Chapter 232: Chapter 232

"Miss Thornton, President Sterling asked me to let you know that he’s already made an appointment with the kindergarten. If you’re really unavailable tomorrow, he’ll take little Anna there to enroll himself."

"I understand. Pop going to kindergarten is a big deal. Please tell him I’ll definitely go. Let’s head out early tomorrow," Anna Thornton said to Granny Chandler.

Now, communication between her and Conrad Sterling required Granny Chandler as an intermediary.

"Alright, Miss Thornton, I’ll pass that message to President Sterling."

Granny Chandler nodded and sighed, "Miss Thornton, I may not have the standing to say much about you and President Sterling. But President Sterling doesn’t have any family, and I can’t think of anyone else who can mediate between you two. Young people inevitably experience friction when they’re together. It’s no different for us; my husband and I have been together for most of our lives, and we still bicker from time to time. Life is less dull with a bit of noise, but even arguments have their limits. Someone always needs to take a step back to ease the tension, don’t you think?"

"Miss Thornton, don’t take President Sterling’s stern demeanor as his lack of interest in anything besides work. That might have been true before you came along, but I can see that President Sterling genuinely cares about you and little Anna. This kind of care is quite different from how he treated the last one."

"Yes, I’ve lived over fifty years, and I know what’s true and what’s not."

"Then can you see whether I’m genuine to him?" Anna Thornton retorted.

This question stumped Granny Chandler!

It’s not that she couldn’t see it, but she found it hard to answer.

Granny Chandler had to earn her living working for them and couldn’t afford to offend either side.

She could only vaguely say, "Miss Thornton, President Sterling is a good man; maybe you don’t understand him yet."

Upon hearing this, Anna Thornton laughed, "Granny Chandler, I knew him before you did."

"All right then, Miss Thornton, you have your judgment. But people change over time, and judgments can be off. I hope you can give President Sterling a chance to get to know him better."

Granny Chandler dared to say so much because Anna Thornton had always been approachable.

However, it seemed that Anna didn’t really listen, and Granny Chandler could only sigh silently. She brought out a bowl of sweet soup from the kitchen, "Miss Thornton, we’re not allowed to enter President Sterling’s study freely, can you please help me bring him this soup?"

"Delivering soup this late?"

"President Sterling skipped dinner."

Granny Chandler placed the soup in front of Anna and quietly left.

Conrad Sterling didn’t like sweets, and Anna Thornton felt there was no need to deliver this sweet soup.

Moreover, she hadn’t agreed to Granny Chandler’s request.

Just as she poured out the sweet soup, Anna Thornton’s phone rang as she exited the kitchen.

To her surprise, it was Finn Grant calling.

It had been a while since Finn Grant went abroad and hadn’t been in touch with Anna Thornton during that time.

Suddenly calling now, could it be that he’s back?

Anna Thornton’s eyelids started twitching at that moment.

Fortunately, it was almost eleven at night, so she could pretend she was asleep and didn’t answer the call.

Meanwhile, at the airport—

Finn Grant had just gotten off the plane, and the first person he thought to contact wasn’t his sister, but Anna Thornton.

Who knew she wouldn’t answer his call?

"Damn it!" Finn Grant cursed. As he walked out of the airport, a bunch of reporters immediately surrounded him.

His bodyguards rushed forward to block them, but the reporters, armed with cameras, were undeterred and kept throwing questions at him.

"Young Master Grant, there’s a rumor that this time The Grant Group’s large-scale investment in Europe faced issues and you went to handle it. Have those issues been resolved? Will the situation in Europe affect domestic operations and the stock price of the Group?"

"You’re asking the obvious. You’ve delayed me so long, of course, it’s solved!"

"Young Master Grant, some say that the problems The Grant Group faced this time are retribution for you forcing the Zane family’s couple to their deaths last time. What’s your take on that?"

"Young Master Grant, do you have any big plans now that you’re back in the country?"

"Can you give us a hint?"

"I’m going to propose to a woman!"

The next morning, Anna Thornton, Conrad Sterling, and Pop went to the kindergarten together.

Thinking about going to school, the little one was excited and discussed it with mommy on the way.

"There are no dogs in kindergarten, only new friends."

"Peppa is a pig, not the same as you, and he’s studying in Britain."

"Pop, do you want to see pigs?"

"There is one at home!"

"Huh?~" The little one scratched her head in confusion, because she’d never seen a pig at home.

Even though Conrad Sterling didn’t say a word to Anna Thornton while driving, he was listening to the mother-daughter conversation in the back seat.

At this point, President Sterling coldly snorted, indicating that he understood Anna Thornton’s comment about having a pig at home as an insult to him.

And he disdained the little woman’s choice to use personal attacks to break the cold war.

"Sweetheart, at the kindergarten, there might be unfamiliar uncles and aunts asking you questions—those are the teachers. If you know the answers, reply to them, if not, just shake your head. Mommy will be with you all the time, so no need to worry, okay?" Anna Thornton instructed Pop.

The little one nodded and pointed at Conrad Sterling, "Daddy?"

"Yes, he’s coming too."

Currently, in Anna Thornton’s eyes, Conrad Sterling was either a ’pig’ or just ’him,’ prompting the man to coldly snort again in displeasure.

Sacred Heart Kindergarten claims to be the best kindergarten in the country. Its admissions exam is extremely strict, requiring assessments of both parents and children, and only those who score high in both obtain admission.

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But Anna Thornton and Conrad Sterling didn’t want Pop to receive any special treatment, preferring everything to follow the normal procedure. On this point, they were united without even needing to discuss it.

Luckily, Pop was naturally bright, and though she usually seemed a bit scatterbrained, always asking for food while being pampered, she exceeded expectations during the school’s evaluation.

Even the kindergarten director couldn’t help but ask Anna Thornton, "Mrs. Sterling, has your child really received no prior early education?"

"Well, when I’m not busy with work, I teach her to count and the basics of addition and subtraction."

"Our tests show that she’s exceptionally intelligent, quick, and resourceful in her thinking. With proper guidance, her future will surely be boundless."

Anna Thornton guessed the director probably said the same things to every parent who enrolled, pouring praise on their children as if there were none like them on earth, especially when the parent’s status was high. She heard it and let it pass.

"By the way, Mr. and Mrs. Sterling, you happened to come today during the closing event of our summer camp. Would you like to see it? It would be a great opportunity to experience our teaching environment and parent-child interaction model."