SWNOVELS Chapter 411
Chapter 411 I'll Be With You
The smile on Hearst's face became bigger as he said, "Don't go see Joshua while I'm away."
"OK."
"When I come back, we'll take wedding photos. OK?"
"I'm wide awake now."
She would not be tricked by him when she was awake.
"I know." He rested his chin on her shoulder and sniffed the fragrance on her body. "I'm only asking you this, because you're awake, lest you go back on your word again."
He sounded so upright, which somehow made Anaya a little unreasonable.
She leaned her back against his warm chest and was quiet for a while. Then she asked in a low voice, "Jared, do you think I'm too much trouble?"
"Not at all." He leaned forward and gently kissed her cheek. "I'll be with you no matter how long you want to make a fuss."
His words made her even more unreasonable.
"It's not that I want to make a fuss with you. It's just that sometimes I think about how you ignored me and lied to me after I ran after you so far. It makes me feel..." "Unbalanced, since your gain isn't equal to your pain?"
"A little."
Although she knew that Hearst had suffered a lot more than her, every time she thought of what had happened before, she would always feel depressed.
"I'm sorry.' He lowered his head and pressed his thin lips against her neck. His warm breath reached her skin, making her itchy. "If you are unhappy, we can start over.
"I will court you again until you are satisfied."
Anaya leaned against him with mixed feelings in her heart.
She thought, in our relationship, he is always the first one to compromise.
He always watches out for me and prioritizes me.
This is the only time he thinks he's doing what's best for me. He protects me in the wrong way and hurts me.
However, this alone is already enough to let me down.
He has always been so nice to me. Perhaps that's the reason why it's so hard for me to get over this. I don't think I can ever forget about this. Every time I think about it, it hurts. "Forget it. You'll still be the same even if we start over. You'll still want to move in with me. You managed to be here regardless of my refusal."
Hearst couldn't help but chuckle. "Are you saying that I can move in?"
Anaya said awkwardly, "Only after you come back."
"OK."
After Anaya finished watching the TV series, she raised her hand and patted the man who was still hugging her. "Go take a bath, and we'll go to bed."
"OK."
Hearst let go of her and stood up from the sofa, walking towards the bedroom very naturally.
Anaya stopped him, "You'll sleep in the guest room. There are new men's
pajamas inside. You can change them."
Aracely had prepared the pajamas for Anaya when Anaya moved, saying that it would come in handy when Anaya and Hearst started to live together again. Anaya figured that the pajamas might have been spared for a while. To her surprise, it came in handy in such a short time.
Hearst wanted to say something, but in the end, he did not say anything. He walked into the guest room.
Anaya took the dog back to the kennel and then went into the room to rest.
Late in the night, the door to the master bedroom was pushed open.
Hearst walked into the room. Without turning on the light, he gently lifted the quilt, lay down beside Anaya, and hugged her from behind.
He lowered his head and kissed the back of her neck with his warm lips. "You are still awake. Are you waiting for me?"
"I'm just curious when you will come over."
Hearst was always thick-skinned. She guessed that there must have been something fishy since he agreed to sleep in the guest room so easily tonight. Sure enough, he came here before midnight.
He chuckled in a low voice and teased, "So, you deliberately left the door open for me? Huh?"
Anaya refused to admit it, "I didn't shut it tight when I came in."
Both of them knew what the truth was.
Hearst didn't ask any more questions. He hugged her to sleep.
The next day, when Anaya woke up, Hearst had left already.
Anaya's body clock had been a little out of whack lately. She woke up a bit late and checked the time. It was already past seven.
She walked out of the bedroom and saw steaming breakfast on the coffee table in the living room. She figured that the man who prepared them had not left for long.
Anaya sat down on the sofa. Halfway through eating, she received a message from Hearst.
"I'm boarding."
He attached a photo of the airport below.
Anaya texted him an emoji, wishing him a safe journey, and continued to eat.
Two days later, an unexpected person came to Anaya's office.
There was faint anger on Cecilia's elegant face. When she saw Anaya, she asked, "Anaya, Joshua sacrificed his life to save you. You put him under house arrest and won't even let me see him. What do you mean?"
Anaya had no idea what Cecilia was talking about. She immediately called Samuel.
Samuel told her that it was Hearst's order. Joshua was not allowed to communicate with others. In such a way, Joshua couldn't snatch Anaya away.
It didn't sound like Hearst. Under Anaya's questioning, Samuel admitted, "I was worried that Joshua would find a way to pester you again, so I thought it would be safer to cut him off from the outside world..." "Let Mrs. Maltz see him. Given the Maltz family's current situation, I doubt whether they have the energy to think about anything else." "Alright."
Anaya hung up the phone and looked at Cecilia. "You can go see him now."
Cecilia's face was still sullen. Her eyes were red, and she asked, "Anaya, why are you and Jared putting Joshua under surveillance? He is already suffering. How can you be this cruel? Why are you giving him such a hard time?"
"If he hadn't touched my phone, Jared wouldn't have let people keep an eye on him. Mrs. Maltz, if you want your son to live in peace, you'd better advise him to stay away from me." Hearing her words, Cecilia seemed even sadder. "He won't listen to me..."
Joshua always did as he pleased, and he never listened to Cecilia. He made all the decisions, including divorcing Anaya, being together with Lexie, and pestering Anaya now. Anaya knew how stubborn Joshua was. She didn't say anything else. She just asked Cecilia to leave.
Cecilia said, "You should come with me. If they still refuse to let me see Joshua, I have to come to you again."
Anaya felt that she now owed the Maltz family, and she found it improper to turn Cecilia down. So, she tagged along.
After getting in the car, Cecilia asked, "Do you know where Mark is?"
Mark had been locked up in the police station waiting to be summoned by the court. Cecilia went to the police station today only to find Mark gone.
She asked the police on duty, yet she didn't get anything.
Anaya was the only one that could have something to do with it.
Anaya said calmly, "I don't know. I haven't seen him since the accident that day."
"Then... Was it Jared?" Cecilia frowned.
In Boston, only Hearst could make a person go away without anyone noticing.
Anaya's answer didn't change. "I don't know."
Even if it was Hearst, she would not admit it in front of outsiders.