Charles and Mason planned to get over this by apologizing and quickly letting it slide. But they didn't expect William to not give them a chance at all! "Cheated? Why did you deliberately try to defame him? Tell me the truth now!" Hayden's face darkened instantly. "Dad, didn't you read the news? The headlines said I sinned by stealing Mr. Eich's girlfriend. What the hell does that mean? He's an Eich while I'm a Howard, so how does that make it a taboo?" William did not back down, "Besides, Valeria and I only got together recently. Mason and Ashely have already hooked up half a year ago! Yet, the news slandered me and Valeria instead, making us look like the bad guys here. I'm curious, how much did the guy pay to get this bullsh*t to the media?" "Embarrassing! How shameless!" Hayden then splashed the tea on Charles' face. "What did you say this morning? Hm? Tell me again now, won't you?" "I... I was lied to by him! B*stard, aren't you going to explain t
Valeria saw William's goodnight text. She didn't reply, but instead stared at the text for a long time. Could he send multiple women goodnight texts too? He was so promiscuous. Numerous women came one after another for him, so she must just be one of the many women to William. Valeria tossed her cell phone aside and covered her head with the quilt, but she couldn't sleep. She was used to sleeping in William's arm. Now, she was suddenly forced to sleep alone! Valeria tossed and turned all night but she did not fall asleep until the middle of the night. The next morning, Valeria was awakened by the doorbell. Abbie must be still deeply asleep, so she went to open the door sleepily. The man who used to send her breakfast at Lake View Nest was standing at the door with a box of food. "Miss Brown, Sir William asked me to bring you breakfast!" "I don't want it!" Valeria refused. "This is Sir William's order. I hope Miss Brown won'
"Um..." Valeria hesitated and refused to get up. Abbie pulled Valeria up. "What are you afraid of? Aren't we just here to have fun? Let's go and see just how special that guy is!" Valeria was dragged out of the private room by Abbie and the person in charge. They entered the elevator and went to Climax Space's top floor. Abbie who could be considered a frequent guest of Climax Space had never even been to the top floor anyway. "Your best man works on the top floor?" "Not really, he only waits here for important guests," The person in charge replied. They glanced around as they headed towards the destination. "The design on the top floor is much more luxurious than downstairs." "Yeah!" The person in charge didn't dare say anything else and they continued walking. They stopped at the door of a room and said, "Miss Brown, he's waiting for you in the room. Please enter." "I wanna go in and have a look too!" Abbie reached out and pushed the doo
The car stopped in front of Valeria and she gave William a hard glare. Meanwhile, he was grinning happily. The driver got down from the car and said, "Miss Brown, please get in." Valeria ignored him. She gave William one last glance and continued walking. Then a man's voice sounded from the car, "It's hard to get a taxi here. Come on, I'll send you home." "It's none of your business, you shameless piece of sh*t!" Valeria clenched her jaw in anger. How could he do this to her? He bullied her in the room and yet he was acting as nothing happened. It's so ridiculous! "Don't tell me you're scared of me. Is that the reason you don't want to get in?" William didn't care whether she was angry or not. Valeria gritted her teeth and opened the door. Seeing that she got into the car, William signaled the driver to start the car. Valeria glared at William, "Why did you do that just now?" "What do you mean?" William put on an innocent look. "You're sti
The name 'William Howard' made Valeria's heart throbbed a little. She finally understood why she had not been feeling herself lately. It was because she didn't hear anything from William, not even a message! She knew Mason didn't come with good intention. It must be nothing good if he was in such a hurry to bring her to William, "Why are you bringing me to him?" She asked. "Huh, do you not have the guts to see him? Didn't you say you like him? Didn't you tell me he treated you very well? I'll let you see how he looks like when he fools around with the women!" The smug look on Mason's face triggered Valeria for some reason, "Fine then, let's go! What's the big deal?" She followed Mason to the VIP room. The door of the room opened and it was quite noisy inside. A group of people was seated together and they were playing cards. Valeria saw William at a glance. He was holding a cigarette in one hand and his cards in the other hand. There was a slight smile on
Valeria's face turned ugly. She glared at Lexis and said, "Don't you dare." "You can try us! Let me tell you one thing, even if you are from a noble family, we won't let you go off that easily. Since you came to us, you have to abide by our rules!" "I won't strip no matter what!" Valeria pulled the chair away and she prepared to leave. Lexis and another man blocked her way immediately. "Then don't blame us for doing this, beauty. A bet is a bet, we'll help you if you don't do it yourself." The two smiled at her evilly. They reached out their hands towards Valeria. William, who had been watching coldly suddenly tossed the cards on the table loudly. Lexis and the other man from a rich family were stunned. They looked at William, who was holding a cigarette in one hand. He coldly looked at Valeria and said, "Come here!" Valeria trembled with anger and stood still. William took a huge breath on his cigarette and said, "I said, come here!" Richa
Everyone was looking at Lexis. He couldn't believe his bad luck, man! "This is too weird! Is someone playing tricks on me?" "What bullsh*t is that? It's your own luck!" Richard said slowly and he continued, "Now strip and go out there for a run!" "Well...Uh..." Lexis's face turned red, "Why not let me wear at least my boxers out?" "Nope, not a chance!" William Howard replied casually. "You can't do this to me! This lady here was able to get off the hook just now!" Lexis started to argue. "Why the hell are you so full of sh*t? Take off your godd*mn clothes now and get out!" William's voice turned cold. Lexis took a few steps back timidly and said, "William, aren't we like brothers? Today, what about..." "Do you want to strip yourself, or do you want me to ask someone to help you do it?" William said with an emotionless face, "Guards, get in here!" The door of the private room was pushed open and a few bodyguards came in. William
Valeria opened the door and ran out. Abbie wanted to get off the car and followed her but Richard grabbed her hand and said, "Don't get involved in this!" "Bro, she is my best friend! I'm scared that something will happen to her!" "When it comes to relationships, even parents can't control them, let alone us? Besides, what could happen to her? What can she do with her bare hands? William is a good man and he won't bully her!" Abbie was stopped by Richard and she could only stare at Valeria as she staggered to William's car. She pulled open the door and said, "William, you shameless..." Before she could finish her sentence, she noticed that there were no women in the backseat. It was only William sitting alone inside. Where were the women? She had clearly seen two women getting into William's car. Valeria stared at William in surprise. She even rubbed her eyes to make sure she wasn't dreaming. William squinted at her, "Why did you stop
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