I’ll Teach You, Marianne.

Chapter 593 – Strike Back

30 minutes before the incident.

"Erick, order Giselle to come into the meeting room in 30 minutes. I want to talk to her alone."

Suddenly, Anne's body went limp hearing Jack's words. What did he say? Talk to Giselle alone, when she clearly had evil plans for them.

Anne quickly sat on the sofa and turned her face to the other side, so that the tears that had been running down her cheeks were not seen by Jack. Jack only smiled at the change in his wife's attitude. He then spoke something to Erick in whispers. Erick was seen nodding his head repeatedly with a wide smile.

"You don't have much time, do it now," said Jack quietly ending his conversation with Erick.

"Yes sir, I will do it right now," Erick answered slowly before he finally left Jack's room to return to his room, doing the big task that Jack had just given him.

Jack then sat beside Anne after lowering Christian to the floor to play on the Turkish rug which was used as a playing mat next to his desk. Jack slowly grabbed Anne's hand, which was clenched tightly as she held back her emotions.

"Don't touch me," Anne shrieked sharply, trying to avoid Jack's grip.

"Five minutes. Give me five minutes to explain. After that if you still want to be angry, I won't say anything. But please, just listen to me for five minutes to talk."

Anne immediately wiped her tears quickly and immediately turned to face Jack. "Okay, five minutes."

Jack smiled. He slowly moved his hand to wipe Anne's tears but Anne blocked his hand. "Your time is up. Talk right now, or I'll go home with Christian."

"Don't bring Christian in this matter, babe. He doesn't know anything," says Jack quickly.

"Actually do you want to talk or not? Otherwise I'd better…"

"Okay… Okay…listen to me." Jack immediately grabbed Anne's hand, as she was ready to leave.

Anne immediately sat back down. But this time she sat a little further away from Jack. She tried to keep her distance from Jack so he wouldn't be weak.

Jack took a deep breath. Then he started to speak. He told her everything that he was planning. There was not a single thing that he hid, including the task that he ordered Erick a while ago. While Jack spoke, Anne looked like she was holding back her tears. She tried to hold back her tears from falling, but her efforts were in vain because her face was still flooded with tears at the moment. It was tears of emotion, not tears of sadness like a moment ago.

"I've made a big mistake. How could I repeat the same mistake again, Anne? I'm not that stupid, I love you so much. I don't want to be separated from you again. You don't know how tormented I have been for three years without you, and I swear I won't let that happen again, especially now that there is Christian. I don't want Christian to be a victim of our selfishness," said Jack hoarsely closing the conversation.

Anne bit her lower lip hard, trying to keep her sobs from coming out. However, it didn't last long because Jack had already given her a kiss, which immediately made Anne burst into tears.

"I hate you, Jack. You suck," said Anne softly as soon as Jack broke their kiss.

Jack chuckled. "I know and I accept gracefully your hatred for me."

"Jack!!!"

Jack chuckled again. "Okay, wiped your tears, prepare yourself. But you have to promise me one thing."

"What promise?"

"Promise me to stay calm and not get angry, I'm sure Giselle will say all sorts of things considering how arrogant that woman is. You have to stay calm, or else everything will be ruined," Jack answered softly, wiping Anne's tears gently.

Anne nodded her head excitedly. "I know, You take it easy."

"I love you, Anne. Please don't doubt me anymore." Jack's eyes looked sad when he spoke like that.

Anne did not answer Jack's words. She was busy wiping her tears with a tissue. Well, she deserved to be that angry with Jack.

Jack could only smile wryly when his wife ignored him. A knock on the door finally made Jack take his eyes off Anne. Apparently, Nicholas who came by car had just arrived. He looked exhausted after running from the front door to the elevator.

"Good thing you're here. Sit on the floor and play with Christian."

"Sorry."

Jack took a deep breath. "That's your job, Nick. Play with my son. My wife and I have important business to attend to now."

"You're not mad at me, sir?" Nicholas asked innocently.

"Nick, just do what I say now. You don't want me to order you to return to Luxembourg, do you?"

Without a word, Nicholas immediately ran to where Christian was and joined the boy in playing the puzzle, a game he kept repeating. Anne smiled faintly at Christian's behavior and Anne's smile managed to warm Jack's heart. Without waiting long, Jack then took Anne's hand and invited her to immediately go to the meeting room. The appointed time with Giselle was almost due. When Jack opened the door, he immediately met Erick who had finished doing what he wanted.

"Everything is done, sir," Erick said quietly as he handed Jack a file.

"What is this?" asked Anne curiously, her eyes staring intently at the file that was still in the white envelope which was now in Jack's hands.

Jack smiled. "This is to complete our plan, you'll find out soon enough."

"But I want to know now," Anne whined pitifully.

"It would be very unpleasant if you knew beforehand from me. Just wait a little while longer when Giselle reads it," replied Jack softly.

Anne took a deep breath. Although she was a little annoyed, she finally followed her husband's plan. Erick just smiled when he saw the husband and wife went into the meeting room. After Anne and Jack entered the meeting room, Erick then stood guard in front of the meeting room, making sure no one entered the room except Giselle.

The moment she had been waiting for came. Giselle emerged from the toilet with a wetter lipstick because she had applied lip gloss and the smell of perfume pierced her nose. Erick even had to hold his breath when Giselle walked into the meeting room past him, who was standing in front of the door. Without greeting and smiling, Giselle went straight into the meeting room.

"You're over this time, Giselle. You don't know how terrible the lioness has managed to tame my master," Erick said in his heart with a smile. He couldn't wait to see Giselle's disappointed face when she found out that Anne was in the meeting room.

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"W-you…why are you here?" Giselle stammered. She couldn't believe she saw Anne was sitting gracefully in the chair that Jack used to sit in when he chaired a meeting. No wonder Jack was standing by the mirror instead of sitting as usual when he wanted to talk to anyone one-on-one in the meeting room.

Anne smiled beautifully. She slowly got up from her chair and walked over to Jack. "Is there really a prohibition against Mrs. Clarke being in this office? Who are you to stop me? Know your position, Miss Giselle Allen."

To be continued