Chapter 294: Chapter 294

Anna Thornton finally found an opportunity to question Conrad Sterling when it was just the two of them.

"Conrad Sterling, be honest with me. Did you have someone follow me?"

"Don’t lie. Otherwise, how did you show up right after I met with Chase Quinn?"

Anna lowered her head, rummaging through her bag, wondering if there was a tracking device in it.

President Sterling was still focused on the earlier topic: "Are you saying I disturbed you?"

"Chase Quinn is a good friend of mine from Veridia. Since I’m back home, can’t I meet up with old friends and classmates? Why do you have to interfere?"

"Good friend? How good was your relationship with him before?" President Sterling asked jealously.

"After my dad passed away, he would visit my parents’ grave every year during Qingming. Could you do that?"

Conrad Sterling was left speechless this time.

"Will you always interfere whenever I meet a man? President Sterling, aren’t you too idle? Can we have a proper discussion?"

"Although our marriage serves its own purposes, since we willingly got the marriage certificate, I promise to honor the vows until we divorce. I know my boundaries, so you don’t need to worry about me cheating on you. Otherwise, my acting work would be impossible due to interactions with male actors."

"Who says I’m afraid you would... cheat on me?"

Even the word "cheat" wouldn’t come out of his mouth, clearly a sensitive topic.

Anna couldn’t help but laugh: "Are you really that bored recently?"

"Well, I have been ’bored’ for a while," Conrad replied.

We’re discussing serious matters, why suddenly switch to innuendos?

Although Conrad Sterling wouldn’t admit it, Anna still felt someone was tracking her.

To test her theory, she decided to conduct a little experiment.

Anna went to the mall to buy a new outfit, then quickly entered a skincare spa on the first floor.

At the entrance of the spa, two men wearing sunglasses exchanged glances.

"Brother, should we go in?" Mason King asked.

"President Sterling instructed us to follow and protect Miss Thornton without drawing attention. Going in now would be too obvious."

"Then let’s wait two minutes. During this time, Miss Thornton shouldn’t be in danger. But if she doesn’t come out after two minutes, we’ll pretend to be customers and go in. Should we buy something to look less suspicious, like we’ve just shopped?"

"..." Two grown men shopping and doing skincare together looks even more suspicious, don’t you think?

"Forget it, we haven’t received our salary this month anyway. Brother, remember to remind me to get the receipt for reimbursement when we go back to President Sterling."

After two minutes, the two men moved in sync, opening the door and stepping into the spa.

But in less than a minute, screams erupted from inside the spa.

The two brothers were chased out by a group of women in towels.

"Damn, brother, Miss Thornton is gone!"

"What? I can’t hear you over the screaming, did you say find or flee?" Mason shouted, entangled amongst the women just a few steps from his brother but feeling worlds apart.

"..." Leo King was not faring much better, caught up by at least seven or eight women, unable to break free.

Silent as he was, he finally experienced the ultimate chaos of conflicting voices.

Not to mention, these women were all yelling, calling them perverts.

It didn’t help that they had accidentally stumbled into the milk bath treatment when they couldn’t find Anna Thornton.

In a café corner across the mall, Anna Thornton had already changed clothes, leisurely sipping milk tea.

So it was these two bald guys following her all along!

Conrad Sterling was too much. Did he think she had no rights as his wife?

Why should Anna Thornton be tailed for every step she takes, with everything she does needing to be reported to him?

Does having power and influence mean satisfying a twisted sense of possession?

Did he really see himself as the domineering CEO?

Anna Thornton finished her milk tea, stood up to pay the bill, and packed some grape tarts.

She was going to bring these to see Lola.

The little one had called her after class, saying he wanted to go to Ocean Park over the weekend.

Anna didn’t want anyone following her when dating the little sweetheart.

To avoid Conrad Sterling suddenly showing up and disturbing them, especially since he and Lola weren’t on good terms. Lola had even told Anna over the phone that he didn’t like playing with Conrad.

"Skyler Sutton~ School’s out, why aren’t you going home yet?"

Kindergarten let out earlier on Fridays, and other kids had gradually been picked up by their parents.

Lola usually skated alone, but today he stood obediently in line waiting to be picked up by mom or dad.

"Are you waiting for your mom to pick you up?" the little girl standing in front of Lola asked him.

"Wow~ I’m so jealous. I only have my dad pick me up."

"Don’t be jealous, I only have my mom too."

"My parents are divorced, and my mom went abroad. What about your dad?"

"Why don’t you know?"

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In less than half an hour, the other kids had gone home, leaving only Lola and the girl waiting at the school gate.

The little girl really liked Lola and kept turning back to talk to him.

Lola responded indifferently, hands in pockets, talking only when he felt like it.

Her enthusiasm for him remained unaffected: "Skyler Sutton~ Skyler Sutton~ Why is there a strange granny behind you?"

Lola turned around but saw nothing.

Behind him was a flower bed followed by the kindergarten’s fencing.

The little girl pointed outside the fence for him to see: "She was right there just now, but now she’s gone~"

Hearing this, Lola furrowed his brows suspiciously: "A strange granny?"

"Yeah, the granny looked scary. Her face was dark, her hair messy, and she had no nails..."

"Little kids shouldn’t make up stories or scare others, it’s wrong!" The teacher heard their conversation and immediately stepped in.

"But teacher, I really saw a strange grandma following Skyler Sutton~"

"How could that be?" The teacher picked her up to correct her. "There are no ghosts in this world, understand?"

"But I really saw it~"

Lola found her words so sincere he couldn’t help but glance behind him again.

"Little Lola, look who’s here? Your mom’s come to pick you up!"

As soon as Anna arrived, Lola turned back joyfully.

Backpack on, he dashed to her like a bird returning to the woods.

"Sorry, sweetheart, there was traffic. Did you wait long?" Anna wanted to lift Lola up.

But with the teacher and his classmates around, Lola was shy.

He held onto three of Anna’s fingers and took her bag, maintaining a little gentleman’s demeanor.

The little girl’s father came to pick her up too. She led her father over: "Daddy, Skyler Sutton said he doesn’t have a dad, only a mom. I don’t have a mom, only a dad. Can you be Skyler Sutton’s dad too?"

The girl’s father gave Anna a glance, a clear surprise and a wishful look in his eyes, but also a ’don’t listen to kids’ nonsense’ expression: "You’re here to pick up your child, huh, Miss Thornton?"

"Which area are you heading to? Why not drive you back?"

"No need, I have my own car."

Anna pointed to her globally limited edition sports car, causing the father’s expression to dim.

He looked at his own tens of thousands of dollars car and decided against it, realizing he was not a good match!

After Anna and Lola got in the car, a dirty, shadowy figure suddenly emerged from the corner across the school gate.

Holly Sutton couldn’t believe that Anna Thornton had met with Lola, and their relationship seemed especially close too.

Could it be that... Anna already knew Lola was the boy she had hidden away all those years ago?

Holly had hidden Lola for three years, only to ultimately fail completely.

She had been tormented into this ghostly state, so why should Anna have happiness?

No way! Holly would absolutely not allow them to reunite!