Chapter 390 Reconciled

Cherry was a popular female star, but she got a lot more attention after she had been involved in the
scandal. For a moment then, her reputation was extremely bad.

She didn't expect that the agency would be so angry at her and blame her for what happened.

Everything was too overwhelming for her, so as soon as she got out of the police station after being
detained for a day, she gritted her teeth and reached out to her phone. She immediately called Anne.

On the other side, Anne looked at her phone and saw Cherry's contact number flash on the screen.
She considered calling Kevin's attention at first, but when she glanced at him, she saw that he was
busy with work. She then just went on answering the phone without hesitation.

"Damn you, you bitch! It's all your fault. You're the one who had thrown me into this mess!"

Anne rubbed her ears and frowned as Cherry started shouting at her on the phone, then she
responded, "We discussed the plan and you agreed to it. You are the main reason why it failed. So why
are you blaming me?"

Anne did great in her part of the plan, so the failure of their strategy had nothing to do with her.

Cherry certainly knew this. But now, her image had become extremely bad and her reputation declined
greatly. She was now the former top female star who instantly became a joke and was hated by
everyone. She was in crisis and all her efforts were on the verge of a downfall. How could she not be
angry? How could she not be anxious?

"Anne, you should know that I haven't made the recording public yet. In that case, I'm not the only one
who will be loathed by people, but also you!" she shouted angrily, gnashing her teeth.

Anne frowned as she took a deep breath. Trying her best to maintain her composure, she said softly
with a hint of an angry tone, "It's all my fault. I shouldn't have made a deal with you, Cherry. Now I have



to take responsibility for what I have done."

On the other side, Cherry widened her eyes in surprise and asked, "How can you say that? Don't you
want to be with Kim?"

Anne gritted her teeth at the mention of Kim and hung up the phone immediately.

Kevin turned his head with a faint smile on his face. Anne did not try to hide from him while she was on
the phone call this time, which seemed like she was trying to improve her relationship with him.

He lowered his head with cold eyes, determined to find Kim.

Then, all of a sudden, he came up with something. He frowned and immediately called his assistant.

"What's up, Mr. Kevin? It's late," his assistant said on the phone, his voice sounding a little groggy as
though he had already been falling asleep when only that phone call woke him up.

But Kevin, being the boss that he was, obviously didn't care about this. He just continued with their
conversation and said, "I want you to look for the best private detective and ask him to investigate the
head of AS Group. If there's anything unusual, inform me immediately!"

He still had no idea what that man's name was, but it seemed that he still continued living by the name
"Ryan."

More than that, he was constantly in contact with Kim, so he thought perhaps that he was the only way
to get to him.

"Yes, sir!" the assistant agreed at once.

Anne smiled as she looked at Kevin. She picked up a coat and put it on his shoulder as he turned
around and smiled back. Now the two of them were treating each other like they did before.



However, deep inside, they knew of course that everything was different.

At that same time, Sam, who had been wandering outside the door for a long time, finally decided to
enter their house. He saw that the hall was empty and then sighed. Emily had most likely fallen asleep
at that time.

He hadn't returned to the hospital since the afternoon. Instead, he had been hanging around their
house. After hesitating for a long time, he finally mustered the courage to go in.

He sat on the sofa, let out a heavy sigh, and poured himself a glass of water. As he was drinking it, he
was thinking about how he had never felt so alone even when he had lived here by himself before. But
now when he had returned to their house, he felt it.

"Ha-ha..." Shaking his head, he laughed at himself sarcastically. There was no doubt that he and Emily
loved each other, yet they still had come to this point. What could he do to make their relationship
recover?

There might still be a glimmer of chance for them to turn their relationship around. Sam really didn't
want to make the final decision to have a divorce without a try!

"You are back!" Suddenly, a woman's voice came from behind.

His body stiffened instantly when he heard it. He didn't turn around but he knew at once that it was
Emily.

The only reason why he wandered outside for a long time before he went in, was because he didn't
know how to face her. But now, he had to. She was there and this was his chance to finally confront
things with her. He sighed deeply in his heart and slowly turned around.



He immediately saw that Emily's eyes were red and swollen, full of grievance, as though she had been
crying all day. He couldn't help but feel sorry for her.

Indeed, recently, there had been a lot of conflicts between them, but she was the woman he vowed to
take care of for the rest of his life, so it was only natural for him to feel uncomfortable whenever he saw
her like this.

He stood up and walked slowly towards her, sighing helplessly. Her body stiffened a little when she saw
him approaching. As soon as he got close to her, he ran his fingers under her eyes and said, "How long
have you been crying, my dear? Why are your eyes swollen like this? Oh, Emily, you are such a silly
girl."

Her tears flowed out again as she heard his voice. She threw herself immediately into his arms. His
body stiffened slightly as he embraced her, realizing that it was actually the first act of intimacy that
they had ever since they got married.

"Sam, I know I was wrong. I know that. But please don't be so cold to me. I will no longer make a big
deal out of a petty thing from now on. I know you liked Anne and you can like her as much as you want,
as long as you still remember me. Can you do that for me, please?" Emily begged.

Pride? That was nothing for her. She didn't care about it at all now. At that moment, she just knew that
she couldn't hold on to it any longer. She loved him more than she loved herself, and love was more
important than pride.

She promised herself that she would bear anything as long as she wouldn't lose him. She was even
willing to accept that he was still in love with Anne. As long as she was his wife, that was good enough
for her.

He felt helpless when he heard her words. He lowered his head and kissed her on the forehead, then
he looked at her and said in a serious tone, "Emily, if you can do all these, then why can't you believe



me?"

She was a little stunned when she heard him say that. She stared at him with a puzzled look on her
face as he continued, "I married you because I love you, Emily, not because of anything else. The past
is past. Anne and I are now just friends, and I no longer have feelings for her. You are my wife, and
therefore the woman I want to spend the rest of my life with. You're the one that I love. Okay?"

Surprised, she looked at him with her eyes wide open and her cheeks blushing. Sam rubbed her
forehead and said, "Since you love me enough to not care whether I love another woman or not, then
why don't you just trust me?"

If a person loved someone deeply, that person should be able to trust the one they loved, right?

Emily held him tightly as she shook her head, and told him, "I believe you, Sam. I really believe you!"

Hearing this, Sam felt helpless. He hugged her and whispered in her ear, "I'm really afraid that you
might just agree to what I say even though deep inside, you don't really believe it. Whenever I
explained it to you, you responded just like this, but you never trusted me. Emily, you really make me
helpless and confused!

It's true that I liked her before. But you can't think that I still love her just because we still talk as friends!

What happened this afternoon was really just a coincidence. I'm a man, so when I see that a woman is
about to fall to the ground, I should help her, shouldn't I? That was just what I was doing that time, and
it just so happened that you saw it. But Anne and I are just friends, and that's it. Nothing more!"

Emily smiled dejectedly and nodded. Of course she knew it. After all, they were outside the lab at that
time, so nothing intimate could really be done in that place. She was so angry when she saw them
together that she just went out of her mind and stopped thinking rationally. She was too driven by her



emotions at that moment, but after that, she thought about it carefully and realized that it was indeed
impossible for them to flirt with each other in that situation.

Now, her heart was filled with nothing but satisfaction as she listened to his explanation.

"I not only scolded Anne today, but also slapped her. Is she going to be angry with me? How should I
apologize to her?" She lowered her head and let out a complicated expression, feeling guilty for the
way she reacted to things.

He was right. She loved him so much that she could even accept that he might be in love with another
woman. So why shouldn't she just trust him?

She promised herself that from then on, she would trust Sam and believe everything that he would
explain to her.

When she calmed down and analyzed what had happened earlier today, she felt a little guilty.

With a gentle smile, Sam gave her a peck on her blushing cheek and said in a soft voice, "How about
we visit her tomorrow and talk to her in person? Anne is not mean, so I believe she will forgive us."

He kissed her as soon as he said this, and she just nodded in a daze. He lowered his body and held
her in his arms all of a sudden, to which she exclaimed in surprise.

It was the middle of the night and the two of them were staring at each other affectionately. Emily could
easily imagine what would happen next.

Before they got married, they didn't have the chance to make love. After they got married, they had
been a bit cold with each other, which was why they didn't get to make love either. So now...



Sam carried her into his arms and walked into their bedroom like a newly-wed couple, and then Emily
nervously closed her eyes as he gently laid her onto the bed. Slowly, he chuckled seductively as he
turned off the light.

Meanwhile on the other side, Anne was walking on the roof top of the building, frowning slightly as she
saw the bright lights from afar.

She sighed heavily. In the dead of night, her heart particularly ached.

She knew that the more she liked something before, the more she hated it now. It was all Kim's doing!

All of a sudden, she felt a warmth on her shoulder. She turned around and saw Kevin looking at her. He
brushed her hair with his fingers and said, "I know you just want to enjoy the beautiful night scenery,
but it's a little cold. You should take care of your body."

She giggled and nodded at the same time. She wrapped her robe tighter around her body, tied it, then
looked at Kevin and said with a soft voice, "Are you really okay with how the things turned out?"

He instantly knew that she was definitely talking about Cherry, so he frowned and shook his head.

"When I had dinner with her that time, she told me frankly that she didn't accept the fact that she lost to
you and wanted to get back together with me. Now that her name is ruined by the scandal, I really don't
know what she will do." He was telling the truth.

Cherry was so insidious and cunning that she could do anything if she wanted, and that was what
worried him the most.

When he turned around, he saw that Anne was thinking about something, her eyes looking down. He
immediately said, "Even if you didn't make a deal with her, she would still find other opportunities to get
close to me. You don't need to take it to heart."



She squinted her eyes and smiled at him, then she said in a cold voice, "Although my mind is in a bit of
a mess right now, I'm still Anne. Something in my bones won't change. For example, if someone hurts
me, I'll hurt him or her harder. No one can trample on me at will!"

Kevin stared at her, stunned at her determination. Yes, she was Anne, and she was supposed to be
strong and stubborn. Even if something had changed, her nature was still like this!

So what would she say next?

"I won't let Kim get away with what he has done to me. Kevin, I know you also hate him, so why don't
we work together and send him where he deserves to be? What do you think?"

Kim not only imprisoned Anne, but also did many unimaginably evil things, especially when he killed
Ryan. Based on these facts, the only place where he deserved to go was prison!


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