His Hybrid Mate

Chapter 61

　　Annette blushed and covered her face. She looked at Connor with a hurt look.

　　She said, "Connor, can we stop talking about this? We agreed on this, right?"

　　"Are you so disgusted about sleeping with me once? In your eyes, am I a bad man? Or do you really hate me so much?" Connor seemed to care about Annette's reaction.

　　Annette said seriously, "I don't hate you, nor do I think you are a bad man. On the contrary, I think you are a very good man. I don't like the fact that I used you because another man hurt me. This has nothing to do with you."

　　Connor looked at her and smiled.

　　"It's good that she doesn't hate you, but we need more than that. We need her love," Leo said in Connor's mind.

　　"By the way, I'll be discharged in the afternoon and go back to work," Annette said.

　　"No, you can't return to the company. You haven't recovered yet. You need more rest." Connor simply refused.

　　"You are so overbearing!" Annette looked at Connor with dissatisfaction. She said, "I'm not like you. I need to make money!"

　　"Why do you like making money so much?" Connor crossed his arms and asked Annette.

　　Annette shrugged and said, "Because money makes me feel secure."

　　"Really? Won't you feel more secure by having someone? Or, do you plan to grow old alone?" Connor was a little surprised.

　　"Of course not. I think I will meet my mate again."

　　"Then why do you only care about being rich? Do you think that your future mate will not be able to give you a sense of security?"

　　"I want to be independent. I know that many werewolves will depend on their mates after the binding, but I don't want to be stuck in the wolf pack for the rest of my life and become humble by depending on my mate." Annette expressed her deeper fear.

　　"I don't agree with you. If your mate humiliates you for spending his money, then he is wrong," Connor said.

　　Annette looked at him. After a moment of silence, she shook her head and smiled. "I believe that I can only count on myself."

　　Connor looked at her. He felt that they were very similar.

　　Especially speaking of that sense of loneliness.

　　They didn't continue with the conversation, and Annette did not get discharged as she wished.

　　The doctor asked her to stay in the hospital for two more days.

　　When she returned to work, Annette found that the atmosphere in the office was a little strange.

　　People gathered in front of the computer and were discussing something.

　　Someone said, "Geez, it turns out we have totally misunderstood her."

　　Another person said, "That's right. She seems to be a simple and nice girl, and easy to get along with. But she turns out to be Melvin's lover."

　　Annette frowned. She was a little confused, but she did not join the discussion.

　　A colleague came over and whispered, "Annette, do you know what they are looking at?"

　　Annette shook her head and said, "I don't know."

　　"Today, someone posted a few photos on the company's forum. Photos of Mr. Horton entering a hotel with his lover. Guess who that woman was?"

　　Annette kept silent.

　　The colleague said with an exaggerated expression, "No clue, right? Let me tell you. It was Catherine."

　　Annette was surprised. How was the thing exposed?

　　The colleague said, "Now that everyone knows about it, I'll discuss it with you. In fact, everyone in the office suspected that Mr. Horton's lover was you. Now that I think about it, it didn't make sense. When you quarreled with Thea before, you mentioned Catherine. At that time, Mr. Horton treated Catherine much better than you. Geez."

　　Annette smiled and said, "We'd better not talk about this. It is their privacy. It has nothing to do with us."

　　"We are defending you because we feel it was unfair to you."

　　Annette shrugged, but she did not say anything.

　　Seeing that she wasn't in the mood to discuss it, her colleague had to leave.

　　When Amanda returned to the office and found that it was noisy, she said to everyone, "Alright, everyone, stop chattering. You don't want Mr. Horton to lose his temper when he comes back later."

　　When people heard so, they quickly dispersed.

　　Right before office hours started, Catherine came back with red eyes.

　　When Catherine passed Annette's desk, her eyes were filled with anger.

　　But Annette did not notice it.

　　After Catherine sat back in her seat, people around her began to discuss secretly.

　　Catherine bit her lip, her face full of resentment. She took out her phone, logged onto the company forum, and uploaded a few photos.

　　In the afternoon, the company employees were shocked by another piece of rumor.

　　Amanda quickly checked the forum and saw the photos taken secretly when Annette was dining with the president of the Fisher Group.

　　Although it was just a back view, Amanda recognized Annette at a glance because of her red-brown curly hair.

　　Amanda was surprised. She wondered how Annette had something to do with the president of the Fisher Group.

　　She looked at Annette, who was looking down at documents not far from her.

　　Amanda did not know if she should report this to Connor.

　　The person who posted the photos pointed out the names of the people in the photos. Amanda was worried that there was no way to hide it from Connor.

　　After pondering over it, Amanda stood up and left the office. She secretly dialed the phone number of the office upstairs.

　　Soon, Hari knocked on the door and entered Connor's office.

　　"Mr. Norman, in the company forum, someone said that Annette was dating Austin, the heir of the Fisher Group. There is also a photo of Annette leaving the restaurant with Austin."

　　Connor frowned. He hated it the most when people associated Annette with Austin.

　　"Who posted it?" Connor asked coldly.

　　"I'm not sure. It was anonymous."

　　"Tell the technical department to find out who posted it and delete it from the forum."

　　"Yes, I'll do it right away."

　　After Annette was done with her work, she raised her head and stretched her neck.

　　Out of the corner of her eye, she saw people sizing her up. She felt a little strange.

　　She saw a photo on someone's computer several desks away.

　　Annette frowned slightly when she saw the photo,