Falling in Love With A One-Night Stand

328 My Mom Is Not A Cheater

Ryan became uneasy when he noticed how coldly Anna treated him. He pinched his own hands, paused, and decided to tell her the truth about everything. He said, “Okay. I’m going to take you somewhere, Anna, because | want you to trust me.”

“Where?”

“You’ll know it when you get there. I’ve documented everything I’ve done over the years to become close to the Wrights.”

Later on, Anna drove carefully through the snow. Then they arrived in front of an apartment building near Ryan’s school and took the elevator to an apartment on the fourth floor.

Except for a bed and a desk, there wasn’t much furniture in that modest house. However, the wooden floor was piled high with various books, and the massive bookshelf was crammed with folders and labeled books.

Ryan drew back the sheet that covered the bed, allowing the dust to float in the air. He explained, “This is where | used to live while | was working as a private detective. But | haven’t been here for quite some time.”

“You see, there are a lot of notebooks on the shelves. That’s the records I’ve been writing in since | was thirteen years old, and I’ve arranged them in chronological order. My mother refused to tell me about them, so I’ve been investigating them little by little over the years.”

Anna froze for a moment and hesitantly walked over to the bookshelf.

She casually pulled out a hardback notebook and flipped it open. The 328 My Mom Is Not A Cheater saadl notebook had the date written on it. It seemed that Ryan had recorded it three years ago when he was a freshman.

The first page of the book included a newspaper clipping with the heading “CEO of Carousel Group Richard Wright resigns, and Peter Wright’s only son takes command.”

Anna browsed the article and found that it was from a tabloid Flipping through the journal, she found it filled with records of Wayne’s interviews and some notes written by Ryan analyzing Wayne’s actions and words

Wayne with words like “cold,” “intelligent,” and “business genius.” Ryan later described

wrote these notes as though he were talking to himself during adolescence. He couldn’t find anyone to share those secrets with, so he kept an

long moment, and asked, “So, what motivated

I was a child. She would even call Wayne’s name in her dreams in the middle of the night. At first, had no idea what she was talking about. Later, | discovered she had a son named Wayne, who kicked her out of the family when

would have a different perspective on the same thing if they were in a different stance. Anna could appreciate Ryan’s

328 My Mom Is Not A Cheater ol shoes, she knew Jennie had hurt Wayne deeply. As

want Wayne to reconcile with your mother, right?” she

Wes”

him without thinking, “But I don’t think it’s possible. | can understand why you thought that way.

mother would never cheat on her husband,” Ryan abruptly

her. “| know what you’re talking about. Believe me, there’s no way my mother would have an

your mother told me that you two

say something but remained silent after

think she could persuade Ryan, but she was also worried that things might be out of control if Ryan kept pressing on Wayne and Jennie to reconcile with

the truth behind previous events, which was why Anna thought it was too risky for him to

asked, “Do you believe my mother cheated on her husband, Anna? But my mother

father James Was Peter’s only

next twenty years, they hadn’t seen each other for