Anna looked at him. Had he heard the mess he'd just talked about? She felt afraid.
"Do you regret staying with me yesterday? You know you have to tell me that now, don't you?"
Anna asked, interrupting his thoughts as he turned back to her with a smile on his lips.
"I'll never regret it. You brought me back to life. I was dead, and I didn't know it until you arrived with my son in your arms. But I have to ask you for just two things."
"Other than giving up my revenge. The rest, I will do as you wish."
"Don't kill these people on American soil. Do it in another country."
"I agree. And what's the other thing?"
"That you keep your word and never kill again. Promise that when someone harms you, you will bring them to justice. I'm a judge and I can make sure that person is punished."
"I promise." Anna said relieved. She really had no intention of killing other people.
"Now, we have to talk about the nanny." Maxwell said, looking at her seriously.
"What about her?" Anna asked suspiciously, and with a twinge of fear. Had Maxwell caught her mistreating his son and made her promise not to kill anyone else?
"She told me what you intend to do for her."
"Yes, her studies..." Anna said relieved.
"And she told me about her feelings..." He lied. The nanny didn't need to tell him that she had a platonic love for him. She'd realized it for months, and besides, what he'd been doing with her since she'd arrived and couldn't remember, allowed him to know her true feelings, but he needed to know how Anna would react when she found out.
Anna stared at him as if looking for some warning in his gaze. She wouldn't share it with anyone. It was different with Maxwell. If it had been Adam, she would have allowed him to go out and sleep with the nanny, but there was a feeling of possession in her with Maxwell. She would never lie with another man for love, as she had promised him, but she wouldn't allow him to do that either.
"I don't care about her feelings for you. It doesn't affect me at all. You're a handsome man and she thought you were alone. What matters to me are your feelings about her and her feelings."
Maxwell felt his face burn.
"I have no interest in her. That's not what I wanted to talk about. I misdirected the conversation to see your reaction. What I want to tell you is that I don't agree with her studying, but now that you've told her that, I'll have to allow it. However, you won't have to leave your commitments to look after Ian. Beth can do that. You trust her, right?"
"She's helped me and I've helped her. We don't owe each other anything. Give her another job. I don't want her responsible for my son. I still don't trust anyone who's come from that country, not because of her, but because I'm afraid she has some connection with werewolves, she didn't seem scared when she heard about them and that's very strange."
"What do you suggest I put her up to?" Maxwell asked, amused.
"Give her to my father to look after. She could be very useful to him. I don't mind. I just don't want her looking after my son... Maybe she'll become Dad's mistress? I heard someone say she looks very beautiful."
"She is. She now looks as young as you. But I doubt your father would want her as his mistress."
"Why not?"
"You seem to have inherited something from him..." Maxwell said with a smile.
"I don't think so."
"He's faithful to his beloved. Even though we're far apart, he loves her and wants her to come and live with him. He's going to talk to you about it very soon."
"I don't know if I want to talk to him again."
"Don't be so spiteful. He's sorry. But since he humiliated you publicly, he'll ask for your forgiveness publicly too. He's planning to rent a ballroom, where we should invite our friends, and there he'll ask for your forgiveness in front of all the people who are important to you."
"We'll talk about it, but tell me... Why didn't you want Helen to study?"
"She... I thought that she was infected and that she doesn't have long to live and that this infection came from me and if she suddenly dies at school and is taken for an autopsy... My secret will be very close to being revealed."
"E... What happens if your secret is revealed?
"This whole town, even the ants that could tell you about what's been revealed, are wiped out."
"Would you kill them?"
"I wouldn't. But Mom is spiteful."
"Should I worry about a violent mother-in-law?"
"No. She knew your mother and loved her. She'll love her best friend's daughter too."
"What a relief..."
"E... What do you say about the party your father wants to throw for you?"
Anna smiled.
"I'm going in an even more daring dress than the one I wore today."
"You looked even more beautiful in that dress. I liked how confidently you entered the dining room. I brought your father to his senses. He won't care what you're wearing, so shine at this party, as you didn't have the opportunity to do tonight. I think you had the idea of making dinner an event that no one would forget, am I right?"
"What wit, my husband." Anna said sarcastically.
"Anna..."
"Speak."
"This is the time for you to go back to your room, if you don't want me to rip off your clothes and fuck you with all the ferocity you arouse in me."
Anna felt desire at those words. Not knowing how to respond, she began to take off her sweatshirt, and soon Maxwell was at her side to help her. Anna didn't allow him to undress himself, and when she had no body parts left, she put his penis in her mouth, swallowing it until she felt it in her throat and hearing her lover's grunt of pleasure, she felt that she was already wet.