After Francis sent Evelyn away at night, the Gurney family's stocks crashed exponentially the next day. It only started recovering after three days, but the continuous drop during the two days had already caused billions in losses. Not only did they lose an enormous sum of money, but Evelyn's name was also completely tarnished. Although her video was suppressed and it would no longer appear on the trending board, it did not mean that it was non-existent. Many onlookers had saved Evelyn's video, and some of them even began to fit it to their liking. The scene when Evelyn's wig fell at the police station and how Paisley was pressed to the ground while her head was shaved was made into a viral emoji. The Gurney family couldn't possibly have any control over what was sent in private chats, so they could only turn a blind eye to it. Francis sat down and thought about what happened carefully after losing so much money. Then, he began to suspect that the mastermi
The twenty days where Azalea had to stay in the hospital passed by in a flash. During this period of time, Francis would take some time out to visit Azalea every day. Francis would bring delicious food for Azalea every time he came and he would also talk to her very nicely. Compared to Francis, who came to the hospital every day, the Davis family only came to the hospital a handful of times. Michael, who was supposedly the father of Azalea's baby, had never appeared except on the day of the operation. Meadow had only visited once when Azalea was in a coma to ask a doctor about the situation. She also heard from a nurse that someone from the Gurney family had crashed into Azalea. Since they already arranged for someone to take care of Azalea, Meadow just turned around and left. Azalea's leg injury was slowly healing, so the doctor suggested that she did not have to stay in the hospital anymore. She just needed to recuperate at home after being discharged.
Wayne thought differently from Meadow, and his sharp senses were telling him that Francis must have other intentions in doing this. Of course, he did not expect Francis to actually be a father figure to Azalea, but his intuition told him that this matter was not that simple. Wayne went back to the study and thought for a while before he called Michael. Michael had just finished his work and was ready to go back to the hotel. Wayne had called him three times in a row before Michael answered the phone impatiently. "What's the matter?" "Azalea was went home with Francis after she was discharged from the hospital." "Why did Francis take her with him? Didn't I ask you to pick her up?" "Your mother has lost her mind. She quarrelled with Francis when she went to pick up Azalea. He said that he wanted to adopt Azalea as his goddaughter before taking her away." Michael was stunned when he heard this. "Why?" "I don't know either. Michael, you spoke
He totally panicked when he bumped into Michael at the hospital entrance because he thought that the latter had noticed something. However, he was being too paranoid now that he thought about it. If Michael had detected something, he would not take such a long time to make a move. This was simply a coincidence! Despite that, it still required his undivided attention. After all, the surprise in Michael's eyes couldn't be concealed at all when the former saw him. He would tell William about this for sure. He wasn't afraid of Michael, but William scared him a lot. He was a sneaky man after all. He wouldn't be able to get rid of William once the latter had his eyes on him, so going into hiding would be the best strategy. He cleared his throat at the thought of this. When the doctor in the hospital heard his voice, he turned around and saw him. The doctor greeted him respectfully immediately, "You are here, Mr. Floyd!" The man nodded and gestured for the
This was all that the receptionist knew. After thanking her, Michael went to the intensive care unit as well. He searched the floor where the ICU was but did not find any trace of the man at all. This was the US, which meant it was not Michael's turf. He had no choice but to leave the hospital and call William to tell him about the current situation. William heaved a sigh. "All right, got it. Go ahead and proceed with whatever it is that you need to do! Thank you for your hard work!" "William, why are you looking for him? You didn't care at all when I first told you about him. Why did you suddenly pay so much attention to him?" "Something occurred to me, that's all. If you see him again in the future, pay more attention to him as long as you can ensure your own safety." "Ensure my own safety? Is this man that powerful? Will he toy with others?" Michael asked casually. "No, he won't toy with people, but he will take their lives!" William hung up the p
William's ears were tingling from Hayden's loud voice. He placed the phone away from his ears and said, "Dad, let's talk about it properly. What happened?" "Don't play dumb with me. Did you promise to leave Santhos in the Saunders family?" "Why on earth would i do that?" "Then why would Raymond post something like this on WhatsApp?" William looked through Raymond's WhatsApp Moments in confusion but he didn't find anything. "Dad, he didn't post anything, did he?" "What do you mean he didn't post anything? Are you working with them to fool me? I'm telling you, none of my grandchildren can be left with them! You have to bring them back to me just like how you bring them to them!" William frowned as he took Valeria's phone. Then he looked at Raymond's WhatsApp Moments. The contents of his Moments that were restricted to him were clearly visible now. 10 minutes ago, Raymond had posted a picture of Cade and Santhos drinking milk respectively in his arms.
At 11 o'clock at night, Raymond's car stopped outside the villa. He sat in it for a few minutes before he thought of the excuse he was going to use later. Then only he got out of the car. As he walked through the courtyard, he could see that the lights in the living room of the villa were on. He tiptoed to the door of the living room and poked his head in. Before he could see the situation in the living room clearly, someone spanked his buttocks. Natalie sounded really angry. "I've asked you to go on a blind date tonight. Why didn't you go? Are you ignoring my words?" Natalie questioned Raymond several times as she spanked him again. He sprang aside in an attempt to dodge her hands and said, "Mom! Ouch, it really hurts! Let's talk about it!" "I did want to talk to you, but did you listen? Can you explain the reason you didn't go on the blind date tonight to me?" "That's right! Why don't you go to the blind date, brat?" Gavin questioned with a stern look as
She was the eldest daughter of the family that owned the Hattelo group. Her parents were alive and her brother was powerful. If this was the case, why was she here? Why didn't anyone take care of her since she was unconscious for such a long time? Abbie looked at Leonard blankly. "So I have a family, right? Why didn't they come to visit me? Why did they abandon me?" "Be patient, and I'll tell you the reason slowly!" Leonard took out his phone and opened it. A photo of Donald, Helen, and Richard appeared on the screen. He pointed at the photos and introduced them to Abbie one after another. "They are your parents, and this is your brother." Abbie's eyes lingered on the photograph for quite some while. The person in the photo was her beloved family. It was said that blood is thicker than water, but she couldn't remember anything at all. Then Leonard showed Abbie the photo of the Clark family. When she saw Richard hold her shoulder and look at her affectionat
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