Take Control of Yourself, Please novel (Anna and Liam)

Chapter 237 At Ease

On the first-floor lobby of the Grand Lexus Hotel.

The students had all gathered there-some with smiles on their faces while others with expressions of despair.

When Nina saw Anna, she hurriedly ran over to her. Her heart ached when she saw the gauze wrapped around Anna’s hands.

"Anna, did Mr. Ackman make things difficult for you again? How did this happen?”

Anna retracted her hands and smiled. "I'm fine! He didn't make things difficult for me. It was my carelessness that got me injured."

Liam's constant lectures were slowly making her spit lies out of her mouth.

Urgh!

That deceitful, two-faced man!

He wanted to take advantage of her yet somehow made her willingly accept. He truly was commendable.

"Mr. Ackman is horrible. How is this not considered making your life difficult?" Nina grumbled softly as she held Anna's dainty hands sympathetically.

Jennifer marched over to her arrogantly. A vibrant smile bloomed on her face when she saw the sorry state that Anna’s hands were in.

"Haha... Ms. Anna, what happened to you? Oh, you're s o delicate! I bet yesterday must have been horrible for you. Did you get all your marks deducted?"

Nina glared at her furiously. "Jennifer Wurst, enough with the mockery. You’re not any better! I heard that a guest had left because of you!"

Jennifer widened her beautiful eyes and said in an endearing voice, "Nina Scott, what are you screaming about? You are just a little chihuahua fawning over Anna Hamilton. When she loses, let's see how you can intimidate me with your connections to her!"

"You...!"

Nina’s eyes turned bloodshot from rage.

Anna pulled Nina behind her and gazed at Jennifer coldly. "Nina, some rabid dogs just like to bark, and we should let them! Otherwise, they might go crazy and start biting people! We even need to get vaccinated if things take a turn for the wurst!"

"Anna Hamilton! Who are you calling a rabid dog?" Jennifer rushed up to her wrathfully.

Anna was amused. "Rabid dog? You even admitted it yourself,"

Everyone else burst out into laughter too.

Furious, Jennifer wanted to fight it out with Anna. However, Mindy stopped her.

"Jennifer, the supervisor is arriving soon. Don’t cause trouble.”

"Listen well, Jennifer. Nina is the greatest friend I've ever had in this lifetime! In the future, she will be a thousand or even a million times better than you! As for me, I won’t lose to you because you don't have the right to make me lose yet!"

"Just you wait, Anna Hamilton! One day, I will make you kneel and be my slave!"

Just then, James came in. The crowd instantly fell into pin-drop silence. That was because Olivia was following behind him with a stern and emotionless face.

"Quiet down and stand properly! Look at yourselves! Your lines are crooked and you can't even stand upright! What is this? Do you want your marks deducted again?" Olivia scolded coldly.

Everyone hastily stood straight.

Jennifer glared hard at Anna, then turned away and returned to her spot.

James flipped open the mark sheet and read out their marks.

"Mindy Kolher, twenty marks deduction, leaving you with eighty marks. Copyright Nôv/el/Dra/ma.Org.

"Jennifer Wurst, ten marks deduction, left with ninety marks.

"Nina Scott, thirty marks deduction, left with seventy marks.

"Anna Hamilton, sixty marks deduction, left with forty marks."

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The crowd instantly broke out into a commotion.

"What happened to Geeky Anna? Why did she have so many marks deducted?"

"Who is the guest for her team? Isn’t it a little too cruel? How could they have the heart to do this to such a beautiful woman?"

"God, I thought I was doing horribly. Who would have thought she is doing worse than me! I feel more at ease now."

"At ease my *ss! Did you forget how much you betted o n Geeky Anna?"

"Sh*t! I’m doomed..."

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Jennifer turned in Anna's direction and scoffed coldly. She had an extremely conceited expression on her face.

Nina returned her glaze. Then, she whispered to Anna, "Anna, you got your marks back!"

Anna was secretly overjoyed. She did not expect Liam to finally have mercy on her. Although her ranking was still very low, at least it was not as tragic as coming in last.

"I had negative two hundred and ten marks before this! Finally, I can see some light at the end of the tunnel!" Anna pressed his lips together as she chuckled silently.

Discussions broke out among the students again.

"Look, Gorgeous Anna can still smile!”

"I heard that her guest was Mr. Ackman. He is her uncle yet he still treats her so harshly!"

"Mr. Ackman puts principles before family. Jennifer must be over the moon."

Nina turned to Anna worriedly. To her surprise, Anna smiled and said, "It's okay, Nina. I will work hard and earn back all those marks from the next two topics."

"I’m just worried that you’ll be bullied to death before you can reach the end.” Nina patted Anna's shoulders empathetically.

James also felt despondent. Mr. Ackman knew nothing about how to love and care for a woman. How could he be so heartless toward a lady as special as Anna?

That was not the right way to win over a woman's heart! This time, he must have made Anna hate his guts!

James gazed at Anna, who was standing among the crowd. His eyes were filled with sympathy. Even so,

Anna flashed a smile at him. It confused James.

Perhaps that was part of his young master’s brilliance -even after he made life difficult for others, they could still smile with such joy.

"Alright, that's all for today. Go home and get some rest. Gather here again at nine o’clock tomorrow morning. Don't be late.” announced Olivia. Having said that, she left with James.

The crowd dispersed.

The precious sons and daughters of many wealthy families had all been tired out by the day's work. They were all silently cursing the hellish internship that was organized that time around. The moment they thought about suffering through that torment again the next day, all of them hurriedly scurried away and returned to their respective homes.

Anna arrived at her house.

The moment she stepped through the door, she saw Nicole stuffing a credit card into Chloe's hands, telling her to keep it safe.

Nicole panicked when she saw Anna coming home. She hurriedly dragged Chloe back to her room with her, not giving Chloe a chance to mock Anna.

Anna frowned. She grew a little suspicious.

What was that mother-daughter duo doing? Why were they being so sneaky and secretive?

Nonetheless, Anna was too tired to care. She asked

Lisa to prepare a simple meal for her.

She had not been eating well the day before. Her stomach was already growling in hunger!

Lisa's heart ached when she saw Anna's injured fingers. "Ms. Anna, how did this happen?"

"I'm fine! It's an internship after all—it’s normal to get hurt a little! Hehe...”

Lisa gazed at the upper floor vigilantly. When she saw that the mother-daughter duo was not coming downstairs, she quietly reported to Anna.

"I don't know what they have been busy with these few days. They were always sneaking around. Surely, they’re up to no good! You have to be careful, Ms.

Anna."

Anna nodded. She went to her room and turned on the faucet. She was prepared to take a nice and warm bath.

Anna was exhausted after a whole day of being tormented by Liam. It felt as if the day would never end.

Anna stood in front of the mirror, gazing at her hands that were wrapped up like a burrito. Her lips could not help but curl up when she smelled the smoky scent of cooking wafting from her body.

"Cooking for him felt pretty good."

She took off her clothes. When she saw patches of green and purple all over her body, she could not help

but cuss at him.

Warmth and comfort surrounded her the moment she got into the bathtub. She grew a little drowsy as she lay in the tub.

While she was drifting in and out of sleep, the black wristband on her wrist chimed abruptly. She gazed at i t with blurry eyes. All her drowsiness vanished in an instant.

[Don't sleep during a bath.]

The mysterious Charles had appeared again!

Anna quickly scanned her surroundings. She could not shake the feeling that a pair of eyes were watching her. It made the hair on her body stand on end.

Another message appeared on her wristband.

[Keep your injured hands away from water!]