Take Control of Yourself, Please novel (Anna and Liam) novel Chapter 290

Liam saw the loneliness in Anna's eyes and his heart squeezed in pain.

He felt a sudden urge to hold her in his arms and give her everything she wanted.

Preserving the happiness in her eyes that she deserved.

Anna and Liam headed out of the hospital.

Unexpectedly, they bumped into Bryan and Chloe who were at the hospital for Chloe's regular antenatal examinations.

Every time Bryan saw Liam, he was polite and respectful. This made Chloe unhappy.

Why would a man who intimated Bryan, always be by Anna's side?

"Anna and Liam sure are close. We always see you two together. Innocent onlookers might think you two are really dating." Chloe said, her tone sharp and taunting.

Anna gritted her teeth, "Chloe, you should keep your eyes on the road. You keep glancing at people. They might think you have nothing better to do other than trying to dig up some gossip!"

Chloe scoffed, "Why do I see you in the hospital so often? You don't need to do your maternity check-ups."

Bryan realized the dark expression on Liam's and motioned with his eyes for Chloe to stop talking.

Liam glanced at Chloe coldly, "Ms. Hamilton is now officially a member of the Ackman Group, she's my private secretary. Do you think it’s inappropriate for u s to be seen together?”

Liam's tone raised an octave at the end of his sentence, cool and commanding, Chloe shivered in fear.

"No... not inappropriate at all."

Of course, she didn't dare disagree!

Unless she didn't want to live anymore!

“Let's go, Anna. Let's not get in the way of this sick... Pregnant lady,” Liam said to Anna and left first.

Anna forced her laughter down, mentally giving him a thumbs up.

As expected of an evil man like Liam Ackman, he didn't need to use bad words whilst cursing you.

Chloe was so angry her face turned purple. She glared at Liam's disappearing back, and yelled, "I’m not sick, just here for a regular check-up!”

"Enough, Chloe! Control that temper of yours. He's my uncle, know your place.” Bryan said impatiently.

"Bryan dear, don't you think something is going on between Anna and Liam? Aren't you suspicious at all?"

"Enough, Chloe! It's almost time for our appointment!"

Bryan didn’t want to talk about this. Plus, he didn't believe Anna could forget him in such a short amount of time and accept another man.

He led Chloe into the hospital, but couldn't help himself and stole a glance in Anna's direction.

Chloe went in for her routine examination.

Bryan waited for her outside, grew impatient, and stepped out for a smoke.

Chloe walked out of the examination room but Bryan was nowhere in sight.

She clutched her bag in her hands and headed out, but bumped into a man head-on.

Chloe was shocked, rushing to avoid him.

The man lifted his head and Chloe paled.

To her surprise, it was Bruce Walker!

He followed her to the hospital!

Chloe turned to run, but he caught up to her with quick steps.

"What more do you want? Why are you following me?" Anna ran into the stairwell, steadied herself, and asked him sharply. 1

"You lied!" Bruce was infuriated, "Is this how you treat your biological father!"

Bruce flung a bank card at her.

"How long have you been stalking me? You're so familiar with my movements!" exclaimed Chloe as fear grew and enveloped her chest.

He knew which hospital she visited and even the time of her appointment. It was obvious how much time and effort Bruce invested in her.

Chloe sat in the car and looked in the rearview mirror, finally calming down a little when there was no sight o f Bruce.

"Bryan babe. I'm tired, drive me home please."

Bryan's face darkened.

Chloe always followed his every order, but now she was rejecting him?

Bryan thought he misheard her and looked at her in astonishment. When he noticed the discomfort on her face, he forced down the fire in his stomach.

"Alright, go home and have a good rest."

The moment Chloe got home, she rushed into her mother’s room.

Nicole was sitting in front of the dressing table caressing her face and looking in the mirror. She muttered to herself under her breath.

"There are wrinkles at the corners of my eyes."

"So much time has passed, long enough for me to forget my past... Those terrible days that I can't bear to look back on..."

She cocked her head and looked at Chloe standing in the doorway.

"Chloe, I want to put those dreadful days behind me. I chose to forget about those days. The both of us have gone through so much, enduring all these years, until we are where we are today.

I am Mrs. Hamilton now, I can’t have a dark past like that!

All these years, I’ve played my part as a loyal wife and loving mother. I cannot go back to the past."

Chloe flung herself at her mother and hugged her tightly.

Nicole returned her daughter's hug.

The tightly wound spring in Nicole's heart loosened.

"Chloe, did he seek you out again? I knew it, he won't let us off the hook so easily. Don't worry, I will think of a way."

Chloe nodded, "If he wants money, we'll give it to him! Mom, we need to get our hands on some money, then we can get him off our backs, what do you think?”