Ch. 171..175: Powerful Papa with Triplet Babies Chapter 171-175

Chapter 171 Anne noticed that Tommy was staring, so she leaned back in annoyance. Not at all ashamed that he was caught, he continued casually, “What‘s wrong with being my assistant?”

“I want something else. Another post where I can stay away from you.”

“You will take what I give you.” He kept one hand on the steering wheel and leaned one arm against the edge of the car window.

“Fine! Go tell Anthony that I have been hiding his children from him, and I‘ll go tell him that you were working in the dark to kill him.” Anne refused to step down on the matter. “I‘ve already compromised. Don‘t get too cocky.” He tapped his finger on the steering wheel rhythmically as he considered her words, “Alright! I will get you a position that isn‘t too hard and where you can stay away from people... How about an accounting officer? Is there a problem with that?” “... None.” Anne was content with the offer. It was a position that required minimal human contact and would not have too heavy of a workload. Though she had not worked in the position before, she was no fool. With Tommy‘s help, she was offered the job with ease, and her colleagues were generous enough to teach her the ropes. In the office, they would chat leisurely when they were free and snack on food from time to time, so Anne had not felt uncomfortable adjusting to the new environment.

That was until she overheard gossiping in the washroom at noon.

“Is she Mr. Marwood‘s girlfriend?” “Definitely not if she‘s ugly, but she could be since she‘s pretty.” “Sigh. A pretty face is a VIP pass anywhere! We only managed to get in because we graduated from Iva League college.”

“Yeah, we had to work so hard to get in. But for someone like her to get in like that, she would probably be tossed out as soon as they break up, right?”

“So we are still in a better position, then?” “We are actually qualified for the positions we were offered, after all!”

The few women exited the bathroom in laughter.

“Is there a conference this afternoon?” The last sentence was cut off by the door.

Anne did not pay much mind to what they said. After all, she was only there to work, not to make friends.

‘Did they mention a conference? With the shareholders? I didn‘t really hear them. Whatever. I won‘t have to show up to it anyway,‘ she thouy it. 1

There was indeed a meeting with the shareholders at two in the afternoon, and the CFO headed to the meeting ahead of time while the others kept their focus on their own work “Have you all noticed that it‘s been a while since Michelle Grainger appeared in public?”

“The latest news said that one of the jewelry brands she worked with fired her.” 1

“That international brand?”

“Was it because of all the scandals about her getting plastic surgery? There were comments that said she showed up in the Aesthetic Clinic frequently, so i guess she had a lot of places done.”

Anne had not imagined for the situation to escalate this far. Michelle liad thought that Anne was the one who spread the rumor, and Aune was worried that she might come looking for trouble again.

The landline on the desk rang, and Aune picked up. “Hello?” “Anne, bring me the documents I have on the top left corner of my desk. I think it‘s there in a blue folder...” The CFO said.

“I found it.”

“Bring it to the meeting room.” “Okay.” She hung up and hurried to the meeting room with the documents in hand. She went through the content briefly in the corridor and found out that it was the financial report for the first half of the year.

It made perfect sense that the shareholders would want to see this.

Not knowing her way around the office, she only managed to locate the meeting room after asking someone.

The fact that the CFO had asked for her to deliver the documents instead of asking another employee meant that the CFO was taking ‘special‘ care of her because she was referred to the company by Tommy.

Chapter 172 She knocked on the mecting room door and went inside. She was instantly grected by the suffocating tension inside. Pursing lier lips, she looked for Ilic CFO gingerly, only to accidentally meet a pair of familiar, brooding eyes. She instantly stilled and paled. Anthony sat at the seat that was furthest from the door with his side facing the door. His perfectly sculpted features gave him a cold, intimidating presence as he stared indifferently at her.

“Anne?” the CFO, Charmaine Turner, called out.

Snapping out of the initial shock, Anne forced herself to move toward Charmaine to hand her the documents before turning her heels to run. She held her breath until she was out of the meeting room, and instead of returning to the finance department, she went to the bathroom

to calm hersell.

Inside the washroom, she stared dazedly at the frightened expression on her reflection as she tried to make sense of the situation.

‘Why is Anthony in the shareholders meeting, and on the first day I start working here no less? Just how unlucky can I be? Anthony saw me, and he now knows that I‘m working in Marvood Group. What should

I do?‘ Anne‘s hands on the sink began shaking.

She was far too immersed in the terror to pay any attention to the person who came in after her, thinking that it was likely another person who needed to use to bathroom.

When she looked up to find the terrifying reflection of Anthony, her blood ran cold. She turned around to face up to the danger and stuttered, “This… this is the ladies‘ room.”

“What are you doing here?” Anthony questioned sharply. The pressure in his tone took Anne‘s breath away. Her eyes darted around as she blurted out, “to use the washroom... No, wait. I lost my job, so I came here to work... I didn‘t think you would be liere. This is an accident...”

She did not have a clue as to how the impossible thing could happen.

“An accident?” He inched in. “Are you sure it‘s not your scheme?”

“Of course not! This is my first day...”

“And you ran into me on the first day here.” He reached out to grab her by the chin. “Hm?”

She panted nervously at the pressure on her jaw. Indeed, she found it difficult to believe that this was a coincidence herself; but because it was truly an accident, she could only look back at him innocently.

“Who brought you here?” He studied her like a demon in the dark

She bit down on her lower lip wordlessly.

“Would you prefer that I find out myself?” he threatened.

“I... I lost my job, and Tommy said that he has an open position in Marwood Group, so I came...

“She looked away and confessed. “You really can‘t survive without a man...” He tightened his fingers around her jaw. “Don‘t...” She scowled in pain and struggled to explain, “This isn‘t what you think. It‘s just a job... Umph!”

Her breath caught as luis shadow loomed over her, and her lips were taken by force. She struggled with all her might, but any attempt to get away was in vain in the face of Anthony‘s absolute power. “St....Stop...” Her knees gave in as the air in her lungs was drained. If Anthony had not pressed his body against hers, she would have slipped down onto the floor. ‘Wly can‘t he just leave me alone...?‘ she thought dazedly to hersell.

Chapter 173 She was about to suffocate when he finally let go. She dropped onto the cold, hard floor helplessly with her head bowed as she gasped for air, feeling as though she was one second away from dying from suffocation.

He lifted her face by the chin once again, and Anne met his dark, cold eyes dazedly.

“Enjoyed it, lub?” He uttered dangerously. “Should we continue?”

She wanted to shake her head, but his fingers around her jaw stopped her from doing so. “I‘ve never meant to be involved with you. If you don‘t want to see me, just let me leave Luton. You know that I would kill to leav...Umph!”

The crushing force around her jaw stopped her from continuing, and she whimpered in pain. “Playing hard to get?” He sneered devilishly.

She wanted to argue but understood how it looked for him that she had started working in Marwood Group.

The tension was interrupted by the sound of Anthony‘s phone vibrating. He let go of Anne and glanced at his phone before answering. “What is it?”

His emotionless voice warmed slightly, which meant that it was a call from someone important. Anne instantly realized that it was from Bianca. She held her breath and froze in place as though she had done something wrong. Bianca said something on the phone, and eventually, Anthony ended the call after saying,” Alright.” He lowered his gaze and looked down at her. “Stay here, and let‘s see how far you go!” His words cut into her like sharp blades, and he left immediately after. Anne leaned against the sink powerlessly. The pricking pain on her lips reminded her of how close she was to death.

She was relieved that Anthony did not order her to leave Marwood Group, which meant that she could stay. Otherwise, she would not know what to do with Anthony telling her to leave and Tommy telling her to stay. 1 ‘Those two will soon be the death of me!‘ she thought darkly. She waited until she managed to regain her strength to leave the washroom, only to be startled by a figure leaning against the wall next to the washroom door.

It was Tommy.

“Out so soon? I thought I would have to wait for a while!” he said suggestively, which meant that he knew Anthony had been inside. Anne remained expressionless. If he were suggesting that Anthony was a man who had issues in bed, there would not be a single man who would dare to claim that they were capable in bed. She simply stared at him and asked, “Isn‘t this what you wanted? You got me here and promised me Anthony would not be here. What was that, then? His ghost or something?”

“I was surprised, too. He had never shown up to any of the shareholders‘ meetings before. Who knows what he was thinking? Maybe he caught your scent,” Tommy suggested.

Appalled, Anne turned to leave. Tommy returned to the office and found Damian waiting for him.

All the shareholders were in the meeting room earlier, so everyone in the Marwood Family already knew that Anne had started working in Marwood Group.

“Why is Anne Vallois in the Marwood Group? Did Anthony send her here as a spy? That has to be it!” Damian asked hysterically.

Tommy had to admit that his father had the talent to be a screenwriter.

“I was the one who referred her here.”

“You? What do you mean?”

“She lost her job. I offered her one, so she doesn‘t starve to death.” Damian was visibly agitated. “She has been sleeping with Anthony. Can you even tell if you referred her to the company or if she approached you on purpose? You even gave her a position in the finance department!” “Did you take money from the company?”

Damian‘s eyes darted around. “What are you talking about? Don‘t make things up!” Tommy shot him a look and continued, “Anthony is head over heels for Bianca now, so he has nothing to do with Anne now.”

Chapter 174 “How can you be sure? Did you not see the exchange between those two in the meeting room? There‘s something between them!”

Tommy was more than sure because he had found out about the triplets.

As soon as Anne returned to the office, her colleague informed her that her phone had been ringing

She had left her phone on the desk, and it started ringing again when she went back to her workstation. She glanced at the display and realized it was Sarah calling, so she took the phone outside to answer with resignation. “Anne, I heard that you started working in the Marwood Group? How? Was it Ron?” Sarah asked in excitement.

“No.”

“Who then?”

“I went to apply for the job myself,” Anne dismissed.

Luckily, Sarah was not truly curious about how Anne started working in Marwood Group. It came as a pleasant surprise that Anne had become an employee in the Marwood Group, and it had sparked her ambition to strengthen Anne‘s position in the company so that she would not have to worry about the rest of her life even if Ron was gone.

“Which department do you work for?”

“The finance department.”

“That‘s great!” She chirped cheerfully, as the finance department was one of the most important departments in the company. Anne was only working in Marwood Group because Tommy blackmailed her into doing so, and she wanted to find out about Cheyenne‘s death. She had no idea why Sarah would be this overjoyed.

“I‘m going to hang up now.” “Sure, get back to work! Let‘s have dinner together later to celebrate!” Sarah‘s mood was not at all affected by Anne‘s emotionless response. Though Tommy had promised that she could leave work early, Anne thought that she could simply arrange for her children to be on a later bus, so she got off work at the same time as her other colleagues.

She returned home to set her purse down before going downstairs to take a stroll while she waited for the school bus.

She glanced at her phone and noticed that it was another ten minutes until the school bus arrived.

With nothing much to do, she went online to look at the latest news and found out that the

situation with Michelle had escalated furtlier as though someone was determined to destroy her.

Her agency released a statement to prove that Michelle was innocent and had remained silent since then.

Apart from the jewelry brand, there was also another luxury brand that had withdrawn their collaboration with Michelle in fear of the negative impact her reputation would have on the brand

Anne felt like someone was after Michelle. If there was one thing that never changed, it was that when the high–and–mighty fell, there would also be people there to kick them when they were dowi.

However, Anne could not figure out who would dare to attack Michelle, who came from a powerful family

It was almost time for the school bus to arrive, so she snapped out of lier thoughts to walk toward the entrance of the residential area, all the while looking around for the bus.

However, the bus was nowhere to be found.

She had mentioned the exact time when she would go home to the teacher, so Anne suspected that her children had gone to find Lucas again. She picked up the phone to call the teacher. “What? Five? I thought that I said eight?” “Huh? A guy called in to change the pick–up time and said that he was calling in your place... Wasn‘t it live?” The teacher‘s voice began to tremble.

Anne tried her best to remain calm. “What number did this guy use to call? Send me the number.” “Okay... I will send it to you right now. Please let me know what happened once you find out.”

Chapter 175

When she received the number, she could not help but feel that she had seen it somewhere. The name of the contact popped up on the screen as soon as she made the call and her expression darkened. As soon as the call was answered, Anne roared, “Where are the kids, Tommy Marwood?!”

“Here with me.” She took a few deep breaths to stop herself from cursing because her priority at the moment was to find the children. “Address. Now. I‘m coming over.” After the call, Tommy turned to look at the triplets, who were furious.

Charlie liad a plastic knife in his hand and was standing in front of Chris and Chloe protectively. “Come any closer, and I will cut you!”

“Ah! I‘m so scared!” He placed a hand on his chest and added, “Your mommy is coming.”

“You are a bad guy!” Chloe observed Tommy warily.

“We cannot trust you!” Chris added.

Tommy studied the boys‘ faces and was annoyed by how much they resembled Anthony, but he found Chloe adorable and waved at her. “Come here. I can give you candy.”

“We cannot take food from strangers,” Chloe refused.

“Go away!” Charlie roared.

Anne arrived at a luxury residential building, and Tommy came to the door. As soon as she stepped inside, she saw Charlie holding a knife in an attempt to protect Chris and Chloe.

When the three saw Anne, they threw themselves into her arms in tears, and she held onto them tightly. Her heart twitched in worry and pain, knowing how terrified they must have been when Tommy took them here by force. 1

Tommy leaned against the wall. “Hey, I don‘t remember bullying any one of you.” Furious, Anne stood up. “What‘s wrong with you? They are just kids! Why would you take them away? Don‘t you know we would all be terrified?” “Just brought them here to get to know them better. It can‘t be that bad,” Tommy said casually.

She narrowed her eyes coldly. “Tommy Marwood, this better not happen again. You will do well to remember that!”

With that, she took her children with her and left. On the way back, the three swarmed her with questions. “Mama, who was that?” “He said to call him Uncle!”

“Is he Papa‘s brother?”

Anne was shocked by how sharp they were. She had forgotten that no matter how smart they

were, they were still two–year–olds who could be easily abducted. She had to force herself to remain calm when she first found out that her children had gone missing, and she had just started feeling fear now that she finally had her children in her arms.

She felt extremely helpless earlier and was terrified that something would happen to her children.

She patted charlie on the head and planted a kiss in his hair. “No. He is just my friend at work...

Anne called the teacher back once they were home to inform her that the children were safe. Though that teacher was extremely shaken, Anne reminded her once again to never allow anyone but her to change the time when the children would be picked up.

This was a mistake on the teacher‘s end, but Anne could not understand what Tommy‘s intention was. In the end, she realized that he was likely trying to display the control he had over her to keep her in line.

She received a call the next morning in the office from Lucas.

“I just learned from the children that they were taken away by someone else. Why didn‘t you tell me?”

“I know that person. It‘s fine,” she said, wishing to keep her conflicts with Tommy between them. “Did someone else find out about the children?” Lucas asked.