Renewal Of Love novel Chapter 485

Anne dialed the number from which the call had been made.

At first, she thought Colin would answer the phone but she was met by the greeting of a youthful voice. It was none other than little Ella.

"Hello?" Ella's voice was soft and sweet. She spoke well.

"Ella, you called us, right? Eddy wasn't here when you called though. What's up?" Anne said kindly.

Ella asked, "Will you and Eddy's father come to watch the show on Children's Day?"

Generally speaking, the kindergarten would be the most joyous place on Children's Day. If parents had the time, they would never miss the opportunity to be part of the festivities.

Since Kevin was on his business trip, the decision would fall upon Anne on whether to attend the event or not.

The LF Company ran smoothly so it didn't require too much of Anne's effort. In the circumstances, she thought it would be easy for her to attend.

Then Anne answered, "Eddy's father is on a business trip but I'll be there."

Frowning with suspicion, she continued, "Why did you want to ask us about it? Did your father ask you to do so?"

Without any undue hesitation, Ella answered, "My father is also on a business trip so he won't be home in time to attend the Children's Day. I don't have any company."

Anne raised her eyebrows. She hadn't anticipated that Colin would also be away at this time.

So Ella's intentions were clear...

Anne laughed, "I can pick you up."

She didn't sense any underhandedness with the call. This little girl just wanted some company for Children's Day.

It was normal for most parents to accompany their kids on Children's Day. That was how it worked. It was natural that Ella would feel alone and disheartened if she didn't have anyone to accompany her.

But Anne hadn't initially thought this little one would have thought that way.

Eddy pulled a face. He tugged urgently at Anne's clothes with a disapproving look.

Anne pinched Eddy's little face. But Eddy turned around and stomped out angrily.

'Why does mum have to take her with us?!' He thought, disgruntled.

Hearing Anne's promise to pick her up, little Ella was thrilled. She gave a few words of sincere thanks which melted Anne's heart.

After ending the call, Anne raised her eyebrows in thought. Maybe - just maybe - this lovely little girl might end up being her daughter-in-law.

If that were a possibility, she thought she ought to put more effort into it.

"Mom, I will go with you too." Simon and Sally had both come up to Anne and addressed her in unison.

Raising her eyebrows at their eagerness, and feeling a little overwhelmed, Anne just nodded.

She guessed that she would be able to manage four kids at once, albeit a task of note.

Taking her nod as agreement, Simon and Sally jumped in celebration.

It was such a lovely moment for the family.

Compared to the joyful atmosphere at the Fu Family's house, Cherry's home was positively melancholic.

Cherry had spent the entire day trying to keep Andrew with her, begging him to stay. As for Andrew, he was dying to leave but did not know how to refuse Cherry's incessant pleas for him to remain.

Plus, after due consideration, he realized that perhaps he was the only person who knew that Kristine was in fact Cherry. That being the case, he still had something to gain from maintaining a close association with her.

If they broke up, it would just draw bad publicity to them. 'Why would we want to do that for no reason?' he thought.

But the main issue they needed to deal with now was Alan.

Alan hadn't returned since he left late last night. At Cherry's pressing, Andrew stayed with her but he remained vigilant in respect of her behavior.

After all, she was a murderer. If she lost control, he would not know what to do.

Her home was like a wolf's den, and Andrew was a helpless sheep awaiting its fate. He could not escape.

He was helpless and knew it was a bad situation, but he was also very greedy to gain something from it.

At nine o'clock, they heard a knock at the door. They both snapped their heads to look at the door, simultaneously.

They didn't need to look. They knew it was Alan.

Unsurprisingly, it was Alan. He opened the door and frowned when he saw that Cherry had Andrew sitting with her on the couch.

He had anticipated that Andrew would have left by the time he returned.

Alan sneered and arrogantly strode across the room. He walked to the far end of the room, took a seat on the couch opposite them, and kicked off his shoes. He crossed his legs and then glared directly at Cherry.

Cherry's entire body began to shiver. She did not have the guts to look directly at Alan, so she lowered her head submissively.

Andrew had a shadow of a frown on his face, he was uncharacteristically quiet. This was very different to his usual confrontational stance.

"Kristine, I have already instructed you that I do not want to see this guy at your place when I return. So what is he doing here?" Alan's voice was icy with coercion. He looked Cherry up and down.

Cherry screwed up her face and gritted her teeth. She couldn't help but finally look directly at him. "The two of us have put on a ruse of a relationship for work. If Andrew moves out, I can't predict what the paparazzi will say in their news reports. But I do know this - it will cause a stir and our fame will decline rapidly.

And, we need the money that comes with the fame right now."

After seeing them together for so many days, Alan had figured out that Andrew and Cherry were a fake couple - she didn't need to explain.

Alan put his feet up on the table and laughed a grim laugh. "If it were not for you, I would still be an exceedingly rich and wealthy man. You will not be able to earn even a portion of what I earned in your entire life. Don't you owe me everything you have, and will ever have?"