58. Partners

ABEL

I led Anya into my mansion. I did not stay here often, but they were workers who cleaned up every day, so it was clean.

I took her to the bedroom next to the master's bedroom. It was clean and big enough for her.

"You can stay here for Anya now. No one would dare to hurt you!" I said as I led her into the room.

She turned to look at me. There was guilt in her eyes. "Thank you so much for helping me. I thought you would never talk to me again after what happened," she said to me.

"What do you mean by that?" I asked her.

"Well, I ran away and didn't tell you about it. I know that you must have been worried about me. Despite that, you still helped me from Ariana and her minions and you also took me away from there. You are risking getting into a fight with your brother just for my sake. You don't have to do all of this just for me," she said.

"Anya, I was mad when I heard that you left. I admit that I was worried looking for you, but I understand why you wanted to run away. An