Chapter 179 How About Being My Girlfriend?
Ann tightened her grip on the plastic cup, and the water in the cup rippled.
Fred recalled what Phillip said that day with a gloomy face, and Fred's eyes lit up with interest.
"He told me that you are his woman. He doesn't like you getting too close to anyone other than him. So, I asked for your opinion in front of him."
Ann recalled the Enzo Ferrari that stopped at the door of the hot pot shop that day and the inexplicable message.
Her heart seemed to be divided into two extremes, burning warmly on one side, but cold like an ice cave on the other.
Fred stood up and walked up to Ann. He raised his hand to take away the deformed cup in Ann's hand and threw it into the trash can next to him.
"Ann, I remember you telling me that you have already broken up."
There was still water on Ann's palm.
"But he still loves you, and you haven't forgotten him either."
Fred's simple and direct words caused Ann, who had been silent all this time, to collapse instantly.
Ann raised her head and looked at Fred. Her eyes were red and she urgently denied it.
"I... I have already broken up with him. I have nothing to do with him anymore!"
Fred quietly looked at Ann and saw that she was almost lying to herself in a hurry to deny.
His gentle and handsome face was still warm. He took out a blue and white lattice handkerchief, took Ann's hand, and helped her wipe the water on her palm bit by bit. "Then, do you want to try being my girlfriend?"
"What?"
Ann was stunned.
"Did you agree?" Daisy almost dropped her phone when she got a call from Ann.
Daisy refused the fruit plate handed over by Todd with a cold face. Holding the phone, she got up and walked to a quiet corner not far away.
Ann tucked in the quilt corner for William, who was still sleeping, closed the ward door, leaned against the wall of the hospital corridor, and called Daisy.
"Daisy, I have no choice. Phillip and I... are destined to never be together. Right now, he has compromised just because I used my life to force him to. If I want him to give up completely, I can only do this." Just like what Fred said, those blind dates were not a threat to Phillip at all.
In fact, Ann vaguely sensed that Phillip might have been the one behind her blind dates.
"To make him believe that I have fallen in love with another man, Fred is the best choice."
Unlike those people from blind dates, Phillip would not easily touch Fred.
"Then have you ever thought about what you would do if Fred really fell in love with you?"
On the other side of the line, Daisy's voice was cold and quiet.
Ann was stunned and immediately denied it.
"No, Fred and I have known each other for so many years. At best, he treats me as his sister. Moreover, he told me that he did this because Phillip had treated him as a love rival, thus Fred had just exploited the situation."
Daisy narrowed her eyes. In Ann's heart, perhaps she only regarded Fred as a respected elder brother, but Fred might not be the same...
Daisy didn't reply for a long time, and Ann thought that Daisy was still worried that Fred would fall in love with Ann. So Ann eased up and explained.
"Daisy, the thing you are worried about will not happen. We have already agreed that the fake relationship will only last until Phillip gives up on me. Moreover, Fred is abroad and actually has a fiancée. Therefore, he will never fall in love with me!"
After hanging up, Daisy returned to Nikki.
Looking at several tents that suddenly appeared in front of her, Daisy frowned.
Nikki reached out her little hand to hold Daisy's and explained in a childish voice.
"Daisy, we have to sleep in a tent tonight. I don't know how to set up a tent. But just now, some men came and helped us set up a lot of tents. They said this is their gift to you."
Daisy raised her eyebrows and glanced to the side. Sure enough, she saw several young men secretly looking at her.
Without waiting for Daisy to speak, Todd suddenly stood in front of Daisy, with a sloppy smile on his handsome face.
"Yeah. My wife is really popular. Thank you for your attention, guys. But it is not appropriate to keep looking at her in front of me and my child, is it?"
As he spoke, Todd secretly nudged Carson's head with his hand.
Carson pursed his lips in dissatisfaction. He looked up and saw Todd's gesture. Only then did he reluctantly cooperate and shout.
"Mommy belongs to Daddy alone!"
After shouting, Carson became melancholic.
He did not have a mother, and Ann was unwilling to be his mother. He was too pitiful!
Carson glanced at Jackson, who was seriously studying the tent structure, and Carson sighed.
Daisy, on the other hand, did not ignore Todd like before. Instead, she walked up to Todd.
In his surprised eyes, Daisy said lightly.
"Give me Phillip's contact information."
...
In the Dylan Villa.
Phillip came out of the bathroom after taking a shower. He was only wearing a loose, grayish-blue bathrobe, and his hair was still wet.
The palm print on his fair and handsome face was still faintly visible.
Suddenly, his phone rang. And when Phillip saw Todd's number, he paused for a moment.
He answered the phone and heard Daisy's cold voice.
"Phillip, I think you should have met Fred."
When Phillip heard Daisy mention Fred, his eyes turned cold.
He said, "Perhaps you don't know that during the five years that we lived abroad, Fred was the one who interacted most with Ann, aside from Karl. He helped Ann a lot, and Ann trusted him a lot.
"If not for Karl, Fred would have been Ann's best choice."
Phillip tightened his grip on the phone.
He remembered what Fred had said before with an indifferent expression.
Ann's Blending Perfume technique was taught by him, and they were very compatible.
After hanging up the phone, Phillip's clear and bright eyes became deep and hard to understand.
Coordination, trust...
The next morning, at the Harmony Hospital.
When Ann came out of the hospital with her bag, she saw Fred standing under the camphor tree not far away. The sunlight shone through the thick green leaves and shone down.
Fred, who was wearing a shirt and black trousers, looked warm and handsome and attracted the attention of many passers-by.
Seeing Ann come out, Fred smiled gently and opened the car door for Ann like a gentleman.
Although Ann was surprised that Fred would come to pick her up, she couldn't refuse at this time. She had to bend down and get into the blue Aston Martin.
Just as she sat down in her seat, Fred handed over a few exquisite paper bags.
"You're breakfast."
Ann looked at the exquisite food inside and understood why Fred did it. She was a little embarrassed.
"Fred, we are doing this just to show Phillip. You don't have to do this for real."
"You know what I am doing. I hope that I can do everything perfectly. Since I have decided to be your boyfriend, I naturally have to do what other men can do." Fred smiled.