"Listen, Annabelle, if you want to leave right now then just squeeze my hand and I will take you out of here this very moment…" Anthony said and she hurriedly grabbed his right forearm and was about to squeeze it but then Anthony continued."But, if you do that then how is anything ever going to change?" He asked and she jolted. Before she knew it his words were making her remember all the torment she's had to endure since her father did what he did and how worse it got when she was sent away."When are you going to stop yourselves from letting them treat you like a doormat and finally stand up for yourself? As I said, I'll take you away from here if that's what you truly desire but if you want to have a new start as the beautiful and confident woman I fell in love with then you have to start now"The moment he finished speaking, Anthony let go of her shoulders and then stepped away to give her the space she needed if she really wanted to leave. He wasn't going to stop her.However, e

"Huh?!" All the Maples exclaimed with their jaws dropped and amongst them, Annabelle was the most shocked.“Pardon me Mr. Rose Dana but I don’t think I heard you correctly.” Patience said as she acted like she was clearing her ears “Am I mistaken or did I just hear you say that your Master Anthony is interested in—“Mr. Rose Dana quickly interrupted Patience and said again “It’s shocking but you all heard me right. My master has taken a liking to your granddaughter, Miss Annabelle,” he said before turning away from Annabelle to face the rest of the Maple family members.Chloe frowned and said heatedly “But how?! I was looking consistently before we left, hoping that I would catch a glimpse of him but I didn’t see anyone at the casino who looked like they could be Master Anthony Midnight so how or when did he have the time to come to liking that who—“Again, being very proactive in his duties and he could tell just what word she was about to use, Vlad quickly covered Chloe’s mouth to P

Annabelle went back into the mansion, filled with more conflicting thoughts than she's ever had in her entire nineteen years on earth. She was so distracted by what was going through her head that she didn't notice when she walked passed the entrance door and Chloe, as well as Carla, were at both sides, waiting for her.Once she passed them, both twins rushed from their positions with their backs to the wall and went to approach Annabelle."What were you and Mr. Rose Dana talking about?" Carla asked from behind Annabelle while Chloe was the one in front, blocking the girl's path. They sandwiched her so that she couldn't escape them no matter which side she decides to use.Their sudden appearance and question pulled Annabelle back into observing her surroundings and she said "Oh, it's you guys" then took a deep breath to clear her head, and once she did she sighed.Finally, she could focus on these two "About what you asked, I don't think it's any of your business what I was speaking

Just hearing Annabelle's name being mentioned made Anthony impatient."Did anything happen to Annabelle Mr. Dana? There couldn't have because you're the one who took her home, right?" Anthony asked, pulling the phone closer to his face while he breathed heavily."Master Anthony is correct so what's the matter, Dana? There's no way the Master's lover isn't safe when you're the one put in charge of protecting her and taking her home so what does all of this mean?" Rollow asked, sounding a bit angry after his thoughts had gone to negative scenarios.["No Master Anthony, don't take what I said the wrong way and concerning Miss Annabelle's safety all I know is that she's in good condition. I even made sure to threaten her family so that none of them would dare lay a finger on her—"] Mr. Rose Dana said but Anthony who was feeling even more impatient quickly cut him off."If that's not the case then what is it? What's happening to Annabelle that made you bring her up out of nowhere, Mr. Dana?

"Boss, what are you doing?! Why's your head on the—" Sonny who couldn't believe what he was seeing his boss do start to panic and asked, riling up the other goons who murmured in confusion about Richard's actions, but before he could finish Richard quickly kicked him in the chin and stood up.Richard pulled on his ear as hard as possible and said: "Will all of you shut your dirty mouths! Don't you know who these men we're privileged to be in the presence of are?" Richard asked with a vein popping on his head."Nah boss, all I see are some rich old geezers and the target right in front of us and I don't know why we aren't jumping him yet," Sonny said after Richard had let go then he tugged his metal chain which was twice as long and as big as the one he had earlier at the restaurant.Amongst themselves, Richard and his men started to argue, and Rollow and Quinn who couldn't get what Sonny had said out of their heads both looked at each other skeptically then they looked at Richard."If