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

Chapter 164 There Is a Price to Pay for Betrayal

Anna's press conference was held at the banquet hall o f a luxurious hotel.

The press and media have arrived beforehand, holding all sorts of cameras while awaiting Anna’s arrival.

In the waiting room.

Anna wore a long black dress, she looked frail and especially haggard.

She had foundation makeup on her face and looked pale, her eyes had no light, yet she radiated the elegance and grace she was born with.

"Ms. Anna, two more minutes till the press conference begins, please get ready," said a staff member who pushed open the door.

"Alright, got it."

Anna stood up as she spoke and wore her sunglasses.

Suddenly, her wristband lit up. This time it was a text from Liam.

"Looking forward to your perfect finale."

Anna's lips smirked a little, she grabbed her phone and quickly replied.

"Can you treat me to a meal?"

"Sure, I’ll treat you to one. The meal is you."

There was not a time when this man was not dirty!

You could not count on him to behave like a friend who treated each other normally, it was odd for her to think that they could celebrate wildly after a huge victory.

The staff supported Anna by her arm as they walked t o the banquet hall where the press conference was held.

Cameras flashed non-stop the instant the main door was opened.

Anna's beautiful face carried an unconcealable sadness and was captured by countless cameras.

She walked heavily toward the stage and slowly sat behind the desk.

The reporters could not hold back their gossiping nature, all of them looked at the beautiful woman on stage thinking what sort of breaking news would she b e announcing.

However, judging by her terrible mood it would probably be related to Bryan and Chloe.

Anna stared forward blankly like a soulless husk, it made people feel pitiful for her.

"Thank you, fellow reporters, for joining today's press conference. I would like to announce something.”

Anna paused for a moment and her voice turned deeper and a little choked up.

"I have canceled my marriage with Bryan..."

She lowered her head as she finished speaking, removed her sunglasses, and wiped off the tears from her eyes.

Below the stage, there was an uproar.

"Ms. Anna, did you cancel your marriage because your fiance cheated on you with your stepsister?"

"Ms. Anna and Mr. Bryan canceled their marriage, does it mean that both families have agreed for them t o be together?"

"It was rumored that Ms. Chloe is pregnant, is this true?"

"Is it really Mr. Bryan's child?"

Anna's tears streamed down her face as if someone stabbed the wound in her heart.

"Everyone... Stop asking already, Ms. Chloe is my dearest sister, and Bryan... was once my most beloved.

I hope that they'll get the happiness they deserve."

Anna cried till she could not speak as soon as she finished her words.

The crowd looked at how sad she was and felt sympathetic.

"Ms. Anna's eyes can't see anymore, yet she has to

endure her sister and fiance cheating. What a pity."

Anna continued speaking through the microphone," Actually I'm very thankful to my sister for always taking care of me during my days in the hospital when my eyes were hurt."

"When I got out of the hospital, she continued taking care of me with all her heart... So everyone, please

don't condemn her too much for this. There’s no right o r wrong regarding the matters of the heart."

The crowd began murmuring among themselves.

"Previously, someone mentioned that Ms. Anna's eye injury was very strange."

"Yeah, someone also said that it was her sister who caused her to become blind so she could snatch everything that belonged to her."

"I've also seen a post that was spread online, claiming that it was Ms. Chloe who seduced her brother-in-law when Ms. Anna was in the hospital! And she succeeded!"

Everyone raised their heads again toward Anna on the stage, their faces showed sympathy.

Anna could see the looks on their faces through her sunglasses, she continued speaking.

"I can’t ruin Bryan's entire life, I also do not wish to obstruct my sister’s happiness. I chose to give them m y blessings."

Anna stood up and bowed to the crowd and sobbed.

"I hope the public won’t be too harsh on them, thank you."

Upon hearing what she said, everyone felt more sympathetic toward her and thought she did not deserve this. Content property of NôvelDra/ma.Org.

"Ms. Anna, was the incident with your eyes truly just a n accident and not foul play?"

Another reporter continued, "Recently, there's talk online saying someone intentionally harmed you by changing your eye drops to highly concentrated alcohol."

"If someone wanted to hurt you, who could such a wicked person be?"

The reporter's words shocked Anna.

"No! It was the servant who misplaced the alcohol and I was careless... There wouldn’t be anyone who wants t o hurt me..."

The reporters began gossiping among themselves.

"A servant’s mistake? A noble family like the Hamiltons hires servants who are professionally trained, why would there be such a basic mistake?”

"Could it be that Ms. Anna was unknowingly kept in the dark?"

"Now that Ms. Anna you've lost your eyesight and your fiance cheated on you with your stepsister, causing you to lose both love and career. Don't you feel that things are very strange?” "If you put it that way, it does feel like it was a deliberately planned scheme!”

"Yes, I feel that way too! Looks like there could be a deeper story to the whole incident."

Anna looked at everyone talking and felt puzzled.

Who created those posts online?

Also, should the reporters not be more concerned about the wedding being canceled? Why did they care about her eye injury instead?

How did the change of topic happen?

However, it was a good thing as it caused Bryan and Chloe to completely become the public's focus now.

Anna rubbed her eyes and softly said, "How come? My sister has always been very nice to me."

Another reporter said loudly, "Ms. Anna, you're too trusting of that stepsister of yours! If she was truly nice to you, would she steal your fiance? Moreover, she wouldn't have conceived a child! This

could be planned long ago and she harbors wicked intentions!"

"Yes! They're too wicked!"

"The schemes happening in this wealthy family are so shameful!"

"It must be Chloe and Bryan who conspired together with the trap aiming to bring down Ms. Anna and reasonably bring them together.”

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Anna was speechless.

She did not need to speak anymore, she just needed to continue pretending to be weak. The reporters have already begun to defend her.

"We can't judge a book by its cover. Previously, Bryan kept displaying affection towards Ms. Anna in public but he is actually such a wicked person!"

"Chloe is really wicked!"

"No... My sister would never do that to me!" Anna covered her eyes, her helpless look made people feel extremely sorry for her.

"Ms. Anna, she's the one who would have the most to gain from your loss of sight. If it wasn’t her, who else would it be!"

Anna cried till words could not be spoken.

It is because she thought of the sentence Liam said; the crying child gets the candy.

"Sorry everyone, I'm not feeling well so I'll be leaving," Anna said while she left the press conference slowly with the aid of a staff member.

The reporters took more photos and wrote down, "Ms. Anna was overwhelmed with sadness and cried her heart out at the press conference."

After arriving in the waiting room, Anna rubbed her eyes that were filled with tears, and slowly calmed down.

Although she did not know who was secretly adding fuel to the flames, this storm was enough for Bryan and Chloe to learn a hard lesson.

"Chloe, Bryan, there's a price to pay for betrayal."