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Joshua listened silently. His eyes darkened and yet he didn't refute Valentin.
Because of his indulgence, everyone, including Valentin, his friend, Rachel Edward, his
mother, Payton, his assistant, and even the servants from the old mansion, didn't treat Anika
properly.
Valentin received a call and left hurriedly.
After he left, Joshua subconsciously picked up his phone.
Anika didn't call him.
He called her,and again, he heard the cold, robotic female voice.
"Sorry,the number you dialed cannot be reached at the moment, please dial later..."
He threw his phone away in frustration.
Then he got up, went to the French windows, and lit a cigarette.
Anika's words from early morning still haunted him. She said she regretted it.
He felt a strange bitterness in his throat. He coughed heavily a few times and suddenly
heard a woman's voice behind him.
"Joshua,smoke less. Smoking is bad for you.'
Joshua's heart skipped a beat. Subconsciously, he thought it was Anika who was back. Yet when he turned around, he saw Violet who dressed as if she were a dutiful wife and
mother.
Light crept through his deep eyes. He asked indifferently, "Why are you here?"
Violet looked at him extremely gently.
"Your mom sent me here. She knows that Anika has already found another man. She hopes you won't think too much about it.
Joshua's mom was Rachel.
Everything happened four years ago.
Back then, Rachel and Valentin were in a car together, and they were victimized by a hostile
company.
Rachel lost a lot of blood, and the hospital was low on O-type blood. Fortunately, Anika was with type O blood.
After Anika got Valentin settled, she got a transfusion.
She fainted after the blood transfusion as she lost her strength.
At that time, because the Carey family was Violet's sponsor, she buttered Anika up as much
as she could.
When Violet learned that Anika was in the hospital, Violet went to the hospital at once to take care of Anika, which was why Violet knew about Anika saving Rachel.
Yet no one knew that Violet took Anika's place 'accidentally" when Anika was hospitalized
At first, Violet thought that Joshua would definitely marry her for being Rachel's savior.
To her surprise, for Joshua's career and power, Rachel initially offered to be relatives with
the Carey family, even though Anika had hearing problems.
And now, Joshua refused to have sex with Anika. Though they were married for three years, they didn't even have a child.
Rachel started to loosen her restriction. She supported Violet and Joshua together and
stated that with a child, Violet would be allowed to marry into the Conan family.
"Who is her new husband?"
Joshua looked at Violet and asked.
On the phone,Anika said to him that she wouldn't marry someone else because of 50 million dollars.
And Joshua could not believe that Anika's feelings for him for so many years had been Chapter 18
Violet hesitated.
"I don't know."
She thought,"If I tell Joshua that Anika is being forced to marry an old man, he'll soften."
"Then don't bring it up ever again."
Violet was stunned and nodded.Contentt bel0ngs to N0ve/lDrâ/ma.O(r)g!
That entire day, Joshua had been absent-minded.
life.
Anika was at Oasisville Hospital.
She was in the ICU late at night.
Meanwhile, she was on a ventilator, breathing hard.
She didn't die. After being taken to the hospital by Trent, she was saved by the doctors.
Looking at Clare in tears, Anika held up her strength to comfort Clare.
"I'm not ..in pain. Don't cry..."
Anika figured that she was a cowardly person who chose to take sleeping pills to end her
Anika looked at Clare, whose hair grew grey overnight and looked even older now, feeling sadder.She felt embarrassed to face Clare. Clare choked and squeezed Anika's hand. She said, "Anika, listen to me.Get better soon and live your life properly from now on.OK?" Anika couldn't promise her anything.
The doctor was in the hallway of the hospital with a man.
"Sir,after the operation, we gave her a checkup and found that she has been half a month pregnant."