Chapter 161 Didn’t Get to Live the Way She Wanted
“Grayson.” Ann’s voice rang out next to his head. “I’ve reached Dusktown, so can you pick me up?”
When she found out that Sebastian married a girl named Madeline and had children with her, she felt herself spiraling into anxiety and madness.
Immediately, she bought the earliest flight back and settled all of her work before flying back.
When Ann reached the airport, the raging anger and sadness coursing through her mind suddenly calmed down.
I can’t just go to Hart Residence like this because I have a house in Dusktown, and there’s no point in me heading to the Harts’ when I can go back to my own place instead. However, if I go back to my place, there’s no reason for me to stay over at the Hart Residence anymore.
She was planning to take her luggage to the Hart Residence and make up a reasonable excuse to stay over.
I must stay at the Hart Residence! It’s unfair that a woman who has no relation to Sebastian at all enters the Hart Family and stays with them while I can’t. If someone from the Harts picks me up and takes me to the Hart Residence, I’ll find a reason to stay.
The person that Ann wanted to see the most was Sebastian.
If Sebastian would pick her up, he’d be the first person that she’d contact. However, she knew that it was impossible because Sebastian had always been cold toward her, and his attitude toward his servants were even better than how he treated her.
Knowing Sebastian, he surely wouldn’t come if she wanted him to fetch her. Even if he did come, he would send her straight to her house.
As such, there was no way that she would look for Sebastian.
Still, it wasn’t possible for her to ask Philip to pick her up, so she was only left with three options—Lucas, Kieran, or Grayson.
Lucas, Kieran and Grayson were all staying at the Hart Residence.
If any of them came to pick her up, she would surely be able to stay over at the Hart Residence.
Nevertheless, Ann knew that she couldn’t count on Lucas because their personalities just wouldn’t vibe. Although she tried her best to please them, she just couldn’t seem to get Lucas to like her, and his attitude toward her was similarly cold. He was just like Sebastian as he looked down on her.
Yet, she never expressed her anger despite feeling extremely furious.
Since Sebastian was really close to Lucas, Kieran, and Grayson, she couldn’t pick a fight with Lucas when she hadn’t even gotten married to Sebastian.
On the other hand, Kieran was well-known in the entertainment industry to have a personality of a prince; he looked as if he had a good temperament and was approachable. However, Ann never managed to get close to Kieran although they grew up together.
In reality, there were only a few who made it into Kieran’s heart even though he treated everyone nicely.
Unfortunately, Ann wasn’t able to be one of those people despite her hard work all these years.
Thus, she was acquainted with Kieran at best, and she wouldn’t call him to pick her up.
In fact, Kieran might even think that something was seriously wrong with Ann if she really called him.
Hence, Grayson was her only option left.
Ann knew that Grayson had a crush on her all along, and it was probably her only achievement after staying in the Hart Residence for years.
However, she didn’t like Grayson. She fell in love with Sebastian and became obsessed with him as she had never met a man as outstanding as him.
Sebastian was good looking, elegant, and talented. Not only that, he could always stay calm and come up with a good strategy when needed.
No matter what happened, Ann would always feel safe and secure as long as Sebastian was there.
Any events that he joined would make him the center of the attraction, and he was a man that managed to charm all sorts of girls and break their hearts.
Even though she knew that Sebastian didn’t like her and had no feelings toward her, she just couldn’t seem to control herself from loving him.
If it was possible, Ann really wished that she fell in love with Grayson instead of Sebastian. That way, she wouldn’t be suffering like how she was right now, but she just couldn’t seem to control her feelings.
Sebastian was the only guy that she could think about, and she’d even dream about getting married to him.
Since she knew that her life would lose its meaning if she were to leave Sebastian, Ann knew that she must get into the Hart Residence no matter what!
I can only kick that woman named Madeline and her kids out of the Hart Residence if I get to stay there. Sebastian belongs to me. I’m the Hart Residence’s only young lady, and no one will be able to take that away from me!
At the thought of that, she entered the VIP lounge room before contacting Grayson to get him to pick her up.
Since Ann’s adoptive mother was Sebastian’s aunty, she would always bring Ann to stay over at the Hart Residence so that it would be easier to take care of Sebastian’s mother when she wasn’t feeling well.
After Sebastian’s mother passed away, her adoptive mother continued staying at the Hart Residence and refused to go home after the divorce with her adoptive father.
Thus, Ann grew up with Sebastian and the others ever since they were little, and she was their childhood friend.
By right, as the only girl in the Hart Residence, she should be the treasure within the Hart Family that everyone pampered and looked after, but that wasn’t the case because she was only able to get Grayson to fall in love with her among all four handsome and talented men in the Hart Family.
Sebastian, Lucas, nor Kieran had ever treated Ann as if she was a part of the family despite her hard work and countless efforts to get them to like her, and Grayson was the only one who remained loyal to her.
However, she couldn’t tell if she had succeeded or failed, because it wasn’t really a failure as long as Grayson was still there for her to prove that she was still charming enough.
If not, she’d doubt her identity as the prettiest girl in school ever since she was little.
The moment Ann contacted Grayson, she was confident that he would surely pick her up on his own. After all, he had never rejected any of her wishes after so many years.
Nonetheless, she was completely dumbfounded when Grayson rejected her. “Ann, I’m a little busy now, so I don’t think that I can go over…”
Just then, Grayson didn’t dare to let Ann know that Sebastian had brought Madeline over to visit him as he was afraid of triggering her.
Since all of them grew up together, it was obvious that all of them knew about Ann’s secret crush on Sebastian, but none of them exposed her for it.
Truthfully, everyone could tell that Ann had a crush on Sebastian, and that was the main reason why Grayson hid his feelings toward Ann and never dared to express his love because he knew that Ann didn’t like him.
“What do you mean?!” Upon hearing Grayson’s words, Ann got angry as her grip on her phone tightened and her facial expression darkened.
She had never imagined that Grayson would refuse her request one day as he had never done so in the past.
Although Ann felt like her lungs were about to combust from anger, she didn’t dare to throw a tantrum as she recomposed her emotions before replying gently as if she was understanding, “It’s fine. If you’re busy, I can get a cab to go back on my own. It’s just that it’s a little hard to get a cab at this time…”
“Why don’t I get my assistant to go pick you up?” Grayson asked. “Send me your location right now, Ann.”
Right then, the dark look on Ann’s face eased a little. “Sure. I’ll send you my location so that you can get Asher to pick me up.”
