Anna was caught off guard by Alexander's action and her jaw was pinched a little.
Her eyes widened and she was stunned for a few seconds before reacting to why he was angry.
"Honey, you misunderstood, I'm just concerned about your body."
Because the leaning position was a bit hard, she simply squatted down next to Alexander's legs, her gaze looking up at him without any flicker.
In her line of sight, she saw Alexander's anger and was visibly flustered inside.
Oh no!
Something seemed to have gone wrong with her retribution.
Alexander seemed to mind being asked about his body.
Blame it on the fact that she still didn't know Alexander well enough to get along, it was hard to add points for being a wife, but super easy to drop them.
"You care?"
Alexander questioned with what seemed like indifference to her answer.
The ice that had frozen in Alexander's heart this instant was about to melt as he touched Anna's body heat between his fingers.
He loosened his fingers as if calming himself.
"Well, I care about you because you are my husband." Anna's eyes burned as she gazed at him, a careful, but sincere without any other thought.
However, Jason, who was standing next to him, angrily pointed at Anna and rebuked, "Anna, don't be such a hypocritical pretender, the person in this world who wishes for my brother's ill health the most is you. This is what you said in your own words on your wedding day, just after three days, have you forgotten, or do you think we've all forgotten?"
The atmosphere in the living room instantly froze to a standstill.
Anna pursed her lips tightly.
She hadn't forgotten.
She had tried to use Alexander's poor health to ask her father to call off the wedding, saying that she didn't want to marry him or be widowed in the future.
Even though in her previous life she was stupid enough to keep being counted and used by Bella, those words did come from her own mouth.
To her, it was a year ago, if not a lifetime ago.
But to Alexander, it was three days ago.
"I'm sorry."
Anna's voice trailed off as she admitted her mistake and apologized.
In the face of questioning, she didn't want to, and couldn't, explain.
If she had come back from rebirth a day earlier, she might have been able to perform well on her wedding day.
"Anna, the words you said and the damage you caused can't be solved by a single word of apology."
As soon as he said that, Jason received a warning glare from Alexander.
In the next instant, he instantly silenced himself and held back from scolding her again.
Alexander's narrowed gaze gazed at the woman who was always crouching in front of him, it was such a direct way to catch remorse in her eyes.
As if ... she was really admitting her mistake. Whether or not it could be believed, whether or not it should be believed, that consideration was still unanswered.
Alexander didn't even realize that the hostility in his eyes was slowly fading.
But Anna, lowering her head out of shame, missed the gradual leveling of his demeanor.
She didn't miss, however, the hostility from Jason.
"Hubby, then I won't eat with you today, I'll go back to my room first."
With the scene as awkward as it was, Anna just wanted to call a truce for a while.
So, she hurriedly got up and wanted to leave.
Alexander frowned lightly and invisibly, subconsciously stopping her.
"Sit down." The shout was sharp.
Anna was startled instantly turned and sat down obediently.
The atmosphere at dinner was growing stark.
She was reflecting on her mistake of stepping on the thunder, eating with her head down and no longer speaking.
This was the first time she ate with Alexander at the same table, and she didn't expect to mess up.
Abruptly, Alexander looked at Anna's timid appearance and suddenly frowned a bit distracted.
He didn't just want to scold her, but didn't want to explain.
As a result, the delicate situation was allowed to continue until the end of dinner.
Alexander realized that he wasn't used to dealing with Anna.
Looking at her silent, as if she wouldn't even initiate conversation with him in the future, he got up in inexplicable anger and headed to the study.
The image in Jason's eyes, that his brother hated Anna and didn't want to spend time with her at all.
He then leapt up and followed in his footsteps.
A worried Anna was left alone in the dining room.
She wrinkled her little face thinking about how to coax her husband when she made him angry.
On the other side.
Alexander's face was always tense in the study.
Beside him, Jason observed his dangerous look and tried to pacify by saying:
"Brother, don't be too angry, Anna is supposed to be like that. But I think she should have been scared just now, I guess she won't dare to mess around with you again in a short time."
He thought he was saying this sentence to make Alexander calm down.
But unexpectedly, Alexander's face became even more gloomy.
At this time, the butler knocked on the door outside and said, "Sir, the medicinal soup is ready."
"Quickly bring it in, brother, you need to rest well tonight."
Alexander didn't care what Jason said and glanced towards the door with narrowed eyes, inquiring seemingly offhandedly.
"Where's Anna?"
"Sir, Mrs. Fort went back to her bedroom room."
The butler dared not say any superfluous answer.
At those words, Alexander narrowed his eyes and fell silent, the air pressure in his body plummeted in vain.
Anna was indeed afraid of him, so afraid that she hid.
Therefore, she wouldn't take the initiative to show him kindness anymore either.
"This is a good thing, brother, Anna doesn't dare to bother you anymore, so you won't be angry because of her."
Jason who completely failed to understand why Alexander was angry was still smiling with an innocent face.
But the butler standing next to him saw through it and sighed, this Young Master Horan is after all a young man who doesn't understand feelings.
The point is, Jason didn't realize that he was actually stepping on the thunder with precision.
"Brother, I think Anna's attitude change so quickly must have another plan, maybe it's just trying to win your trust, you can't just trust her so easily. But I haven't thought of Anna's real purpose yet, could it be that she is
There was a sudden pause in this sentence.
Jason's expression was shocked because of his own thoughts.
Alexander, who was swiftly sitting at the desk and was drinking medicinal soup, slowly raised his eyes.
At this time, Jason said fervently, "Brother, maybe Anna is trying to get on to you."
Alexander was caught off guard and choked and coughed on the medicinal soup.
He never should have waited for Jason's answer.
"Brother, do you think ..... too?"
"Shut up."
"Oh."
Jason continued to think with an innocent and serious look on his face.
At this moment, Alexander lightly invisible convergence of eyes, a flash of ghostly light in the heart to leave a gentle trace.
Could it be that Anna was really craving ... crave his body?
This explanation, it seemed, as if, it could be reasonably accepted.
There was even a momentary touch of mind that actually made him think seriously about it.
"Knock knock" knocked on the door.
Anna pushed open the door to the study, poked her little head in, and asked softly, "Hubby, I've finished organizing the bedroom room, shouldn't you come back to wash and rest?"