.
She was just a housemaid.
Anna clutched herself tightly. She repressed all the fury that was about to burst out. She held in her anger and suffered in silence.
However, she knew that one day she would finally break down.
Anna rolled out of her bed. She was determind to go and find Liam and ask him about everything.
It was fine that he didn't contact her. But did he know how much courage it took for her to make that call?
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