Azalea swiftly greeted Angel upon noticing her, "Angel, hello there!" "Miss Clark, I did not expect to see you here," Angel replied with a smile on her face. She then looked at Helen and asked, "May I know who is she?" "She is Helen, whereas this is Angel!" Azalea immediately introduced both of them to each other. "Helen, a pleasure to meet you!" Angel politely elaborated further, "I've heard about you being extremely gorgeous and the rumor is indeed true. Strangers may assume that you're just in your early thirties." Angel was clealy exaggerating stuff but women would always be pleased upon hearing such praises. Helen chuckled and asked, "Angel, are you here to shop around as well?" "Yes, I would like to purchase a gift for my grandmother to surprise her. I lingered around a few places but I have yet to find one that is appealing. I'm having a hard time as I'm not confident in picking something that my grandmother would like," Angel replied with a trouble
Fandrey did not intend to continue the discussion about his granddaughter with Deborah. He then got up and went to the study room that was located upstairs. It was currently afternoon via European timezone. He dialed William's number and said, "William, everything is true as per your speculation. Ornard is indeed an evil person as he is already taking advantage of Angel. She has produced an utterly brilliant business plan today regarding the bidding activity. Your uncle is not convinced that she did all this herself and neither do I. Ornard must be the one curating such a plan. He is truly a cunning and opportunistic person!" William chuckled and said, "I am impressed at Angel for establishing a bidding strategy plan of such high quality. Does this mean that Ornard is already aware of the Floyd family's bidding price?" "Yes, things have indeed turned out this way. Angel must have leaked the company's information to Ornard. I am sure that he is aware of our bidding rat
Abbie and Michael went to the lake together in the evening. They sat on the private boat and enjoyed the spectacular night view along the way. Michael had instructed someone to prepare several sky lanterns that were of different shapes and colors. Abbie was feeling excited about it and began lighting up the lanterns one after another. The sky lanterns rose slowly and soon floated in the air. It was a mesmerizing scene to be appreciated. Abbie took out her mobile phone to snap a photo before uploading it to her social media's homepage. Valeria was the first to comment on it, "Wow, are you out to have fun? Is this a surprise from that guy? Not bad!" Abbie grinned and replied, "Your beloved one is much better than mine!" Michael chimed in and asked Abbie, "Are you posting this on your social media platform?" "Go away!" Abbie pushed him aside to not let him have a look at her homepage. Michael then took out his mobile phone in hopes to see what she
Angel was using Azalea to get closer with Helen. She successfully left a good impression on Helen when she pretended to be a gentle and polite lady. She came home and spewed nonsense in an exaggerated manner to Deborah. She wanted to deceive Deborah into thinking that Helen was fond of her being the daughter-in-law of the Clark family. Angel knew that Deborah had taken her seriously judging by the surprised look on her face. Angel was now hoping that Deborah would mention this matter to Fandrey. Her grandparents would then contact the Clark family to partner up Richard and her. Angel did not pay much attention to Richard as she had no intention of marrying him last time. However, things were now different as she had set her eyes on him. Angel began to search for all the information about him. She was also intending to let Richard get attracted to her apart from wanting to take his hand in marriage. She aimed to transform Richard into being loyal like how William
Angel was not interested in what was going through Madelyn's mind. She held the iPad and searched more about Richard for quite a period of time before going to bed. Angel got up early the next morning. She had a quick breakfast before rushing to the company. It was only eight in the morning when she had arrived at the company. None of the employees had yet to show up apart from the security guards and cleaning workers. She entered her office and gathered her business plans before studying them in a focused manner. She was seen to be proactive at her job. She was not genuinely interested in her work but she just wanted to put on an act. Angel could not cut corners as the bidding activity of the building expansion project would commence a few days later. She needed to act as a hardworking employee to make Fandrey and Callum feel impressed with her. She occupied herself until half-past nine and all the employees of the company had finally arrived at work. She
On the other hand, Angel and Callum hopped onto the car and eventually left the restaurant. The driver was one of Callum's most trusted men. Callum was feeling displeased and queried Angel despite the presence of the driver, "What were you doing just now?" "Dad, what are you talking about?" Angel asked with an innocent look on her face. "Why would you talk to Richard like that?" "Didn't you tell me to behave well? I spoke in that manner which was similar with my friends who were of high social status." "Why haven't I witnessed it myself before? Valeria and Abbie would speak in a normal tone, don't they? Why were you using a high-pitched tone during lunchtime just now?" Angel was embarrassed and upset upon the stern query by Callum. However, she did not dare to talk back with him judging by her current capability. She could only swallow her anger. Both of them soon returned to the company. Angel headed towards her office and shut the door before sulki
Helen gave her the terms and conditions before leaving the balcony. Abbie continued to linger around the balcony with a depressed look on her face. She sent a message to Valeria which stated, "I am being grounded! You need to come back and save me as soon as possible!" "Who gave you such a ridiculous order?" "Who else could it be? It is nevertheless my mom's idea! Azalea, that cunning and sinister b*tch claimed that I was currently seeing someone. I had been interrogated by my mom for a few hours and the punishment that she gave me was to stay at home for a week." "This trouble is once again caused by Azalea, that shameless piece of s*it? I have to come up with an idea of teaching her a lesson." "I will definitely give her a violent beating if I am able to set foot out from the house," Abbie gnashed her teeth in anger. "That is not a feasible idea. It would be an insult for you to lay a finger on someone that unworthy. Let's find another way to get rid of
Paisley and Danya bought the necessary ingredients for dinner and headed to Ornard's villa. Paisley did not instruct Danya to help her out as she wanted to showcase her cooking skills. She occupied herself in the kitchen. Ornard only came to greet her when she arrived alongside Danya with the raw ingredients. He then went back to the study room that was located upstairs. Paisley was busy cooking in the kitchen for two hours and finally prepared a table full of mouth-watering dishes. She placed the tablewares and cutleries on the dining table and took off her apron. She then went upstairs to invite Ornard for dinner. Paisley heard his voice coming from the study room when she arrived at the door. "Madelyn, that old woman is not our target in winning the game. You should just ignore her and spare her life for a few more days. Your father and grandfather would feel suspicious if you lay a finger on her." Angel, who was on the other end of the line, was not wi
On the day of Azalea's recovery, she was escorted out of the hospital by two police officers to wait for her sentence. She was wearing shackles and handcuffs as she walked through the parking lot. She saw Michael with Abbie, who was holding Emma in her arms. Michael was holding Abbie's waist, ready to get into their car. Seeing that Michael had recovered, Azalea was extremely perplexed. She had learned from the police that Leonard's man had tried to kill her to silence her and knew that Leonard was using her, so she did not regret her vicious behavior. Azalea stared at the child in Abbie's arms and Michael as she started to have vicious thoughts. If the one who got injured that day was Abbie, and if Abbie died, everything would be different now, wouldn't it? Michael would be living a life worse than death. His child would not have a mother anymore, and no one could have what she couldn't. She would be satisfied. However, all of this was just her imaginatio
After Leonard's matter was settled, Richard returned to the Clark family. Abbie wasn't asleep yet and was sitting alone in the living room in a daze. Richard walked to her and sat down. Then, he reached out and patted her on the shoulder. "Why aren't you asleep yet?" "I can't sleep. Richard, he... he will be fine, won't he?" "Don't think too much. He will be fine." "I don't want anything to happen to him... Richard, I actually hate him very much and have never thought of being with him again. I have suffered enough! Every time I made up my mind to cut all ties with him, something bad would happen like what happened now. Richard, what should I do?" Richard understood Abbie's dilemma. "Abbie, do you still love him?" "I don't know! I hate him! I hate him so much!" "You can't let him go, can you? You and he broke up three times, but he has always been in your heart." Richard sighed. "To be honest, I don't want you and him to start over again. After
It was late at night in Azalea's ward as she lay on the bed and fell asleep with her eyes closed. Three of Azalea's ribs were broken while one of her hands was handcuffed to the hospital bed. The policeman guarding her felt that there was no way she could escape, so he relaxed his guard. The man who was arranged by Leonard's assistant had been waiting for the right moment in the hospital. Then, they immediately entered the ward and attacked Azalea when they saw that the policeman had left. Just as they covered Azalea's mouth and were about to suffocate her to death, a soft voice could be heard by the door of the ward. "Hey! Are you trying to silence her?" The man turned his head and saw that Bobby were taking photos with his mobile phone while Silas was bent over in laughter. Later, Leonard was woken up at 2 a.m. in the morning when Richard and his bodyguards came to visit him furiously. Leonard had already guessed the purpose of Richard's visit as soon as
It had been two days since Leonard's assistant brought Azalea back to the city and she was specially sent here today to attack Michael. Although Azalea hated Michael, she did love him immensely in the past and she didn't want to kill him. The one she hated the most was still Abbie. She had been overshadowed by Abbie since she was a child and she had never won against her before. It was all thanks to Abbie now that she ended up like this. Michael wouldn't deal with her if it weren't for Abbie, and she wouldn't have been driven to a dead end like this. She was going to die in the end anyway, so she wanted nothing more than to drag Abbie down with her. She knew that she couldn't get close to Abbie. Besides, she also knew very well that Leonard wanted to use her to kill Michael so that he could marry Abbie. Azalea acted as if she had been persuaded by Leonard's assistant to attack Michael, but in fact, her target was Abbie all along. She saw how desperat
Azalea looked up when she heard the voice and met Leonard's assistant's gaze in the car. She stopped crying once he got out of the car. "Miss Clark, I've been looking for you everywhere!" Azalea lowered her head frantically when she saw him, but he said warmly, "Miss Clark, get in the car." She didn't know if Leonard's assistant knew about the murder she'd committed, so she hesitated for a moment before getting into the car. He then gave her a bottle of water and some food. Azalea was famished because she hadn't eaten anything for a few days, so she wolfed down her food desperately. Leonard's assistant had been observing Azalea all this time, and he said once she finished eating, "I know what you've done! The police are now looking for you everywhere." Azalea's expression was filled with panic. "Are you going to hand me over to the police?" "No, I'm here to help you." "How can you do that?" Azalea asked in frustration. "I won't be a
It started to rain again early in the morning, which made the air in the mountains damp and cold. Meanwhile, Azalea lay motionlessly on the messy bed. She could hear the child's wailing from outside while Monthel's mother tried to coax the child. However, there was no sign of it ending even after some time. Monthel's mother started to become angry as well, so she scolded the child and eventually began to target Azalea again. "Why are you still lying in bed at this time? I've never seen someone as lazy as you. A wife should get up early in the morning to cook, but you are the only one who will laze around like this!" This was not the first time that Azalea had been scolded. Monthel's mother had begun to pick on her the second day after she arrived. Azalea would fight back initially, but she no longer dared to talk back after she was slapped in the face by Monthel. Monthel's mother cursed outside for a while. Then, she lifted the curtain and came into the ro
Leonard's expression turned very ugly, but Richard did not give him a chance to even catch his breath. "After I learnt of your relationship with her, I sent someone to extract the DNA of the fetus in Evelyn's belly and compare it with yours. The results show that she's indeed pregnant with your child, but you can verify it personally if you don't believe me." Since Richard dared to say this, there was no possibility for Leonard to turn the tables. The veins on Leonard's forehead bulged as he was filled with humiliation. He initially wanted to get back at Fandrey by asking him to propose the marriage to the Clark family, but she ended up being embarrased like this. He was furious, but Richard continued, "We are very grateful to you for saving Abbie's life. Although she can't marry you, we can continue to be friends if you want to." What could Leonard say? He had done a terrible mistake, so he couldn't possibly tell Richard that he wanted to cut all ties between t
Abbie tried her best to escape, but it was useless. Michael even kissed her on the face a few times, which made her so angry that her voice trembled. "Michael... F*ck you... I'm going to kill you!" Michael turned a deaf ear to her words because he hadn't been so close to Abbie for such a long time. He missed her like crazy, so how could he bring himself to let her go? Abbie kept struggling desperately, but her physical strength was no match for Michael's. Michael then carried her back to the sofa, which made her furious because she couldn't escape. "Michael, what are you trying to do?" Michael did not answer her at all. Instead, he just hugged her so tightly as if he didn't want to let her go at all. He hugged her for such a long time that her whole body had gone numb. "Michael, what's wrong with you? Let go of me! I can't move!" It was only then did Michael let go of Abbie. Her limbs had already gone numb and she felt extremely uncomfortable. Just t
Michael happily placed the coffee he ordered for Abbie in front of her. "Here, I've ordered your favourite coffee." However, Abbie sneered and picked up the coffee to splash it all over him. The coffee was very hot, but Michael just smiled bitterly and said, "Do you hate me so much?" "What do you think?" Abbie looked at Michael coldly without any affection in her eyes. "My feelings for you have never changed! What happened between me and Azalea is all fake, and I've never had anything to do with her. The news with Anastasia was also fake. I was the one who used her to provoke Azalea, but Leonard made up those news articles to get back at me. I swear, I haven't been with anyone else apart from you!" Abbie let out a cold laugh, "Really?" "I'm serious! I swear that I'm not lying to you!" "There's no need to swear, or else even you'll beleive your own lies." Michael became desperate when it was obvious that Abbie didn't believe him. "What do I have