William was shocked when he saw the ownership papers of the villa. "This is too expensive..." "It's not expensive at all. Just a little token of appreciation from us. Keep it for Valeria please." "Thank you, grandma!" William accepted the gift gratefully. "You should have informed me, your grandfather and uncle earlier. This way, we can accompany Valeria in the hospital." "Oh, grandma, it's not that I don't want to tell you. However, I didn't get to tell you because it happened too suddenly." William told her briefly about Valeria's premature labor. The blood drained from Deborah's face. "Was Thomas the one who hung out with Valeria? Does that mean that he wants to harm us? Why would he even do that?" "It's not Thomas! I've already asked Bobby to ask Thomas about it. He said that he lost his mobile phone. I believe that Thomas is not the kind of person who would do something like this. Perhaps someone else is manipulating him." "Do we have any
On the way, Evelyn kept asking Thomas about Valeria's condition but he didn't tell her anything. Now he had no choice but to say it since Francis was the one who asked. "Valeria was shocked when she slipped on the floor. She went into premature labor. I've asked Mr. Floyd on my way here. He has already visited Valeria in the hospital. The baby was delivered safely, but Valeria is currently in a coma." "Thank God everything is fine!" Francis heaved a sigh of relief. Evelyn, who was sobbing miserably beside him, was stunned when she heard that the child was born safely. She even forgot to continue faking her sobs. Francis noticed the difference in Evelyn's attitude. His heart skipped a beat. He only suspected Evelyn mildly before, but now he was eighty percent sure she was the culprit behind this. Evelyn was his granddaughter, so he definitely did not want others to know that this had something to do with her. Anyway, the child was delivered safely and it looked
William let out a sigh. "Drink the milk, and I'll tell you the truth." Valeria consumed the milk obediently. "Can you tell me about it now? Did something really happen to Abbie?" "Yes! She fell into the sea and lost her life." William told Valeria about the accident that befell Abbie briefly. Valeria's eyes went moist with tears. "How could this be? She is still so young, isn't she? She is pregnant. How could she be gone so fast?" William immediately reached out to wipe her tears away when he saw her crying. He comforted her, "Honey, don't cry! You just gave birth recently. Tears are bad for your eyes." "Do you know that Abbie is my best friend and confidante? She is my only friend. I can't believe she is gone now!" Then she couldn't help but sob uncontrollably. Natalie pushed the door open when she heard her sobs. "What's the matter? Why are you crying?" "She knows what happened to Abbie." William seemed conflicted and embarrassed. "What
After confirming the names of the children, Archer and Raymond came over. They brought in food and flowers as well. Both of them were relieved to see that Valeria was awake. Raymond handed the flowers to her and said, "Congratulations, Valeria!" Valeria let out a smile on her thin lips. "Thank you!" Archer caressed her head lovingly. "Did you feel unwell?" "Not at all." "I brought you some bird's nest soup. Have a try," Archer said as he revealed the content of the thermos. Raymond added, "He cooked this by himself. He got up at three o'clock in the morning to prepare it." "Thank you, Dad! It's so kind of you!" "Not at all!" Archer poured the bird's nest soup out to test the temperature before he handed it to Valeria. Valeria took it over and tasted it. "Yum, delicious." "I can make it for you every day if you want." Archer looked at Valeria dotingly. Hayden, who was next to them, interjected, "There's no need for the tr
"Manipulate Evelyn? What do you mean?" Archer continued to ask. "The Gurney family and the Wolf Group are currently working on a project together. The amount is huge, so it's inevitable that people will be jealous. My guess is that someone who hates the Gurney family or William did this. The purpose is to make the two families suspect each other so that we'll fight among ourselves. Then they can benefit from it." Francis was indeed smart. He had already come up with a solution last night. It was most suitable to place the blame on his enemy. He said confidently, "The person this person had targeted at the beginning was Evelyn. His purpose was to use her to sow discord between us, but he didn't expect that he would obtain Thomas's mobile phone. After taking the phone, he found that Thomas was in contact with Valeria on that phone. Thus, he gave up on manipulating Evelyn and used Thomas instead. This person was good at scheming. The mobile phone was snatched from Evelyn. As s
Evelyn was urgently transferred to the best hospital in the country with a swollen head and a tearful face. When Francis saw that Evelyn was constantly screaming in pain, he felt that the previous hospital was unreliable so he insisted that the doctor of the new hospital examined her again. The hospital did not let him down. An expert was sent to reexamined Evelyn. After the examination, he told Francis that the lousy hospital did not do a good job in realigning her bone. Her hand needed to be fixed in an operation again. Otherwise, it would be problematic for her to use her hand in the future. Of course, Francis did not want his precious granddaughter to become a cripple, so he immediately agreed to realign Evelyn's bones again. Then her hand was broken again before it was connected. It was unknown if the anesthesia was not strong enough or she was injured really badly, but her scream constantly echoed in the operating room. Francis brought Thomas and a few bodyguard
While Francis was fuming due to the mysterious caller, Marcus received a video of Evelyn being tortured in the operating room. He called William. "Mr. Howard, it's done. Evelyn's hand was broken and her hair was shaved completely. My men also sent a message to Francis to tell him that you're the mastermind behind all this. He must be so angry that he flies off the handle." "Great job!" William's voice was emotionless. Last night, everyone was frightened by what Evelyn had done to Valeria. Today, it was only fair that he was going to torture Evelyn. An eye for an eye, a tit for tat. He wanted Francis, that old geezer, to understand that problems couldn't be solved if he tried to cover things up for his granddaughter. "Do you think Mr. Gurney will come to you?" "Does he have the guts?" William asked in response, "I have already given him a chance. Thank goodness Valeria was okay. If Francis brought Evelyn to apologize and bow to me, I wouldn't do this to her even if I f
Marcus suppressed his disgust as he asked Evelyn with a smile plastered across his face, "Ms. Gurney, it must have been hard for you! Who is the hateful culprit that did this to you! How could they beat such a beautiful woman like you so badly? This is too cruel! I feel sorry for your unpleasant experience. I hope you get well soon!" When Evelyn saw Marcus in the ward, she was thrilled. William was the one behind Marcus. He had to have asked Marcus to come and visit her. Was he worried about her? William wouldn't suspect that she was the mastermind behind what happened to Valeria, would he? She ignored the pain in her hands as she warmly invited Marcus to sit down. "Have a seat, Assistant Field!" Marcus and his assistant took their seats with a smile as they looked at Francis. "Did you find out who committed that atrocity?" Francis looked at Marcus coldly. This wasn't a friendly visit at all. Marcus was obviously here to mock and laugh at Evelyn's pathetic state
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