Chapter 22
Anika thought, “You are suggesting to me? Clearly, you are lecturing me!”
“In the past, everyone, including Joshua’s family, Payton, his secretaries, and even the
servants from the old mansion, got to lecture me.
“And I could do nothing but force a smile and look grateful.
“But now I don’t want to make myself aggrieved anymore.
She slightly tightened her hands, which were at her sides.
Then she looked at Payton coldly. “What does it matter to me if he’s mad?
“If nothing else,I’m leaving.”
Payton felt that his heart trembled at her cold look.
By the time he came back to his senses,Anika had closed the door from the inside.
It was the first time someone closed a door to Payton’s face.
He thought,“In the past few years, I have always been the one who was indifferent to
Anika.How come everything is reversed now?
“Does she really not want to please Mr.Conan anymore?”
Anika knew that Payton would definitely tell on her to Joshua after Payton came back.
She sat wearily on the sofa,waiting for Joshua’s censure.
She was right.After Payton went back,he told Joshua what had happened here in an
exaggerated way.
On this day,the windows clanged in the strong wind.
Anika curled up on the sofa.It was early summer,but she felt cold.
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Chapter 22
An unknown period of time had passed before the doorbell rang.It took her a long while to
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