Chapter 424: Chapter 424

When Anna Thornton woke up and saw Conrad Sterling sleeping in the same bed again, she felt a surge of anger rise in her chest.

It might have been tolerable in the past, but today she was particularly annoyed!

Anna Thornton is someone who doesn’t like holding things in. If she’s angry, she has to vent it out, otherwise it’s bad for her health.

"Lola, take Pop to brush her teeth in the bathroom."

With a word from Anna Thornton, Lola turned over to rub her sleepy sister’s eyes.

Then, she took her off the bed to wear slippers, walked into the bathroom, and closed the door.

Anna Thornton couldn’t hold it any longer, especially seeing Conrad Sterling looking so lazy and having no intention to get up.

The usually serious President Sterling, now rare to see with a patch of messy hair, leaning comfortably against the pillow watching her.

Heh... Looks like he slept well last night!

Anna Thornton turned over to kneel on the bed, lifted the quilt to cover Conrad Sterling’s head, and started pounding him hard.

So angry! So utterly furious!

Last night, Anna Thornton even dreamed about her father, hearing cries and calls for help repeatedly in her dream.

When Dad Thornton passed away, Anna Thornton had just turned eighteen, and felt she wasn’t yet mature.

She only discovered Holly Sutton poisoned him after Dad Thornton’s death, overhearing that woman accidentally slip up.

Anna Thornton didn’t know that her father’s situation was so dire before he died.

Even in his dying moments lying in the hospital bed, he couldn’t properly rest.

"Conrad Sterling, you bastard!"

"No matter what grudge you held, you shouldn’t torture a dying man! Do you have any humanity?!!"

"Feels good to use violence, doesn’t it? Well, taste it yourself!"

Anna Thornton only said these words in her heart; what she actually yelled out were just the repetitive words: "Beat you to death, beat you to death..."

Sounding almost like playful teasing between a couple, doesn’t it?

Conrad Sterling might have been deceived by this, hence he allowed her to pound him!

Without any resistance!

Anna Thornton used all the strength she gained from working out and learning self-defense techniques during this time, and she was ruthless about it.

Don’t ask her why she covered him with a quilt while hitting Conrad Sterling, it’s not out of sympathy for him.

It’s because she feared her own hands would hurt!

The two little ones in the bathroom, each standing on a small stool, brushing their teeth in front of the mirror.

Suddenly Pop’s tiny, pink ears twitched, she heard the sounds from outside.

"Nothing, don’t worry about it!"

Lola calmly reassured her, while straightening the tilted toothbrush for her.

"Mommy and Daddy... are playing a game?" Pop asked Lola. ᴛhis chapter is ᴜpdated by N0veI.Fiɾe.net

"Hmm, it’s none of our business, keep brushing!"

Lola filled a cup with water, and handed it to Pop first.

After they finished brushing their teeth, Pop tiptoed to sneakily open the bathroom door slightly.

But before she could see anything through the gap, Lola covered her eyes with a towel.

"Come wash your face!"

"Brother~ I want to see~"

"Games between adults, children can’t watch."

Lola brushed off her sister with these words, while he himself peeked through the door gap, enjoying watching Anna Thornton violently hit Conrad Sterling.

After breakfast, Douglas Dempsey suggested they return to Veridia today.

"Uncle Douglas, leaving so soon? Actually, there are many fun places in Aethelgard, I would like to show you around more."

"Yes, we’re planning to leave. The main purpose of this visit was to see how you... and the kids are doing." Douglas Dempsey said here, pausing and glancing at Conrad Sterling.

Originally, he was not at ease with Anna’s life after marriage, wanting to observe Conrad Sterling more, and advise him.

But people like him wouldn’t listen to an elder’s words... Ah, young people these days!

"Auntie Seymour and I have seen all the great landscapes of the homeland and even those international tourist attractions these past ten years, now we think nowhere is as good as home. Despite the hustle and bustle of Aethelgard, we adapt better to the pace of life in Veridia. Moreover, Anna, with your identity as a celebrity now, it’s inconvenient to go anywhere, so don’t bother for us. We’ll go back today."

Seeing that Uncle Douglas and his wife had both decided, Anna Thornton couldn’t persist in trying to keep them.

She suggested to Conrad Sterling, "Why don’t you send Uncle Douglas back for me?"

Suddenly being addressed, President Sterling was currently using a leftover breakfast egg to roll down his jaw.

Anna Thornton hadn’t been light-handed this morning, even though she hit him under a quilt.

Just to be safe, he had to take some precautions to prevent bruising on his face.

After all, how could a dignified president look when going to the company with a bruised face?

The distance from Veridia to Aethelgard is a bit awkward, no need to take a flight.

On a high-speed train, it’s inconvenient for the two elders to carry large packages.

It’s mainly Conrad Sterling’s fault for sending them so many so-called ’specialty gifts’ without much dispute.

Heavy and valuable, impossible to carry!

Originally, President Sterling could directly arrange for a driver to send them off, but Anna Thornton requested him to personally go.

Could Conrad Sterling refuse?

He could feel that starting from yesterday, this woman’s repulsion towards him had increased again.

If sending these two people could show goodwill to her, Conrad Sterling was willing to do it.

Little did he know, Anna Thornton made such arrangements with deeper intentions.

She wanted to send Conrad Sterling away because she received Rainie Hawthorne’s call in the morning.

This time, even without meeting Anna Thornton in person, Rainie Hawthorne directly contacted her by phone and courier.

"Miss Thornton, did you receive the item I sent?"

After sending the two children to kindergarten, Anna Thornton went to the office and just signed for an urgent package.

Upon opening it, she found it was a storage card.

Anna Thornton tried inserting the storage card into her phone and computer, but found neither could open it.

"What do you mean by this?"

"Miss Thornton, since you’re around President Sterling, you should know how cautious he is, right? The encryption must be stringent to disguise it as something belonging to him," Rainie explained on the phone.

"But it can’t be so stringent that even I can’t access it. Did I not emphasize it clearly last time, Miss Hawthorne? Since you’ve asked me to cooperate, our relationship should be equal."

"Of course! Actually, I don’t even know what’s inside this storage card either. You know I have someone backing me; he’s the one who handed it to me to pass onto you. I’ve asked, but he told us to just wait and enjoy the show."

"You know nothing, haven’t even cleared his identity, yet decided to cooperate?"

"Miss Thornton, half of the amount you requested has already been transferred to your account. I indeed know nothing, but I know the person has money, isn’t that enough?"

Over the phone, Rainie sounded very reasonable, yet Anna Thornton did not follow her path.

"Here’s the deal, I’ll keep the storage card with me for now, you go probe your boss for more details. Once you find out, let me know. I’ve already sent Conrad Sterling away today, he’d probably be back at the company in eight hours or so. I can wait for you, isn’t this enough time? Go for it, you can do it."

Unexpectedly, even though it’s not face-to-face, Rainie Hawthorne was still overwhelmed by Anna Thornton.

So angry she almost wanted to smash her phone!