6 Dinner

 After reaching her house, she tried to persuade him in accompanying her. He kindly refused, placed a long kiss on her forehead, and waved goodbye as she entered the villa.

The young lady of the house was welcomed by the housekeeper, her own personal nanny when she was still a child. She went up stares to her room, changed her outfit, and then joined her family on the dining table.

" Good evening everyone "

Her father smiled gently and replied.

" My precious daughter is finally here! You look skinnier, hurry and start eating before the food gets cold! "

She sat next to her mother who instantly started putting different types of food in her plate.

" My poor baby, you must be tired and hungry since you spent the whole day in college. Do you want some chicken too ? "

Anna had a sudden mood change when she noticed the amount of attention and care the princess got from her parents. She felt even more jealous when she saw the genuine smile on John's face.

" Jolene, you really are lucky to have such a loving family by your side "

As usual, Anna could not keep her thoughts to herself. For so many reasons, she had always been jealous and envious of Joleen.

The smiley face of John became stiff as he glanced at his fiancée.

In fact, John never liked Anna. He always considered her as a superficial, a shallow minded and an arrogant girl. However, and dye to family business, he had no choice but to agree on the engagement. John never showed any kind of affection to anyone except for his sister.

On the other hand, Anna was obviously aware of all that, but she didn't mind the situation as long as she could get as much money as she desired. Not to forget that John was a handsome filthy rich guy whom she could use to show off in parties and among friends.

John sighed while cutting a slice of beef.

" It's not a strange matter for families to take good care of their kids, Anna. Especially if the kid is as lovely as my little sister "

Anna became speechless. The room was sinking in deep silence before Mrs. Paterson took the initiative to change the awkward atmosphere.

" By the way Joleen, how's Edward doing? I hope he's taking good care of you "

Joleen replied with enthusiasm.

" Of course mom, he's taking good care of me as always. He was here a moment ago "

"So he brought you home? How considerate of him, but why didn't you invite him in?" said her father.

" I did actually, but he had an important business appointment "

" What a good kid he is, no wonder he's the future heir of the Hann family "

 Annoyed by his father's praising words, John wiped his mouth with a handkerchief and excused himself.

"Sorry everyone, I'm not feeling well so I will be going to my room to have some rest "

Anna was about to get off her chair to follow him upstairs.

" There's no need for you to come along, I can take good care of myself. I will let the driver take you home "

Anna calmly sat back on her chair, pretending as if nothing happened.

Feeling a little embarrassed by her son's behavior, Mrs. Paterson tried comforting her future daughter in law.

" Oh Anna, I hope you didn't get hurt by my child's harsh words. You know how indifferent he could be, but don't worry, this will definitely change after marriage "

It was hard for Anna to draw a fake smile on her face, but she did anyway.

"It's okay Mrs. Paterson, I'm already used to his cold behavior by now. It's getting late, and I need to take my leave too "

The dinner was over. Joleen kissed her parents goodnight and went to her bedroom.

She threw herself on her large cozy bed, closed her eyes and hugged her pillow, then slowly opened her sleepy eyes and grabbed her phone to send Edward a good night text.

As soon as she was about to write the first letter of her message, she received his.

"How was dinner?"