Falling in Love With A One-Night Stand

148 Are You Going To Tell Him?
“Oh, hey, I‘m warning you. Don‘t mess with him. Ryan probably hasn‘t even graduated from college yet. He can‘t even remember
what happened before, so maybe he has a girlfriend.”
Anna was very familiar with Peace, so she knew that once she started paying attention to a grown man, it meant she would hit o
n him.
She always said Karl was a playboy. But when it came to how often she flirted with men, she was actually about the same as Kar
l.
Peace glanced at her and said, “Wow, wow, take it easy, Anna. Do you think you‘re his mother? Chill, I was just asking. I‘m sure
you can understand. After all, he‘s so cute. Everyone likes young and hot boys, and so dol.”
“Forget it! I know you very well, and you‘ll lose interest in him after a while. Ah, I think Kari‘s been pretty good to you lately. He do
es whatever you want.”
“Oh, please! He does whatever every woman wants.” Peace immediately looked defeated as she heard Karl‘s name. She glance
d at the kitchen, and then withdrew her gaze.
“Old habits die hard,” she muttered
“What happened? Did he flirt with other women again? I thought you guys were getting along well lately.”
“Not really. But even though he doesn‘t flirt with women, there are women who want to mess with him. I envy you sometimes, yo
u know, because Wayne has always been a good man. Karl used to be a womanizer, and he couldn‘t get rid of his habit of messi
ng with women. Actually, I can understand him. As long as I pretend that I don‘t give a sh*t about that, then we can get along just
fine.”
Looking at how Peace pretended not to care about anything, Anna felt heartbroken.
She said comfortingly, “Peace, honey, that‘s long gone. So, you should stop thinking about it. People always have to look forward
to the future, and you can‘t be afraid to do so. If you take this pain alone and act as if you don‘t care about anything, then you wil
l be the one who suffers. After all, you know that you can‘t change the past.”

Peace clenched her fists and looked as if she was holding something back. She replied, “Anna, I don‘t actually care about the pa
st. You‘re well aware of what happened to me before. At that time, everyone knew what their future looked like, but I didn‘t.
I used to put too much trust in him. So, it‘s better for me not to look forward to my future and not to expect anything from him. As l
ong as we‘re happy together, it‘s enough.”
“Hey, come on, he probably won‘t cheat on you again. It‘s been three years.” Anna immediately took peace‘s hand in hers, only t
o find that it was cold.
“You know, he just probably‘ won‘t cheat on me again.”
Peace said calmly. She had always
been a lively and sophisticated woman, but she seemed very thoughtful at that moment. Only a handful of people in the world kn
ew about her past. She
After a long silence, Anna looked up and saw Karl walking around the kitchen, then turned back to Peace and asked, “So, will yo
u tell him about it?”
Peace shook her head, blinked, and said, “No! Why would I tell him? Maybe we‘ll break up again if I do so.”
Anna sighed and furrowed her brow.
Ryan soon had dinner ready. He made lots of delicious food, including salmon, steak, and tacos with hot sauce.
Tammy started eating spicy food when she was three. But after Matthew took a bite of the taco, he had tears in his eyes.
Then, he began to cough. Anna immediately handed him water to drink and patted him on the back.
Matthew then did not want to eat anymore. He took a box of chocolates and went back to his room alone. When Tammy saw him
leave, she grabbed a piece of pizza and left the dining room as well.
Karl suddenly said, “He can‘t eat
spicy food because his father can‘t either. Wayne used to be a quiet kid, and he rarely talked to me. On April Fool‘s Day one year
, our friends gave him cookies with hot sauce and told him that they were ketchup. Wayne‘s face turned red after taking a bite, bu
t he insisted on eating them anyway. Later, I noticed something was wrong and called the adults to get them to take him to the ho
spital.”

Peace looked at him and asked, “How come you were the first one who found that Wayne was not okay?”
Karl rubbed his nose and replied, “Oh, maybe it was because he and I were close.”
Anna immediately exposed his lie and said, “Well, I heard that you went to his bed every day and cried while he was in the hospit
al. Why did you do that? Was it because you two were like real brothers to each other?”
“Ah! How could he even tell you that!” Karl asked in surprise and embarrassment “Tell me, why?” Peace asked
with a smile. “Anna, please don‘t!” Karl said immediately, trying to stop Anna.
Anna said the truth anyway, “It was because he was the one
who put that hot sauce on the cookie. After that, Karl got a lecture from his father. His father also said that he would be punished
if Wayne didn‘t forgive him. So, Karl went to the hospital every day that week to apologize to Wayne. But Wayne didn‘t even say
a word to him.”
“Smart kid!.” Peace said with a smile.
Karl defended himself by saying, “No, he wasn‘t! He didn‘t talk to me for a week because he couldn‘t speak! He immediately forg
ave me when he could talk. Is that right, Anna?”
Peace went on to say, “Come on! It‘s not like he‘s paralyzed. Look at Matthew, he can‘t talk, and he can still express himself.”
Karl was embarrassed and frustrated. After a while, Ryan suddenly asked why Matthew couldn‘t talk. “Has Matthew not been able
was born?” He asked. Anna shook her head and replied, “Nope. Wayne said he couldn‘t speak because he had a
Are You Going To Tell Hi... fever a few years ago. But I‘m not sure exactly what happened.”
Karl knew why, so he immediately said, “Oh! I know! It happened when Matthew was three years old. He was living with Mr. Wrigh
found him crying alone in his bed without a single babysitter around.”
“What? He didn‘t have a babysitter with him? He must have
been crying loudly, so surely. someone would have heard him. Then why
wasn‘t anyone looking after him?” Ryan asked afterward.
Karl looked at him and said, “Oh, you‘ve never been to the Wright mansion,
so you have no idea. That mansion is super huge, and there are several yards. If I hadn‘t specifically gone to his room, I wouldn‘t

crying.”
Anna just felt her heart skip a beat. She realized that if Karl hadn‘t tried to see Matthew at that time, then she might never see her
“How could this happen?! It‘s unbelievable! Did his babysitter leave?” Ryan kept asking about the babysitter as
if he had found some loophole.
Anna felt puzzled as well when she heard him say that. She had been to the Wrights‘ mansion
and knew that there were a lot of servants there. Even Natalie had two maids around. Since Peter was so fond of Matthew, he wo
After Ryan reminded her, her intuition told her that this matter was definitely not as simple as it seemed
If someone had done this on purpose, they must be very familiar with the shift system of the servants. Not only that, but they also
Since this person was so considerable, they must know the mansion perfectly well. Perhaps, he or she was one of the Wrights.