Chapter 281: Chapter 281

Even though Anna Thornton insisted that Fatty resembled Conrad Sterling, deep down, neither of them believed Holly Sutton’s words.

However, holding onto that last thread of hope.

Anna decided to do a paternity test with Fatty.

Holly was kicked out by Conrad Sterling. She didn’t know what happened next in the VIP room, but she hoped they were arguing inside, and that President Sterling would dump Anna.

Without Conrad Sterling as a strong backing, Anna Thornton alone was not to be feared.

To her disappointment, Holly watched as Conrad Sterling and Anna Thornton walked out of the room, and they didn’t seem like they had quarreled.

Anna was holding the hand of the silly Fatty behind her.

Fatty’s face, which had been covered in snot and drool, was now clean, obediently following ’mommy’ outside, holding the last piece of chocolate milk candy that Anna had grabbed from Pop’s snacks.

Holly looked at President Sterling, but he ignored her.

Instead, Anna spoke up: "I’m taking Fatty for a paternity test now. We’ll discuss your conditions once the results come out."

"No way! Until you agree to my conditions, you can’t take this child away. I won’t just give you back your son for nothing, and then have no leverage to negotiate?" Holly firmly opposed.

Hearing this, Anna raised an eyebrow: "Exactly, you have no right to negotiate with me. Regardless of whether this child is truly mine, he is my son! What right do you have to use leverage you snatched from me to negotiate? Or do you think you can stop me from taking my son just because you’re here today?"

When Anna said this, she purposefully leaned back towards Conrad Sterling.

With President Sterling here, who could stop them?

Holly was anxious. She looked at Conrad Sterling in confusion: "President Sterling, there are plenty of beautiful women in the world. With your status and power, you can have any woman you want. Why hang yourself on one tree, especially one that’s a faded flower? She had a child with some unknown man, and the child is already three years old. Are you really okay with being a stepfather?"

"I don’t mind!" Conrad Sterling’s attitude was vehement and resolute, "How many other women there are has nothing to do with me. I only want this one! No matter what she is like, she’s mine!"

Holly was speechless: "..."

Her attempt at sowing discord failed, and she ended up being force-fed a dose of public affection, with no choice but to swallow it down.

Anna glanced at the man, secretly disdainful. Get full chapters from NoveIＦire.net

If he hadn’t been that ’unknown man’ himself, things wouldn’t have gotten to this point.

He even used the domineering CEO style of speech to pretend to be a romantic. Shameless! Hmph!

Holly watched as Conrad Sterling and Anna Thornton took Fatty away right in front of her, her face darkening.

If they really conducted the paternity test, she’d lose her bargaining chip.

Holly never intended to return the child to Anna.

Her plan was merely a stalling tactic to break the relationship between Conrad Sterling and Anna.

But Holly never expected that President Sterling’s feelings for Anna were this deep and he didn’t mind.

It seems she must find another plan to regain her freedom.

On the night Holly was released on bail, Conrad Sterling received a report from his subordinates.

"President Sterling, we noticed Holly acting suspiciously, trying to leave Veridia while out on bail. Should we stop her?"

"No need, proceed as planned! She will definitely find a way to escape the border. Once she’s out, bring her back."

Conrad Sterling’s original plan wasn’t just satisfied with having Holly face justice.

Making Holly pay for the murder she committed four years ago was Anna Thornton’s wish, and Conrad Sterling had created this elaborate plan to fulfill her desire to avenge her father.

But letting Holly spend the rest of her life in prison was too easy a punishment.

President Sterling wanted to vent his woman’s anger!

If he was going to act, he was going to make sure she would wish for neither life nor death!

So that night, when Holly managed to escape Veridia, she thought she had succeeded.

She first arrived in a coastal city, then planned to take a sea route to a neighboring country’s border.

She thought she could relinquish everything about the Thornton Family’s company, but after acquiring Kenneth Thornton’s inheritance, Holly had converted most of it into cash stored in foreign banks.

This money was enough to ensure her a lifetime of comfort.

But when Holly was envisioning her luxurious dreams as she clutched the money she retrieved from the bank, suddenly a group of people appeared out of nowhere, knocked her out without a word, and took her into a car.

When Holly awoke again, she found herself locked in a damp, dark little room.

The room had only one small window, about the size of a fist, meant for passing water and food.

Besides a shabby bed, there was nothing else in the room, and the bedsheet smelled moldy.

Someone was pounding on the walls on either side, wails and screams echoing from next door, making the eerie environment even more terrifying.

"Let me out! Let me out!"

Holly pounded heavily on the iron door in front of her, but all she got back was her own echo.

Then she remembered, this is a mental asylum!

This was the same mental institution where Holly had locked Anna Thornton up for nearly a year back then, wasn’t it in Veridia?

She couldn’t figure out how she ended up here?

Hadn’t she already escaped the country and started a new life abroad?

Was it someone who wouldn’t let her go? Who brought her back!

"Someone, let me out!"

"Holly Sutton, stop shouting!"

Suddenly, someone answered her from outside the door. Holly recognized this voice.

"Director? Let me out! We’re old friends, let’s talk this through!"

"Forget about being friends, Holly, you got me into big trouble back then. When I helped you lock up that little girl from the Thornton Family here as a mental patient, you have no idea what kind of trouble you caused me!"

"Could it be Anna Thornton is retaliating against me? Based on what..."

"In short, you’ve offended the wrong person. Quit dreaming about getting out of here. Just stay put. Out there, you’re a fugitive. If you don’t want to go to jail, you can only pretend to be a mental patient."

"I don’t want to! I don’t want to be stuck here!"

"Back then you treated others , now karma has caught up with you!"

There was no sound outside anymore. The director threw an offensively smelling bun in and left.

Holly was still trying to knock on the door!

"Let me out, I’m not sick! I really have conditions to negotiate, I want to see Anna Thornton!"

"Why are there mice? Get away!"

"Ahhh... snakes! Snakes!"

"Anna Thornton, you little brat, dare you to retaliate against me !"

"Fine, I’ll make sure you’ll never see your son again!"