Falling in Love With A One-Night Stand

It was almost dinner time.

In the cafe on the first floor of the Carousel Hotel, Anna and Frank sat at a table in the corner.

Anna spent most of her working hours in the hotel lobby so she was familiar with the staff in the stores on the first floor.

When the waiter served the coffee, he nodded at Anna with a smile as a greeting.

“Dad, what is it you want to see me about?” Anna asked as she stirred the coffee, feeling a little uneasy.

Frank was about fifty years old. He was refined in manner, wearing a brown suit, and a watch worth more than a million dollars. And the hair at his temples was a little gray.

“Allie went to Jacob‘s engagement party on Saturday. She said that she saw you and told me that you worked here,” Frank said.

Anna had guessed that Allie would tell Frank about what had happened at the party. Thinking that Allie might exaggerate the details, she said coldly, “What else did she say? She must have spoken ill of me.”

Frank frowned and said, “She just told me that you worked here and didn‘t say anything else. Anna, is there any misunderstanding between you and Allie?”

Anna clenched the spoon in her hand with an unhappy look and said, “There is no misunderstanding between us. It‘s just that we don‘t get along well.”

Frank said, “Indeed, Allie has a bad temper. But she is concerned about you. After all, you are sisters. And she…”

“Dad,” Anna interrupted him, “Did you come here just to mediate the relationship between Allie and me?”

Hearing that, Frank glanced at her and said, “I heard that you are dating Mr. Wright. Is that true?”

was not surprised at

told Dad that she met me at the party, she must have also told him

if she hid it from Dad, Dad would hear of it from others and he might even learn what Allie has done

that it was better to tell

directly. Then she said, “You have never shown concern for me these years. Since you don‘t

indifference instead, he said with a worried look, “I heard that he has a child. I‘m afraid you will have a lot of things to

face changed Anna looked at him

get angry at her and lost his temper so that

a surprised look After a moment, he picked up the cup with his trembling hand and took a sip of the coffee to

drinking up the coffee, he looked calm and gentle again. “When did you

didn‘t want to take her back home so I went abroad.”

old now,” Frank said with a frown, not calm

he asked a lot about the child as if he had

of

the bill, Frank hesitated for a while before he left and said, You may come back home with the child at any time when you have free time. You two can live there if you

he left, looking

was her grandfather who raised her. Later, her grandfather passed away and she was taken back home by

and he had a daughter, Allie, who was a few months older than

know what the existence of Allie meant when she was a child. But as she grew up, she heard the

felt that he owed Anna. Therefore, since he took Anna back home, he had always

fifteen years old

for Anna. Even so, he still felt that he was not a responsible

Anna was a little irritable. Fortunately, the work in the afternoon was about