Chapter 270: Chapter 270

Anna Thornton rushed to the hotel at the location Mary sent her, and was furious when she saw someone: "Conrad Sterling, it’s so late. If you called me here without a major reason, don’t blame me for flipping out on you!"

"Pop said she misses you. Does that count as a major reason?" Conrad had a look of ’the child begged me to bring her, otherwise, do you think I have time to come over?’ "I promised her I’d bring her over after the weekend break at kindergarten to see you."

He’s learned how to use the little one to cover himself!

But Pop had already taken a bath, changed into pajamas, and was sleeping soundly on the bed.

Now that she’s asleep, who knows if it really was Pop who asked Conrad to bring her to find mommy?

This man can say whatever he wants!

"Since that’s the case, the child is already sleepy. You could’ve just waited until tomorrow to find me. You dragged me out of bed so late." Anna yawned, "I’m so sleepy!" Nᴇw novel chapters are publɪshed on novel•fire.net

However, Conrad caught a key point from Anna’s words, his sharp eyes locking onto her, not letting the matter go easily tonight: "Holly said you didn’t go home, so where did you sleep? Which bed?"

"Can’t I stay at a friend’s place?"

"Even if I told you, you wouldn’t know them. Why ask so many questions?" Anna rolled her eyes at him.

"How do you know I don’t know them unless you tell me? Don’t forget, I used to spend a considerable amount of time in Veridia."

"Hey Conrad, why do you have so many questions?" Anna was getting really annoyed with him.

This man’s persistence refused to let go easily, forcing Anna to confess honestly: "Alright, I’ll tell you the truth. I was finishing a business meeting with a fabric supplier at night, when suddenly I ran into some thugs on the road. They said someone paid them to teach me a lesson, and of course, I turned tail and ran. I almost got caught, luckily someone saved me."

"What? Anna, you ran into thugs?" Mary was also surprised and nervous after hearing Anna’s account.

"It’s nothing, just a bunch of small fries. I could’ve handled it even without help." Anna was quite confident in hindsight.

"Do you know who was trying to cause trouble for you?"

"Who else could it be? It’s that person I offended after returning to Veridia."

It looks like Anna’s move to accuse June Irving of plagiarizing the ’Little Seagull Kidswear’ brand really struck a nerve with Holly Sutton.

That woman really couldn’t hold back anymore!

"Who rescued you? A man or a woman?"

After Mary interrupted, Conrad finally found an opportunity to continue the important topic.

"I’m not telling you." Anna wasn’t bothered by Conrad.

She walked to the bed, glanced at the sleeping Pop, and tucked the covers around her daughter securely against the chill.

Then she turned to Mary, saying, "I’ll sleep here tonight, you should head back."

Conrad knew that if he brought Pop here, Anna would definitely be willing to stay and accompany the child.

So he deliberately didn’t book a presidential suite, just one room with a big bed.

The three of them could only sleep together tonight!

Anna knew exactly what he was thinking, quickly changed into pajamas, jumped into bed, wrapped herself tightly, placing her daughter in the middle as a boundary, ensuring the man wouldn’t cross the line tonight.

The next day, Anna surprisingly woke up earlier than Conrad.

Taking advantage of Pop still sleeping, Anna stepped out into the hallway to make a phone call.

The call was to Lola; last night, Conrad called her over so suddenly, Anna felt a bit guilty.

She worried that Lola would be disappointed and sad if she woke up and found Anna gone.

Anna’s call was just answered when she asked in a gentle voice, "Honey, are you awake? I’m sorry, I saw you were sleeping when I left, so I didn’t manage to tell you."

Lola didn’t say a word, just let out a small ’hmph’ on the other end.

"How about this, to thank you for your heroic rescue last night, I’ll treat you to dinner?"

"Let me tell you, I know a hotpot restaurant in Veridia that has particularly delicious hotpot. Do you want to go?"

"It’s settled then, we’ll have hotpot together tonight."

Although Lola seemed a bit upset with Anna for leaving without a word last night.

However, children are generally easy to appease and satisfy.

Especially hearing Anna’s invitation to dinner in the evening, the little guy, although reluctantly agreed over the phone.

Already couldn’t wait to jump out of bed, open the wardrobe, and start choosing what clothes to wear for the date.

She finished the call and returned from the hallway, just in time to bump into Conrad at the room’s door.

The gentle voice she previously had instantly became sarcastic, "Wow, President Sterling, how long have you been up?"

"Conrad Sterling, I find you truly shameless in lying! And you’re even capable of something as low as eavesdropping on someone’s conversation! I despise you, hmph!"

After being disdained by Anna and brushing past her, President Sterling indifferently raised an eyebrow.

Since marrying, his wife’s attitude towards him has worsened with each passing day.

Who said it’s only men who change after marriage?

Conrad has almost gotten used to it, even when Anna dislikes him, she’s at least vibrant.

No matter how unwilling Anna is, now she still has to share a bed with him.

Anna is Conrad’s wife, regardless of the purpose, at least the outcome has to be this way!

Though, lately this woman has been acting quite strange.

She got up so early just to call someone? And even called them honey?

Aside from Pop, Conrad hadn’t heard Anna call anyone else with such endearing terms, and President Sterling couldn’t help but bite his molars in jealousy.

Anna still had to go to the company in the morning, leaving Conrad at the hotel with Pop.

Last night Anna said she was harassed by thugs, President Sterling had it investigated overnight.

The details were indeed as Anna said, she encountered thugs upon walking into an alley.

She was chased while fleeing and got into a van.

A burly man on the van helped her out, but he’s not the key point.

The person who truly saved her didn’t get off the van, so the surveillance couldn’t catch them.

Conrad replayed the surveillance footage multiple times on the computer, noticing Anna’s reaction when she got into the van, seemingly familiar with the person.

When did such a mysterious person appear around Anna? Conrad didn’t even notice.

Moreover, President Sterling initially wanted to teach those thugs a lesson, standing up for his wife.

Turned out, someone had already taken them to the police station ahead of time.

President Sterling, whose boyfriend power had nowhere to manifest, was in a foul mood!

Is it that his firewall failed? Or is the other person more skillful than Finn Grant?

When facing Finn Grant, Anna didn’t give any thought, but she affectionately calls this mysterious person ’honey,’ regularly making morning calls and even proactively inviting them for hotpot at night.

The weather’s cooling down, and if this mysterious person isn’t uncovered soon...

Conrad Sterling feared Anna might weave a not-so-pleasant colored hat above him.