Take Control of Yourself, Please novel (Anna and Liam)

Amelia's beautiful eyes were staring fiercely at Anna, who just entered the room.

"Grandma..."

Anna quickly pounced toward Grandmother Dawson. Tears were welled up in her eyes.

"Grandma, what happened to you?" Anna's worry was genuine. She also felt remorseful for causing Grandmother Dawson's collapse.

Seeing that Anna had finally returned, Grandmother Dawson swallowed the heart in her mouth.

"Anna, where were you last night? How is it that no one could find you..." Grandmother Dawson's voice grew weaker as she spoke. She lifted her arm and gently wiped away the sweat on Anna's nose that formed because she was rushing to the hospital.

Anna's heart ached. She hugged Grandmother Dawson's arm and placed her hand on her cheek.

"Grandma, it's all my fault... I'm sorry for making you worry, Grandma."

When Amelia noticed Grandmother Dawson's gaze softening, she raged internally. "Humph! Ms. Hamilton sure is on a different level. Her mysterious disappearance landed Grandma in the hospital, yet with a simple 'sorry', she emerges with a clean slate."

Nicole and Chloe exchanged glances. Nicole inquired caringly, "Anna, where were you last night? I was worried sick about you."

Anna shot a glance at Liam, who sat calmer than a stagnant pond. She smiled and said, "I had some errands to run last night, so I went out."

"You went out? To where? Why didn't you bring your phone? What's so urgent that you had to leave at night! You know, everyone thought that you ran away with some rogue!" Amelia mocked. "Enough! How could a Dawson spit such vile words from her mouth!" Grandmother Dawson scolded angrily.

Amelia bit her lip in anger. She complained discontentedly, "Grandma, she tarnished the Dawson family's reputation, so why can't I tell her off!"

"Anna, what's so urgent that you had to leave in the middle of the night? You didn't even tell Mommy about it. She was so worried about you," Chloe asked in a low voice as she stared blinkingly at Anna with big, innocent eyes.

Even so, in Chloe's mind, she was thinking about how Anna should have been incapacitated by the drug by then. How did she manage to vanish from her room?

Grandmother Dawson gazed at Anna with serious eyes but did not say a word.

Clearly, she wanted to know what happened too.

Nicole was secretly delighted. She hurriedly condemned, "Anna, this incident is truly your fault! If something had happened, you should have told everyone instead of just vanishing like that! No one would blame you for it! Now, you've embarrassed the Dawson family and dragged Madam Dawson's name through the mud!"

Anna turned to Nicole in silence. The moment she opened her mouth, Amelia butted in.

"Anna Hamilton, what exactly happened between you and Ryan Sanchez? You better clear this up right now and leave us Dawsons out of your disgraceful acts!" Amelia crossed her arms and held her chin up high with pride.

Chloe took the chance to add insult to injury. "That's right, Anna. It's not like you're unaware of the kind of man Ryan Sanchez is. Why would you interact with a man like that? I was so shocked when I saw him naked on your bed earlier today!

"Anna, he didn't do anything to you, right? If he did, you must tell us! Us Hamiltons will never forgive him!"

Anna turned to Chloe quietly. Her words may sound caring, but they also made it sound as if her illicit relationship with Ryan was a sure thing.

Anna's heart ached a little as she gazed at the woman who she always loved and pampered as her real sister.

She never would had thought that a human's true nature was deception.

Just then, Bryan darted into the room from outside and clutched Anna's wrist.

In an aggressive tone, he interrogated, "Anna Hamilton, where the hell were you! What exactly happened between you and Ryan!"

Bryan's grip was firm. Anna felt as if her bones might shatter.

She coldly pulled away from his grasp. How dare an unfaithful man like him question her innocence!

While he was out there doing as he pleased, did he expect her to protect her chastity for him!

How could a man be so shameless!

Bryan noticed Anna's irritated expression. His tone turned a little gentler. At that moment, he could not afford to have an all-out argument with her.

"Anna, I just want an explanation. All I ask is for you to tell me that nothing happened between you and Ryan. If you could just tell me that, I'll drop this topic immediately and we can go back to our loving days of before."

Anna was secretly disgusted by his words, yet she put on a faint smile. The gaze from her beautiful eyes was calm and steady.

Amelia snickered. "Bryan, it seems your love was wasted on the wrong person! Your fiancee can't even be bothered to explain herself to you! It seems she really doesn't care about you!"

She continued to mock, "Ah, I never expected the quiet Ms. Hamilton to be so wild at heart."

Nicole quickly took Anna's side and rebutted, "Ms. Dawson, how could you say that about Anna! She's not that kind of person!"

Chloe's voice followed behind. "Anna, won't you say something? Why was Ryan Sanchez in your bedroom? Don't you know such a scandal can heavily impact the Hamilton and Dawson family's reputation! "Anna, if you don't explain yourself, how will Grandma see you after this? You're supposed to marry Bryan soon..." Chloe tried her best to bury the look of envy in her eyes. Her gaze slowly shifted onto Bryan. However, at that moment, the only woman in his eyes was his gorgeous fiancee; he did not even glance at Chloe.

Chloe felt her heart aching. She quietly clenched both fists, her nails digging deep into her flesh.

Before Anna could respond, Amelia's piercing voice sounded again.

"There's nothing to explain here! She simply got drunk last night, had a romantic encounter by chance, then left the mansion to spend the night with that man!" When Bryan heard Amelia's words, his expression turned as dark as ink.

Even Liam's expression turned as cold as an iceberg.

Everyone in the room felt a mysterious chill.

"Enough! All of you, quiet down!" Grandmother Dawson yelled laboriously.

Amelia pounced toward her bed. "Grandma, you can't coddle Anna anymore! After what she has done, we just can't let her join the Dawson family anymore!"

Amelia had always been against Bryan and Anna's engagement. If Bryan's status were to go up any time in the future, Amelia would have a hard time living among the Dawson family.

In addition to that, Grandmother Dawson had always held a patriarchal ideology. Otherwise, she never would have brought home the only child, Bryan Dawson. He was only taken in because Amelia was a girl- she could not take over the Dawson family's business.

Anna, too, was a girl, yet she was allowed to take over Lincoln Group. Amelia could not fathom why a woman with the Dawson last name could not be a successor to the Dawson Group.

"Grandma, you can't play favorites now! If you allow someone like Anna to enter our family, sooner or later, the Dawson family will lay in ruins because of her!" 1

Grandmother Dawson was already coughing from all the anger, yet Amelia continued.

Liam was enraged. His inky black eyes were filled with gloom.

"Shut up."

They were two simple words, yet their impact was tremendous. All their chests tightened and the room fell into pin-drop silence.

When Anna saw that the raucous in the room had finally died down, she smiled and took out a box from her bag. She presented the box to Grandmother Dawson.