Taming the Billionaire CEO ( Daniel Monroe ) -
Chapter 12
12 BREAKFAST WITH ENEMIES
“I can’t believe that worked,” Lily said as soon as Anna entered the room.
“You can’t believe what worked?” Anna questioned with a raised brow as she sat next to Lily who was rummaging through her bag for her tools.
“I’m referring to how everything worked in our favour to get Renee’s phone,” Lily chirped excitedly.
Anna smiled, falling back on the bed. “Right? I was worried she’d get suspicious or be adamant about dropping it.”
They i initially had plans to get her phone that day but hadn’t decided on how so the incident was perfect.
“Shouldn’t you be downstairs, having breakfast with them?” Lily asked, corking her brow questioningly,
Anna shook her head negatively. “I don’t want to,” she sighed. “It’s nerve–wracking eating with them at the same table. Although I’m trying, it’s a bit hard to deal with the fact that they all dislike me for reasons unknown to me.”
“I hate to have you do this, but you can’t have them getting suspicious. Plus, you have to spend time with them if you’re going to find out anything,” Anna’s shoulders fell and Lily wrapped her in a hug. It’ll be fine, honey, Remember you said you won’t back down, so you have to cross this hurdle.”
“Fine,” Anna said, getting up from the bed. “And you? Do I bring your food here or what?”
Lily shook her head lightly, “Don’t worry about me, I ate before I came here. Now hurry, I need to focus.”
Anna rolled her eyes and headed for the dining hall.
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“I wonder where Davis went,” she muttered. She was a bit curious about him especially since they were to play as married couples.
“I’m pretty sure if I ask, he’s going to tell me it’s on a need–to–know basis. Jerk!” she hissed.
He knew everything about her, but on the other hand, she only knew what the public knew about him -nothing.
“How am I supposed to act well if I don’t even know anything about him?” she complained, making a mental note to let him know when he got back
“You finally decided to grace us with your presence,” Mary snorted without looking up from her plate of food as Anna entered the dining hall.
It’s fine, Anna. It’s just breakfast with people who want to put your sixteen feet under.
Ignoring her, Anna made her way towards the empty seat at the end of the large table.
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“Seems the fact that you’re now the owner of this mansion has made you so proud that you can’t even acknowledge your elders anymore,” Mary added when she didn’t get any response. This time, her cold glare was fixated on Anna.
If looks were bullets, Anna would have multiple holes in her skull at that moment. “Haven’t you heard it’s bad manners to talk while eating?” Anna asked politely in a mocking tone.
Mary slammed her fork against the table and stood up.
“You
“Sit back down, Mary! That’s enough from you,” Williams thundered, making even Anna tremble.” Even if you don’t respect her as the owner of this house, show me some respect and stop all this nonsense.”
Mary shot him a glare before
into her food.
Dack in her seat, muttering incoherent words as she dug back
“You should sit down to eat, Anna,” Williams said. “I just remembered we never quite had a conversation as a family when you were here so
–
“I won’t be eating here anyway, so you all can enjoy your meal,” She cut him off. Of course, she was just lying, but after what he said, it was clear he wanted to get information from her and it didn’t take a genius to know it was about Davis.
If he wanted a chance to ask his questions, he’d have to beg for it. She walked over towards Kyra who was still glaring at her and hadn’t touched her food.
“Seeing as you haven’t touched your food-” she picked up the plate of food, ” hungry. I’ll take this then.”
“Don’t you- ”
-you must not be
“Dare?” Anna interrupted her. “You’re full of nothing but empty threats Kyra; empty threats and immature actions that either make no difference or cause even more problems.”
Williams clenched his fist at how Anna was speaking to Kyra, but he couldn’t do anything except get on her good side. “I apologize for my daughter’s words.”
“Dad!” Kyra exclaimed, her anger threatening to erupt as she clenched her fork tightly, wanting nothing more than to bury it into Anna’s neck.
She wanted to keep talking, but one look from her father was all it took to keep her quiet. “The time to destroy you myself will come,” she muttered in a voice so low she could barely hear herself.
William let out a sigh of anger and forced a smile on his face. “Why don’t you sit with us for breakfast? Now that we’re all living together, we should try to get along, don’t you think?” He said, hoping she’d agree.
Since Davis wasn’t around, he could use the opportunity to get information about him from Anna. He just needed one thing that could help me uncover who he was and how he knew their secrets.
“That won’t be necessary,” Anna said as she picked up Kyra’s food.
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“Although we might not have been close in the past, we’re still family so eating together shouldn’t be such a big deal, right?” he urged.
A small smile played on her lips but she quickly hid it. “Fine,” she said, still holding the plate of food, sat in her seat and pushed her plate aside.
“You don’t think we poisoned your food, did you?” Williams asked when he saw she was eating Kyra’s food instead of hers.
“You wouldn’t be foolish enough to do that,” Anna said. “But that doesn’t mean you can’t put something in my food,” she ended, throwing suspicious glances at all of them in the room.
She was met with cold eyes, except for Daniel, who had a deeply unsettling smile on his face and Williams who was still eating.
Renee stomped on Daniel’s toes when she saw him smiling at Anna. “What are you doing?” she whispered to him.
“Don’t act as though you don’t know,” he retorted in a whisper before returning to eat.
The hall was silent with the tension in the air enough to weigh down a mountain. “So, where’s your husband?” Williams broke the ice.
“He’s out,” she said vaguely. Just as she had suspected, he was trying to get information about Davis from her.
“Clearly,” Kyra, who had been served again coughed, but Anna pretended not to hear her.
“I’m curious about one thing. When did you meet Davis and why did you marry him? Because I doubt you love him,” Williams said, surprising Anna by how direct he was.
He’s something. How could he openly ask such a question?
“Do I have to answer you?” she raised a brow, a frown on her face. “Let me remind you that you have no right to question my relationships and make assumptions about what is and isn’t true.”
She stood up from her seat, “If that’s all, I’ll be taking my leave now; I’m rather full.”
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