Ch. 496..500: Powerful Papa with Triplet Babies Chapter 496-500

Chapter 496

Anne fell onto Anthony's lap and mumbled, "I'm tired so just wake me up when we are there."

’...' Anthony remained quiet.

Anne was impressed by herself to be able to fall asleep on a helicopter. It was likely because she did not sleep well the night before. Though

Anthony did not go too far, it had still taken a toll on her body.

The helicopter stopped on the top floor of the Archduke Group, where there was a gigantic 'H' sign.

Anne went down by the elevator and as soon as the elevator door opened, she saw Bianca getting out of a car at the entrance and jolted.

She immediately pressed on the elevator button and the elevator ascended to the floor above.

She sighed a long breath of relief. She had just threatened Bianca into borrowing her fifty thousand and Bianca would never forgive her if she

found out that Anne was still involved with Anthony.

On her way back, Anne kept thinking about the car accident in Santa Nila and the person who was behind it. She did not think it was

Anthony, as Anthony would make sure that he did so without leaving any trace. 1

The car accident seemed unplanned and overall not very well thought-out.

It might be Dorothy and Bianca, but there was no way she could investigate this unless the driver confessed to it.

The door opened and the triplets were stunned to see their mother inside the apartment. They recovered from the shock almost immediately and ran towards her.

"Mama!"

"Wait..." Anne was tackled to the ground and the triplets crawled all over her like excited little kittens.

"You've finally come back, Mama!” Chloe said.

"I hate it when you go on a business trip! I hate it!" Charlie said.

Chris nodded in agreement. "I wish you won't go for the trip!"

The triplets tried to lay on her and because Anne was too slim, only Chloe was able to lay on her and the other two would have to lay behind her on the floor.

Seeing the pouts on their faces, she smiled and sat up.

Chloe fell backward and fell onto Anne's lap.

Anne planted a kiss on Chloe's chubby cheek. Charlie immediately demanded one as well while Chris waited with anticipation.

Anne wrapped her arms around the two and planted a kiss on both of their faces.

The nanny looked at the four with a smile and just as she was about to start cooking, someone knocked on the door.

The smile on Anne's face froze.

The nanny walked over and asked, "Who's there?"

"Me." It was Tommy’s voice.

Relieved, Anne nodded at the nanny and the nanny proceeded to open the door.

Tommy walked in and saw the four on the ground. "You all seem to be having fun."

"Do you want to play, too?" Chris asked.

Surprised, Tommy asked, "Can I join?"

Charlie ran over and looked up. "You can be the bad guy and we will catch you."

"Do I look like a bad guy?" Tommy rubbed his chin.

"It's just a game!" Chloe pouted.

Tommy lifted her up. "Sure. How are we playing?"

"Crouch down. You are too tall," Charlie said.

As soon as Tommy crouched down, Charlie leaped onto him, followed by Chris, one of them grabbing onto Tommy's clothes while the other

stabbed him with a toy knife.

Chloe cheered.

"...I yield!" It was the first time Tommy had seen what they were capable of and immediately admitted defeat.

 

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"No way!" Charlie had not had enough. "Tie him up!"

Chloe went to find ropes hurriedly.

Seeing how the children were having fun, Anne did not try to help Tommy.

She checked on Anthony's location before going to the kitchen to help the nanny with cooking.

When dinner was almost ready, Anne walked out and said to the triplets, who were still surrounding Tommy. "Go wash your hands!"

’Okay!"

’Coming!"

•Yay!’

The three threw the toys away and ignored Tommy, before running into the bathroom.

Tommy slowly removed the rope on him.

Anne looked at him and asked, "Are you not going back?"

"Why should I?" Tommy seemed confused.

Anne scowled at him.

"We were supposed to meet. Where were you?"

'I think you know," Anne said.

Tommy dismissed it.

After the triplets had washed their hands, dinner was ready and Tommy went to sit down without hesitation.

Anne had never seen anyone more shameless, but since he had helped her before, she saw no harm in letting him stay for dinner.

After dinner, Tommy said to Anne, "Send me downstairs."

Anne did not argue and got up to send him out.

When they were by the stairway, she asked, "Can I go now?"

"Send me downstairs."

"Don't you recognize the way?”

'I don't."

Anne desperately wanted to kick him down and led the way swiftly in frustration. Once they arrived at the lobby, she said, "Bye."

"Wait."

'What n-" She stilled and stared at the hard drive Tommy handed to her." What is this?"

"Lilian went to Santa Nila to look into the accident."

"Why did you ask her to do that?" Anne accepted the hard drive in surprise. 1

"The car accident can't be a coincidence." He pointed at his head. "Use your brain."

Anne did not mention to him she was suspecting the same thing as well.

"I don't know if this will help you. Just take a look," he said, before getting into his car and leaving.

Anne stood and stared at the hard drive in her hand, wondering what was in it.

Back to the fifth floor, she took out her laptop and plugged the hard drive in to view the video inside.

It was a dash camera on someone else's car, which was parked in a spot that was facing the car that hit Sarah directly. 1

The driver appeared from the direction of the hotel and got into the car, before driving toward the hotel.

Meanwhile, Sarah had just stepped out of the hotel and was about to cross the road.

The taxi driver drove toward her, and though there was no sound in the video, Anne jolted and closed her eyes. Knowing that she had to pay

attention, she forced herself to open them and saw Sarah laying on the ground covered in blood.

The driver then went out of the car to make a call to the police.

From the video, it was clear that the taxi driver had hit Sarah on purpose and it was not an accident.

The driver did not know Sarah and the only reason that he would do such a thing was that someone had ordered him to do so.

With this video, Anne realized she had the lead to continue the investigation.

She excitedly sent the video to the police officer in charge of investigating the case as she had asked for his number when she was in Santa

Nila.

The investigation would take two days, so she could stay in Luton for two more days to keep her children company, before heading back to

Santa Nila again.

Anne did not mention to Nigel that she was back, but she wanted to know the situation on Nigel's end, so she called him.

"What? You came back? When?"

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"Two days ago. It's fine. I will go back tomorrow or the day after. The nurse there keeps in touch with me," she said.

"I'm sorry, Anne, but I'm occupied right now so I can't go there."

'I know. It's okay. Focus on what you need to do. I can handle this." Anne paused, before asking, "Dad, are you okay?"

"Yeah. Don't worry." Nigel could not tell his daughter the truth that there was another woman forcing him to get involved.

Anne did not ask because he knew that he was in a difficult position, and for as long as he remained married to Dorothy, they were still a

family.

Two days later, Anne called Anthony and asked, "You want to come over for dinner?"

"Busy," Anthony refused.

"No? I prepared a candle-lit dinner. I cooked," she said, "besides, don't you want to spend the night here?"

Anthony quieted down.

Anne felt a little nervous. She would have to go to Anthony if he refused to come and she did not want to risk running into Bianca.

"Wash up."

Anne's face flushed as her heart skipped a beat. "Alright. I'll wait for you." After hanging up, Anne checked the time and went into the kitchen to cook. She was determined to satisfy Anthony and since she had grown up under the same roof as him, she knew what he liked.

She ordered high-grade sneak and grilled it with pasta and egg salad as sides.

Once she was done, she placed the food on the table and went to the bathroom to shower.

The running water scrolled down the curves of her body from head to feet, and halfway through the shower, the bathroom door flew open to her bewilderment.

Startled, she turned around and her stomach dropped at the sight of the man who barged in.

"I'm almost done. Dinner is ready." 1

Anthony took off his clothes and tossed them aside casually. He unbuttoned his shirt with one hand and stared intently at Anne's body." There's no hurry."

Knowing that she could not escape, she remained silent and walked up to him, before wrapping her arms around his neck and kissing him on the lips.

"I'll help you..."

'So eager, hm?"

"I don't know what you like, so I can only test things out,” Anne said, knowing that Anthony would not appreciate someone telling him they knew him well.

Anthony snorted and pinned her against the wall.

They sat down for the candlelit dinner with steak and a bottle of wine.

Anne noticed that the wine wasn't the one she had initially prepared and asked, "You brought this?"

"Is your wine even drinkable?"

Anne did not respond.

Indeed, her bottle that cost within a hundred could not possibly compare to whatever Anthony brought.

'This probably costs thousands of dollars, right?" She asked.

Anthony shot her a look wordlessly and Anne immediately realized she had underestimated the price. To avoid any further embarrassment,

she remained quiet.

Anthony proceeded to open the bottle of wine and poured Anne a glass. Anne was pleasantly surprised by his gesture.

The two ate and drank the wine. Anne did not think that Anthony would be unhappy with the steak she cooked, since he had already eaten

what she cooked a few times already. All things aside, she had become somewhat an expert in cooking steak after living abroad for a few

years.

It was clear that Anne's invitation had an agenda behind it, but she could not quite determine what would be the best time to mention her

request, fearing that she might be rejected if the timing was not right.

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"Something you want to say?" Anthony lowered his gaze and glided the knife through the steak.

"Huh? Um...does it taste good?" She swallowed her original words.

"It's alright."

Anne was surprised at the comment and relaxed that he was satisfied with it.

"I can make it again if you like it."

Anthony looked up and Anne smiled awkwardly.

"Are...you staying the night here?"

"Depends on how you behave."

Anne panicked as she knew what he meant by that, since it was not hard to guess what he wanted. There was only sex between them, after all.

"If I behave well, can I ask for anything?"

"What do you want?"

'I haven't decided yet."

Anthony did not expose her little trick as he was in a good mood and saw no need in destroying the mood.

She observed his expression carefully and set the fork down, before walking to stand behind Anthony and wrapping her arms around his neck from behind. "I won't make you angry ever again." She stared

at the skin underneath his collar and planted a kiss there.

Anthony stiffened, as Anne's lips lingered on his skin.

"Looks like you are done eating." He waved his arm and all the food and wine on the table fell onto the ground. He grabbed Anne from behind him and shoved her onto the table.

"Umph!" Anne was startled by how wild he was.

Shortly after, the red wine remaining on the table fell and the wine poured down onto the ground. The bottle rolled down and shattered on the floor.

On the bed, Anne noticed that Anthony was in a good mood and leaned into his arms, before requesting, "L.want to go back to Santa Nila tomorrow, is that okay? There's only one personal nurse there and I still need to drop by from time to time."

He tilted her chin up while staring into her eyes dangerously. "I thought you were never going to ask."

"You knew?" Anne was not surprised as Anthony had always been sharp. She kissed his chin and asked, "Will you let me?"

"And if I don't?"

"Why not? I didn't do anything." Anne looked at him, doe-eyed. "I want you to send me with the helicopter, too. Is that okay?"

"Quite a request." He narrowed his eyes. "You are getting smug."

"It's faster that way. Taking the car is so tiring and I am too frail to stand that."

Without giving her an answer, he grabbed her by the chin and devoured her lips.

Anne did not dare to get distracted until he said yes, as Anthony was far too hard to please.

In the afternoon the next day, Anne got onto a helicopter heading toward Santa Nila.

Anthony was not there and she was alone with the pilot.

Soon, she arrived and immediately called Nigel to inform him that she was back, so that he would not be as worried.

She first headed to the hospital and was devastated when she saw no improvement in Sarah's condition. After that, she went to the police

station.

 

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The police officer informed her, "The driver confessed that some guy paid him to do it. The guy who paid him did not come from Santa Nila.’

'Is he from Luton?" She asked.

'You guessed it. If you have someone you suspect, we can narrow down the search."

Anne thought about it and took out her phone to search for Dorothy's photo. "This one."

She knew that Bianca would not get her hands dirty and even if they did plotted to murder Sarah, Dorothy would try to protect her daughter

from being punished.

'I'm just guessing. Can't be sure."

'We won't act until we have solid proof. You have a grudge or something?

Can you brief me through it?" 1

’Dorothy's husband is my father. She divorced my dad and then he met my mom. After that, Dorothy regret divorcing my dad and used their daughter to get him back. They used to live overseas and only returned a few months ago. Dorothy has always hated my mom and even tried threatening me with my mom's life. That's why I think she did it. I can't think of anyone else who would do such a thing," she said.

The police officer had told her to wait for updates and she left the police station.

She stared dazedly at the traffic on the road and realized that her life was never up to her own decisions.

Her closest family was unconscious and all the medical experts Nigel hired kept repeating the same thing. Sarah would have to wake up on her own.

With Anthony's permission, Anne stayed another three nights in Santa Nila and there had been no news from the police station.

Wondering why it took so long to look into a person, Anne called the

officer in charge. "Still nothing?"

it's not easy to investigate across states."

’I already said that she's in Luton? Did you not look into Dorothy? All you need to look into is whether Dorothy contacted that man, right?”

'But we haven't found the man.’

'You have that guy's photo. Can it be that hard to locate him?"

"It's complicated and not as easy as you make it sound, okay? We will inform you once we find something.’

The police officer hung up and Anne's fingers on the phone were shaking.

Was it truly difficult, or had the case automatically closed once they tried looking into Dorothy?

The attitude of the officer in charge had clearly made a drastic turn.

Unable to stand it, she ran straight to the police station and the officer in charge tried to hide from her.

In the end, Anne caught him by the entrance and asked, "You still haven't found anything? I can provide leads!"

’We caught the guy. He confessed to doing it and said that he likes your mom, but she rejected him and that's why he tried to kill her. We’ve

already arrested him."

'You are buying that? He's clearly working under someone's order."