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

Jennifer had her gaze on Liam and her eyes flashed. She said arrogantly to the love-struck girl next to her, " My father's company has a partnership with the Ackman Skyhigh Group. I saw him a few days ago at a business negotiation banquet."

The women around Jennifer looked at with admiration. She thought that Jennifer had frequent opportunities to meet Liam so they quickly asked her numerous questions.

"I've heard that he's gay. Is that true?"

"Is he interested in women?"

"What type of woman does he like?"

Jennifer gathered her thoughts and continued to speak haughtily, "How could that be true!? He's so outstanding that he must be a real man who likes women."

In the banquet, Jennifer had only been able to see Liam from afar. At the time, he had barely even seen her face, let alone had the chance to get close enough to interact with him.

Principal Mason started to speak again on the stage." Next, I'm going to answer questions regarding the prize that you're all extremely excited about."

As soon as he spoke up to this point, he paused and looked at the eager eyes staring back at him from below the stage. He smiled and said, "Those who managed to get fifth to second place will win the opportunity to work at the Ackman Skyhigh Group."

Wow!!!

The audience was bubbling with excitement.

The Ackman Skyhigh Group!

This would be a boost to one's career to be able to work there. Even if one worked in one of the smallest subsidiary companies of the group, it was enough to guarantee a lifetime of comfort and luxury. Even though many students in the university were of nobility, when their families were compared to the Ackman Skyhigh Group, it was like David and Goliath.

"As for the first place prize..." Principal Mason smiled like a Cheshire cat and paused to create suspense.

Just as everyone was at the edge of their seats from the excitement and anticipation, Principal Mason said, "Your head tutor has decided that it will be kept a secret for now."

The students let out disappointed sighs. Principal Mason had gotten them excited for nothing. However, they stopped worrying about how hard the challenge would be. Everyone was filled with a fighting spirit and were all hoping to compete for the top spots.

Nina held her face in her hands. She was extremely excited! "The Ackman Skyhigh Group! Oh, Anna, if I could get in, I wouldn't have to work so hard and live like a miser anymore. My mother can also enjoy a good and comfortable life!"

Anna stroked Nina's head affectionately and said," You can do it. You're such a hard worker. I believe in you."

'However, Nina, you should know that that pervert Liam's company is not a great place to work at...' thought Anna to herself.

Anna suddenly had another worry. She worried that a sweet, defenseless little lamb like Nina would be devoured by the big, bad wolf Liam Ackman!

Nina looked at Anna with bright, crystal-like eyes." Anna, you're so amazing. It's not a problem for you. However, you won't even need to go to the Ackman Group. After all, you're going to take over the Lincoln Group after you graduate."

Anna lowered her eyes. Even though she did not need to work at the Ackman Group, getting the recognition of passing the Ackman Group test would be the best proof of her abilities before the old shareholders of the Lincoln Group.

A flash of light suddenly lit up in Anna's eyes. With the recognition of the Ackman Group, she would no longer need to rely on the power of the Dawson family. It would be an opportunity to ditch Bryan! Due to that alone, she decided she needed to get first place in this assessment.

Anna raised her face towards the stage as her eyes flashed with determination. Liam finally noticed Anna. He noticed the confidence shining from her eyes. It made her entire person seem to light up and appear even more captivating.

Liam's thin lips curved slightly. An amused expression appeared on his face. 'My little one, you're walking straight into the trap on your own accord,' he thought.

Liam removed the smile on his face and opened his mouth to speak. His deep voice was magnetic. "That student there. You've been staring at me for a long time now."

The noisy, boisterous students instantly went silent. They followed the line of Liam's gaze and looked at Anna.

"It's Anna Hamilton!"

"Isn't it enough that she seduced that playboy, Ryan Sanchez? Does she have to seduce Mr. Ackman as well?"

"I've heard that Mr. Ackman is the uncle of the Dawson family successor, Bryan Dawson. That means that he's Anna's future uncle by marriage."

The girls whispered among themselves as their eyes filled with jealousy.

At that moment, a pimply guy who was seated in the seat in front of Anna stood up shakily.

"M-Mr... Mr. Ackman. I... I wasn't staring at you."

"Hahaha" Anna burst into laughter. Even though she laughed quietly, it sounded especially loud in the quietness of the main auditorium.

Liam's expression instantly looked horrible, as though he had swallowed a fly.

Anna decided that she did not want to make things more uncomfortable for Liam so she did her best to suppress her laughter. She knew that the evil Liam was deliberately trying to make life hard for her. As pay-back for biting him several times, he wanted to embarrass her in front of a crowd.

However, no one expected that Liam would be the one who looked like a fool in that situation.

Hahaha! It was extremely funny. Anna could not control it any longer. She felt a cramp in the corner of her lips.

"Is this very funny to you?" Liam's voice was extremely icy as it echoed through the empty space in the auditorium.

The gaze of the audience turned towards Liam. When they saw that he was staring at Anna, everyone once again turned to look at Anna.

Anna once again felt numerous eyes upon her, their sharp gazes piercing like arrows. She suddenly stood up and looked toward Liam on the stage without fear.

"It's actually pretty funny."

Boom! The students were in uproar. All the students started to gossip among themselves, "Has she gone crazy from all the studying? How dare she speak to Mr. Ackman in that manner!" "Bravo! Anna is an outstanding student. She's not afraid of power!"

"Hmph, she only dares to speak up now because she's had plastic surgery to make her look prettier!"

"That's true! She used to be dull, quiet, and always had her head down. I've been classmates with her for

three years and still don't know what she looks like!"

"Who does she think she is? The Lincoln Group is insignificant when compared to the Ackman Skyhigh Group."

"Her future in-laws, the Dawson family, are pretty amazing. They are also the Ackman prince's in-laws by marriage. Hence, once Anna marries into the family, she'll be the Ackman prince's niece-in-law." Jennifer stared at Anna like she was looking at a fool. Mindy stood beside her and laughed happily. "What do you think Anna is thinking? Her brain is really different from us normal people! Haha..." "Jen, just wait and see. Anna is going to die a painful death now that she's offended Mr. Ackman!"

Jennifer said disdainfully, "She must think that since she's pretty now, she's going to use her looks to seduce Mr. Ackman. That's why she's been staring at him so shamelessly."

Liam cocked an eyebrow and watched the crafty look i n Anna's eyes. She looked just like a little fox.

"Oh? Why is it funny?" asked Liam as he raised his voice.

Anna had expected that question so she smiled sweetly. "Mr. Ackman, you're a handsome man. There must be an uncountable number of people that stare at you every day. Are you still uncomfortable with being looked at?"

"Oh! So it turns out that she did this to butter up to him. This scheming b*tch..."

The audience once again started to discuss the situation.

The corners of Liam's lips curved up slightly. So she thought he was handsome?

Liam stood up elegantly and walked towards Anna. Everyone present held their breath. They heard Liam utter a sentence. "The meeting is over. Everyone leave except for this student."

Liam's stately finger pointed at Anna.

Anna instantly felt that the situation had stopped being fun. She felt like she had dug herself a big hole! In fact, it was a sinkhole!