Hearing Raymond's words, Anna almost jumped up in shock. "William is married to your sister? Doesn't that mean... mean that you are Valeria's brother?" Anna's eyes were opened wide with surprise as she stared at Raymond. But as Raymond's face was covered in blood, she couldn't see the resemblance. Seeing that Anna was staring at him, Raymond could only explain, "I'm Valeria's brother! I truly am!" Anna still didn't believe it. "How is this possible? Valeria is such a nice person. How could she have a shameless brother like you? I don't believe it! I would never believe it!" Raymond didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Ms. Taylor, this is a misunderstanding. I'm not shameless. I just..." "Just what? Didn't you already do so many despicable things? You were harsh and rude at the restaurant that time. Then you hung out with that disgusting scumbag, Michael. And today, you did something even more out of line!" Anna was furious when she recalled Raymond
Raymond wore a mask and lowered his head as Anna brought him into the Saunders family's hotel like a criminal. Anna disagreed with Raymond to wear a mask at first. But Raymond felt that he would be too humiliated if he appeared in public in that manner. After much persuasion, only did Anna agree to his request. They soon arrived at the private room where Raymond was meeting his date. Anna crossed her arms and stood outside while watching Raymond take off his mask before going into the room. After a while, a woman's scream was heard from inside. Anna made a face proudly. She was sure that if Raymond were to meet his date in this manner, his date would surely be furious. If his date was a bad-tempered person, she might even beat up Raymond. Even if Raymond could escape unscathed, his date would surely be furious and tell Raymond's mother about this exaggeratedly. Raymond would definitely be unable to explain himself to his mother tonight. Since A
As Raymond was dragged into the elevator by Anna, he hadn't had the chance to see who was inside. When he heard the voice, he was dumbstruck as he looked over. William and Marcus was in the elevator, looking at him with a teasing smile. Raymond wanted to bury himself because William and Marcus had seen him in such an embarrassing state. Anna also didn't expect to run into William by coincidence. William's gaze fell on Anna's hands which were on Raymond's arms and smiled wryly. He then teased the both of them, "I didn't know that you two were this close?" Anna came to her senses and immediately let go of Raymond's arm. "Who says that I'm close to him? Fuck!" To prove that she had nothing to do with Raymond, Anna took out a wet tissue from her bag and wiped her hands with disgust. Raymond's face turned livid when he saw her actions. William's smile widened while Marcus chuckled at the sight of this. Anna then glared at Marcus. "What's so funny? What ar
Hearing William's words, Marcus burst into laughter. William was also laughing when a call came in. He then restrained himself and answered the call. "Did you find out more information?" "Yes, I've found out the information on the man who looks like you. His name is Leonard Floyd." "Leonard Floyd?" William racked through his brain but didn't know anyone with that name. "I've checked his background. Leonard has always been involved with the investment banking businesses and hasn't shown his face before this. He had always gained his profits through manipulating other people before slowly coming into the spotlight recently. He is now into business entities and is already a major stockholder of a few listed companies." "Is that so? Do his companies have any conflict of interest with ours?" William asked softly. "There's no conflict. I can't see where Leonard could be a threat to us." "Is that so? What about his girlfriend who was in a coma and pregnant?
William said lightly, "Why else? We are the ones who hit her. It's a given that we need to take care of her well. Or we would be in trouble if anything serious happens, wouldn't we?" "That's all?" Marcus pressed. "If not what else?" William glanced at Marcus wryly. Marcus stroked his own head while thinking that something didn't seem right. But he couldn't figure out what. A car then drove towards them and stopped beside them. Bobby opened the door and got out of the car. "Mr. Howard!" William smiled as he saw Bobby and turned to Marcus. "I will leave first with Bobby. Please bring the car for repairs." Marcus agreed to it and watched as William got into Bobby's car. The car then drove off very soon. Marcus was about to leave when the policeman in charge of this incident came over. After the policeman greeted Marcus politely, Marcus asked about the incident, "How's the investigation going? Do you know who she is?" The policeman shook his head a
William and Bobby went back to the Howard family's old mansion. It was quiet, and no one was in the living room. William then strode upstairs. When he turned around the stairs, he heard Hayden's and Lucas' laughter coming from the nursery room on the left. There were also Cade's and Santhos' cooing sounds. Needless to say, Hayden and Lucas were playing with Cade and Santhos in the nursery. William then returned to his bedroom, but Valeria wasn't in the room. So William guessed that Valeria should be in the gym. So he turned around and went downstairs to the gym. As expected, Valeria was practicing yoga on her yoga mat, with sweat pouring down her face. When she saw William come in, she stopped and asked, "Didn't you say that you can't come home tonight? Have you settled all your affairs?" "I did!" William wiped the sweat off her face. "Why are you bothering with this when you're sweating so much?" "I'm happy to do it for my body figure!"
"Mom, why did you hit me? I haven't recovered from my injury yet. Aren't you worried that I would get a concussion if you hit me again?" Natalie sneered. "Come with me. I have something to ask you." "If you have something to say, say it here." Raymond refused to leave and looked at Gavin for help. Gavin immediately jumped in to explain, "Raymond met with some trouble today. He didn't do this on purpose..." "Dad, do you know what he did today?" Natalie interrupted Gavin. "Raymond, do you really want me to talk about what you did today in front of your grandpa?" Raymond was stunned. After he arranged for someone to send Anna home, he intentionally met with Ms. Rivera to apologize again. Raymond didn't like Ms. Rivera, and Ms. Rivera didn't like him as well after such a thing happened. He even told Ms. Rivera straight up that he was a misogamist. Although Ms. Rivera wasn't too happy about it, she didn't comment on it. She told Raymond she would lo
In the hospital, Jacelyn lay on the bed and did not dare to move. In fact, she was not seriously injured. When Marcus saw her rush out, he immediately stopped the car. The car only slightly banged into her. Although it did hurt, it did not cause her too much harm. Jacelyn was conscious and didn't faint at all. She was only putting on a show by pretending to be unconscious. At first, she thought that the driver was Bobby. But from the voice she heard, it wasn't Bobby's but someone unfamiliar. Jacelyn was anxious, but she could only continue pretending. She only had scratches and no other injuries. As the doctor couldn't find out what was wrong with her, she was sent to the ward. As Jacelyn went through the series of checkup procedures like on pins and needles, she thought she could be more at ease in the ward. She didn't expect William to arrange for some people to stand watch over her. According to instructions, the guards stayed around the clock in
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