Falling in Love With A One-Night Stand

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“What? He didn’t kill himself?” Noel was taken aback and continued to grab his hair.

Wayne realized that Noel seemed to be too exhausted. So, he got out of the car and yanked him out of the driver’s seat, saying, Tl drive myself back. You can now go home on your own. And you can take the day off tomorrow.” He then got into his car and drove away.

As Wayne predicted, many news outlets covered the story the next day. They said, “Lemon clothing violated the law by using toxic fabrics, causing the children of Flower orphanage to suffer. The president of the orphanage kidnapped Lemon’s president’s daughter in order to fight for his rights, and then was forced to commit suicide.”

The news almost destroyed Lemon. Anna had evidence that the company had previously been wrongfully accused, and she had the opportunity to prove her innocence. However, because Owen was no longer alive, the public began to blame her.

The damage to Lemon’s reputation was insignificant to Wayne, but the netizens personal attacks on Anna and Tammy were too much for him to bear. He was furious as he sat in his office, reading the hateful comments.

And he didn’t think twice about calling Noel, “Tell those media to delete the news within an hour. Block them, and don’t work with any of them later on”

Sure”

Within an hour, the news had been removed from all media outlets. 464 Smart Little Girl

Instead of stopping posting hate comments about Anna and Tammy, the netizens became more outrageous. Some people even began to use it to prove how chaotic society became.

The government had previously said it would conduct a thorough investigation into Lemon and had set a date for next week. However, because public opinion had recently begun to blame the regulators, they needed to move it up to provide an answer to the public as soon as possible.

Later, Anna arranged another meeting with the government and called Julia to gather all necessary information, samples, and inventory. As she returned from the balcony, she noticed Tammy leaning against the door in her pyjamas, watching her.

“Did | sleep for a long time. Mom?” Tammy had tightly hugged Anna before she could respond. She rubbed her cheek against Anna’s tenderly.

As she stroked Tammy’s hair, Anna murmured, “Yes, my dear. You’ve been sleeping for quite some time.”

Tammy couldn’t hold back her tears any longer and quietly wiped her tears on Anna’s shirt. She had just stood there, dazed, watching Anna’s back.

“I’m hungry. Mom.” Tammy smiled as she rubbed her stomach

“PIL call your dad and ask him to come back with Matthew, and we’ll have dinner tonight. What would you like to eat?”

Tammy licked her lips and mentioned several dishes

In the evening, the dining table was piled high with various dishes. Tammy was surprised when she saw her favorite dishes, lobster and rib eye, on the table. 464 Smart Little Girl

Undoubtedly, Tammy was always upbeat and cheerful. She ate her food and laughed happily as if she forgot the k”*****”*g that had happened to her earlier.

Sitting next to her, Anna gave her a friendly smile and said nothing. She knew Tammy best and Tammy wouldn’t want to talk about unpleasant topics when she was enjoying her favorite food

“Why do you keep staring at me, Matthew?” Tammy asked. She was eating intently at the time, a grilled pizza in one hand and a lamb chop in the other. As she looked up and saw Matthew looking at her thoughtfully, she couldn’t help but wipe her mouth with a paper towel.

Hearing that, Matthew lowered his head as his face flushed. Matthew and Tammy were both teenagers, so they were not as intimate as they used to be when they were younger. However, Matthew felt remorseful about the whole thing. After all, one of the most important things to him, who was twelve years old, was to protect his family.

“Why don’t you drop out of school and work with me?” Matthew said as he ate his food, pretend not to be serious.

Tammy couldn’t stop herself from devouring the delicious pizza and saying, “Sorry, but I’m not interested in corporate management. | still want to go to school.”

“Then I’ll pick you up after school every day from now on,” Matthew said, nodding.

“But…” Tammy tried to refuse him once more.

“Please don’t say no to me on this,” Matthew said firmly.

Tammy later decided that having someone pick her up from school was not such a bad thing, so she stopped talking.

After dinner, Tammy lay on the couch, watched TV, and said to Anna, “Owen threw my phone into the river, Mom. Could you please get me a 464 Smart Little Girl new one tomorrow?”

“Sure.” At the time, Anna was preoccupied with her paperwork. She paused before nodding. And Tammy didn’t notice there was anything wrong with Anna.

At the same time, Matthew was sitting on the other end of the couch and looked up at Tammy in surprise.

“What are you doing, Matthew?” Tammy said as she crawled down the © 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

couch toward Matthew. Matthew shut his laptop before she could see the words on the screen.

“I’m reading stock market news,” He looked as condescending as his father.

Tammy was watching Matthew’s back as he carried his laptop up the stairs and couldn’t help but ask Anna, “Mom, is he in love?”

“Huh?”

“I have a feeling he’s hiding some secrets in his laptop,” Tammy said as she stood up and stretched. Then she made her way to the backyard study.

As there was only one desk lamp on in the study, Wayne was mostly in the dark. He became increasingly enraged as he stared at the constantly updated comments on his phone.

Tammy walked in at that precise moment after knocking on the door. Wayne immediately put his phone down and turned to face her.

“Daddy, I’d like to talk to you about something,” Tammy grabbed a chair and sat in front of Wayne’s desk. She paused for a moment, unsure how to express herself.

Wayne took off his glasses and turned to face his daughter. Her face was made paler by the light from the lamp. “Are you trying to tell me about 464 Smart Little Girl what happened when you met Shirley?”

he asked calmly.

“Are you reading my mind, Dad?” Tammy couldn’t believe it and couldn’t help but nod. To her, Wayne was as powerful as a superhero.

When he heard Tammy’s heartfelt compliments, Wayne couldn’t help but smile. And he appeared less serious. Wager to learn what made her decide to follow Shirley, Wayne said, “| know you met Shirley at the dessert store before you were kidnapped. You two haven’t seen each other in five years. Even if you met her by chance, you wouldn’t have followed her unless you heard something about her.”

“| heard her and the man next to her talking about Grandpa’s insurance money. They said Grandpa had bought accidental death insurance in the first place. But, because he died as a result of an illness, no one received the insurance money. | think they want to get that money.”

After taking a deep breath, Tammy continued, “They were discussing what they could do to get the money, but they abruptly left halfway through the conversation. I followed them because I wanted to hear what else they had to say. They knocked me out after | went into an alley. When | awoke, | was in Owen’s house.”

Wayne said thoughtfully, “Shirley was the one who knocked you out, but Owen was the one who kidnapped you. You and Shirley met by chance while Owen planned the kidnapping,”

As he realized Owen was no longer alive and wouldn’t threaten Tammy anymore, Wayne became less nervous. He reassured Tammy, saying, “I’m looking into it and will get back to you as soon as possible. So, you must keep it a secret between the two of us. Otherwise, your mother will be more worried about you.”

“Don’t worry, dad. Your secret is safe with me,” Tammy winked and 464 Smart Little Girl said teasingly. She then walked out of the study.

After returning to her room, Tammy lay in bed for along time and couldn’t fall asleep because she had slept too long in the afternoon. And she would remember those terrifying scenes as soon as she closed her eyes, which made her disoriented.

Finally, she couldn’t take it any longer and sat in bed, picking up the quilt and pillow and walking out of the room.

Matthew was startled when he heard a knock on the door and had to close his laptop again.

“Who is it?” He asked.

“It’s me, Tammy.”