Ch. 106..110: Powerful Papa with Triplet Babies Chapter 106-110

Chapter 106 The bad feeling in her guts simply would not go away.

The police officer asked his colleague to pull out the surveillance footage and Anne watched as Sarah‘s car appeared, but then disappeared around the corner shortly after.

“Why can‘t I see the car after this?” She asked.

“There are no cameras there.”

She scowled. This meant that she could not see her mother getting out of the car or where she had gone after that. Though they eventually saw Sarah‘s car driving out of the other end of the road, there were multiple alleys along the way with little to none cameras, so there was no way for her to investigate any further.

“Just wait. Maybe she‘s already back,” the officer said. The officer‘s words ignited the hope within her and she thought to herself, ‘That‘s right. Maybe she‘s already back!‘

She turned around to leave and almost bumped into someone else. She steadied herself and realized she had run into Oliver. .

Surprised to see her there, Oliver blurted out, “Miss Vallois?” She simply shot him an icy glare, before leaving without a word.

Confused by her reaction, Oliver went inside to ask the others what had happened.

Anne knew that Anthony would find out about what happened since she had run into Oliver. The reason why she did not want to play nice with Oliver was because she was mad at Anthony. Had Anthony not

showed up the night before, she would have been able to rush to the school, instead of being stuck in her apartment until midnight

Back in her apartment, there was no sign of Cheyenne returning and Anne stood still in the living room, panicking.

When Oliver went back to Archduke Group, he went into Anthony‘s office. “Mr. Marwood, the police questioned Sarah but she insisted that she doesn‘t know where Cheyenne is. She said that she had dropped Cheyenne off outside the city garden and that was exactly what she told Miss Vallois as well. I looked into all places that Sarah had been to, including the mansion, but there is no sign of Cheyenne.”

Anthony lifted his gaze.

“Cheyenne is now working at the school and she had only been in contact with Sarah after leaving the school. She went into Sarah‘s car, and then went missing. The blind spots of the surveillance cameras are causing us a lot of trouble. The police are already searching around the garden. It‘s odd that Cheyenne‘s phone is turned off as well,” Oliver added. Anthony leaned back against his leather chair with a dark expression. “Where is she?“”

“In lock–up.”

Anthony snorted fiercely.

Anne left the apartment in the evening and went over to the school. She needed to see if her children wanted to stay the night at the school and if so, she would have to make arrangements for it.

The triplets were having fun in the classroom, rolling around on the foam boards.

Anne pushed the door open and went into the classroom. As soon as they spotted their mother, the three beamed.

“Mama!”

They ran over and held onto Anne‘s legs. “Why are you here, Mama? We thought Grandma was coming!” Charlie said cheerfully.

“You don‘t need to work today? Are you taking us out to play?” Chloe asked in anticipation. “Is Grandma coming? We haven‘t seen her today!” Chris added.

Chapter 107 Anne crouched and petted them on the heads, uncertain as to how she could explain what had happened because she wanted her children to live their lives free of concerns.

“We are not going out to play. I just came here to see you. I have work later tonight and Grandma can‘t come as well...”

The triplets pouted with resignation.

Overwhelmed by guilt, Anne added, “Once I get everything done, I will take you guys out to

play.”

A boy approached Anne and asked, “Miss, can they stay overnight at the school with us?”

The triplets hesitated.

“Do you three want to stay?” She asked.

“We do!” They replied in unison, Anne thought it was a good idea. After all, it was best for her children to spend more time with their playmates. She went and informed the teacher about this, before turning to leave. She still could not reach Cheyenne‘s phone. Just as she was rendered helpless, a car stopped next to her.

Lucas stepped out of the car. “Why are you here at this time?”

She smiled. “Here to check on the kids.”

“Where are you off to? I have a meeting so I can give you a ride,” he said.

Anne was slightly hesitant. Since what happened last time, she had not contacted Lucas at all. After all, it was rather uncomfortable after being kissed by Anthony in front of him.

Her phone suddenly started ringing and she looked down to find an unknown number. “Sorry, I need to take this...hello?”

“Is this Anne Vallois?”

“Yes.”

“I‘m calling from the police station. We‘ve already found your mother...”

“Really? That‘s great. Thank you! Thank you so much!” She sighed a breath of relief. Throughout the day, all she could think of was all the bad things that could have happened to Cheyenne. “You should come by the hospital first!” Her heart sank instantly. “Wh–why? Is she hurt?” Trying to be considerate, the police officer simply said, “We will talk when you are here.” After the call, Anne was clearly distraught as she thought to herself, ‘Why won‘t he tell me what happened now? Is she badly injured?‘

“I will send you there.” Lucas opened the door for her.

“I thought you had a meeting? Won‘t this be too much of a hassle for you?”

“I can afford to be late, don‘t worry.”

In the end, she accepted his offer and went into his car.

In the hospital, the doctors and police officers took her to the morgue. The freezing air left Anne trembling and she spotted Anthony standing tall from afar.

His expression darkened when she saw the man standing behind her, but she was far too shocked to pay him any mind. Anne stepped closer, her eyes fixated on the body on the table. She could not bring herself to believe that this was Cheyenne.

Cheyenne‘s eyes were closed and she was no longer breathing. Tears scrolled down Anne‘s cheeks as she muttered, “What...happened to my mom?” “Someone saw her walking towards the city garden, so we searched the entire place and eventually found her in the lake. Our initial theory is that someone knocked her out from behind and shoved her down to the lake.”

She stared at the officer in disbelief.“...But why? Was it a robbery?”

“Doesn‘t look like it. Her phone is gone but her rings and necklace were still on her. We are not ruling out murder at the moment.” “My mom lives a normal life. There shouldn‘t be anyone out there who wants her dead.” “The last person she saw was Sarah Vallois. You know this woman, right? We found Cheyenne‘s phone in her car. We‘ve already taken Sarah Vallois under custody, but she insists that she didn‘t murder Cheyenne.” Anne froze, her tears dropping uncontrollably. “Are you saying...that my aunt...” Could it be possible that her aunt actually murdered.her mother? “Of course, we will need to investigate further,” the officer said, “we don‘t have any evidence to draw a conclusion just yet, but just leave it to us. We will get to the bottom of this, sparing no suspect for the murder.” Anne was absolutely inconsolable and utterly confused, as she did not want to believe that her aunt had done such a thing.

Chapter 108 “Mr. Newman?” The officer was slightly surprised to see Lucas there. After all, Lucas was a Inown professional in the education industry and because the officer was of a higher level. he naturally knew about Lucas.

Lucas nodded. “Miss Cheyenne worked at our school and we cannot escape the blame when she encountered such a thing on her way back from school.”

“If Mr. Lucas is willing to make compensation for the loss, you may proceed to discuss this with Miss Vallois here, okay?” The officer said.

Anne immediately objected to the idea. “It‘s fine. This has nothing to do with the school. My mom got off work as usual and was taken away by my aunt. How could the school be to blame in any way?” She turned around and looked at Lucas with blood–shot eyes with tears threatening to drop. “Thank you for sending me here, Mr. Newman. I won‘t take up any more of your time.”

“...I‘m sorry for your loss.” Without another word, Lucas gave her a sympathetic look and turned to leave, but the police stopped him.

“I remember something that I need to clarify. What exactly is Cheyenne‘s role in the school? We saw from the surveillance footage that she was with three children when she was leaving the school.” Anne‘s eyes widened in shock as her blood ran cold. Lucas turned around calmly and said, “She worked at the school canteen and occasionally acted as nanny for some of the kids.” “I see. That‘s all I need to ask. We might need to check the surveillance cameras on campus later on, we wish you could cooperate,” the officer added. “Of course.” With that, Lucas left. Anne sighed a breath of relief, grateful that Lucas helped to hide the identities of her children and even made it so that it would be hard for anyone else to be suspicious about it.

She turned to look at Anthony and was instantly overwhelmed by frustration. “Why are you here? Can you leave?”

His expression darkened. “Are you sure you are going to talk to me like this?” She lowered her gaze, tears welling up her eyes once again when she saw her mother‘s body.. Unable to bear the suffocating tension in the room, the police officers and doctors all turned to leave.

Anthony darted forward and grabbed her by the chin. “I will let this slip this time!” Before letting her go and leaving as well. Anne stumbled backward and leaned toward Cheyenne‘s cold body in tears. “Mom...you said you were going to stay with me forever. Why did you leave me? What should I do? What about the kids? I can‘t do this alone...” Anne could not understand why the gods would give her a taste of the warmth of a mother, only to take it away from her shortly after. Everything happened in such a short period that

she had forever lost the chance to be with her mother before she could spend much time with Cheyenne. She handled the cremation process on her own and returned to her apartment with the ashes. She set the urn onto the coffee table and sat on the floor, her tears had not ceased from the beginning as she struggled to accept what had happened.

However, she still had three children to look after, no matter the pain, she had to white knuckle through it.

She went back to the police station and Sarah was excited to see Anne.

“Anne, trust me, I didn‘t kill anyone Why would I kill Cheyenne? Tell the police or talk to Anthony. I am being wrongly accused!”

“Then why did you go to my mom?” Anne did not wish to believe that Sarah was the culprit either, otherwise the shock alone might very well crush her. “I...I only went to warn her to treat you better. Is that wrong?” Sarah explained helplessly. “I dropped her off at the city garden and drove off!” .

“Auntie, you need to tell me the truth...” Anne did not know what to believe, her only wish was that her aunt was not the person everyone suspected her to be. “Anne, I swear to god, I didn‘t kill her!” Sarah reached her arm out for Anne. “Someone is trying to frame me. You need to believe me.”

“If it really isn‘t you, I‘m sure the police will let you out soon.” “What? I still have to be stuck here? I’m hiring a lawyer and suing them!” Sarah shouted in frustration.

Anne exited the police station, feeling like she had been overthinking. No matter how much Sarah resented Cheyenne, she could not possibly resort to murder. No one would simply kill another person simply because they did not like someone. She refused to move or eat and sat dazedly at home like a statue.

Anthony‘s Rolls Loyce was spotted outside her building and it seemed as though he had been there for a while.

He lowered his car window and leaned back against the seat as he made a call. It took some time for the call to be answered and Anne muttered in a hoarse voice, “I‘m not in the mood for this right now. Can‘t you just leave me alone for now?”

“Come down.”

“Are you even human, Anthony Marwood?!” She sobbed.

“I said, come down.” Anthony was slowly losing his patience. She wiped away her tears and saw all the story books and toys that belonged to her children before her. Without another word, she hung up. She carefully set the urn aside, covering it with a piece of fabric, before grabbing her purse and leaving. Anne strolled toward the Rolls Loyce parked in the distance, the bodyguard helped to open the car door and she instantly sensed the man‘s intimidating presence.

She got into the car and it drove off.

Chapter 109 There were tear marks across her face and as she looked at Anthony, she realized that one could become courageous not only when they were drunk, but also when they were grieving. “What do you want?”

“Come dine with me.”

“You could have gone to any woman. I‘m sure Michelle would love it. Why me? Why today? Do you really hate me that much?”

“Devastated?” He questioned coldly, rendering her speechless. “That‘s your family. To be honest, I can‘t empathize.”

“That‘s because you don‘t have a heart to begin with! You are cold and vicious not only to the outsiders, but to your own family as well. I‘m curious but is there anyone in this world who cares about you for just who you are, instead of your status and wealth?” “Say that again!” He roared darkly. She trembled and bit her lip in fear. When he pressed himself against her, she shouted, “Ah!“. He pinned her against the chair and gritted out, “Cat got your tongue?” She struggled to breath, unable to say another word. “You should be glad that your mother died today!” “...” Anne trembled in rage and disbelief that he had said such a thing. What a terrible man.

They went into a high–class restaurant‘s private room.

Anne sat stiffly as the waiter came in. Anthony did not bother asking Anne anything and placed the order. She remained frozen when the food arrived, hoping that she could be left alone.

“Eat,” he said.

She glanced at him, before lowering her gaze and picking up her spoon. She had an allergy for seafood, but was not picky about any other food, considering how miserable she felt, she might just eat anything in front of her, including seafood. A thought popped up inside her head. She turned to look at Anthony warily and asked, “Did you kill my mom?” Anthony stared back at her emotionlessly, without saying yes or no to her questions. The tension increased inside the room. Feeling like she was about to suffocate, she got up to leave. “I need to use the bathroom...” She took a deep breath once she was outside of the room. ‘Did Anthony do it? But Why? To frame my aunt? It makes sense...‘ She thought to herself, ‘I shouldn‘t have asked him like that. If it really was him, I might have provoked him. Is he going to kill me, too?‘ .

She headed to the bathroom and someone called out to her before she could go in.

“Who‘s that if not my ex–girlfriend?”

She looked up and saw Lennon standing before.

Lennon scanned her up and down maliciously. “You got dumped? I told you that you would never find a man as great as I am!”

Losing her patience, she tried to walk past him, but he immediately blocked her way. She looked up expressionlessly. “Can you get out of my way?”

“Anne, you refused to let me touch you because I was too poor for you right? Well, you‘ve finally found your life purpose by selling your body to whoever can pay. How about this, I can pay you double of what you charge for one night.”

Feeling numb, she simply looked at him and said, “Lennon, I didn‘t know you wanted my body that badly. That fact that you get to be here probably means you found yourself a rich girlfriend, right? You should save your money instead of wasting it on me.”

“You are wrong. I‘m just trying to help your ‘small business‘ seeing how you are my ex girlfriend. If your service isn‘t half–bad, I can introduce you to other clients,” he retorted.

“I don‘t need it.” She shoved him aside. He almost slipped and fell in the sudden movement. Humiliated, he angrily went up to grab her by the arm. “You wh–”

She felt as though her shoulder was getting dislocated at the moment and grunted in pain. Anne turned around and realized that another hand had grabbed Lennon‘s wrist and Lennon‘s face was twisted in pain as well. “Do you have a death wish?” Anthony spat coldly.

Chapter 110 Pain shot up Lennon‘s body from his wrist and before he realized it, all strength was drained from his arm, forcing him to let go of Anne.

Anthony twisted his arm in one smooth motion and it was followed by Lennon‘s wail and the sound of bones cracking.

“Scram!”

Lennon had not expected to run into Anthony once again, and immediately crawled away.

Anthony turned to look at Anne‘s wrist and she inched away from his touch. “I don‘t need your concern! All of this is because of you, isn‘t it? You must be pleased now that everyone thinks that I‘m a prostitute and tried to humiliate me every chance they get!”

His expression darkened.

“Well, it‘s just my luck, I guess,” she muttered sarcastically, before walking into the ladies‘ room.

She stared at her reflection in the mirror, her tears were threatening to fall once again, so she looked up to try and reel in her emotions.

By the time they left the restaurant, the sky had already turned dark.

Anne stared outside the car window along the way and scowled when she noticed that they were not on the way back to her apartment. “This isn‘t the way back to my place. Where are you taking me?” He narrowed his eyes sharply. “Somewhere nice.” She chewed on her lip nervously, knowing perfectly well that what he meant by ‘nice‘ could not possibly be anything good. She knew that she might have provoked him and had been tense since she got into the car.

Anthony would not possibly allow her to challenge his authority over and over again, and it was clear that he was running out of patience. On top of that, she suspected him of murder.

Anne regretted her actions earlier. She should have been patient even if she was devastated by her mother‘s death. Anthony was merciless and cruel, and no one would know what horrible act he was capable of. If he was driving her to the outskirts at the moment to bury her alive, she would have no one to blame but her own recklessness.

The car stopped in front of a bar.

Reminded of all the things he had done to her in the past, she could not bring herself to move.

Anthony turned around, and she could not help but take a step back in tears. “My mom has just passed away today. Can you just not? You can do whatever you want to me any other time, just not today,” she pleaded, willing to get down on her knees if it meant that he could spare her.

She had thought that there might be a small part of Anthony that was still hurnan, but he simply walked up to her and took her wrist. “You won‘t need to do anything today. Just watch, “he ordered with a husky voice.

“I don‘t want to...” She did not believe his words and was terrified that she would not make it out alive.

Her struggling meant nothing under the power imbalance between the two.

“Don‘t make me drag you inside!” He threatened.

Eventually, she was forcefully taken into the car.

They went into the private room with Anthony‘s fingers still wrapped around her wrist, which might seem like a loving or caring posture, but only Anne knew that this was Anthony‘s way of controlling her by force.

She tried everything she could along the way to escape his constraints, but failed despite her effort.

Anthony let her go and she spotted Lucas sitting amongst other men inside the room.

She stiffened and thought to herself, ‘What is Anthony trying to do? Why is Lucas Newman here? What did Anthony mean by ‘just watch? Is he planning to do something to Mr. Newman?‘

Her blood ran cold at the thought. “Sorry for the wait, Mr. Newman.” Anthony unbuttoned his jacket and sat down on the couch with his legs crossed lazily.

“I was simply here early. It‘s an invitation from you, after all,” Lucas said calmly.

Anthony glanced at Anne, who was still standing still. “Come here.” She bit on her lower lip and walked over to sit down next to Anthony. She looked at him, questioning his intention in silence. “Don‘t get all worked up. Mr. Newman is just here for the fun,” Anthony said, before ordering a glass of drink with milder alcoholic content, and placing it in front of Anne.

Everyone else, including Anthony and Lucas had already started drinking, as though this was merely a gathering amongst the rich and powerful.