After Marrying My Boss

“If you want to know what is going on, you will have to ask Mrs. Campbell.”

Michael glanced at me calmly.

Initially, I felt I should not trust Janette's words so easily. However, since Michael also said the same thing, I knew it was true.

I did not know if I could stand the shock. It was such a drastic change in my life.

Even though I always thought my parents did not treat me well enough, I had never felt that they were not my biological parents.

“So do you want to go and ask Mrs. Campbell now?”

Seeing how I kept quiet, Michael asked again.

“I am not going. I don't want to see anyone now. Let's go home. My mind is a mess, and I need some time alone.”

I did not know how I could face Alicia right now. If I were her daughter, I would not be able to talk to her calmly.

Michael did not say anything. He did not force me to find out the truth. I somehow blamed him as he knew my relationship with Alicia, but he never gave me any clue.

If I had known about this, I would have kept my distance from her from the beginning.

After I went back to the Shaw residence, all the family members were in the living room. I did not greet them as I went upstairs directly. They wanted to talk to me, but I did not give them any chance to do so.

Going back to my bedroom, I locked myself in the room. I fell into silence for a long while. My mind could not stop thinking about the truth that I was Alicia's illegitimate child.

Michael cast me a glance. He was the person who knew me the best. He knew I could not take it for the moment. Hence, he did not say anything but left me alone in the bedroom.

Right now, I needed some peace to clear my thoughts. I needed to recollect myself and let my emotions ease.

I lay on the bed and kept recalling the memories between Alicia and me. She once told me that she had a daughter who lost contact with her but was found. She even asked me whether I would forgive her if I were her daughter.

Now that I thought of it, all those words were meant for me. She wanted to test my attitude.

That was exactly how a mother would treat her child. Finally, it explained why she treated me extraordinarily well from the beginning.
“If you want to know what is going on, you will have to ask Mrs. Campbell.”

I could not believe how foolish I was at the time. I had sensed it was not normal for her to treat me so well, yet I did not give much thought to it. If only I had spent some effort looking into it back then, things would not be in such a mess now.

With that, I thought about it the whole afternoon. I started to calm down a little around the evening.

I got out of my room and went downstairs. Everyone was there except for Michael. Their expressions turned complicated after they saw me.

“Anna, are you all right?”

Josephine walked toward me and asked hesitatingly.

“Anna, you must not keep it to yourself if something is troubling you.”

Andy approached me too and patted my shoulder gently.

I guessed Michael must have told them upon hearing their words. I bet they were as shocked as I was.