5 Caught In His Web
As soon as Anna left, Zane turned to face Roy. He had questions, a lot of them to ask but he did not know where to start.
Feeling the heated gaze on him, Roy spread his palms with a serious counter gaze. "The daughter of the prime minister would never agree to a divorce. No doubt our parents too."
"Sir, Miss Anderson will be equally furious if she learns about this."
"You tell me, which one is more ideal? A situation I can control or one that would control me?"
Zane did not have any words left to refute him. He was right in all of its senses.
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An hour later, Anna was surprised to find out that Roy was her neighbour but thanks to the distance between each first-class seat, she didn't have to worry a lot.
Instead, she focused on enjoying the premium seat with more space and lie-flat beds, plus the complimentary alcoholic beverages and enhanced food options.
Thankfully, Roy did not speak to her throughout their eighteen-hour flight from Vancouver to Danastan. Otherwise, she wouldn't have had any response to give him concerning the proposal he made to her.
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Around six in the morning, the flight landed at Govia International Airport, Danastan.
Govia was the capital city of the Federal Republic of Danastan.
Anna, along with other first-class passengers alighted the plane before the rest of the other passengers.
She did her best to lose sight of Roy and his bodyguard by taking her sweet time pulling her luggage behind her with a muffler hiding more than half of her face.
Although she did not know if she was still influential, she did not want to appear on the news yet after regaining her sight.
She was yet to get her revenge. But who knew that no matter how long Anna seemed to have wasted, after stepping out of the building, she would still find Roy and a few other people standing next to a black Range Rover jeep.
"She is the one you will send back home," Roy instructed the man in glasses as he pointed a finger at the weary Anna who thought she was about to be kidnapped.
Roy gave her one last look before getting into the back seat of the jeep. Immediately, Zane closed the door and climbed into the front passenger seat.
Within a few seconds, Anna watched the jeep drive away before turning her gaze to the man in glasses smiling at her.
"Hello, Miss Carter. My name is Charles and I have been instructed to send you home." Right after introducing himself, he went over to take the small suitcase from her just as a fancy black car parked in front of them.
Anna could only watch helplessly in acceptance as Charles put her suitcase in the trunk of the car before going ahead to open the back passenger door for her.
Ever since she had accidentally gotten entangled in his web by accepting his offer, Anna was left with no escape. She was destined to be a captive of Roy Kim's clutches, her fate sealed eighteen hours ago.
Sighing to herself, she resigned to her faith and got into the car. With the long silence ahead of an hour's drive, Anna took her phone from her shoulder bag and eagerly powered it up.
'Mum must be worried,' she thought to herself. She hadn't informed her mother of the time her flight would land.
She did not want to stress her by calling her to come pick her up from the airport around six in the morning.
The moment her screen flickered to life, her notifications bar quickly filled with icons representing countless messages, most especially from a few group chats and app alerts.
The incessant buzzing and chiming forced her to turn down the volume of her phone; she was still in someone else's car and didn't want to be rude.
Anna has not had any need to use her phone in the past two years except to answer calls by simply pressing the power button by the side, so naturally, there would be hundreds of thousands of notifications that would take a longer time to load.
Thankfully, the following day after she regained her sight, she reinstalled her social media apps and reactivated a few accounts that would not give away her current condition.
A few minutes after the notifications had dropped, Anna went straight to a group chat in her WeChat account called 'G3 Socialites' and clicked the message box open.
For the past few days since her surgery, she had been taking quite some time trying to rush through the messages from there. Even so, she was still mindful not to spend a lot of time on her phone screen because of the light sensitivity of her eyes.
And since then, she had discovered a handful of information, which included her suspicion regarding the relationship between her boyfriend Sam, and her best friend, Susan.
As expected, towards the end of the recent texts, she got to confirm that her intuition had been right.
There were a few curious people raising questions regarding the issue.
'Are Susan Young and Anna Carter Lee's boyfriend dating?'
'I have seen them a few times at a restaurant.'
'Has Anna and Sam broken up? I saw him shopping with Susan the other day. Their smile at each other looked intimate. Someone, please confirm this news.'
There were a few other similar questions before Anna saw a comment that belonged to her best friend.
'Please do not start up a rumour without evidence. If not, we will not hesitate to pursue legal action.'
Anna felt her heart wring with pain as an unpleasant feeling pulled at the pit of her stomach.
Fed up with ugly traces of betrayal, she put her phone away and stared silently at the window. She would rather enjoy the serene environment than dwell on it.
An hour later, the black car pulled over outside a block of flats and Charles stepped out to help Anna hold the door. She stepped out of the car while the chauffeur got down to take out her luggage from the trunk.
"Can you give Mr. Kim a call?" Anna requested, facing Mr. Charles.
Charles was a little sceptical yet still went ahead to make the call. As soon as it connected, he passed on the message.
"Sir, Miss Carter wants to speak to you."
"Pass the phone to her," Roy instructed from the other end.
Charles quickly did as instructed and took a step back.
"Mr. Kim, when are we getting married?" Anna inquired as soon she placed the phone on her ear.
