Chapter 107 ANYTHING FOR ANN
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I was having my breakfast tea in silence and peace when Ann drops the huge bomb on me and I couldn't help but spill the tea on my clothes in reaction.
"Wedding? In two days?" I ask her in disbelief
"Yes, it's done." She says calmly and firmly which makes my mind explode.
"No.." I refuse immediately and then stand up as I storm out of the mansion angrily.
I see Ron already waiting for me beside the car, as I gesture for him to hand me the keys and then drove away the car recklessly, my head seems like struck by a hammer multiple times, I am having a bad headache and my only cure is Mona, not anyone else.
I drive straight to her apartment but didn't see her Porsche in the parking lot.
I frown and then call her but her mobile seems to be off. Groaning angrily, I hit the steering wheel numerous times and then walk to her apartment. I waited for her and she arrived after 5, she was stunned to see me I notice that she has turned paler since we have returned from our Paris trip.
"Andy, what are you doing here?" She gasps and I feel disappointed by her reaction, I expected her to be happy by my sudden presence in her house.
"I missed you." I tell her as I circle her in my arms and she flinches, "What's wrong?" I ask her, worried.
"Oh, nothing. I had a bad stomachache," she tells me, and then pulling away from me she enters her room to change her clothes while I look down at my empty arms in reluctance.
I had dinner with Mona and I wanted more things but Mona simply refuses me, this would be the first time that she refuse me so straightly and I feel a bit hurt.
Well, gathering my hurtful ego, I drive back to the mansion at night, I have not heard from Ann since I left because I had switched my phone off and I am not planning to switch it on any time now.
I park the car and enter the mansion just to find Miss Celine who seems to be eagerly waiting for me.
"Sir Andrew... Sir Andrew..." She rushes to me as soon as she notices me and then holds my arm anxiously as she pulls me to the elevator straight.
"What happen, Miss Celine?" I ask her, I am having a bad feeling, it shouldn't be related to Ann.
"Miss Swan... she has locked herself since the morning and not responding to any servant's call at all..." She informs anxiously and my heart drops in my stomach. F**k, Ann.
DING
As soon as the door slides open I rush towards Ann's room at a bolting speed and then start banging on her door.
"Ann... Open the door... It's me... Ann..."
She didn't respond and my hair stands in terror. "Ann"
I walk back and then with all my strength I break the lock of her door and enter inside, furiously. As I had expected, Ann was lifelessly laying on the bed and my heart tightens to the core.
"Call the doctor, immediately."
I shout with all my myth and then with trembling hands I start to caress Ann's hair. "Please don't leave me, Ann... Please."
****
"Why did you save me?" Ann complains as soon as she gets her consciousness back, because of hunger she had lost her consciousness last night, I breathe a sigh of relief when the doctor revealed it and then stayed in Ann's room with her.
"Why shouldn't I? You're all I have, Ann." I tell her as I hold her hand and then kiss the back of her hand sadly. I can't lose Ann, she is the only family I have left. I was so terrified last night.
"No, You're not alone. You have Mona, Andrew. You could make a family with her, live your life with her, but me... Who do I have? I have nothing... Nothing..." Ann starts screaming emotionally and I immediately hold her shoulders to calm her down I know where she is going now.
"I could never have children, never I could get a companion for myself. Tell me, Andrew... Tell me, would anyone accept me if they would know that I had been assaulted and raped by my stepfather? I still have those scars... I still remember his cruelty... He won't leave Andrew... He won't.." Ann starts to cry loudly and my heart starts to get squeezed watching her in misery.
If my father had never abandoned her, Ann would be living a good life, even got married to someone at this age and had a family but no, because of his unnecessary wish, Ann had to struggle all her life and had to survive through monsters.
"Calm down, Ann... Calm down..." I hug her tightly and couldn't help but start crying as I see her emotionally breaking down. All those bitter memories come back to my mind making my heart boil from rage and fury.
I wish I had been old enough to save Ann from that torture, to stand against my father but I didn't.
"I am ready to get married, Ann. I won't create any trouble and will fulfill your dream, I promise." I tell Ann firmly as soon as she calms down.
"Thank you, Andrew." She sniffs in my arms and I kiss her forehead, lovingly.
"Anything for you, Ann... I could give up my life for you, this is still just a kid." I tell her with assurance and finally, I see a small smile appearing on her lips making my heart bright.
****
"I have booked some spa activities for both of you. It would be great, no?" Ann asks excitedly while showing me something on her iPad and I nod my head disinterestedly.
"Ron will take you to Dylan's home to pick up Tessa." She informs and again I give her a polite nod. Kissing her cheek, I leave the mansion, she looks so happy and alive now.
All my indifference and bitterness vanishes in one night, I will do whatever Ann says so that she would stay calm and happy. I can't hurt her any further.
****
I sit in the car sulkily as Ron drives to Arvada. The whole way my mind is on Mona I don't know how I am going to explain to her about this marriage and will she accept me after knowing the whole truth of this marriage.
Sigh, I feel so helpless at the moment, why does Ann have to put me in this kind of situation.
The car stops and Ron gets off to open the door, A woman smelling like lavender walks grumpily and then sit lazily in the car hitting my knee.
What the…? All my anger again subsides when I notice her shock from the corner of my eyes, she is such a child, God. How is she supposed to bear my child if she still acts like one?
The thought distress me but I trust Ann's choice, she must have seen something in her. The car drives away and I shift in my seat keeping a distance from her so that she knows that her little touch doesn't matter to me at all.
She presses her knees together, maybe she is embarrassed by her doing, Good. You must be embarrassed by what have you done, lady. I mentally scold her and she then greets me politely.
"Hi.." Her voice is low and sweet. It doesn't displease me at all. I nod in response not wanting to open any conversation with her.
She turns to the window disappointed, Good. I don't want her to have any hope for me the more disappointment she gets from me the more smoothly this relationship will go.
I notice her bare legs, F**k, what the hell is she wearing, giving a show of her legs. I started to get angry as I speak without thinking, "Aren't these shorts very short, Miss Tessa Will?"
She bites her lips and that caught my attention, is she seducing me?
"I didn't know you are going to come." She replies in a low voice and keeps her head lowered in front of me as if she is my slave. Good, I like her obedience but that didn't mean I would trust her blindly.
"I don't believe it," I tell her truthfully, Ann must have informed her father about my visit today, she is just pretending to be innocent. Keep playing lady, this won't work on me.
Remembering Ann, I tell her cautiously, "If Ann asks about me, tell her I met you already." She nods her head obediently and I feel relaxed. This woman's obedience is making me happy, at least someone is listening to me.
RING… RING… RING…
My phone rings suddenly and she jumps from her seat, scared. I look at her amused and then pick my phone, it was Ann. Ann is spying on me and I tell her the truth that I am with Tessa but she didn't believe me, at last, I hand Tessa my phone, "Ann wants to talk."
Thank you and Ok. These are the only two words she says in reply to Ann and then hands me back my phone. "Tomorrow, If Ann asks anything. Tell her only good things." I tell her in a cold tone and she shrugs from my coldness.
Good. You're doing great Andrew. She must know that you are the one in power here, not her.
The car stops after a while and instead of stepping out, she looks toward me and asks, "Aren't you coming?'
"Me?" I ask, raising my brow in displeasure.
She tries to indirectly threaten me by using Ann's name, I start breathing loudly as I am getting angry now but still controlling my emotions I reply calmly, "I have lots of work to do."
Yeah, like thinking about the ways to convince my love to accept this pathetic marriage and you. The thought of Mona depressed me. She starts to protest but I didn't give her the chance as I lean on her and she shrinks under me.
"We have many days to spend together, let me finish today's work without Ann knowing anything, hmmm?" I ask turning my tone soft as I look at her little flushed face. She has full brows, I am not able to see her eyes as she is wearing the shades, but her nose looks good and her lips are good enough to kiss. Without a single layer of makeup on her face, she looks beautiful and that blush is adding color to her cheeks.
I get immersed in her features too much that I mentally starts giving myself a reminder.
This encounter is not supposed to be learning about her beauty, BACK OUT !!!
