Once Jacob hung up the phone, Kevin turned into a celebration mode. He immediately placed a video call to make arrangements.
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Ten minutes passed as Kevin promised but there was still no response from him.
Twenty minutes passed.
Thirty minutes passed.
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One hour passed still there was no response.
Jacob smiled desperately and his lips trembled, he was peering at the phone expecting with a sliver of hope that Kevin would say that the arrangement was done, He murmured dreamily, "Shocking! Isn't it? Kevin! Just Call me and tell me one lie that Anna was not yet taken."
There was no answer from Kevin but unexpectedly he received a call from his sister. He smiled one more time looking at the caller ID, "So it is true! Anna is really married!"
Jacob accepted the call, "Hello Sis!"
"Jacob! Where are you?" Esther tone was filled with concern.
"Why?! Is there any important news left for me?" Jacob said.
"Jacob! I want to meet you immediately, this instant, just tell me where are you now!"
"Kevin called you, right? You too know that Anna is married, am I right!!! And all of it is true, right?" Jacob's voice was shaking heavily.
"Jacob! Please come back home. Please! I need you and we all need you. Take your time but do come back as soon as you can, Don't do anything reckless."
"Reckless?! Yeah! It was a good idea, hmmm... Sis! I have decided to marry Anna and I want you to give your blessing to us."
"What nonsense are you talking, Have you gone mad? Jacob! Come back this instant, we need to talk about it." Esther yelled in hysteric.
"Sis! She belongs to me. She is mine, only mine! I will be back to the office right away, let's talk about the strategy to win back." Once he finished speaking he cut the call instantly.
'Anna! I don't want you to choose me or love me but I will never let that jerk mistreat you anymore. I will take him out of your life, even if you don't want it or Even on a force!'
Esther looked at her phone then at Kevin who was standing in front of her waiting. "Kevin! What do you think that he is planning to do now?"
"He is always tricky! I don't know what he will do now! If he learns to move on, then everything will be back to normal. I just don't understand what made him chase after that particular girl for such a length. I never once saw him go to this measure in his life for one petty girl."
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At Shane residence,
Anna woke up late in the noon, she felt so restless. She climbed down the stairs and encountered an elegant lady seated on a single sofa in the living room, Anna quickly ascended down the stairs to greet her.
"Auntie! Aunt Luyi?!" Anna stood in front of her in bewilderment.
Luyisa smiled back to Anna sweetly and asked her in concern, "Child! You look too thin. Are you not taking care of yourself!"
Anna went on and hugged her Aunt warmly, "Auntie, I missed you!"
"I missed you too! Why is your temperature high, are you running a fever? Maid! Call the doctor, didn't anyone notice that she was ill. Do you have to wait for me to fly over here to tell you what to do? Why am I..."
Anna stopped her, "Aunt Luyi, I am fine! they all were taking good care of me. Auntie! I need to apologize to you for running into trouble yesterday evening. I, I..."
Luyisa held her daughter-in-law's hand, "I can understand Anna and you did nothing wrong, Shane should not have hit you in the first place. Do you know that guy in the security footage, he seems to know too much about you."
"He was a stranger who helped me once. I don't know much about him, the guard told me that he could not trace him down either."
"Hmmm... Just don't strain yourself, I came here to take you back home, you need to rest there for a while. Meanwhile, Aunt will fix everything for you and don't you worry about Shane, Everything will be fine and back to normal very soon."
Anna hesitantly asked, "Auntie! I want to talk to you alone, can we go to the study room to discuss?"
"You have matured! Being with Shane really did make you more elegant and mastered. Come on! let's go, Show me the way!"