Anna didn't know why, even up till this time, she couldn't bring herself to hate him. Despite everything that man had done to her.....she just couldn't. She still wanted love from him…she still had hope that maybe one day he would see her as a daughter and not some pawn in a game.
"N...Nathan!"
Anna was brought back into reality when she heard Shola's shocked voice
She watched as Shola ran over to the man standing by the door,he smiled as he saw her and Shola stared at his face for a few seconds before she hugged him. Anna knew that he was her husband and a huge smile appeared on her face just watching their reunion "Its really you....you're back" Shola said emotionally.
"Hmm, I'm back" Nathan said as he hugged her tighter.
Anna sighed softly,
They were just speaking about him, his daughter just threw a tantrum and now she realised it was all for nothing.
"Hey Anna"
"Ah!" Anna got startled, she would have hit the person behind her if the voice didn't sound so familiar.
"Dylan! You're back!" Anna said excitedly. No one actually knew how happy she was right now, she tried to stay quiet though, as Ella was still sleeping on her lap. She tried to hide her blush with the child in her arms.
"How have you been?" he had a smile on his face, just like he always did anytime he spoke to her. Anna's heart skipped a beat as her gaze was trained knowing his curled lips. His bruises had faded and he didn't seem like he was hurt or anything to be honest, he actually looked quite good.
'Who am I kidding?....he always looks good!' Anna thought to herself staring at Dylan in a daze.
"Dylan! you idiot!" Su Chen hugged Dylan tightly faking a sob
"You are so evil, you didn't even bother to call. Do you know how worried I was? do you know what you've put me through?" Dylan rolled his eyes. This guy will always look for ways to cause drama.
"Stop being a drama queen, I'm here now" Dylan said as he patted his back.
"Well at least you're not looking like crap again" Su Chen patted his clothes down like hugging Dylan gave him germs. Dylan's eyes narrowed playfully. He grabbed Su Chen by the shoulder and pulled him into a bone crushing hug.
"Y..You're killing me" Su Chen whined. Dylan chuckles, giving Su Chen a hard pat on his back, he lets him go.
Su Chen wiped his imaginary tears and left Dylan's shoulders. Dylan could only laugh, he really missed his friend.
Anna stared at them and couldn't help but laugh, she wondered if Su Chen was really older than her.
"Let me hold her" Anna turned around to stare at the man behind her.
His green eyes were on Ella but she could see them clearly. He raised his head to look at her and their eyes met.
"You....you're.." The words Anna wanted to say were stuck in her throat.
"The both of you know each other?" Shola asked as she noticed Nathan was also staring at the girl in a daze. Nathan suddenly remembered where he had seen the girl before.
"Ah.....we met once, at the high way right?, you....you were that girl" Nathan said, although he couldn't shake off the heavy feeling in his chest that he had seen her somewhere else.
"Yes....but...not that" Anna stared at his face again and again, it couldn't just be a coincidence....she was sure! The resemblance now that she looked closer was seriously uncanny.
"Do you know...Lu Zhang?" she couldn't help but ask, the resemblance....she couldn't mistake it!
Nathan's brows creased "That.....how do you know my father's name"
Anna bit on her lip hard, the pain brought her to a sudden realization, if this wasn't a dream that meant...than meant that she found him, she actually found him!....
"I..."
"Daddy?" Ella suddenly opened her eyes and her little voice rang out.
"Ella" Nathan smiled before taking the girl in his arms, he wanted to hear what the girl on the wheel chair had to say but the second Ella's watery eyes gazed at him, he forgot everything else.
"Sorry, can you give me a minute?" Nathan gave Anna an apologetic smile before putting all of his attention on his daughter.
"Daddy, you came back" Ella said sleepily, Nathan smiled at her and pinched her cheek
"Yes, I'm finally back" he said making the girl hug him tighter.
"Anna? you know brother Mu's father's name? " Dylan couldn't help but ask, he had been paying attention to their conversation and it confused him. although he had known Nathan for a very long time, he didn't really know the true name of Nathan's father. Nathan was a well known man but no one knew what his father looked like.
You can't even find that information if you searched the internet, so how....
"I....it's a long story" Anna said as she sighed, she didn't want to bring something like that up now. They just came back and Nathan just saw his family and she didn't want to disturb him now and besides, she might actually be wrong.
"Wait!.....you cut your hair?" Dylan finally noticed. Anna smiled at him and nodded.
"Does it look good?" She asked half jokingly, of course she wanted to know what Dylan thought of her look.
Dylan patted her head and smiled "Yes, it suits you"
Seeing that smile, her heart skipped a beat! her heart was beating so fast right now.
"It does?....thanks" Anna said looking at her fingers, she was trying to hide the blush on her face.
"Dylan" Li Chen smiled as he saw him, he was about to go and hug Dylan but he saw her...
"A...Anna, you're here as well" Li Chen said the first thing that popped into his head.
Anna raised her head to look at him and the moment their eyes met, the tops of his ears turned red and he turned around immediately.
"I...Just realized, I have some where to be" Li Chen quickly left.
"What's up with him?" Su Chen stared at his brother with confused eyes.
"God knows," Dylan shrugged turning his attention back to the short haired girl.