Chapter 152: Chapter 152

Anna’s legs felt tired from standing for too long, so she simply squatted on the ground.

Her energy-saving posture caught Conrad Sterling’s eyes, reminding him a lot of four years ago...

Conrad still remembered the first night he saw Anna Thornton. After being forced to dance the opening dance with him, she hurried over to complain to her father about being flirted with. But nobody believed her, and the young girl sat on the ground angrily drawing circles to curse him...

A cigarette was almost finished when the phone thrown on the driver’s seat by Conrad rang again.

The phone screen facing up showed the incoming call was from Marilyn Ford.

Conrad didn’t answer the call, letting it ring until it automatically hung up.

Marilyn called again, yet he still didn’t answer.

When the phone rang for the third time, Conrad flicked the cigarette butt he had just finished into the trash can.

"Anna Thornton, do you still owe me a date?"

Unexpectedly, Conrad suddenly asked this, taking Anna by surprise: "Do I?"

Conrad squinted his eyes with a warning curve: "Don’t try to deny it!"

"If there’s a date, there is. Anyway, I promised Pop to make up for the Children’s Day missed in the hospital. President Sterling, if you’re free tomorrow, I don’t mind you joining us." Anna stood up, suddenly moving closer, "But Conrad, you just said ’date’ directly, huh?"

Conrad wasn’t in the mood to argue about semantics with this woman, so he opened the car door for her: "Get in the car."

"I drove here myself. Did you forget lending me that Aston Martin to drive this morning? I can drive myself back!"

"I told you to get in the car, so get in!"

"Conrad, you... your temper is really bad and you have no patience, dating you must be a terrible experience."

Even as Anna complained, she still got into his car.

After getting in, Anna remembered: "Marilyn should be returning soon after attending the film festival, right?"

Conrad picked up his phone from the driver’s seat, displaying several missed calls from Marilyn.

There was also a text message: [Conrad, I’m about to board the plane. Tonight’s flight back to Aethelgard, can you pick me up at the airport?]

After reading the message, Conrad frowned slightly.

"President Sterling, are you sure you’re free tomorrow?" Anna observed his troubled expression.

Conrad gave a definitive answer to Anna’s question, then edited a message to send out.

However, this message was not a reply to Marilyn’s.

He was instructing Ethan to handle something for him immediately.

Marilyn was with her agent in the waiting lounge.

She had called Conrad multiple times but received no answer, and her text messages hadn’t received any replies.

A heavy cloud of frustration loomed over Marilyn’s face.

"Marilyn, President Sterling should be busy at this time. You know how he is; work is more important than anything else. He’ll call you back when he has time to relax."

Hearing agent Sharon Langley’s reassurance, Marilyn’s expression didn’t ease.

She stared at the call log, lost in thought for a while, before opening the recently received photos on her phone.

These photos were taken at Alice Club, featuring a man and a woman.

The man appeared drunk, leaning almost entirely against the woman holding him.

Finally, the two of them got into an Aston Martin DB9...

Even from the back, Marilyn could confirm the man in the photos was Conrad Sterling, especially since the license plate was captured.

As for the woman beside Conrad, Marilyn knew it was Anna Thornton.

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A group of young men drinking at the club started jeering for their women to pick them up. Surprisingly, Conrad called Anna for a ride?

Although Marilyn was in the south and couldn’t have rushed over even if she’d received the call.

Yet Conrad openly calling Anna in front of so many people meant the upper-class circle would gossip about him having another woman?

Where would that leave Marilyn’s reputation?

"Sharon, do you think Conrad is angry with me? He proposed to me that day, and I didn’t respond well, so now he’s using Anna to provoke me?"

"Not likely. President Sterling isn’t that petty. Plus, he knows how important your career is, and attending the southern film festival would greatly benefit your career growth. President Sterling understands that about you."

Sharon implied directly that Conrad had been rejected by Marilyn not once or twice before, and he hadn’t been angry then, so now it shouldn’t make a difference.

Marilyn used to pride herself on handling men with ease, intentionally playing hard to get as if it were justified.

After all, those who are favored are fearless!

She knew Conrad had reasons to want to be with her, though she wasn’t quite sure what those reasons were... Was it love? It didn’t matter!

What mattered was that Marilyn had confidence that no matter their interaction, Conrad would ultimately choose her.

However, now she realized she was no longer as confident.

Especially since Anna Thornton appeared... Although Marilyn wouldn’t admit it, she indeed felt threatened by that woman.

"Don’t overthink things, Marilyn. I think Conrad just got drunk, and Anna clung to him. Haven’t we seen before how shameless she is?"

At this, Marilyn shot her a sideways glance: "Do you really think I’m overthinking?"

Given Conrad’s capacity for alcohol, Marilyn hadn’t seen him drunk for three years.

Additionally, Finn Grant said Conrad had privately met Anna multiple times, even breaking into The Grant Residence late at night for her.

That’s right, the person who reported these things to Marilyn was Finn Grant!

She remembered that the time Conrad broke into The Grant Residence to take Anna away, Finn had threatened to make Marilyn aware.

Finn had harbored resentment, and now was spilling everything to Marilyn, reminding her to manage her man well.

It was this that prompted Marilyn to rush back overnight.

"Marilyn, I still think Anna can’t compare to you in any way; President Sterling wouldn’t be interested in her." Sharon insisted she wasn’t mistaken.

She had previously urged Marilyn to attend the southern film festival, and if someone took advantage of this opportunity to rise, Sharon would be responsible.

"Regardless of whether he would or not, I want to completely eliminate this possibility!"

"When I return, I’ll agree to be engaged to Conrad."

This time Marilyn seemed to have made up her mind, no longer hesitating.

However, her luck wasn’t great!

She and Sharon were preparing to board the plane when they suddenly received a notification about the flight’s cancellation.

Moreover, not just this flight; all flights to Aethelgard for the next two days couldn’t be booked!