Take Control of Yourself, Please novel (Anna and Liam)
Chapter 238 Thorough Investigation

Anna yelled in horror. She frantically grabbed a towel and covered her wristband with it. After sloppily wiping herself dry and putting on her pajamas, she ran out of the bathroom.

She checked the doors and windows, then meticulously made sure the curtains were closed tightly. She took off the wristband in haste and stuffed it into a drawer. Finally, Anna could let out a sigh of relief. Just then, her phone chimed again.

She hurriedly grabbed her phone. It was a message from Charles.

Her wristband was linked to her phone. The messages that she could read just now were all automatically sent to her wristband. Anna reckoned that it was probably not a problem with the wristband.

The main problem must have stemmed from her phone.

[What are you trying to cover? I've already seen everything.]

Anna was enraged. She quickly replied to his message.

[Who are you? What the hell do you want?]

Charles did not reply even after a long time.

Anna gazed at her wrist which always had the wristband clasp around it. It felt empty without the wristband. Hence, Anna opened the drawer and took it out again.

The wristband was a gift from Liam. The mysterious Charles probably could not hack into an item given by Liam.

Even so, she could not shake the feeling that something was not right. Nonetheless, at that moment, she could not quite put her finger on it.

How did he know about the wounds on her hands?

Did he see it? Had he always been hiding close to her?

Anna had tons of questions buried deep in her chest. Even so, at that moment, she had no way of obtaining any answers. The only thing she could do was send countless messages to Charles. [Who are you?]

[Talk!]

[What's the point of being so mysterious?]

[I'll sue you!]

Charles finally replied. [What will you sue me for?]

[Voyeurism! Harassment!]

[Where's your evidence?] His three simple words had successfully rendered Anna speechless.

Charles: [How about you marry me? Didn't you say you were lonely? If you marry me, I promise that you'll never be lonely.]

Anna was speechless.

Charles: [Why don't you let me hear you call me hubby?

Anna's chest felt suffocated with rage. [Eat sh*t!]

Charles: [Why don't you do it!]

Anna: [Eat it yourself! It's still hot and fresh!]

Charles sent her tons of full stops.

Anna suddenly felt a sort of triumphant joy. [Hurry up and tell me who you are!]

Charles: [I have a picture of you bathing. Would you like to see it?]

Anna's eyes shot wide open. [What!!! You crazy voyeur!!! Go to hell!]

How could that no-good Charles be a crazy voyeur just like Liam!

How dare he threaten her with a photograph!

How could there be such a shameless pervert!

A photo was sent to Anna's phone. It was a picture of her lying half-asleep in the bathtub. Although everything below her shoulders was submerged in water, it was still extremely explicit and could make anyone's imagination run wild...

"F*ck!"

Charles had successfully made Anna, who never swore, spit out a cuss word.

She gritted her teeth and replied. [What is it that you want?]

Charles: [If I send this out, you'll probably get to taste fame again.]

Anna's hands trembled. She hurriedly replied. [Don't! Hurry up and delete it!]

Charles: [Why should I listen to you?]

Anna: [What exactly do you want?]

Charles: [Call me hubby.]

Anna scratched her head. [Don't overstep your bounds! I won't call you that!]

Charles: [What sound can you make then? A moan?]

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was about to lose her min from rage. [ Shameless! Crude! Filthy! You bastard...]

Anna typed a bunch of insults and sent out the message. Finally, Charles went quiet. He did not reply to her again.

After a long while, Charles sent her another text.

[Then I'll enjoy the view myself.]

[Hurry up and delete it!!!]

Anna did not hear a thing from Charles after that.

She clutched her phone, her eyes turning bloodshot

with wrath. "I will replace out who you are!"

Anna threw her phone away and grabbed her glass. She could not wrap her head around how she could be so unlucky!

Why did she always have to run into those kinds of perverts?

Moreover, this pervert was just as evil and deceitful as Liam!

Anna sat up abruptly. "It can't be him, right?"

Anna slowly narrowed her eyes. "I must investigate this thoroughly!"

The next day, at the Grand Lexus Hotel.

Anna stood among the crowd with deep eye bags. She could not stop yawning as she rubbed her sore body.

She had a nightmare the night before. In her dream, a man named Charles had posted her picture onto the internet. Everyone was criticizing her, mocking her, and scolding her.

Then, Liam appeared and protected her. He made all the discussions about her vanish. Just as she was touched to the extreme, Liam suddenly revealed to her that he was a wolf in sheep's clothing. Horrified, Anna woke up and could not fall asleep again.

Nina was extremely worried when she saw Anna's exhausted appearance. "Anna, don't worry. We'll give it our all today. We will surely get those marks back! Please take care of yourself!"

Anna nodded, gesturing at Nina that Olivia had arrived.

All the students hastily stood up straight and waited for Olivia to announce the details of that day's assessment.

"The topic for today is survival.

"It is an individual assessment. Everyone will start with a capital of a hundred dollars. In these three days, you must use that money to start a business or replace a job. It doesn't matter what you do, as long as you return here at six o'clock in the evening three days later. Whoever is left with the most money at that time will be the winner.

"You can have more than two hundred dollars in the end, you can also have less than that. The point is, the winner will be the person with the most wealth at the end!"

The students exchanged glances with each other. They all sighed.

A hundred dollars was not even enough for them to eat a meal on ordinary days. Not only did they have to survive three days with that money, but they also had to use it to start a business!

How could that be possible?

Olivia gazed at the crowd with cold eyes. She continued, "You are not allowed to ask for help from your families and you can't pool your money together. Most importantly, you're not allowed to break the rules and cheat! I will have men watching your every move. If you go against the rules, I will take away every last one of your marks. Do you understand?"

"Yes..." The crowd gave her a scattered and lifeless reply.

"Hand in all the cash and cards on you right now. We have specially prepared a phone for each of you. The phone is equipped with a GPS tracker, a voice recorder, and a camera recording function! In case of an emergency, you may call the number in the contacts list to request for help. Of course, if you can't take it anymore and want to give up, you can call that number to forfeit too."

"I'm not doing this anymore! What kind of stupid internship is this? What are they training us for? Are they trying to teach us about the hardships of making money? I don't need that!" a student from a wealthy family shouted abruptly.

"Exactly! We are studying advertising design, not how to survive in the wild. What's the point of torturing us like this?" Another student from a wealthy family concurred.

The people beside them saw the chilling gaze coming from Olivia's eyes. They hurriedly nudged them with their elbows, hinting at them to stop talking.

Olivia took a glance at the two students and slowly started to speak. "You two can leave right now. You get zero marks!"

"What right do you have to do that? We won't accept your hegemonic clauses!"

Olivia did not even glance at them. She simply spat out the words, "Throw them out!"

The crowd watched as the two students were 'thrown' out. None of them had tantrums to throw anymore. They quietly had three seconds of silence for those two students.

"Is there anyone else who would like to forfeit? Now is your chance to come forward," Olivia growled.

Two more female students came forward. They were both precious daughters of wealthy families. They would get married as soon as they graduate, so there was no real need for them to join the Ackman Group. They had even less of a need to let that emotionless robot boss them around.

Seeing that no one else was coming forward, Olivia announced, "Alright, you may start now. I hope I can see you again in three days."