I'll Teach You, Marianne.

Because Aaron's scream was loud enough, Leon who was still in the meeting room could hear him.

"Ah, Mr. Connery, welcome. Sorry to keep you waiting, my team and I just had a meeting," Leon immediately greeted Aaron quickly.

Seeing Leon coming, Aaron immediately controlled himself and became professional. He extended his hand towards Leon, who greeted him, and forgot about Anne for a moment. Aaron didn't want Leon to know his real purpose in joining Ganke Inc. Production, and soon Leon invited his new partner into his office. As soon as Leon entered with Aaron and Daniel, all the staff who attended the meeting came out. They immediately sat down to their respective tables without realizing that Anne had left. 

Meanwhile, in the taxi, Anne repeatedly looked at the watch on her left hand and repeatedly asked the taxi driver to increase the speed of the car. She was very uneasy at this time. Because Linda just contacted her to tell her that she was in the hospital after getting an accident. When they just stopped to eat at a fast food restaurant, they were robbed. Anne's car that they used to return to their hometown was successfully taken away by the gang of criminals. Paul, who was trying to defend themselves, was currently in critical condition after being stabbed in the left abdomen. That was the reason why Linda was panicking right now. Both her and Paul's belongings were also taken away by the criminals. But luckily her bag and wallet along with her important ID card were not taken by the criminals because Linda screamed loudly after Paul fell to the ground after being stabbed. 

After traveling for nearly thirty minutes, the taxi carrying Anne finally arrived at St Mary's Hospital. Without waiting for the taxi to come to a full stop, Anne got out of the taxi. She ignored the call from the taxi driver who wanted to return the change of the money she had given. Anne just waved her hand at the taxi driver without looking back. She continued to run to the receptionist to ask about a patient named Paul, who had just been brought to the hospital about an hour ago. After learning that Paul was currently treated in the emergency room, Anne rushed to that place.

"Linda!!!!" 

Linda, who was sitting with her head down, immediately turned towards the source of the voice. Her face was pale and already flooded with tears, she looked very sad. Her lips trembled while calling Anne's name, but because her voice was stuck in her throat, no sound came out. 

Anne immediately ran to Linda and then hugged her best friend as soon as she arrived in front of Linda who was looking so miserable in dirt and splatter of blood. What was certain was that the blood stuck to her clothes was Paul's blood.

"Pa-Paul, Anne...sob, he's bleeding... he's bleeding a lot, sob..."

"Calm down, honey, calm down. Paul will be fine, you don't have to worry. Paul is great, he can definitely get through this." Anne immediately cut off Linda's stammering words.

"Anne, sob... s-sorry... your car... was taken by the criminals, sob... forgive us, Anne boo hoo," Linda cried, her body was shaking violently when she spoke.

Anne who expected that, quickly regained her composure. She then tightened her embrace on Linda.

"Don't think about it, cars are just a bunch of machines that you can buy again. What's important is you and Paul, so don't think about that."

Hearing Anne's words, Linda's cry grew louder, the guilt gripped her even more now. It didn't matter if she could replace the car or not, but she felt that she had failed to maintain the trust that Anne had given her. Because of that, her crying got even louder, so that Anne had to pat her on the shoulder many times to make her friend stop crying. Anne, who had never had a good friend before after being betrayed by Steffi, felt very lucky when she saw that Linda was fine. So when Linda was crying over her car, Anne was upset. 

Anne released her arms from Linda's body. "Don't cry, Linda, we better pray for Paul and now let's get yourself clean first."

"My clothes and all my belongings are in the car that..."

"I will find other clothes for you, you wait here for a moment. In the lobby, I saw there was a small shop, it looks like it sells clothes as well." Anne immediately cut off Linda's words quickly.

Linda rushed to open her bag. She intended to take the wallet. Anne, who seemed to be able to read Linda's mind, immediately restrained the movement of her best friend's hand. 

"Don't, I still have enough money. You stay calm here and don't do anything, wait for Paul. I'll be right back." 

"But Anne..."

Anne, who was already standing, put her hands on her hips. "Don't argue with Linda, be a good girl. I'll be right back." 

Linda nodded her head slowly in response to Anne's words. Not long after that, Anne left Linda for the hospital lobby. Usually the small shop in the hospital would sell some of the most basic personal items such as T-shirts and underwear. That was why Anne immediately rushed to the lobby. Arriving at the shop that Anne was going to, she immediately looked into the clothing aisle. Her smile broke when she saw that there were still plenty of clothes that she was looking for. Without thinking, Anne then put in two white t-shirts, towels, tissue, disposable underwear, and the same pink compress bag as hers. When Anne hugged Linda, she saw that Linda had bruises on her face, because of that, she intended to put the compress on Linda's face after Linda cleaned her body. After paying for everything at the cashier, Anne immediately went back up to the second floor, where Linda was. 

"Clean your body and change your clothes with this, I'm sure you will not be comfortable with wet and dirty clothes like that, Linda," said Anne quietly as she handed her shopping bag to Linda. 

Linda looked at the things that Anne had bought, her eyes were burning again. Luckily, Anne immediately realized that Linda was going to cry again. She quickly took out a tissue from her bag and gently wiped Linda's tears that were almost dripping back.

"Crying won't solve the problem, now you go to the bathroom. I'll be here waiting for the doctor." 

Linda's lips trembled violently. She really couldn't hold it in any longer. Anne's constant shower of kindness made her unable to control herself. As a result, she began to cry again. 

Seeing Linda cry like that, Anne softened. "Don't cry anymore. Hurry up and clean yourself up. You don't want to miss any info about Paul, do you?"

"Of course not." Linda answered quickly. 

"Well, quickly clean your body, dear," said Anne softly. 

Being called affectionately by Anne made Linda touched. She then wiped her tears and rushed to the bathroom at the end of the hall with the bag that Anne had given her earlier, and left her bag which was still covered in blood beside Anne just like that. Seeing Linda leave, Anne took a deep breath, then she leaned her body against the wall. The last forty-five minutes she had been through had been both heavy and stressful for her.

"So this is how it feels to worry about the people closest to you," said Anne quietly as she slowly closed her eyes. The light above the emergency room where Paul was still on, which meant the doctor hadn't finished doing his job. 

Meanwhile, Aaron, who had just finished a meeting, was enjoying a drink provided by one of the office girls. While chatting casually, Wayne Scott suddenly entered Leon's room and said, "Sir, Ma... I mean Miss Anne is not in the office. I've been looking for her and no one has found her whereabouts, sir." 

"What?!!!"

Continued