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 at his

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

would hear of it from others and he might even learn what Allie has done

was, she knew that it was better to

is true or not?” Lowering her head, Anna didn‘t answer Frank‘s question directly. Then she said, “You have never shown concern for me these years. Since you don‘t care about me, then

angry 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 lot of

head slowly and asked, “What iflaso have a cho” Frank‘s face

angry at her and lost his temper so that she could take advantage

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

and gentle again. “When did you have

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

Frank said

lot about the child as if he had forgotten that he

the two of them

before he left and said, You may come back home with the child at any time when you have free time. You two can

saying that, he left,

was young and it was her grandfather who raised her. Later, her grandfather passed away and she was taken

had a daughter, Allie,

did not know what the existence of Allie meant when she was a child. But as she grew up, she heard the gossip about her family and knew

that he owed Anna. Therefore, since he took Anna back home, he had always granted her whatever she asked to make up

when she was fifteen years old and asked Frank to adopt him, Frank didn‘t

Anna. Even so, he still

the work in the afternoon was about to be finished