Ch. 186..190: Powerful Papa with Triplet Babies Chapter 186-190

Chapter 186 She did not know when Anthony had left and because there were not many windows in the study room, she felt like his scent

was stilllingering in the air.

Every time after they were intimate, she felt as though she had survived hell.

She wondered if this meant that Anthony would spare the Pinnacle after this and was in despair at the same time because shehad promised

herself to not be physically involved with Anthony anymore.

Just as she was absorbed in her thoughts, she heard knocking on the door.

Thinking that it was Anthony, she hastily picked up the pillows on the ground and covered herself, before cowering behind it.

When Bianca stepped inside, she saw Anne's pale back with marks all across her skin.

Her expression darkened as she looked at the pillows and clothes on the ground and turned to glare atAnne with resentment.

Anne had not expected Bianca to walk in.

She paled and her hands on the pillow started to tremble in embarrassment.

Without a word, Bianca turned heels and left, closing the door behind her.

Anne snapped out of the initial shock and hurried out of the couch to grab her clothes from the ground,before rushing out of the Royal Mansion.

She didn't stop running until she could no longer see the mansion, but then a car stopped beside her and Bianca stepped out of it.

She stood tall beside Anne with a cold look in her eyes, and raised her hand to slap Anne across the face.

"Umph!" The burning pain instantly spread across her cheek from the hit, but also from the mental humiliation.

"Sarah Val lois' niece.

I've heard of you quite a while ago but I haven't expected you to be that much better at seducing men compared to your aunt.

You sure are quick to crawl your way onto Anthony's bed," she said sarcastically.

Anne felt misunderstood, but didn't know what to say in return at the current situation, which felt exactly like a wife had caughtthe woman whom her husband had been cheating with.

"Don't worry, though, you won't get to be like Sarah.

I know Anthony and this is just his way of torturing you and your aunt.

You are nothing to him!" "You are right, so you don't have to be concerned about anything elsehappening between me and him." "Concerned?" Bianca mocked, "You are the one who should be concerned! I hope you don't end up like Michelle! That woman had the guts to gloat in front of me and all it took was just a little effort on my end to force her out of the show business.

So what if she has a powerful family? They can't possibly be comparable to Anthony." Though Anne had guessed that this was what happened to Michelle, she was notcertain and hearing it directly from Bianca had stunned her.

It sounded as though Michelle was merely an ant at Bianca's mercy and all Bianca needed to do was to talk to Anthony to crush Michelle,and Anne was in the same position.

"1 don't even need to do anything about you.

I'll just wait and see how Anthony is going to do to you," Bianca threatened, before getting back into hercar.

Anne stared at the car that drove off with a dark expression.

She knew that if Bianca was upset with her, Anthony would definitely punish her for it just like what he had done toMichelle.

Bianca was officially Anthony's woman and the future Mrs.

Marwood of the Royal Mansion; the sophisticated piano was the proof of that.

Anne dragged her feet as she walked towards the end of the road, before finally seeing another car.

The discomfort on her body made each step extremely hard and she reminded herself once again tonever come to the Royal Mansion ever

again, because she did not want to be humiliated in the same manner again.

On the subway, Anne stared at the handrail before her blankly.

She could tell that Bianca was different and that Anthony cared about her.

It might not be that far along for her to hear about the two getting engaged.

Chapter 187 'If that’s the case, why would Anthony touch me, in the Royal Mansion no less?' She thought,’ I guess he is just sick inthe head

like that!' She struggled to move her heavy feet toward the Marwood Group to work, feeling glad that she had taken her clothes off ahead of

time, or her clothes would have been all ruined by now.

She paid close attention to the news throughout the day and in the afternoon, a new update was released concerningthe incident that

happened in the Pinnacle Academy, after further investigation, it seemed as though the parents of the student who committed suicide had

made false accusation because they missed their daughter too much.

The parents were given a lecture and the situation was considered resolved just like that, as though everything was just a play.

The burden on Anne's chest was lifted, but at the same time, she was terrified by just how powerful Anthonywas in Luton.

Anne also paid attention to any news about Michelle, and Michelle's collaboration with a few other brands were canceled as well.

There was nothing worse than not being talked about to an idol, because people would eventually forget about them.

Anthony had just returned to the Archduke Group and stepped toward his office, his intimidating presence forcing people to bow to him

alonghis way.

"Link the surveillance in the Marwood Group to my computer," he commanded.

Oliver, who was following closely behind, froze for a moment, before coming to a realization." Yes, sir."

This wouldmean more control for Anthony over the Marwood Group management.

Oliver had thought that Anthony was not interested in the Marwood Group even though he was one of the shareholders, it seemed as though he had misjudged as Anthonywas clearly trying to keep a close eye on them.

Tommy seemed to have come up with a different conclusion when he heard of Anthony's action, and simply grinned without a word.

After stepping out of his office, he walked toward the finance department and ran into Anne, who was about to get offwork.

She ignored Tommy and intended to walk straight past him, but he grabbed her by the arm and turned to pinher against the wall by the corner, where one of the surveillance cameras were located right above them.

"What are you doing?!" She tried to shove him away, but could not manage no matter how hard she tried.

"This is the office.

Stop!" "If you know that this is the office, why didn't you greet your superior?" She froze and realized that what he said madesense and she was wrong.

"...Mr.

Marwood.

Can you let go of me now?" She gritted out calmly.

"Wrong." Tommy's fingers brushed past her collar bone.

"Try calling me brother." She gritted her teeth, knowing that Tommy was purposely toying with her.

‘Why should I call him that? I’ve never called him that before, and I'm not about to start!' She thought to herself, 'But is he going tolet go if I

refuse?' "...Brother," she muttered.

Tommy chuckled as his eyes glittered with amusement, and reached his hand out to touch her face.

Anne was waiting for this exact moment when he let his guard down and lodge a kick at him.

Tommy tried to dodge, but was a little slow because he was too focused on Anne's face, the kick landed on him, and he stumbled backward

inpain.

Seeing the elevator door open, Anne grabbed onto the trash bin next to her and tossed ittoward Tommy, before darting into the elevator.

Chapter 188 Tommy dodge the trash can that was thrown at him and ran toward the elevator, only to watch the door shut right before his

eyes.

Anne sighed a breath of relief inside the elevator, thinking, 'that was close.

He almost caught up.

That guy is definitely a psychopath!' Tommy's face twisted as he panted.

After a while, he looked up at the surveillance camera above him as though he wasstaring at someone on the other end of the camera.

Just then, Anthony was behind his office desk and to his left was the screen of his computer with the Marwood Group's surveillance feed.

He had witnessed everything that had happened next to the elevator and Tommy took one lastglance at the camera, before stepping into the

elevator.

Anthony looked away from the screen with a mysterious look on his face.

Anne had wanted to go to Lucas's apartment to visit her children, but refrained in the end.

What happened the night before had taken a toll on her body and after a whole day of work, she was desperateto go back to her bed and rest.

When she was home, she caught the scent of food as she turned the door knob.

She looked down and spotted an enormous luggage on the porch.

Just as she was wondering what had happened, Sarah stepped out of the kitchen.

"Anne, you are back! Dinner is ready.

Go wash your hands and come eat." "What is this?" Anne stared pointedly at the luggage.

With an exhausted look on her face, Sarah explained, "Ron is divorcing me.

He...he chased me out."

Anne scowled.

"Didn't you say you won't get divorced?" "I don't want to, but he is filing a lawsuit against me! Just because I have a daughter! What kind of love isthat?" Sarah said in frustration.

Anne lowered her gaze at the realization that she was the reason that Sarah was losing her husband.

"It's okay.

So be it, but he is not getting rid of me that easily.

I want half of everything he has, or I'm not about to leave in peace." Sarah walked up to Anne and took her hands, before continuing in a gentle voice,"What matters most is that I have you.

I don't care about losing a husband or two! There are plenty of fishes out in the ocean, why focus on Ron? Hestill lives at Anthony's mercy." "Are you staying here?" Anne stared at her.

"Yeah.

We won't part ever again." Though Sarah seemed tired, she was in a rather good mood as though she had given up.

Anne went to wash her hands with a gloomy look on her face.

'If Sarah is here, when can my kids come back?' She thought.

Anne had wanted to bring her children back in a few days, as they could not keep staying with Lucas.

A new issue had arisen, but chasing Sarah out did not seem to be an option.

This was precisely why she wanted Anthony to stay out of Ron and Sarah's marriage and to notforce them into divorcing one another.

Even if the two were separated, Anthony's resentment would not go away.

With a delicious home cooked meal on the desk, Sarah kept putting food onto Anne's plate,while Anne munched on her food quietly.

"Anne, is that something you want to say to me? If you feel uncomfortable, I can find another place," Sarahsaid as she sensed that Anne was

upset.

Anne bit on her fork.

"This is a small apartment.

You might not be comfortable here." "It's small, but I will buy a bigger place once Iget the money to give you a better life.

Chapter 189 Anne wanted to stay in her apartment even when Sarah managed to buy a bigger home. It was not the worst to cut ties with the

Marwood Family,because she knew that she wouldn’t be able to stand idly by if anything happened to Sarah.

"By the way, how are things between you and Lucas?" Sarah asked, "I thought he really likes you?"

Anne knew that Sarah had heardfrom Lucas’s mother.

"We aren’t right for each other, so we aren’t in touch anymore."

"Why not? He is the principal andthe future director of the Pinnacle Academy.

He is confident and gentle, definitely the best candidate for a husband."

"He's too busy and I don'tlike that," Anne said, thinking that this ought to be a convincing excuse.

"You silly girl." Sarah said with disapproval.

"You won't find a career-focused man who's not busy.

The busier he is, the more successful he gets and the better your life would be.

Do you plan on marrying a man who just stays home and does nothing?"

Anne might have considered what Sarah was saying if she did nothave three children, but because she did, she could not bring herself to

think about marriage.

Even though Lucas liked the triplets, Anne knew her own place.

"Seriously, get along with Lucas.

Not everyone gets the chance to," Sarah said.

"Will his family approve?" Anne did not want to discuss this, but did not want Sarah to misunderstand.

The incident with the Pinnacle Academy had just been resolved.

Feeling slightly guilty, Sarah argued, "what they say on the internet aren’t real.

Besides, you and I are different.

Anne, you can’t deny your own worth and stop yourself from going after happiness because of this."

"I'm not interested," Annesaid.

Sarah sighed, "Do you think I would set you up to fail? You shouldn't marry the ones that I tell you not to marry, and viceversa." "I’m done." Anne stood up and brought her plate to the kitchen.

"That’s all you are eating? You are so thin.

Eat some more?" Anne returned to her room after a shower, partly because she could not quite bring herself to act like nothinghad happened with Sarah, but also because she was exhausted.

1 She saw her body when she was in the shower and it looked as though she hadbeen tortured By the time Sarah went into the room, Anne was already asleep.

Noticing that she did not have a blanket on her, Sarah went to cover Anne up and stilled when she saw a red markshowing on Anne's skin by the collar.

Sarah pulled the collar of Anne's pajamas open slightly and spotted the bite mark on her collarbone.

It was not hard to guess who had caused a mark like this, and it already looked this bad on the outside, Sarah could only imagine how bad itwas throughout Anne's entire body.

Anne woke up the next morning and felt much better after some sleep.

Breakfast was ready by the time she stepped out of the bedroom.

She froze.

Ever since she left the Marwood Family to study abroad, she had not had anyone cook breakfast for her and it would bea lie to claim that she was not touched.

"You are up? Go wash up!" Sarah urged.

After washing up, Anne sat down and had breakfast with Sarah.

"Does Anthony still call you over now?" Sarah asked.

Anne stilled for a moment, but did not respond.

"What is he trying to do? Doesn't he already has a girlfriend? What does he think of you?" Chapter 190 Anne simply kept quiet because she had no other choiceother than trying to escape.

"Does Anthony hate US that much?" Sarah had lost her appetite and an idea came up as she looked at Anne.

"Anne, the next time he lays his hands on you, ask for something.

If you can't have him, you ought to at least get something back." Anne was once again reminded how different she was from Sarah.

"I know that you are proud and can't do that, but if you don't have any money, you won’t get anywhere..." Sarahwanted to keep lecturing her, but Anne stood up and said, "I'm going to work." Sarah stared at the door closing before her with a dark expression, thinking to herself, ’what a stubborn girl she is!’ Anne went into the subway, feeling drained both physically and mentally.

'How can she even suggest that I ask for something in return?' She thought.

Td consider myself lucky that Anthony doesn’t kill me on the spot if I do that!'

Anthony had always known exactly what to do to take fullcontrol of the situation and to bring Anne down to her knees begging.

It took everything Anne had to keep herself alive and if she tried to cross the line, she would only be digging her own grave.

As she stepped toward the elevator, she saw a car parked next to the entrance and turned to see Ron walking over.

She immediately bowed her head and gave way.

Ron glanced at her when he walked past her and reminded her when he went into the elevator, "why aren't you getting in?" Anne froze for amoment, before stepping inside.

The door closed and the red number on the display board went up.

They were going to the same floor.

"How has working here been like?" Ron asked, "...Not bad."

"You are close with Tommy? I heard thathe was the one who referred you here." She kept her gaze low, unable to decide what Ron was

trying to say.

"I'm more curious about whether you are still involved with Anthony." His tone suddenly became confrontational.

"He might hate me, but I still want him to find a proper woman to marry.

Bianca isn't half bad." Anne lost her last strand of respect for the man and questioned, "Did you marry my mom because she was aproper

woman? You knew that she got together with you despite knowing that you are married.

What did you think of that?" Ron was provoked that such a young woman had the courage to confront him.

"My mom did lie to you about having a kid, but you two shouldn't have gotten together to begin with.

Anthony wouldn't have tortured me if you two didn't do anything wrong.

Who can I blame for all this?" "Why didn't you mention that this wouldn't have happened if Sarah had mentioned that she has a child? In

theend, this is all because she is a cheap woman! You should try to talk some sense into her and get her to not be so greedy, or she might

not get anything at all!" The elevator opened and Ron stepped outside.

Anne stepped out as well right before the door closed and watched as Ron disappeared into the distance.

Ron seemed to have lost whatever feelings he had for Sarah, so it was certain thatthey were going to get a divorce.

After work, Anne headed straight to Lucas' apartment.

As soon as she stepped through the door, she saw Lucas playing video games with Charlie and Chris.

Each of them had a controller in their hands, as Chloe leaned against Lucas's leg to watch them while munching on fruits.

The harmonious sight had rendered Anne speechless, as she wondered if this was what she ever wanted.

"Mama!" Chloe ran over and Anne snapped out of her thoughts.

Choie wrapped one of her arms around Anne's leg and held up a fork with a piece of apple on it with another.

"Mama, eat! Anne chuckled and bent down to bite onto the piece of fruit, before looking into Chloe's eyes." So delicious.