CHAPTER 64: CHAPTER 64: A FAMILY OF THREE, NEVER TO BE SEPARATED

Annelise didn’t think much, had a simple breakfast, and headed to the company.

"Annelise, why are you back at work so soon? It seems like your holiday hasn’t ended yet, right?"

"Hmm, I came back early since there’s nothing much to do."

Chloe raised an eyebrow, "Alright then, but it was arranged last week for Captain Warner’s medical examination to upgrade his certification. I saw him being nervous, so it’s best if you handle Captain Warner’s medical examination this afternoon!"

"What?"

"Annelise, please leave it to you. I have so much other work today, I’m counting on you!" Chloe pleaded with Annelise for help.

Even if Captain Warner might have a fiancée, she still wanted to create opportunities for Annelise.

Recalling Captain Warner’s reaction last time, she always felt that Annelise and Captain Warner were not that simple.

"Fine, fine!" Annelise couldn’t refuse Chloe, after all, Chloe had helped her so much.

In The Airline, during work hours, she and Elias Warner should agree to act like strangers.

Just keep things professional.

However, despite her efforts to avoid suspicion, the news of her flying on Captain Warner’s flight to Breslin had already spread throughout The Airline.

At lunchtime, Annelise and Chloe sat together, listening to people gossiping nearby.

Usually, she had no interest in discussing others, and she especially didn’t want to involve herself in such gossip.

But this time, she was the subject of the gossip.

"Did you hear? The Crown Prince parked his car under our Airline’s apartment building all night!"

"It seems our Captain Warner is about to get engaged! Perhaps his fiancée is someone within our Airline?"

Engagement?

Annelise felt a stabbing pain in her heart, which made it a little hard to breathe.

Even though she had mentally prepared herself, why did it still hurt to hear the news?

Annelise, your future goal is to earn money to take care of Luna.

Even for the sake of atonement and entanglement, you and Elias Warner can never be together!

He can never belong to you again.

"Hey, even knowing Captain Warner is engaged, our flight doctor Annelise still flew to Breslin to chase after Captain Warner!"

"Really? She always seemed so aloof, I didn’t expect her to do such a dirty thing behind the scenes. Didn’t she confidently claim before that she had no interest in Captain Warner?"

"Just because she’s pretty, she thinks she can compete with Captain Warner’s fiancée for him. She doesn’t even consider her own background. I heard she was born in some backwater place and lived as the daughter of a wealthy family for eighteen years. Becoming a flight doctor is already a case of a phoenix perching on a branch."

Annelise’s chewing slowed as she listened to their conversation.

Chloe was also angry. Although she didn’t know if Annelise actually went to Breslin, she couldn’t stand anyone saying a bad word about Annelise, so she got up and argued with them.

"You lot, got nothing better to do than gossip?"

The group of people looked at Chloe and then at Annelise, who said nothing, seeming more emboldened.

"What does it have to do with you? We’re not talking about you. The person involved hasn’t even spoken up, doesn’t it just mean she’s admitting it?"

Annelise put down her chopsticks and pulled Chloe over to her side.

She walked slowly in front of the group.

Her gaze was calm and cold, "I’ll only say this once! Captain Warner and I are unrelated, and my flight on his plane to Breslin was purely coincidental. If there are any more slanders like this, I will report you to the police!"

The group had never seen Annelise so "aggressive."

Frightened, they dared not speak.

"Also, I don’t like Captain Warner. Does Captain Warner know you’re gossiping about him here? Maybe I should pass your gossiping onto Captain Warner."

Annelise’s remarks directly brought Captain Warner into the conversation.

This frightened them, causing them to fall silent, heads down, not daring to speak.

Annelise then took Chloe back to the office, and Chloe gave her a thumbs-up.

"Annelise, I’ve never seen you so stern!"

"Sometimes you have to be fierce, or people will walk all over you!"

"That’s how it should be. I’m on your side, Annelise. But is what they said true? You didn’t go back home, did you actually go to Breslin?"

Chloe voiced her curiosity and doubts.

Annelise looked at Chloe, and honestly said, "I did go to Breslin, but it was for other reasons! It had nothing to do with Captain Warner!"

"Okay then!"

Chloe felt a bit disappointed.

It seemed that there was no hope between Annelise and Captain Warner.

Chloe could only reluctantly attend to other matters.

Annelise had no time to be troubled by rumors either, since she had to prepare for Elias Warner’s medical examination, and in the meantime, she received a video call from Flora.

Doctor Flora handed the video to Luna, who was lying on the bed with tubes attached to her.

Her little face was pale, seeming thinner than when Annelise last saw her in Breslin.

Annelise almost burst into tears.

Even with mental preparation, seeing Luna so frail, her little body enduring so much, was heartbreaking.

And she couldn’t be by her daughter’s side.

"Mommy!"

The weak voice was like a sharp sword stabbing into Annelise’s heart, causing her to choke.

"Luna, I’m sorry, I promised to stay with you, but I didn’t keep my word. You have to be strong! When you get better, Mommy will bring you back home, okay?"

Annelise forced a big smile for her daughter, suppressing her own sadness.

"Mm... Mommy, I will get better, but what about Daddy? I miss Daddy too!"

Annelise already felt guilty towards Luna, having never let her see her father since she was small.

She surely wished for a father like other children, but Annelise chased him away.

She felt deeply sorry for her daughter.

"Mommy, why aren’t you speaking? Will Daddy be with us when we return home?" Luna missed Elias Warner a lot.

She knew Elias Warner was her father.

Though their time together was short, she was eager to be with Daddy.

Annette choked up.

"Luna, Daddy also wishes to see a healthy Luna, so please get better quickly, okay?!"

"Mhm. Mommy, Luna loves you and Daddy very much."

"Baby, I love you too."

But the moment after she finished speaking.

She heard someone pushing the door open.

Startled, Annelise instinctively hung up the video.

She turned around to see the visitor, and it was Elias Warner.

He was dressed in a simply tailored black, lightweight jacket, the zipper pulled up to his chin. The black, structured cut made him look even more coldly elegant and handsome, standing at the doorway, looking at her coolly.

As if he had been standing there for a long time.

Having overheard her conversation with Luna.