Chapter 266 - Money Vs. Conscience
Still wearing Jack's oversized shirt, Anne sat on the sofa while enjoying the breakfast the waitress had just delivered. Since she was so hungry, she enjoyed the food voraciously. Meanwhile, Jack chose to just stand, leaning against the wall with his arms folded across his chest while watching Anne eat.
"Eat slowly, Anne. I will never ask you to share your food," said Jack quietly as he walked closer to Anne.
"I'm… eating slowly," replied Anne curtly with her cheeks puffed out since she put in too much food.
Jack just shook his head at Anne's words, he walked over to Anne and sat on the same sofa as her. Anne immediately shifted her seat to distance herself from Jack since she did not want to be disturbed while eating. She was really hungry and didn't even think to share any food with Jack, even when the food in front of them was a portion for two people.
Jack, who was still full after eating some food the night before, moved his hand to stroke Anne's hair. "From now on you should live with me, this is all for your safety. You have to follow my words whenever and wherever you are. Don't worry, I won't disturb you when we live together. You will sleep in your room, but if you don't like it, you can just sleep with me here," he said softly while smiling.
Anne almost choked to hear that since her mouth was still full of food. Luckily, she controlled herself and chewed the food that was in her mouth. Seeing Anne's behavior made Jack chuckle, Anne looked like a child just now.
"You better finish your food, I will take a shower. Stay here while I'm cleaning myself. I don't want you to walk around in the house wearing something like that. Wait for Erick to come. He is taking all your clothes from the apartment," said Jack again after he decided to just wash his body.
After struggling to chew and swallow her food, Anne then said. "Didn't you agree yesterday not to force me to stay with you? Why did you make this decision now?"
Jack, who had almost reached the bathroom, immediately stopped his steps when he heard Anne's question. "I said that you have to stay here for now, not for the rest of your life. The two men who followed you yesterday were ordered by someone who wants to see you get destroyed. Luckily, Erick was able to stop their actions and they failed to do their tasks. It doesn't mean you are free from any danger now.
Honestly, I don't know whether the person who ordered the two men yesterday will stop bothering you or not. That's why I ask you to stay with me for your safety. Don't worry, I won't do things that you don't like or do without your permission. If you are going to work, I'll order the driver to drive you to the office and drop you off away from that bastard's office so no one will notice that you are living with me."
Anne was silent after hearing Jack's words, she was thinking about everything Jack just told her. She tried to find the gist of what Jack said.
"I don't have enemies though. There's no way anyone would want to destroy me. Especially if he knew that the person he ordered to follow me had been caught, he must be so crazy if he insists on hurting me and being reckless, Jack," she answered quickly. She felt Jack was exaggerating things about someone who wanted to hurt him.
Talking about stalkers that were sent by Steffi made Jack's emotion rise again. "Steffi Ganke, your ex-best friend. Your ex-friend had already paid people to do something disgusting to you. She paid two private detectives to follow and kidnap you. She even prepared several other men who she had ordered to make sex videos with you and after that, she will spread the video to all platforms that provide sex videos."
Prank
The fork that Anne was holding fell and hit the plate in front of her, it made a quite disturbing sound. Anne's eyes immediately turned red, showing how angry and surprised she was when she heard Jack's revelation.
"Steffi Ganke, that crazy woman is not going to play around with you. She is not a woman you can take for granted. Maybe you have Leon to deal with her but you must not forget that they are husband and wife now. No matter how bad his wife's behavior is, her husband will surely defend his wife. Not to mention that Leonardo Ganke is the type of person who would do anything to protect his reputation.
If his wife causes a problem, he will immediately intervene to solve it and it will be impossible to defend you by that time. You are just another person for him right now. People out there will think of you as a parasite inside their relationship. You are the one who will be blamed by the public for trying to disturb other people's relationships and if you defend yourself by saying that Steffi 'was' the parasite in your relationship with Leon before, you don't have any evidence.
Leon had deleted the data about your marriage, including photos and marriage certificates. You have to remember, you are dealing with the wife of a rich businessman. Steffi will do anything to maintain her status as Leon's wife and you are not a worthy opponent for her," said Jack at length with a rising voice, he finally said everything he wanted to say to Anne.
"I want to tell you once more, I was lucky to catch those two stalkers and get some information from them. But you should know that Steffi has money and she can do anything with her husband's money including paying other people to hurt you."
Anne looked down, tears flowing down her eyes when she heard Jack's words. Anne still couldn't believe that Steffi would be so cruel to her by paying people to kidnap her. Fear suddenly came to her. Jack couldn't bear to see Anne like that, but he had to stay strong and be honest for her sake. Anne was the type of person who would be wary after seeing with her own eyes the dangers she had to face. That was why Jack deliberately told Anne the truth.
"Just remember one thing, people become evil in this world for many reasons. All humans are born to be good people, they become evil because of their ego and you should always remember that. Money, position, and a big name, those three things could turn many people crazy. That's why you have to know that anyone, male or female, weak or strong, is capable of being evil if he or she feels trapped. You can't just think that they are good people, Anne. It doesn't need a reasonable reason for someone to do bad things to others. Usually, they already lost their mind to think logically and clearly by that time," Jack spoke again at length, he wanted Anne to understand that he did all of this because he wanted to keep her safe.
After talking like that, Jack then walked into the bathroom to calm down. Talking about what Steffi had planned for Anne always made him angry.
Anne's hands trembled when she heard Jack speak. She still couldn't believe Steffi would be so cruel to her. Anne knew that Jack wasn't lying or making things up, she was so shocked when she found out that Steffi wanted to harm her.
Anne, who wanted to get up because she wanted to go to bed to get her cellphone, suddenly fell because her legs felt weak and couldn't support her body. "Is it my fault, God? I just want to try to deal with those bad people by myself. I don't want to be a burden to other people, God. Should I give up and go away from those bad people just like what my parents used to do? Am I destined to be silent and accept all the unfair treatment from these people? Is it true that poor people like me are destined to be trampled by bad people like them, God?" Anne's tears flowed profusely down her face, she couldn't accept the fact that Steffi was planning to destroy her with such an evil plan.
"Please, protect me, My Lord. Let me give this highest award of mine to my future husband only. Take care of me, Lord. I can only ask Your help…"
To be continued
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