Take Control of Yourself, Please novel (Anna and Liam)
Chapter 144 What Did You Do Behind My Back?

When Anna followed Daniel home, she knew a storm was brewing.

Daniel ordered her to return to her room the moment they arrived and she was not allowed to come out.

Anna knew that Daniel wanted to hide the situation from her.

Daniel thought that Anna was blind and unable to see what had happened back then. He also thought that she could not see the picture of Bryan and Chloe hugging in the newspaper. As long as he restricted her freedom and forbade anyone around her from speaking about this matter, he would be able to conceal the entire situation.

Was Anna supposed to be happy that she managed to fool Daniel into thinking that she was blind, or should she be sad that he was treating her like a fool?

Liam was right; everyone was smart while Anna was the most foolish one!

Daniel gently pushed open the door to Anna's room. He thought he was subtle enough that she would not notice.

Anna sat facing the window, and she saw Daniel's reflection the moment he entered the room.

Daniel did not speak for a long time, and Anna continued acting as if she did not notice him. She remained silent as she continued looking out the window at the red evening sky.

Daniel stared at Anna's back, and for a moment he thought that it was her mother. A sudden aching feeling welled up in his heart.

Anna was his daughter after all. Even though their relationship had grown distant over the years, how could he not feel sorry for his daughter after what happened!

When Anna's mother passed away at a young age, he thought that Nicole would take good care of Anna and that she and her daughter would be appreciative of him giving them a home. Current events have proven that this was not the case.

After all these years, how could he not see that Nicole only appeared loving toward Anna but was actually heartless inside? Then again, there was no blood relation between them. He thought that if he treated Chloe well, Nicole would be grateful and treated Anna with sincerity.

Never did he think that his leniency would lead to such disaster one day. Chloe went as far as to pry Anna's fiance away!

Daniel knew that Nicole also had a hand in this matter. If not for her grooming Chloe behind his back, Chloe would not have the brains nor guts to go so far.

He felt a sudden sense of regret, if he had noticed the signs sooner and checked on Chloe, could these matters have been avoided?

Daniel's view went toward Anna's eyes, what if she was truly unable to recover her eyesight...

Nicole and Chloe were right.

The marriage between the Hamiltons and the Dawsons would be canceled if that was the case!

At this point, it would be a huge loss for the Hamilton family if they were unable to unite with the Dawsons through marriage! His status in the business world would plummet as well. Daniel had a look of uncertainty in his eyes.

Suddenly, Chloe barged into the room and said loudly t o Daniel, "Daddy, this was all Anna's plan! She's the one who's the cruelest! She set me and Bryan up, she wants to take revenge on me!"

Chloe's words shocked Daniel.

He was trying his best to hide this situation from Anna but Chloe simply barged into her room and caused a fuss. Would that not cause Anna to replace out about this horrible scandal?! "Shut your mouth!" exclaimed Daniel.

"Daddy, I'm telling the truth! You have to believe me! Anna had already known about me and Bryan but remained silent just so she could wait for the right opportunity to take revenge on me!" Anna heard the commotion and slowly turned around. "Chloe, what are you talking about? I don't understand what you're saying. What's going on between you and Bryan?"

Chloe saw that Anna still put on an innocent and clueless look on her face and flew into a rage as she pointed at her. "Stop acting! You're the one who asked me to fetch you to the Maison Restaurant, you're also the one who told me you wanted to give me and Bryan a chance to meet!"

"Anna, you're so cruel! I can't believe you had so many reporters harm me! You've dragged Daddy's name through the mud!"

Anna sneered in her mind, she could not believe that Chloe would say such things!

"Chloe, what are you talking about? I really don't understand." Anna's expression remained clueless.

"Chloe, enough! Shut up!" roared Daniel.

"Daddy, it's true, she insisted that I go to the restaurant! It's really her!"

"Chloe, you're the one who kept pestering me about going to the restaurant, that's why I brought you along. How could you lie about this?" asked Anna with uncertainty.

"Anna, you're the one who had me drive you there, Mommy heard it too. How could you twist the facts?" rebuked Chloe angrily.

"Right, since Mom was there during that time, let her tell the truth." Anna kept the puzzled look on her face, she looked innocent like a child who was wronged.

Nicole quickly said, "Danny, it's true that Anna asked Chloe to drive her there. Chloe said that she was quite busy at that moment but I told her to fetch Anna quickly."

She continued, "Anna, how could you lie? You've always been an honest child, how could you frame your sister?"

"Dad, I didn't." Anna looked toward Daniel, her eyes were calm, and had no remorse.

Daniel had a grim look on his face as he looked at Nicole and Chloe. "How long do the both of you intend to keep causing trouble?!"

Daniel felt that Nicole was covering up for Chloe at that moment.

Chloe exclaimed anxiously, "Daddy, you have to believe me, everything was Anna's doing. She wants to take revenge on me! She's really sly, Daddy. Also her eyes, I'm doubting whether they're really blind!" Daniel slowly turned around toward Anna behind him. She had a pair of beautiful eyes, and although she had an empty look in her eyes, they were still surprisingly bright.

Daniel had his suspicions before, he wondered whether Anna truly could not see or was just acting.

However, such suspicions were dismissed in a blink of an eye.

He chalked it up to the years of hardship he went through in the business world which caused him to be skeptical and doubt his own daughter.

"Daddy, think about it. Why would the reporters rush into the restroom with such confidence? And just so happen to take a picture of me and Bryan! How would they know..."

Anna interrupted Chloe before she could finish her sentence.

"What's going on with you and Bryan in the restroom? What did you guys do? Chloe, tell me honestly what are you guys arguing about? What's going on between you and Bryan?" Anna looked like an injured young lady as she panicked. She shook her head incessantly in denial as tears started to well up in her eyes.

"Anna! You're still keeping this act up!" screamed Chloe.

"Daddy... Tell me, what's going on between Chloe and Bryan?"

When Daniel saw the tears in Anna's eyes, any doubt he had instantly disappeared.

He had considered earlier that Anna was the one who called him to eat at the restaurant, and it was also her that had him bring her to the restroom, and coincidentally that was when they met the reporters swarming Bryan and Chloe. It would be a real coincidence if Anna was not involved in this entire situation.

However, it did not seem like Anna was pretending after he saw her hurt and pained expression.

Anna started crying. "Chloe, tell me, what's going on with you and Bryan? What did you guys do behind my back?"

"Anna, it's not what you think. Get some rest, don't overthink it." Daniel hastily dragged Chloe and Nicole out of the room.

Once they left the room, Daniel gave Nicole a hard slap which left her stunned.

"From today onward, none of you are allowed into Anna's room!"