I’ll Teach You, Marianne.

Chapter 409 – Tough Choice

Because Anne felt that she was being watched, she turned her head and saw Alan, who was staring at her without blinking. For a moment, Anne was lost in her feelings and almost mentioned Jack's name. But finally, she realized that the man who was staring at her was not Jack, the man she had been waiting for these past two years. Remembering Jack made Anne sad, because she felt like she failed to take care of herself for Jack. She slowly lowered her head to avoid making eye contact with Alan.

Realizing that Anne was avoiding eye contact with him, Alan pursed his lips. Slowly, he walked towards where Anne was standing and grabbed her chin up so he could look at her.

"What are you thinking about?" Alan asked curiously.

"No, I'm just wondering why you took so long up there. What did you do to …."

Anne immediately covered her mouth when Alan took off the jacket he was wearing, a black gun was tucked in his waist.

"Now you understand, don't you?" Alan asked softly.

"Y-yes."

"Okay, then let's go out. I wonder what you want to do in this cold weather," said Alan again, wrapping his arms around Anne's waist possessively.

"Alan…"

"What? I can't hug you like this? You're my wife, Anne!!"

Anne took a deep breath when she heard Alan's words. She tried to dig deeper into the limits of her patience with this very annoying Alan.

"Let's go."

Anne obediently followed Alan. Although it was very uncomfortable to walk while being hugged like that, Anne remained patient. Nicholas and the other bodyguards followed their master from behind. Although they were just walking around the hotel's proximity, but Nicholas and the other bodyguards still carried their guns under their thick jackets like Alan did. They didn't want to take the slightest risk, especially now that Alan was in a country where security was not 100% guaranteed.

Being in Alan's arms made Anne feel a little comfortable, she wasn't too cold even though it was currently snowing from the sky.

"What's in there?" asked Anne curiously, pointing at the crowd that was not far from where she was.

"Get rid of your curiosity, because it's dangerous," Alan replied curtly as he tightened his grip on Anne's waist.

"What's dangerous? Don't overdo it," said Anne indignantly.

"If you don't obey me, we'd better go back to the hotel and do what I like," said Alan quickly.

Anne immediately covered her mouth when she heard Alan's words. She couldn't speak anymore when Alan had said that. Seeing Anne's change in attitude made Alan happy. He then landed a kiss on Anne's cheek suddenly and said, "You are mine, Anne, you must obey me and stop fighting me. I don't like rebellious women."

Anne did not respond to Alan's words. She was still lost in her thoughts. She was very upset with Alan who really liked to force his will upon her. Her plan to seek help finally vanished. She really couldn't get away from Alan in this position. Alan didn't want to get away from her at all.

After almost two hours of leisurely walking outside the hotel, Alan suggested they return to the hotel after Anne sneezed twice. He didn't want her to get sick. Although she initially refused, she had no other choice because the stubborn Alan still forced her to return to the hotel. Finally, with resignation, Anne complied with her husband's request.

"I don't want you to get sick, Anne, because if you're sick, then we can't do fun things together. So you better obey me," said Alan repeatedly as he entered the hotel.

Anne, who was annoyed with Alan, just kept silent hearing her husband's words, she did not respond or answer the vulgar tone. When they arrived in front of the hotel, Alan stopped in his tracks to get rid of the snow trapped in his jacket, as did Nicholas and the bodyguards. Only Anne stood there doing nothing. She still wanted to be outside the hotel, enjoying the falling snow. When Anne was looking up at the sky that continued to pour down snow, suddenly the corner of Anne's eyes saw a convoy of black cars stopped right in front of the hotel. Out of curiosity, Anne looked at the motorcade and was surprised to see Alice in the half-opened car.

"Alice…" Anne said quietly without realizing it.

"What, Anne? What are you talking about?" asked Alan quickly.

"A-aa…no, I didn't say anything," Anne stuttered as she continued to stare at the convoy of all black cars that stopped at a hotel not far from where she was currently standing.

"Take off your jacket and clean the snow, you'll get sick if you keep wearing it…"

"Yes, I understand," answered Anne quickly as she took off the jacket she was wearing as she continued to stare at the car carrying Alice.

Even though she only saw a glimpse, Anne was sure that the woman she saw earlier was Alice. That was why Anne tried to stay outside the hotel as long as possible to make sure that it was indeed Alice that she saw. Anne almost screamed when she saw Erick got out of the car. So it turned out that the woman she saw earlier in the car was actually Alice. Jack's two assistants were now very close to her. Suddenly, both of Anne's eyes filled with tears when she saw Erick and Alice again.

Alan, who had finished cleaning the snow from his jacket, felt strange when he saw Anne was suddenly standing still. With a high curiosity, Alan then stood right in front of Anne. Seeing Alan suddenly appear in front of her face, Anne was shocked and almost fell if Alan didn't grab her right away.

"You're so careless!!" Alan said curtly at Anne, who was now hugging her tightly after almost falling backwards.

"You startled me by appearing suddenly like that," replied Anne softly in a hoarse voice as she held back her tears.

"Hey… Are you crying? Why are you crying?" Alan immediately noticed that Anne's eyes were already filled with tears.

Anne immediately blinked her eyes several times, hoping that the tears would go away. However, the way Anne did was wrong as her tears just flowed down her face.

"I-I'm not crying, sob," answered Anne quickly without taking her eyes off Erick, who was about to enter the hotel with Alice and their bodyguards.

"If you don't cry, then what do you call that?" asked Alan again, wiping the tears that were on Anne's face.

Anne, who was too happy to see Erick and Alice again, couldn't stop herself from crying, but now she was confused to answer Alan's question.

"Answer me, why are you crying?"

"I-I don't want to be in this hotel, I want to change hotels," Anne stammered.

"Change? Why should we change? We haven't even spend the night at this hotel, Anne, we haven't even feel the softness of the bed in our room. So why are we moving?" asked Alan in confusion.

With trembling hands, Anne touched Alan's cheeks. "I just want to move…please…"

Thump!

Thump!

Thump!

Alan's heart raced very fast at the way Anne spoke, which looked so adorable, not to mention that Anne's two soft hands were currently on his cheeks.

"We can move, but there are conditions."

"Conditions? What conditions?"

Alan pursed his lips as Anne ate the bait he set. Alan slowly approached Anne's face and stopped right behind her ear.

"Serve me sincerely, then I'll do whatever you want."