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

Chapter 344 He’s Here

Nina felt her scalp tingling with fear at Liam's dark gaze.

Mr. Ackman's aura was too strong!

His eyes were like two sharp blades at her throat, causing her teeth to tremble in fear.

She shrank backwards and chuckled, not knowing how to answer.

Michael looked at the two of them in confusion, "What happened? Nina, what did you lie to him about?”

Nina cleared her throat, croaking out a laugh, "No... nothing, hah, uhm...Mr. Ackman must be here to see you, you guys go ahead, I'll head back in and accompany my mom."

With that, she turned and ran away before Michael could say anything.

Nina returned to the ward, hurriedly took out her phone and sent Anna a message.

"Mrs. Ackman, save me!!!"

When Anna received Nina's message, she was at Jamie's bar, sharing a drink with him.

The words 'Mrs. Ackman' gave her a shock, then she immediately called Nina and realized Liam had found out about Nina and Michael’s relationship.

During the conversation, Nina kept calling her Mrs. Ackman, Anna was torn, she didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Nina finally sighed a breath of relief and ended the call after Anna comforted her, promising her time and time again that she wouldn’t be fired by Liam.

Anna looked at Jamie who was wriggling his brows at her and glared at him.

"Wow...Mrs. Ackman sure is strong and dominating, even your eyes look so fierce, dare I ask whether the M r. Ackman is who I think it is?"

Anna blushed, bowed her head and fiddled with the glass of wine in her hands, murmuring under breath," Go away."

"Ha-ha-ha...”

Jamie laughed brightly, a hand on his hip, the other flicking her forehead with a light snap. "My dear, your guilty expression has given you away entirely.”

"It's not at all what you think," Anna said glumly.

"Why? He slept with you and doesn't want to take responsibility?”

Anna hurriedly slapped a hand over his mouth," Shush, keep your voice down.”

Jamie avoided her hand and said with a laugh, "Fine, fine, then answer me this, he wants to leave you?"

Anna rested her forehead on her palm, sighed and opened her mouth, telling him everything that had happened between her and Liam.

Perhaps Jamie was the one who would understand her best.

He could always point out the right actions she should take.

After listening to her allegations and complaints, he found the situation funny and yet a part of him ached for her, even detecting an unusual sweetness between the two of them.

He filled her glass with more wine, stared directly at her and said, "I never expected my bar to be the place for your first time, tsk tsk tsk.”

Anna rolled her eyes at him, face heating up slightly.

Jamie chuckled and continued, "Even though he's too dominating and insufferably arrogant, I think he likes you.

Otherwise, he won't draft that stupid agreement to keep you by his side."

Anna's eyes flashed with joy, then dimmed, and smiled wryly, "But somehow, I always feel that he is very far away from me, that he does not belong to me."

"Foolish little girl, is the result that important? Sometimes when you think about it, the most

important thing in life is experience and process."

Anna looked at his chin cocked purposely at a 45-degree angle, putting on a knowing air, and laughed, teasing him, "Are you trying to become a philosopher? Reciting poems the last time and now discussing life? This depth, I have to say I'm amazed."

Jamie glared at her, maintaining his posture, took out his phone and took a selfie.

"Hmm, I like this picture, I look so dark and mysterious."

Anna almost spit out the wine in her mouth, clapping a hand against her mouth and giving him a thumbs u P-

"As the youngsters say these days, you're dope!"

Jamie uploaded the photo onto his social media and pouted, "See how easily satisfied you are, he just used half of his strength and you’re already so happy."

She knew he was just trying to cheer her up and her chest warmed up, "I'm so glad to have you, but I only agree with half of your words.

Experience is important but in love, if we can't last till the end, then all the effort we put in, all the worry, what does it count for? Risk investment?

Besides, those that poured their hearts out but couldn’t get anything in return, and then they say 'it's fine, as long as I experienced love,’ I think they're just saying it because they have no choice, but in fact they’re suffering inside, aren't they?"

Listening to her firing off her speech, Jamie felt she seemed different, more matured, but somehow, his heart ached at the sight, and said, "It seems like you’ve grown a lot since the last I saw you, I'm relieved.” NôvelD(ram)a.ôrg owns this content.

Anna burst out into laughter, "Looking at you like this, you remind of something Nina said."

"What?"

"She thinks you’ve been possessed by my mother's soul, ha-ha..."

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"Come on, my dear girl, call me Mommy,” Jamie joked, his pinkie curled femininely in the air.

The low in Anna's eyes dimmed instantly.

Jamie hated himself for saying the wrong things, smacked himself on the mouth and held Anna's hand, "Babe..."

"I haven’t called anyone Mom in a long, long while, it’s been so long that I’m afraid I'm forgetting what she looks like, her smile and the sound of her voice."

After leaving Liam's villa, she went to Lake Nora, and sat quietly in the spot where her daughter loved to sit t o and gaze.

But in that moment, all the fine details that were embedded in her memory, started to blur and fade.

Anxiety and despair coursed through her, so instinctively she thought of Jamie, wanting to come here to seek comfort and a place to calm herself.

Jamie felt his heart squeeze in his chest, caressing her face lovingly, for a moment, he was at a lost for words, and didn’t know how to comfort her.

"Alright, alright, enough about me. Let’s talk about you, I came all the way here to see you." Anna hurriedly switched the topic of conversation, trying to lighten the heavy atmosphere.

Jamie rolled his eyes flirtatiously, "Who was the one who walked in begging for comfort like a wronged wife, how dare you say you purposely came to see me?"

Then, he huffed a breath onto the cup and took his time wiping the crystal clean.

"Besides, about me, what’s there to talk about?"

The bright neon lights in the bar shone on his face, enveloping him in a multi-colored haze, making him look lonely and dejected.

Anna opened her mouth, "Haven't found him yet?”

She was talking about the foreign man that dominated Jamie's dreams.

He nodded, "Yeah, I've looked everywhere but I couldn't track down a single strand of his care, sometimes I wonder whether he got on someone’s wrong side and was murdered, and his body taken care of."

"Your metaphor seems sort of violent, do you have to b e so cruel and curse him?"

"What else can I do? Didn't they say the best way to forget about someone is to print a black and white photo of him, put it in a frame, and pray 'he’s dead, he’s dead'."

It was initially something to mourn over, but with his description, she really wasn’t sure whether she should comfort him or praise him for being optimistic.

She smiled, "Don’t worry, you've tried so hard to look for him, I'm sure even the Heavens have been touched by your effort, who knows, he might just fall into your lap when you least expect it, all you have to do is wait patiently.”

Jamie suddenly froze, the cup in his hand falling to the floor with a clang and smashing into pieces.

His expression switched from shock into crazed delight, murmuring under his breath, "Babe, if I knew your words were blessed by the Heavens, I would've hired you at my bar a long time ago."

"Huh?!" Anna was confused.

Jamie slowly held up his arm, finger trembling in excitement and pointed towards the direction of the entrance, looking as if he was going to burst into a flood of happy tears.

"I don't need to wait anymore. He's here." "What?!"