Attracted By My Ex-wife novel Chapter 216

Time always passed by quickly whenever Anne was with Emily. Before she even knew it, it was already eight o'clock in the evening.

"Emily, I'm going back now," Anne said as she glanced at the rain outside of the coffee shop.

Emily smile back at her. "If that's the case, let me drive you back home. I want to see your new home as well."

Emily was looking forward to seeing the Luo Family but after seeing Anne's expression, she suddenly felt that she had asked the wrong question.

"Oh, uhm… I have something else going on right now, maybe next time?" Emily tried to keep a smile but it looked off, forced, and awkward.

At that moment, she wished to beat herself up because of shame. Even though Anne had returned, she must have felt bad about the whole thing.

"Well, if you ever get more free time, I'll take you there,"

Anne replied.

She could feel that Valentina wasn't really friendly to her. She acted politely to her only because she hadn't done anything wrong to offend her so far.

She had lost control of her right eyelid, which now proceeded to keep on twitching on its own. She had a bad feeling that something big was about to happen.

In the Luo Family.

The rain fell on the Luo Family's house. The rainwater on the ground reflected the bright lamplights.

After leaving Emily, Anne decided to take a stroll outside for a while to calm her head. It was already ten o'clock in the evening when she arrived home.

In the torrential downpour, the entire house was lit up brightly, dispelling the darkness of the night.

Anne entered the house and changed into her slippers. Then she saw Valentina and Liam sitting on the sofa.

Liam wanted to say something to her but stopped himself. At the same time, Valentina was trying to hide her anger and annoyance.

"Oh wow, so now you come back. Do you know how long we've been waiting for you?" Valentina was about to burst.

"You didn't have to wait for me." She knew deep down that Valentina was about to teach her a lesson.

"We're supposed to be asleep right now, but the whole family is awake and waiting for you. Anne, whatever happens, you must come back before nine o'clock. That's the rule," Valentina said.

Liam finally interjected, "There are some exceptions, of course."

Sometimes, Rose would come back a little bit late but Valentina wouldn't react this bad.

"Of course, there are exceptions. But if you tell her that now, will she use it as an excuse in the future? Now that she's back home, I'll treat her like a daughter of mine. Is it too much to ask?" Valentina replied.

Liam wasn't able to formulate a counter-argument. Although whatever Valentina had said was hurtful, it actually made sense.

Anne stood in the middle of the hall, not caring whether she could fit in or not. She only planned on staying here for only a few days, anyway.

She knew it was painful to live under someone else's roof.

"I'm sorry. I'll pay attention to it more in the future. I'll be leaving in a few days because my house would be done in the decorations,"

Anne said in a neutral tone, neither humble nor pushy. She was merely telling Valentina that she should stop before going too far and she could leave whenever she needed to.

Hearing this, Valentina felt scared for a bit. She was afraid that Anne would go out of her way and have a relationship with Kevin, slowing down her plans of making Rose and Kevin a couple.

"I may have spoken harshly earlier, but it's for your own good. I'm just looking out for you," Valentina said.

In fact, she never really hated Anne. Her only complaint was her relationship with Kevin, which might affect Rose's marriage.

"I know. Thanks for that. Anyway, I'm already tired. I'm going to bed," Anne said before she marched to her room.

Meanwhile, in the Starry Hotel.

Kevin came in to inspect the hotel as usual. In a stunning turn of events, Rose happened to be there as well.

She had been waiting there especially for him. She wore a vintage dark red sweater with a matching elegant dress. With her makeup on, she looked a little bit cold and arrogant like Anne usually did at a glance.

Kevin wore a simple black suit with a vintage gold button embroidered on his sleeve.

He matched this with a pair of black suit pants that made his legs look slender.

"Oh my God, Kevin! What a coincidence…" Rose walked up to him with a gentle smile.

Her gorgeous appearance made Kevin forget about everything for a while because her makeup reminded him of Anne.

Kevin frowned, trying to suppress the displeasure in his heart.

"Your company is doing well, I've already checked it out for you," Rose said.

She thought that since she's Kevin's "fiancee," she should share the burden of taking care of the business.

However, Kevin still walked forward and checked the place.

"Kevin? Don't you believe me in my abilities?" Rose asked as he passed him by.

"No, it's just my habit of double checking," Kevin replied in a monotone.

Seeing that Rose's expression changed, the person behind Kevin added in the conversation. "Here's the thing, miss, Mr. Kevin is used to doing things by himself. Otherwise, he could just get a capable assistant so he wouldn't need to work as hard."

Kevin said to her solemnly because no matter how much he tried, he couldn't purge Anne from his memory or heart, even if she had hurt him badly.

"So? You can marry me just for the child…" Rose's tone sounded a bit more desperate, making her lose her usual dignity.

"No, please. I'll find a way, even though it's going to be difficult. I'd rather choose the difficult one," Kevin said.

"But… you and Anne had already divorced," Rose replied.

"It's my business, not yours." Kevin had had enough of the conversation and walked out to the elevator.

Rose looked a little bit confused as she stood not far from the elevator.

Her phone suddenly rang. Pulling it out and seeing that it was a call from Selma, she chose not to answer it.

Twenty minutes later, Selma had arrived at the Starry Hotel but missed Rose who had already left.

"Hey, where's Rose?" She happened to come across Kevin who was already prepping up to leave.

"I don't know. She probably left already," Kevin replied in his usual apathetic tone.

"What did you say to her? Kevin, we were going to try out the wedding dress together today!" Selma explained.

"I never agreed with this marriage. Stop wasting your energy on this," Kevin replied.

With that, Selma finally snapped and slapped Kevin's face as hard as she could. Her eyes were burning with anger. "Do you even know what you're doing? Eddy's illness is already serious, don't you know that?"

"I know and I'm sorry but my heart only belongs to Anne. She couldn't bear a child anymore, so what? We can have a test tube baby instead. There are so many ways to try but you just had to destroy our relationship!"

It was extremely rare for Kevin to get angry with Selma like that.

His sharp tone had already frightened Selma. But after his words sank in, she became more furious.

She looked terrible and was about to laugh at his face but her voice was full of disappointment.

"You'd rather abandon our family's face just to have a tube baby with a woman? Are you even still my son? What the hell are you thinking about?" Selma finally yelled at him, making her lose her image of being a well-educated lady from a rich family.

"I'm not thinking about anything. I just told you what I wanted to do. Mom, don't meddle in my business if you don't want to destroy Rose."

Kevin had enough. He strode away, his cold and arrogant back making Selma tremble with anger.

"You think I couldn't do anything about it? Anne, you won't get away with this…" Selma clenched her fist and dug her nails deep into her palms until they bled.

After calming down, Selma had finally returned to normal and left the Starry Hotel.