Attracted By My Ex-wife novel Chapter 20

He looked at Anne's eyes and took it as her love for Ryan.

Eyes immediately shifted towards him as soon as he spoke. They watched him closely, listening to every word he said.

"Mr. Alan?" Emily called him first, getting his attention.

Alan stood not far away from her. He was wearing a white suit, making him look very neat and elegant like a model. The way he carried himself made him stand out much easier. Having been raised by a rich family, he had learned to be a gentleman since he was a child. He was trained to act properly in front of many people and he had done so throughout the years.

However, being born a playboy, he was naturally arrogant and unrestrained. His slanting eyes slightly raised, gleaming with irony and contempt. His gaze seemed to burn a hole through Anne as if he was looking at a disgusting rubbish.

There was no question that he was being rude to her, disregarding her feelings. In return, Anne never gave him a friendly look either.

They didn't like each other and this was evident in the way the cold expression returned to Anne's face.

She knew that Alan didn't like her all along and that they wouldn't get along. She didn't expect him to be friendly to her at that moment, but she didn't know that he could be this rude.

As expected, Alan didn't disappoint her. He looked at her with more irony and playfulness on his face and asked, "What? Is Mrs. Anne going to kill me to keep the secret?"

At this time, Ryan stood up from the chair calmly, smiling sheepishly. He said as he looked at Alan, "Mr. Alan, if I'm not mistaken, you're a friend of Kevin's. Are you dissatisfied with Mr. Kevin or do you have any issues with Mrs. Anne?"

Taking his time, he kicked the ball towards Alan.

Alan saw this as a challenge and didn't like it. His eyes immediately turned cold as he looked back at Ryan. He was dressed in a white suit, looking like a prince who had just walked out of a fairy tale. He looked so graceful, that no one would doubt that he was a gentleman from his appearance. However, his inner self-restraint was nothing like that of a prince.

His eyes were distant and as cold as ice. His facial expression was out of the ordinary. He was still disgusted with Anne and he had no plan on hiding it.

He said with a voice so cold, "Kevin and I are friends. What I don't like is Anne's shameless behavior!" He didn't even want to be elegant, that was for sure. It was evident in the way he spoke of her. He couldn't help but blurt out, "Mrs. Anne, if you don't want to care about your image, just consider Mr. Kevin's. Your actions reflect your husband. After all, he is a public figure who had been on the cover of Global People for three times which is known by hundreds of millions of people. While his wife cheated on him..."

"That's enough, Alan!" Although he said that he was Kevin's friend, he humiliated his wife in public. Hearing this made Kevin furious.

Half an hour ago, he called Emily to ask where they were going. When he knew that they were going to the Greenlight Forest, he could no longer sit still. He tried to hold himself together as best he could.

Although he didn't know what kind of friend Anne came to see, he knew that she had no friend. So this made him uneasy, thinking about his wife.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he stepped into the Greenlight Forest, he saw Ryan. His anger flared up. He took deep breaths to calm himself and it took most of his energy to do so.

But what Alan said made him angrier, releasing all the composure he tried so hard to keep. He didn't like what he heard and he was clear about that. He shouted coldly, his voice ringing in their ears.

"It is not your place to teach her a lesson!" he shouted.

With a sharp look on his face, almost murderous, Kevin walked up to Anne and stood beside her.

Emily watched from a distance. She saw that Kevin was not simply beside Anne. He was standing slightly in front of her. His stance looked as if he was protecting her.

However, Anne who stood right in the circle didn't notice that. She was too stunned that Kevin was there.

Slowly, he raised his head and looked at Alan. His eyes were as cold as ice and his whole body was full of anger. "I'm afraid you don't know that Mr. Ryan and my wife grew up together. My wife is very loyal to him as a childhood friend. Alan, it is not good to distort facts. So I think you're doing this because you still hate me for what happened to your sister."

Alan's face darkened upon hearing this.

He really wanted to humiliate Anne today, but he didn't expect that Kevin would show up in the middle of it.

This was not what he had planned. Everything that he thought of for today was ruined. He could feel beads of sweat running down his back. But just as quickly, he was desperately looking for an out.

Kevin breathed slowly to calm himself down. He gently took Anne's hand and gave an apologetic smile to Ryan, who was standing across from him. "Mr. Ryan, my wife is pregnant. It is not good for her to stay outside too long. I'll take her home for now and schedule another meeting to see you when she feels better."

As soon as Kevin's hand touched Anne's, she trembled as if it had been electrocuted. Subconsciously, her first reaction was to break away from Kevin's grip. She knew she couldn't take her hand back, but it was just a little too late.

Because Ryan, who sat opposite to her, noticed her tiny movement. His brows furrowed and his eyes darkened slightly. There was a strange feeling that spread from his heart. His gut told him that something was off.

Kevin felt Anne's doubt and was a little annoyed by her resistance. But in order to teach Alan a lesson, he had to hold her hand tightly. He knew that he must show them that Anne was his wife and that she was a good one.

Moreover, he wanted to teach her a lesson. He had to make Alan believe that Anne and Ryan were just friends but his wife could never fool him.

How dare she tryst with another man without telling him?!

But he knew his priorities so he would teach her a lesson after he dealt with Alan!

Everyone present in the scene knew that Kevin was just acting.

He held Anne's hand tightly as they walked away. He did not let it go even for a brief second. Anne felt a sharp pain coming from the back of her hand, and her left face was burning.

She was in a trance. It had to be some sort of trance because it was the first time that Kevin had held her hand.

Alan also knew that Kevin was venting his anger for Anne. He could feel the fury from Kevin's blood rising. Although he was unwilling, he cautiously stepped aside and said, "Kevin, I'm sorry. I was drunk and said some nonsense. I hope your wife don't take it to heart."

Y-Your wife? Anne had a sharp intake of breath and opened her eyes. She was surprised. It was the first time that she had actually heard someone call her one's wife. Although it was strange, as it was so unfamiliar to her ears, she felt satisfied and moved.

She was so surprised by this that she forgot about Kevin holding her hand. He was practically pulling her out of the café to come with him.

Emily looked at Anne and as if only noticing her frightened expression, Emily felt sweat on her back. She did not want this for her, and she wanted Anne to know that. She blamed herself to death, because she told Kevin where Anne was. She didn't expect to see this but it was already too late.

She had no idea that Anne was coming to see Ryan. If she did, she would have hidden it from him anyway.

As they got into the car, Anne sat in the back seat and Kevin sat beside her, giving off a cold aura that chilled her to the bones. She was afraid and there was no way to hide that.