Chapter 102 Destroyed by You

"You can say no if you don't want to. I would understand," Joseph frowned.

"I want to very much!" Only a fool would refuse, Anna told herself.

"But I have one request," Joseph spoke bluntly, "Before we get married, we should have separate rooms. If you violate this rule, I will have to reconsider our relationship."

"I promise you!" As long as she could move into the Smith home, being Lady Smith was in her future. She would not ruin her long-time goals for a brief moment.

"That's all then. I'm done, take your time," Joseph then got up and left the table.

"Are you leaving now?" Anna watched Joseph's back with disappointment, but she smiled when she thought about moving in with him.

She said to herself, "Kate Smith, you have lost to me now!"

Anna certainly wanted to share such great news with her rival.

**

When Anna was settled in at the Smith home, she sent Kate a text, "Kate, you must recognize this place in the photo, right? Joseph formally invited me to move in. He said he only snubbed me before to protect me since he was possibly the father of your baby. He had to pretend to be "sad"!

Kate was startled when her phone went off, and after she read the message, she knew she had been right all along. Joseph was acting the entire time. Kate was furious; Anna caused her baby's miscarriage, and the baby's father let her into his home.

"That bitch will not get away with this!" Kate swore out loud.

When Kate arrived, it looked as if all the lights in the Smith mansion were on. She hadn't been there since her divorce from Joseph, and she never planned to set foot in there again, but the anger was more potent than her willpower.

"Lady Smith, you ..." Ricky felt conflicted and hesitated to let her in.

Amy happened to pass by at this time. She said with a smile, "A visitor is a guest. And Miss Kate used to be our boss, how can we turn her away?"

Kate had never been friendly to Amy and certainly didn't believe she had good intentions. However, she was there to settle the score with Anna, not Amy.

Anna was excitedly moving items around when Amy announced, "Miss Anna, Lady Smith… no, Miss Kate is here."

"What are you doing here?" Anna snarled as she turned around to glare at Kate.

Kate stepped forward with a cold face and snorted, "You need to apologize to my child!"

Anna was stunned and suddenly laughed, "Kate, are you crazy? Your baby is gone. I didn't do anything to provoke it. What happened has been cleared up, it is not a good idea to bring it up again! It isn't funny!"

"It was Joseph's baby! He wasn't a possible father! It was his baby!" Kate shouted; she couldn't allow Anna to insult the child she lost.

"No apology? Alright!" Kate took a step closer as the fury in her eyes grew.

"What ... what do you want?!" Anna had retreated into the corner, and there was no room to back up.

A loud slap landed on Anna's face. She was about to hit Kate back, but was stopped by a loud, sharp voice, "Stop it!"

Anna's raised hand hung in the air, and said in an injured tone, "Joseph, thank goodness you are here! Kate hit me ..."

Afterward, pointing to her beaten face, she cried bitterly, "It hurts so much ..."

Kate snorted, "Wow, such a shameless bitch! Can't even handle a little pain!"

"Joseph, listen! She's obviously come here to cause trouble for me!" Since learning that Joseph was rude to protect her, Anna had all of her confidence back.

Kate was even angrier at the thought of Joseph deceiving her, "Joseph, I don't expect justice from a man as biased as you who could ignore his own children, but this woman you love said your child was a bastard. I couldn't bear to hear it!"

Joseph's fist clenched, and his eyes filled with anger as he listened to Kate.

Anna was so nervous that she tried to explain, "Joseph, that's not what I said, it's ..."

"Oh, I see," Joseph looked at Kate, his lips in a sneer, "The past is the past. Don't mention it again!"

Kate glared furiously at the unsympathetic man in front of her and said, "I wish that baby were a bastard so that you wouldn't destroy its memory!"

The was a flash of rage in Joseph's eyes, his lips moved, but he said nothing.

"Finally!" Anna smiled with satisfaction when Kate walked out. She then turned to Joseph and cried, "Honey, she really hurt my face."

Joseph mumbled, "Amy, get some ice packs for Miss Anna."

"Yes, Lord Joseph…" Amy was momentarily paralyzed by what happened; then, she could feel her jealousy toward Anna growing.

Joseph asked Henry to make sure Kate got home safely, then went to his bedroom. He sat on his bed, feeling guilty and upset about how he had hurt Kate, but it was all part of the bigger plan.

Kate was waiting outside for a taxi when Henry pulled in front of her, "Lady Smith, please get in!"

She was annoyed and growled, "I'm not your Lady anymore! Shut up!"

Henry immediately changed his words, "Miss Kate, get in the car. Lord Joseph asked me to take you home."

"You don't have to!" Kate snapped. She was getting angrier by the minute when she thought of how Joseph and Anna just attacked her but then said for Henry to take her home.

"Miss Kate, I have to take you home, or Lord Joseph will blame me," Henry begged.