Meanwhile, Wayne was in a different mood when he saw Azalea's return. After she left home for so long, the Floyd family didn't even call her to ask about her condition. Why did the Floyd family refuse to let her in even after he sent her there hastily? As Wayne watched Azalea go upstairs, he called out to Meadow and asked, "What's going on with Azalea? What does the Floyd family want?" "The Floyd family did this on purpose for her safety," Meadow copied Azalea's explanation and told Wayne about it. He furrowed his brows in response. It sounded far-fetched no matter how he thought about it. "This is not overseas, so the Laban family doesn't have such a strong influence here to target the Floyd family, right? Besides, even if it's for her safety, don't you think it's a little excessive that they're blocking her from entering? Didn't they let her stay there before?" "It seems that Callum and Veronica are about to file for divorce. This is done to prevent any accide
In the room upstairs, Michael lay on his back as he stared at the ceiling in a daze. When he came in and heard the conversation between Michael and Meadow just now, he knew that the Floyd family had lost their patience for Azalea, the fake daughter. Meadow was too stupid so she would not have doubted Azalea's identity. However, Wayne was different. He was a cunning man. Judging by his reaction, he should have noticed that something was wrong. He had to complete his plan as soon as possible. At the thought of this, he took out his mobile phone from the bedside table and edited a message for William. "I need a favor!" The message was not sent, and WhatsApp showed that William was not his contact. Michael was stunned by this turn of events. Did William blacklist him? William wouldn't have blacklisted him. Valeria had to be the one who did this. Valeria hated him to the core because of what happened to Abbie! Michael's heart ached at the thou
Callum went to Emily's new home after work and bought a bouquet of roses on the way. Emily had already made dinner and was about to dig in when she heard the doorbell. She opened the door and seemed surprised to see Callum. "What brings you here?" "I'm here to see you and also have a meal with you. Is that alright?" He handed the roses to Emily. She took the flowers from him. "Go wash your hands. I'll get the food for you!" Callum went to wash his hands happily. Emily placed the flowers on the tea table and went to get some rice in the kitchen. She served some soup for him as well. He sat down and took a deep breath. "Your cooking still smells good." She smiled and placed the rice and soup in front of him. "Azalea has come back!" "So what if she is back?" Callum didn't take the matter seriously. "How do you plan to deal with Azalea?" After knowing that Azalea was not her daughter, her feelings for the former had undergone a drastic change
The car stopped at the entrance of Climax Space an hour later and the driver opened the door. Michael and Azalea then got out of the car and entered Climax Space together. Michael booked a big private room tonight. A large crowd had already gathered inside when he arrived with Azalea. Everyone smiled and greeted Michael when they saw him coming in, but he did not introduce Azalea and sat down himself. Azalea felt very awkward because no one talked to her and she sat down beside Michael. The waiter brought the alcohol in after that. Michael took the cup and was about to drink, but Azalea immediately stopped him to show the others that she had a certain relationship with him. "Your mother doesn't let you drink!" Michael looked at Azalea with a glass of wine in his hand and said in a cold voice, "Why do you care so much?" "Michael, it's for your own good..." "Okay, I won't drink. You can drink with them instead!" Michael handed the wine glass in h
Michael let out a sigh of relief after he walked out of the room and quickly walked to a place far away to light a cigarette. He had never thought about doing all of this before. All he wanted to do was to marry Azalea as soon as possible so that she could be a part of his family. After that, he could expose Azalea's identity to the public to get back at Meadow and Wayne. Even Azalea was at odds with Meadow and Wayne in the future, he would never file for divorce and let them fight among each other for the rest of their lives. However, Michael finally snapped out of his daze after he read Marcus' message. The only person that he could marry in this life was Abbie. How could he let such a disgusting bitch like Azalea be his wife? Therefore, it was absolutely impossible for him to marry Azalea. He then thought for a while in his room before he finally came up with a plan. He would let Azalea think that she was having sex with him, when in fact it was a
When William mentioned Thomas, he had an annoyed expression. Valeria didn't want William to dislike Thomas, so she explained, "Thomas is a nice guy. You can't give him a hard time. He is innocent." "He's innocent? You went into early labor, all thanks to him. Haven't you learned your lesson? Good thing you and the children are safe. If not, I will tear him to pieces!" William said viciously. "This matter has nothing to do with Thomas. It was someone else who took advantage of him. He apologized to me! Honey, Thomas is a good person. He really is a good one." Seeing that Valeria was defending Thomas, William was unhappy. "Are you still defending him? If you had listened to me and not become friends with him, you wouldn't be in such trouble, and no one would have used him to plot against you!" "If they want to plot against me, they would use anyone even if it's not Thomas. Besides, how good a person is Thomas? I have taken a liking to him. Are you being unreasonab
Azalea wasn't a naive girl. When she saw that she was naked and felt the sensations on her body, she knew what had happened. She and Michael had gotten drunk and slept together. God, this was something she had never dared to imagine! Azalea was so happy that she felt like she was dreaming. "Aunt Meadow, was I really with Michael?" "Of course, it's true. When I went into the room, there were only you and Michael. He only put on his clothes frantically when he saw me come in. Who else could it be if not him?" "Michael seems to be angry! What if he doesn't want to take responsibility for this?" "No one forced him to do anything to you. He can't run away from this. Besides, you have me and your Uncle Wayne backing you up. We will surely get him to marry you!" Meadow said happily, "Let's go. We should go home right away. We must strike while the iron is hot and force Michael to agree to marry you now." In less than twenty minutes after Michael retur
After finishing his words, Michael strode away. Wayne was left enraged, while Meadow was disappointed at her son's behavior. Azalea, on the other hand, was humiliated. Azalea didn't expect her scandals to be exposed like this. As she couldn't admit them, she started crying as if she was innocent and wronged. "Michael... How could Michael insult me like this? What did I do wrong? I'm too ashamed to face anyone! Let me die!" Azalea then pretended to hit her head against the wall. Meadow would not allow her to do so, so she held on to Azalea tightly. "Azalea, don't be a fool!" Wayne also tried to persuade her. "That bastard Michael says things as he pleases. Don't take his words to heart." Meadow also felt that Michael was out of his mind. It must be because Michael was furious after sleeping with Azalea, so he said such words to upset her. Meadow comforted Azalea in a soft voice, "Azalea, don't be angry! Michael is not yet sober from drinking too much,
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