Take Control of Yourself, Please novel (Anna and Liam) novel Chapter 33

Bryan grabbed Anna’s arm. His stance clearly demonstrated his desire to confront her.

Anna lifted her head and gazed down the long corridor. Light penetrated the window at the end, shining through the fog in her heart and illuminating the agonizing darkness within.

Nonetheless, there were still some things that Anna was not ready to face head-on.

She was afraid that once the truth was out in the open, she would not be able to pretend that she did not care.

"Anna, if you have something to say, just say it. Your cold shoulders are making me uncomfortable."

Anna felt her heart being squeezed. Bryan did not even bother pretending anymore.

She took a deep breath, turned her head, and smiled at him. "I just had LASIX surgery, so I'm not feeling well. Have I been neglecting you? I'm so sorry for that."

Of course, Bryan could hear the detachment in her tone. Even so, when faced with her tantalizing smile, h e could not think of anything to say and simply smiled.

"Alright, that's good to hear. I thought that there had been some misunderstanding between us."

Anna scoffed internally.

'Misunderstanding?

'So having my sister in your bed is just a misunderstanding?'

Anna took another deep breath. The corner of her eyes suddenly turned moist. She hastily put on an even brighter smile, but the pain in her heart was only growing worse. 1

A man he once loved and a woman she once thought o f as family...

As grief spread through her chest, a song played loudly in the corridor, shattering the dull and depressing atmosphere.

"Dashing through the snow, in a one-horse open sleigh. O'er the fields we go, laughing all the way..."

Taken by surprise, Anna quickly ruffled through her bag to find that it was not her phone ringing.

Bryan, too, was shocked. The song was ear-piercingly loud, making a huge racket in the otherwise silent corridor.

Just then, Anna realized that the sound was coming from the black wristband that contrasted the snow-white skin of her wrist.

That was when she remembered Liam forcibly cuffing the wristband onto her and claiming, "This is a symbol that you're my woman!"

Anna almost cursed. She could not believe that insufferably arrogant man had chosen such a cheerful song. It did not suit his character at all.

Was he secretly a child at heart?

Anna suddenly felt the urge to laugh, but since Bryan was there, she chose to suppress her laughter.

Suddenly, Anna realized that her complicated jumble o f negative emotions had vanished into thin air.

Was the great Liam Ackman intentionally cheering her up?

"Anna, what’s that?" Bryan asked curiously.

Anna snapped out of her trance. "Oh, it’s nothing. Just an alarm that reminds me to use my eye drops."

"Oh, interesting." Bryan got closer to take a look, but Anna shunned him.

It was her special ability-no one could get close to her, especially Bryan Dawson.

Bryan felt a little awkward. "I didn’t even know about your surgery. Anna, I feel like the distance between us is growing by the day. Perhaps it's because I’ve been too busy with Grandma's birthday party to take care of you.

"Anna, when Grandma recovers and gets discharged, let's go on vacation together. Let me spend some proper time with you,” Bryan suggested.

"Maybe next time. I’m busy with graduation stuff at

the moment.”

Anna’s rejection annoyed him.

Even so, he did not dare to release his anger onto Anna. Alas, the ringing wristband on her wrist became the victim of his fury.