Take Control of Yourself, Please novel (Anna and Liam) novel Chapter 58

Anna returned to her dorm room. Nina was not there because she had gone to her part-time job.

Anna lay down on her bed. She tossed and turned, unable to sleep as she thought about how her life had changed all because of an anonymous text sent by Chloe.

She was ensnared by Liam and found herself falling into an inescapable whirlpool. In her half-asleep state, she thought she saw her mother.

Her mother was a ruthless businesswoman, yet always so warm and tender to her. She felt like she was in a trance where her mother kissed her forehead and spoke to her softly.

"My little Anna is such a good girl. I love you and I will always be by your side..."

'Mommy, why did you break your word?'

'Mommy, what should I do now?

Anna’s eyes glistened with tears. She felt a sharp, stinging pain in the corner of her eye.

At that moment, a phone call from Daniel woke her from her slumber.

"Anna, it's been several days since you’ve been home. Come home tonight for dinner."

Home...

Anna had lost the feeling of anticipation that she used to have when she was in kindergarten about going ' home'. Back then, her favorite time of the day was going 'home'. This was because when she went home, her mom and dad were there.

However, after her mother passed away, with the addition of her step-mother and her step-sister, Anna gradually stopped enjoying the feeling of going home.

She quelled the sadness in her heart and packed up her things, left her dorm room, and headed for home. When she arrived home, she did not expect to see that Daniel and Nicole were nowhere to be found. Her father had clearly instructed her to come home for dinner.

Chloe’s insufferably arrogant voice rang out from the kitchen.

"Are you capable of doing anything? Are we paying you just so that you can slack off? I’ve told you that I feel like having some chocolate parfait. It's been forever, why is it not ready yet?"

The servant, Lisa said apologetically, "I’m sorry, Miss Hamilton. We ran out of cooking cream so I went out t o buy some after you asked for chocolate parfaits. I'll start making it now. It'll be ready right away."

"We ran out? Why did it run out right when I wanted to eat it? I clearly saw you make some for Anna yesterday. Are you bullying me just because I'm the younger daughter? Is that why you don't want me to have any parfait?"

Lisa panicked and quickly begged Chloe, "Miss Chloe, we genuinely ran out of cooking cream. I'm not lying. Why wouldn't I let you have any parfait? I'll make some for you. I'll do it now-"

"There's no need for that now. You can leave. Don’t bother coming back to work any longer."

"Who gave you such authority?"

Anna walked into the kitchen and said, "Lisa, it's alright. You can get on with your work."

"Thank you, Miss Anna. Thank you so much, Miss Anna!” Lisa quickly thanked Anna gratefully and bowed continuously as she quickly ran off.

Chloe glared at Anna with a bossy, domineering expression which instantly turned into one that looked pitiful. She said coquettishly, "Anna, I'm also a daughter of the Hamilton family. Why wouldn't I have any authority?"

As Anna watched Chloe's nauseating behavior, she felt an uncontrollable surge of disgust inside and the tone of her voice darkened.

"Lisa was working for us even when my mother was still around. Even Dad would not speak to Lisa that way. Are you saying that you have more authority than Dad?"

Chloe pursed her lips disdainfully and said in a low voice, "So you're using Dad to threaten me? I don't know how Bryan tolerates you when you're so fierce and vicious.”

"Haha, didn't you see it this morning? He still sends roses to the house every day," said Anna coolly.

Thinking back, she now realized that she could not be sure if the roses that he sent every day were for her or for Chloe. This was because Bryan would still send roses over even when she was not at home.