Chapter 16
He said he was worried Carter Lockwood might come to bother us again.
The new location was indeed quiet for a while, until Ethan took me to a bridal shop to choose a wedding dress.
thad no idea we were going to have a wedding ceremony.
“I’ve been planning this since the day we got our marriage license,” he said. “When I painted that picture, I was already imagining you as my most beautiful bride.”
Ethan personally took care of all the wedding preparations.
I was only occasionally pulled aside by his mother to give some input.
While choosing a hotel, we unexpectedly ran into Carter Lockwood in the courtyard garden.
I initially wanted to avoid him and leave, but he saw me first.
“Anns, please come back,” he pleaded. “I’ll take good care of you for the rest of our lives, just like Grandma said. The Lockwood estate is where you grew up Are you really going to reject me and our home too?”
I pulled my hand from his grasp.
“In all those years with the Lockwoods, you never treated me like family.” I said firmly. “I have a new family now, and I just hope you won’t disturb me in the future.”
Ethan’s parents both liked me very much.
Especially when they leamed that my parents had passed away early and I had no other relatives left in the world, Mrs. Parker hugged me and cried sympathetically.
She said she would be my mother from now on.
I really loved the family Ethan gave me; it was a family I could truly be a part of.
In the Lockwood Family, my only relative was Grandma.
With Grandma gone, there was nothing left to miss.
I saw Ethan coming out and waved at him as I ran over.
He helped me tighten my cost, held me close, and tumed to discuss details with the hotel manager beside us.
Carter Lockwood stood still, his gaze following my retreating figure.
But that figure never once looked back.
Bonus Chapten Carter Lockwood’s Perspective
I prided myself on never misjudging people in the business world for so many years.
But I never imagined that I had never truly understood Anna Whitmore, the person closest to me.
I thought she was helpless and could be easily manipulated.
But after one trip away, she suddenly became so bold.
Back then, when Grandma insisted we get married, I agreed verbally but only held a wedding ceremony for the old lady to see.
I deliberately didn’t get a marriage license with her. She endured it silently, not even complaining to Grandma.
I intentionally placed Rose Tumer’s favorite yellow roses in front of her, watching her face tum pale, finally realizing what bothered her.
So when that woman who looked like Rose appeared before me, I agreed without hesitation.
Sure enough. Anna’s face turned extremely unpleasant.
I just didn’t expect her to lose her temper and throw away our wedding ring.
I always thought she was like a child running away from home.
But I didn’t realize she had grown up when I wasn’t paying attention.
I was no longer her only support: she had a job, new friends, and even got married.
I waited downstairs for the bodyguard to bring her back, only to hear that she had gotten married.
I almost dropped my phone.
She said she wanted to settle accounts with me, as if she wanted to sever all ties and become strangers for life.
In my agitation, I resorted to violence.
But surprisingly. I couldn’t beat that brat.
I remember disliking him when he was young. I was only a few years older, yet he called me uncle.
Now that he’s grown up, he’s even more annoying.
But when Anna saw him injured, her eyes were full of concern.
Perhaps she didn’t even notice herself, but her eyes were only for that brat, while she faced me with nothing but caution.
Suddenly, I felt like I had lost something that I might never get back.
Their wedding invitation arrived in my hands, the photo of their smiling faces particularly glaring.
We once had a grand wedding ceremony too.
But I was so indifferent that I couldn’t even be bothered to take a photo with her.
All the arrangements were left to the butler, while I stood aside, as if I were just a guest at that wedding.
She must have been disappointed with that wedding, right?
Chapter 16
For so many years, I got used to her being by my side, took her dedication for granted, always thinking she would stay forever.
Only now do I realize that once some people are lost, they will never belong to me again.
She no longer wants the Lockwood Family, and I’ve been left behind in the Lockwood mansion forever.
[End of the story]
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