Chapter 489
“You went to Royal Banquet to earn some money?” questioned Anthony in a low, hoarse voice. “I…” Annabel lowered her head guiltily. “Back then, I just returned to Burlington, and it was laborious to find a job since I didn’t graduate from university. When I saw that Royal Banquet was hiring and this job didn’t require one to be seen, I decided to work there. I didn’t think of anything else; all I wanted to do was stay at the back of the kitchen to wash dishes. I didn’t go anywhere else, but…” She recalled what happened five years ago. Her eyes zoned out as her face blushed. “A friend of mine had diarrhea on Valentine’s day and asked me to help her send food to the top floor. I wanted to turn it down, but she said the guest needed the food urgently, and if it was sent late, they would cut her pay. So… “I thought I’d leave right after sending the food, but I saw that the door was left ajar. I didn’t know it was you inside, and I only wanted to close the door. However, when I walked to the door, you…” Annabel stopped there with her head low. Her face was full of shame and guilt. Anthony’s eyes darkened. He was drugged that night, and the woman he pulled into the room was…
Who would have thought that it truly was Annabel!
Annabel was Chris’ mother all along? 2
The woman he had been searching for the past five years was Annabel.. Annabel thought Anthony did not seem pleased. All these years, she was afraid of him. She explained hastily, “Mr. Bailey, I’m not asking for anything else, I know where my place is. I quit my job and left Burlington right after what happened that night, thinking that I’d never trouble you and have anything to do with you after that. However, it turned out that I was pregnant…and he was already five months old when I knew…” 1
She continued with guilt and shame, “Nobody would’ve believed me if I told them I was innocent, but I was utterly helpless back then, and my body had always been weak with irregular menstruation and poor family. I didn’t have the budget to check my body in Burlington. Thus, during the first five months of the pregnancy, I thought I was merely ill and didn’t think of doing a body check. It was only until when I was five months pregnant that I felt some movements inside my tummy, and only realizing then…”
She paused and lowered her head to look at her abdomen. “I really wanted to have an abortion, not wanting to cause you any more trouble, but the doctor told me the fetus was already formed. He was five months old and started to move around…
“I genuinely, truly liked the little one. He was innocent, so I was selfish and wanted to give birth to him. I wanted to bring him up on my own. I never thought of bothering you, but…”
Anthony’s eyes became darker than ever.
In the meanwhile, Annabel’s voice became extremely hoarse as she quavered, “Never did I anticipate that the baby would die during birth. The doctor told me that the baby was already dead when he came out…
“I only took one look at him before he was sent to the morgue. He was so tiny and pitiful back then, just like a small kitten. I was heartbroken… I wanted to save him… But I can’t…” 2.
Annabel’s tears gushed down her cheeks by then as she sobbed breathlessly, her shoulders trembling along as she did.
Anthony did not turn around; his back had been facing her the whole time. 1 He could not imagine how it felt like for Annabel to have birthed the child, undergone a difficult labor, and experienced the death of her baby all on her own. Although Anthony did not love her, he was the one who caused this…
After sobbing for a while, Annabel wiped off her tears and gazed at him. “Mr. Bailey, I don’t ask for anything for telling you this. I’ve lived past the most difficult times of all, and I never thought of causing you any further troubles. The reason I looked for you today is that I’ve no other option but to beg you for help. Ms. Mckenzie found out about everything, and she made me tell you everything so she could ruin your relationship with Ms. Charmine. I didn’t want to do so, and all I want is to live peacefully with my parents for the rest of our lives, but she forced me to take a drug and said she’d never give me the antidote if I told you about this…”
