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

Chapter 271 Any Questions about the Results?

Lobby of the Grand Lexus Hotel.

It was 5 pm, everyone had gathered on time.

All of them looked like they were wrung dry. They had dark and heavy eyebags, their breaths light and shallow. Most couldn't even stand steadily on their feet.

Anna was in much better shape than them, even though she lacked sleep too. At least she didn't feel like she was going to fall at any moment.

"Anna, you're good, how can you still be standing? I'm dying here." Nina yawned widely, pointing her thumb up at Anna.

Anna scratched her head awkwardly, she napped for a while in Liam's room, of course, she was in a better condition.

"Ah, uhm, Nina... are you ok? Did the customers pick o n you?"

Nina shook her head hurriedly, "She's so hard to please! A heartbroken woman is harder to please than an angry teacher! She tortured me, I tried everything, she even made me dance. In the end, I finished a bottle of wine with her and she finally went to sleep."

"Oh." "What about you, Anna? How was your customer?"

Anna scratched her head, "They were difficult too, I guess. As usual. Haha..."

"Oh.” Nina lay on Anna's side, "Let me lean on you for a second. Just a while, I need some shut- eye."

Jennifer looked to be in good shape, much better than the rest of them. She even smiled gleefully, looking pleased that she completed her tasks well.

Anna paid no attention to Jennifer. This made her feel like she was scorned so rushed to Anna and shouted," Anna, this time, the first place is mine!”

"The results haven’t been announced yet, don’t be so full of yourself."

"Just you wait and see!”

As Olivia Finch walked in, everyone quietened down.

But what surprised everyone was the person walking behind Olivia, a VVIP - Liam Ackman himself!

Everyone's hearts rose to their throats, their fatigue disappeared and everyone suddenly looked bright as a button.

Dressed in a black suit, Liam stood in a proud and elegant manner. Behind him, James Miller and Olivia Finch stood, on each side of him.

Nina tugged at Anna's sleeve, "Anna, it's Mr. Ackman, Mr. Ackman!"

"I can see him!” Anna glared at Liam, then shifted her gaze elsewhere.

"Anna, since Mr. Ackman is here, I think they are going to announce who won first place! I'm so nervous!” Nina's hands started shaking again.

Liam's cold gaze swept across the faces in the crowd, taking in their expressions. He motioned to James, and James hurriedly shouted out, "Quiet!"

The lobby was already silent but now it was so quiet they could almost hear the sounds of each other's breathing.

"The final results for the assessment including the additional assessment will be announced now!" Olivia Finch said loudly.

Everyone held their breath in anticipation.

"I will only announce the top three winners who will join the Ackman Group. People whose names I call, please step forward.”

"Nina Scott, Jennifer Wurst, Anna Hamilton!"

Nina trembled, light bursting in her eyes. She hurriedly dragged Anna and stepped forward.

Jennifer stole a glance at Anna, her expression solemn. Her heart raced nervously throughout the announcement.

They still didn't know who won first place, her or Anna.

Seeing as the top three spots were taken, their classmates displayed identical expressions of disappointment mixed with relief. In just a few short days of assessments, they felt like their skin had been ripped off. If they joined the Ackman Group, who knows what would be left of them?

Failing to join Ackman Group might be a good thing after all.

But now everyone was concerned about the winner. Who was it?

Olivia started her announcement, “Third place, Nina Scott, 70 points remaining." Content rights by NôvelDr//ama.Org.

"Yay! That's great!"

Nina danced around in excitement. Her big, bright eyes filled with tears. Her arm that was holding onto Anna's trembled unconsciously from excitement.

Anna smiled slightly at her, then turned and looked towards Liam standing in the near distance.

Anna curved her lips at him in a vague smile but he ignored her.

If he didn't keep his promise and retain Nina, she wouldn't be smiling at him at all!

Everyone trained their eyes on Olivia. Their hearts were racing. Once the second place was revealed, the competition would be over.

The crowd looked from Anna to Jennifer and back again, as nervous as watching a striker strike the winning goal.

Finch cleared her throat, looked at the nervous faces, and finally opened her mouth.

"Second place, Jennifer Wurst, 80 points remaining."

"What?" Jennifer shouted out loud, "But my customers said they would give me bonus points, why did my points get deducted instead? Why do I only have 80 points left?"

Finch glanced at Jennifer and continued, "First place, Anna Hamilton, 90 points remaining."

The crowd roared.

"Yoo-hoo!"

"The top of the class indeed!"

"Congratulations!!”

"Haha... I can hear the cash rolling in!"

"Thank god I bet on Anna, if not, I'd be paying through my nose!"

Nina hugged Anna in excitement, sounding like she was on the verge of tears, "Anna, this is great! I'm so happy you won!”

Anna knew the results beforehand, so she didn't feel s o happy. She just laughed along with Nina.

"Anna, aren't you happy?"

"Of course, of course, I am! That's great, this is perfect. I'm so happy, we finally did it." Anna tried her best to laugh, her gaze drifting towards Liam.

Because of the distance, she couldn't see his expression.

Jennifer Wurst rushed to the front, shouting angrily, "N o! Anna must have cheated! My customer added points for me, why did my points decrease?"

Jennifer glared at Anna, and rushed to Finch, "Ms.

Finch, this can't be true! How could I place second, my customer was very satisfied with me, he said he never had such a good night's sleep. He said he would give m e extra points!"

Finch pushed Jennifer away, "Don’t make a scene in front of Director Ackman."

Jennifer glanced at Liam. Knowing he saw her ugly side, she flushed red, bowing her head in defeat.

"Jennifer Wurst, we found sleeping aid in the cup that you served the customer, this is cheating! You should b e disqualified, but since you have been doing well, that’s why I just deducted your marks."

To complete her task perfectly, she did give her customer sleeping aid.

"But Ms. Finch, at the time you didn't say we couldn't use sleeping aids, you just said we should do our best t o help them..."

"Enough! Enough of your excuses!"

Jennifer's face turned pale, muttering non-stop," Impossible, that's impossible... I can’t lose, how could I lose?"

Liam’s voice rang out across the hall.

"Do you have questions about the results?"

Everyone stayed quiet, who dared to go against Liam's decision? They were asking for death.

Liam looked at Jennifer, his voice calm and cool.

"I heard Wurst and Hamilton have an ongoing bet, then when would the betting money be realized?"

He was still waiting for Anna to use the award money t o treat him to a big meal.

Jennifer's expression turned to ash, her eyes full of despair.