Chapter 41 Anna's Forehead

Joseph walked past the dining room and saw Kate eating. He then scolded Amy, "Someone is breaking the rules. Why didn't you remind her?"

Amy rushed to answer, "Of course not, Lord Joseph. I reminded Lady Kate, but she did not want to wait for you. I could not stop her."

Kate raised her head and sneered when she saw his angry face, "You set the rule, but I can choose to obey it or not."

"It's my house. Everything is up to me." Joseph warned her.

"But don't forget that I'm your wife and therefore I'm also the owner of this house. By the way, since we are the legally married couple, you better not go too far with Anna. Otherwise, you and she may suffer greatly," Kate said provokingly.

"Are you threatening me? Okay, let's wait and see. I think you will also suffer from it. You won't divorce me because you want to hold on to the title of Mrs. Smith, everyone knows it and thinks you are pitiful."

"Say whatever you want to entice me, I will not divorce you, and I will not let Anna be your wife," Kate stated and went back to eating with a big smile on her face. She felt better after leaving Joseph speechless. Her satisfaction irritated Joseph so much that he didn't even sit down to eat.

Amy called after him, but he did not respond to her. So, she collected enough courage to speak up to Kate, "How could you do that? Lord Joseph didn't do anything!"

"So, are you going to defend him? He does not want to have dinner. It's his choice, not your or mine."

"These dishes are all Joseph's favorites!" Amy stamped her feet angrily.

"I will eat all of them so that they will not go to waste!" Kate smirked.

"You…" Amy was too angry to deal with Kate and her mocking.

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Three days later, Kate went back to work. She was confident that Joseph had no reason to threaten her with a divorce, so she was shocked when she saw Anna leaning against a red sports car.

Kate pretended not to see her and walked in the other direction. However, Anna jumped out in front of her, "I think we need to talk."

"We have nothing to talk about," Kate could guess what the conversation topic would be. Anna just wanted to make sure Kate knew how much she and Joseph loved each other so that Kate would get angry and divorce Joseph.

"You are afraid of talking to me?"

"Afraid? So ridiculous! You should be afraid because you may be thrown away by Joseph at any moment. After all, I am his wife, and you are his mistress!"

"Thrown away? Joseph still chose to be with me even after he found out the truth. You can obviously see that he loves me a lot. It would be much easier for me to marry him if you would agree to divorce him.

Kate tried to leave, but Anna blocked her from leaving, "You are ruining my happiness. I will not let you enjoy the pain you are inflicting!"

Seeing Anna acting so erratically, Kate remembered the message Daisy sent her; Joseph cared that Anna lied to him.

"Me neither…" Kate pushed her away and then walked forward.

"Oh, my gosh!" Anna shouted behind, "Sister, I'm in pain."

"Oh, she is hurt. Are you okay?" Some passers-by walked over to help her. Anna shouted with one hand covering her wound, "Dear sister, take me to the hospital, please. You know I can't handle blood."

"Sister? Is she your sister, Kate?" Her colleague asked.

"No, she is not." Kate turned around to leave.

A woman who helped Anna drove her to the hospital. About half an hour later, Joseph arrived and immediately said, "Anna, what happened? Why is your head bandaged?"

"Joseph…" Anna pulled out her IV and jump into his arms, crying, "I thought you would never talk to me again."

Since the confrontation over the letters, Joseph had various excuses not to see Anna. She was worried that she had lost him forever. There were two reasons why she went to see Kate; the first was to frame her and the second so that Joseph would come to see her.

"What's wrong with your head?" Joseph asked again, but with no feeling in his voice.

Anna could tell that Joseph was still angry with her. She stopped crying, and calmly said, "I went to see Kate at work; our father wanted her to come over for dinner. However, she was in a bad mood, then pushed me, and I hit my head."

Joseph did not say anything.

"Don't misunderstand Kate. She didn't do it on purpose; I guess I was just unstable on my feet," Anna explained. She looked at Joseph then said, "I understand she must be angry with me since I want you to divorce her."

Hoping that Joseph would say something in response, Anna lowered her head and waited. Instead, all he said was, "Get some rest."

"Are you still angry with me?" Anna looked at him and asked sadly.

"Forget about what happened in the past!" The thought of the letters irritated Joseph. He hated to admit it, but the letters gave him great confidence and helped him build his confidence. However, he felt ridiculous for believing that Anna wrote them when it was Kate.

"Okay, I won't mention it," Anna said, burying her head.

Joseph called for the nurse to get Anna her medication.

"Are you okay, my dear?" Dora rushed into the room. Seeing that Anna was hurt, Dora shouted, "Kate is a bitch! She didn't manage to kill you before, so she is trying again…"