The First Heir

Anna just watched with red eyes as she blamed herself. “Mr. Clarke, I’m sorry. I didn’t protect Mila.”

Philip shook his head and said, “I’m not here to listen to your apologies. I’m here to thank you.”

“Thank me?”

Anna was puzzled.

Philip cut the peeled apple into cubes, then poked a piece with a toothpick. Stretching his arm out, he placed the cubed apple at the corner of Anna’s bruised mouth.

Anna was still a little apprehensive and hesitated for a moment before opening her small mouth shyly.

“If you hadn’t protected Mila with your life, she might have been tortured by them a long time ago,” Philip said with a trace of hatred in his eyes.

Anna said after a brief silence, “It’s my responsibility. It’s because of my inability that I couldn’t protect her.”

Philip paused, raised his eyebrows, and glanced at Anna before saying with dissatisfaction, “I said, I’m not here to listen to you blaming yourself.”

Of course, his words contained a trace of humor—not complete dissatisfaction.

Anna was dumbfounded. She closed her small mouth as her fingers scrunched the sheets unconsciously. She dared not say anymore.

Anna one by

before saying

“Have you ever thought of

Theo is like a brother to me. I’m an orphan. Theo has been providing me financial support to go to school. Since college, I’ve been helping Theo

regret it?” Philip

said without

“Then in the future, will you follow

moment, the ward became

Philip with flickering big eyes that were full

following Theo, she was

for Philip

This was an opportunity.

hesitating for a moment, Anna declined. “I still hope to follow Theo and work for Mr. Clarke.

Bam!

door of the ward was slammed

in while staring bitterly at Anna. He turned around and bowed down respectfully to Philip before saying, “Mr. Clarke, Anna isn’t a sensible woman. Please disregard her words. I hope that you can accept

Anna was moved

knew that Theo was doing this

at Theo, then looked at Anna. He smiled and said, “So,

immediately stared at Anna and said, “Hurry up and

bit her lip, nodded, and said,