274 Anna’s Request

Anna Robinson maintained her calm composure while she took her seat as gestured by the beautiful young lady.

Coming down to the Treshvire fashion complex had been one risky mission as she fully knew the consequences of defying her husband’s instruction. She had been careful and discreet to disguise herself in order not to alert her husband’s minions.

Anna had patiently waited for her husband to embark on a three days business trip outside the country, before commencing on her solo mission. Knowing the risk involved, she was careful not to let anyone in on her plans.

Even when her adopted son, Luke, had offered to keep her company during those three days of Albert’s absence, she outrightly declined his offer, stating that she needed to be by herself.

She knew that Luke would never approve of her mission and would rattle her out to Albert at the slightest opportunity. She also knew that Albert would never forgive her if he discovered what she was up to.

The Treshvire name had remained a prohibited name to her husband ever since the banishment of Chloe. He made a decree that neither the Treshvire nor Chloe’s name was ever to be mentioned in his home as it reminded him of all he had lost in the past.

After her last quiet birthday party celebration, Anna made up her mind that she would do everything in her power to rescue her daughter from the hellhole her husband had sent her to.

She had been careful to find out the location of the psychiatric facility Chloe was sent to. But she knew that showing off her face at that location would expose her and bring down her husband’s wrath on her.

Hence, she decided to reach out to the only man that was capable of moving like a shadow without being detected. This was the only young man who had conveniently ridiculed her husband both in the public and private domain.

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Leon was also the only young man her husband had sought revenge on but had recorded colossal failure in every attempt to eliminate him.

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These were some of the many reasons that made Anna conclude that Leon was the only man that could rescue her daughter without anyone ever finding out.

“Hello, sir, Mrs. Anna Robinson is here to see you,” Lily informed her boss politely through the intercom phone.

“Send her in,” Leon responded curtly before the line went dead.

“Madam Anna, please, this way...” Lily gestured towards Leon’s door, “Mr. Leon would see you now.”

“Thank you,” Anna’s lips curved revealing a warm smile as she stood up and strolled in the direction Lily pointed.

Taking a deep breath to calm her racing heart, Anna pushed open the luxurious heavy door that led into Leon’s office. She took a cautious step into the office and quietly shut the door behind her, before advancing to his executive mahogany table.

“Good morning, Leon, and thanks for seeing me on such short notice,” Anna said as she approached his table.

She was slightly shaken by Leon’s frosty glares that she almost missed her step. Catching herself before she fell to the ground, she cleared her throat and removed her dark shade before taking a seat opposite him.

Ignoring Anna’s warm greetings and her friendly courtesy, Leon spoke between tightened jaw.

“Make no mistake, I wouldn’t hesitate to slit your throat if you try anything stupid. Your husband is a sworn enemy of mine and that makes you no different. The only reason I agreed to see you was because of your past relationship with my mum. You have ten minutes to state your business here and if I were you, I would stick to facts. Your time starts now.”

Leon leaned back in his seat and folded his hands across his chest while holding her horrified gaze.

Anna inhaled and exhaled to steady her erratically thumping heart but Leon’s deadly scowls did not help matters. She ran her trembling hand over her neck as though Leon already had a knife to it and gulped down a lump of saliva.

Glimpsing at the evil glint in his eyes as he glared at her made her shiver slightly. She sought her brain for a proper introduction but failed to come up with anything.

However, after ransacking her brain for almost half a minute without finding the right words, she decided to own up to her crimes first.

“Leon, I know that there is bad blood between both our families due to the way I forced Chloe on you. I know my husband and I have done so many evil things in the past to warrant your hatred. I know saying sorry now would be totally meaningless, and I know there is nothing I can offer that will compensate for all our wrongdoings against you.”

Anna paused to catch her breath while observing Leon’s reaction to all she had said so far. She couldn’t stop herself from fidgeting, thereby making her words sound like someone breakdancing and talking at the same time.

One thing that frightened her the most was the voidness in his facial expression. She found it difficult to record any new twist or frown as he continued to stare into her eyes as though he could read her soul and ascertain her desires.

“Leon please...”

“Three minutes down and seven minutes to go.” Leon’s voice remained frigid as he spoke. “You’re doing great so far, keep talking trash. You’ll be kicked out of my office when your time elapses.”

Anna felt a tear drop from her moistened eyes at Leon’s cold words. She quickly wiped it with the end of her shawl and tried her best to maintain a straight face.

“I would like for you to help me rescue Chloe from the psychiatric ward my husband put her in for the past six weeks.” More tears started to fall freely from Anna’s eyes as she thought about her daughter.

“No matter how evil a child turns out to be, no mother can stand and watch them suffer a great deal. My husband considers Chloe dead but I can’t, when I know she’s alive and enduring hardship.”

“Is that all?” Leon questioned in a stern voice, unfazed by her emotion.

Anna nodded her head in reply as her throat was clogged with a lot of emotion.

“Hmm...” Leon analyse her request and said, “how do you intend to manage your craziness of a daughter if I agree to your rescue plan?