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?”

surprised

the party, she must

from Dad, Dad would hear of it from others and he might even learn

Allie was, she knew that it was better to tell Dad about

she said, “You have never shown concern for me these years. Since you don‘t care about me, then don‘t ask more about my

with Anna‘s indifference instead, he said with a worried look, “I heard that he has a child. I‘m afraid you will have a

raised her head slowly and asked, “What iflaso have a cho” Frank‘s face changed Anna looked at him and

temper so that she could take

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

he looked calm and gentle again. “When did you have

I didn‘t want to take her back home

is five years old now,” Frank said with

Anna‘s surprise, Frank still didn‘t get angry or lost his temper. Instead, he asked a lot about the child as if he had forgotten that he was here to ask

two of

a while before he left and said, You may come back home with the child at any time

saying that, he

her mother when she was young and it was her grandfather who raised

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

But as she grew up,

Anna back home, he had

when she was fifteen years old and

almost did everything he could do for Anna. Even so, he still felt that

irritable. Fortunately, the work in