Chapter 578

"What time did you arrive last night?" Anderson spoke up, breaking the silence. "A little over 3:00 am. Shane told me that you were admitted to the hospital, so I hurried over." "Thank you for coming." "I didn't do much. I just ended up falling asleep," she said calmly. "I didn't even know when you woke up. I didn't really take care of you." "I'm happy that you came. There's no need to feel guilty," he said calmly. Mayra hummed in response, and silence settled over them again. Anderson had just been discharged and could only have simpler meals. There were specialties of the city on the table, but the seasoning was rather sweet, and Mayra couldn't get used to it. Regardless, she wasn't a picky eater as not starving was good enough. Anderson served her a wine-infused pork rib, its flesh glistening under the lights. "Are you going to ignore me now that you have Gordon? Were you trying to act like you didn't know me last night?" Mayra noticed the eyes on her and met his gaze in a panic before quickly looking away. "You know that I don't like being in a large group. There were a lot of people in the elevator, and I was a little nervous." It was a horrible excuse, but she knew it was enough to convince Anderson. After all, he knew that she hated socializing. "What about the meal? I recall inviting you and Gordon to dine together." She pursed her lips. "Hailey was with you, right? Harley too. I didn't want to disturb you." "I didn't know Hailey was there." Mayra was taken aback, wondering if he was explaining himself to her. She was so anxious that she was clawing at the stripes on her bag. "I know that you're still mad about what happened before. I just don't know what I can do to make that go away so that you can return to my side." She held her breath as her heart raced. "I'm not mad. Andy, that's why we struggled for so long, right? Isn't it great not to return to our lives in the past? I'm content with wherever I end up as long as I don't have to drift from place to place. I'm not avoiding you, Andy. "I just think that we need to maintain a certain distance. We can't be codependent forever." She knew that being overly dependent would annoy him. Anderson took on a sterner tone. "I don't care, so why do you? Are you trying to say that you prefer to rely on Gordon instead of me?" "No," she said. She knew that Anderson was saying this so that she would return to the Barlow mansion, but she didn't want to go back. Every moment she spent with him felt too stressful. Meanwhile, Shane was on the phone through his earphones. Once the call ended, he came over. "Mr. Barlow, a few strangers went to the Barlow estate, claiming that they were there to look for their lost family member." "Lost family member?" Anderson asked. "They were there for Ms. Sadler. They claim to be her uncles and aunt."