Chapter 446: Chapter 446

Anna was carried out of the company by Conrad Sterling and then stuffed into the car by the man.

"Hey, you know that when you carried me out like that, a lot of people saw us." Anna reminded Conrad, "Are we going to hit the headlines tomorrow and crash all the gossip websites’ servers?"

"I’d like to see who dares?!"

Previously, Conrad wasn’t in the country, which gave some people the chance to stir up trouble.

Now he has stabilized the internal affairs of the company and resolved the crisis.

It’s the perfect time to settle accounts with those gossip media who dared to pluck hair from the tiger’s mouth.

Finally, Conrad stopped the car by the seaside.

Seeing so much water made Anna dizzy: "Sterling, what exactly are you trying to do? Are you planning to kill your wife and dump the body?"

"Scared now?" Conrad retorted, "Earlier, you were pretty bold admitting about tampering with my safe, weren’t you?"

Bold as she may be, but... Anna is genuinely afraid of water.

Hearing the loud sound of the waves made her knees weak.

"Conrad, give me a straight answer! The storage card I put in your safe only had some videos on it. It’s not like I harmed you; surely it’s not worth dying over, right?" Anna defiantly argued.

Upon hearing this, the man smirked coldly: "Not just that. You also anonymously leaked to the internet the results of the investigation on me."

"Wow, you even know that?"

"I also know that because of you, I have a new nickname, ’Sterling 8G.’"

Who said Conrad Sterling doesn’t surf the web?

He’s actually well-informed!

After all, gossip forums are spreading the news of the discovery of 8G of videos in his safe.

Who would’ve thought that President Sterling, who appears well-dressed and as if a cold god descended to earth, would have a hobby just like an average nerd—collecting videos.

Some netizens even joked that rich people have to be a bit classier, as they hide their videos under the bed secretly, while he uses a safe to store 8G.

There are even people making a stir, hoping to ask President Sterling for similar resources.

Anna watched all this, almost dying of laughter; she’s quite a talent, single-handedly demolishing the image Conrad Sterling had painstakingly cultivated for over twenty years.

After all, this man could maintain his image on the battlefield but ended up defeated by her hands. Thinking about it, she felt slightly proud.

"Still laughing?" Seeing her sneakily giggle, Conrad got annoyed, scowling, "Get down here!"

Seeing Conrad getting out of the car first and about to turn and open her door, Anna quickly grabbed onto the seatbelt.

"Conrad, whatever you have to say, just say it in the car. I’m not going out there; I get weak knees when I see water."

"Then I’ll carry you!" Conrad’s voice unconsciously softened.

Anna still curled up her legs: "I don’t want to!"

No matter what she wanted, Conrad directly carried Anna out of the car, heading closer to the sea.

Wearing leather shoes on the beach wasn’t easy to walk, so Conrad took off his shoes, walking barefoot to the wet sand washed by the sea.

Anna even felt that when the waves rolled in, they could lick her dress, scaring her to hold tightly onto Conrad’s neck, nuzzling her head against his shoulder.

"Con... Conrad Sterling, let’s talk this through! Is it just because people are calling you a nickname? Do you want to give up and have a joint suicide with me?"

Once defiant against heaven and earth, now Anna was acting all timid, making Conrad chuckle amused: "Scared now?"

"It’s not fear. I just think it’s not worth it! Really not worth it! Don’t you have a lot of things yet to finish? Quickly go overthrow the Hawthorne and Ford Families. This matter mainly was initiated by Rainie; it has nothing to do with me."

Without any dignity, Anna blatantly threw Rainie under the bus.

After all, Anna never considered Rainie an ally, and Rainie merely used her.

Like making Anna tamper with the safe and computer files repeatedly, Rainie never wanted to be the scapegoat herself, wishing Anna would take the fall instead.

Anna just wouldn’t let her have her way, hmph!

However, Conrad didn’t want to discuss anyone else today: "Anna, does your mention of a joint suicide just now count as admitting you actually have feelings for me?"

"What? Did I say that?" Anna began to play dumb.

Conrad pretended to loosen his grip: "Hmm."

"Then it doesn’t count, I was just speaking offhandedly, whatever came to mind."

Even facing the threat of being thrown into the sea, Anna still wouldn’t admit defeat. Follow current novᴇls on novel⦿fire.net

Conrad had no choice but to drop his pretense: "Anna, I brought you to the seaside not to scare you; I just wanted you to see my home."

"Huh? Does your home reside in the sea? Are you a merman?" Anna instinctively retorted.

But then she noticed the serious look on his face, realizing he wasn’t joking.

"Anna, is it too late to answer the questions you asked me before now?"

"About my identity, my past."

As an argumentative person, Anna wanted to reply with ’it’s late’ to end the topic.

But constrained by being held by this man now, Anna feared Conrad might actually throw her into the sea if provoked, so she asked with survival instincts: "Why didn’t you say it before, but are willing now?"

"Because I’ve had enough of your lukewarm attitude towards me!"

Just how strong is this man’s possessiveness? So strong that every time Anna ignores him, it feels like a stab to his heart.

Today, Sharon Langley sent over evidence of Anna’s private contact with Rainie, evidence obtained by Marilyn Ford.

Marilyn Ford hesitated about whether to tell Conrad. She didn’t want to see Conrad being deceived but feared he wouldn’t believe her and would think she had ulterior motives.

Thus, Sharon Langley decided to be the bad guy herself.

While Marilyn Ford hesitated to reveal the truth to Conrad, Sharon Langley told Conrad that Anna betrayed him.

Sharon Langley explained the reasons for reporting with pompous justification, also avoiding implicating Marilyn Ford.

But in fact, these things, Conrad might not necessarily be unaware.

After all, he’s always been a cautious person.

If someone can get close to Conrad, the premise must be that he allows them to approach.

If someone wants to frame or plot against him, it’s because he permits it secretly.

Conrad was truly fed up with Anna’s lukewarm attitude, which is why he created this opportunity for her.

He cares about Anna to such a degree that even if the woman wanted him dead, Conrad would hand her the knife.

However, what surprised Conrad is that Anna didn’t actually stab him.

Though his face shows rage at being called ’Sterling 8G’, deep down, someone is already gleeful.

Thus, just after stabilizing the company situation, Conrad couldn’t help but come looking for Anna first, disregarding others’ gazes to bring her here.

Actually, Anna doesn’t hate him that much; although she always gives him a hard time verbally.

But just like a small cat, no matter how fierce she acts, she wouldn’t really bite him.

Conrad has already made up his mind to come clean with Anna about everything.