Francis's heart sank when Michael stretched out two fingers. He knew that the loss must be very serious, but he didn't expect it to be this bad. He had invested so much money, but only one-tenth of it was left. Francis' vision started to blur and he staggered forwards. Frederick had the same thought, so he asked in shock, "There's 200 million left?" Michael shook his head. "No! There's only 2 million left!" "What!? Why is it so little?" Frederick suddenly stood up. "Why are you so agitated?" Michael snorted. "Did you forget about your losses before last night? The crash last night made things even worse! I'm at a loss too and I don't think our funds can be recovered!" "You... you..." Francis was so angry that he stood up all of a sudden and pointed at Michael with trembling lips. Michael looked at him coldly with sarcasm in his eyes as if he he knew that Francis couldn't do anything to him. Francis was so enraged that he spat out a mouthful of blood and fe
After William hugged Cade and helped to wipe away his tears, Cade continued to sob. "Wife! I want my wife!" Valeria knew that he was referring to Emma. "You can't be so rude. Her name is Emma, and she isn't your wife. Can you remember to call her by her name in the future?" "She's my wife!" "She won't pay attention to you anymore if you continue being so rude. No one likes boys who don't have manners." Cade stopped and whined, "I want to play with Emma!" "I'll take you there in a few days, I'm too tired today." "I'll go with Auntie!" Cade still insisted. "Are you being naughty again?" William snorted. Cade was angry when he heard this and he imitated William's snort before getting off and waddling out of the room. When Hayden followed Cade out in a hurry, Valeria shook her head with a smile and said, "He looks exactly like you. Were you like this when you were a child as well?" "I have always been a good boy when I was young. How ca
Helen jumped in fright and looked at Richard. "Who is it? Why does she sound so familiar?" "Who else could it be? It's Azalea!" Richard replied calmly. "What is she doing here?" Helen asked with a look of disgust. "We'll know when we check it out!" Richard said as he stood up and Abbie also came out of the dining hall when she heard the voice. Richard handed Emma over to Abbie. "I'm going out to take a look." "I want to go as well." Abbie could hear that it was Azalea's hoarse screams and she wanted to see why the latter was throwing a fit. Richard tried to stop her. "Don't go. Azalea must have come with bad intentions since she's screaming so loudly. I'm afraid she'll scare Emma." "I'll ask the nanny to carry Emma." Abbie handed Emma over to the nanny and followed Richard and Helen out. Azalea's hair was dishevelled as she howled and cursed away. The bodyguards would definitely not give her face. They kicked Azalea's leg a few times and
Francis fainted for a completely different reason compared to last night, and he was immediately sent to the hospital after the doctor administered first aid. However, everything had changed completely even before he woke up. The Gurney family's stocks continued to be sealed after the market opened in the morning. The investors had expected that the Gurney family would increase their stocks to stabilize the market, but they did not expect that no action was taken at all. On the contrary, the news that Francis owed a huge loan to the bank because he had failed in his investments began to spread wildly. A video of Francis being hospitalized twice was uploaded by the media. In order to stabilize the situation, the Gurney family said that Francis was just doing a routine check-up and they stated that they weren't in debt. They also sent a lawyer's letter to sue the person who had spread the rumours. In less than half an hour after the lawyer's letter was sent
Azalea rushed back to the Gurney family when she heard that something had happened. Azalea turned on the radio on the way back and many of the hosts were talking about the Gurney family. They said that Francis was so angry that he became unconscious, and all of the major TV stations said that the Gurney family was about to go bankrupt due to the crisis. Azalea started to panic when she heard that the investors were destroying the Gurney family's company and many people were gathered outside the building as well. The host said that the court would probably seal up all of the assets of the Gurney family in order to benefit the investors and prevent them from running away. She thought of the paintings and the antiques that were in Francis' study. Since those were all works of famous people, she could probably sell them for a lot of money. It would be better for her to take all of them with her instead of having them seized by the court. Azalea immediat
The servant shoved the child into Azalea's hands and snatched the packed boxes back into the house. Azalea was unwilling to give up and she wanted to snatch it back, but Camila gave her a harsh slap across her face. After that, Azalea did not dare to step forward again after the servant glared at her. Camila had always hated her from the start. To make matters worse, she knew she couldn't stay here any longer after she had been caught stealing the Gurney family's property. Where could she go when she was pregnant and she had a sick child to take care of? Just then, the first person Azalea thought of was Michael. Although her news had gone viral on the Internet, and Camila as well as her daughter-in-law had already explained everything to Azalea, she still did not believe that everything was true. She did not believe that Michael was not the child's father, so she had to find him and ask him about it. Azalea rushed to Michael's company with her child immediately
At this moment, Azalea heard a knock on her car window. She was so scared that she stopped and looked out of the window, only to see the disgusting old man that had gone to Michael's house that night. Azalea jumped in fright when she saw the old man, but her face was filled with disgust the next moment. When the old man knocked on the window repeatedly, Azalea rolled down the window in disgust. "What are you doing?" "Let me in!" "Are you f*cking insane!?" Azalea glared at the old man. "You're the one who's lost your mind... Look at what you've done to the child! Take him to the hospital immediately!" Azalea looked at the old man coldly and did not respond. Then, he took out his phone and said, "I've already taken a video of what you did to the child. If you don't want to go to jail, you'd better open your car door and send the child to the hospital immediately!" Azalea's eyes narrowed in fear when she heard the video that the old man was playin
Abbie was stunned as well when she heard this. She guessed that there was more to this matter when Azalea came to cause a ruckus in the morning, but she didn't expect it to be so shocking. Didn't Michael betray her to be with Azalea? Since that was the case, why did he do this to Azalea? Anna nodded. "I'm sure! I heard from Raymond that Michael was just pretending to be with Azalea. She thought that she could turn over after giving birth to his child, but she didn't know that MIchael didn't sleep with her at all and he asked someone to take his place. Azalea and the Gurney family had been kept in the dark all along. Azalea's biological father, Francis, is as shameless as her and he even drugged Michael after he refused to marry Azalea. He did this all because he wanted Azalea and her child to take over Michael's assets." Helen took a deep breath. "Why is he so vicious? So is Michael completely infertile now?" "No, Michael knew about his schemes in advance and pl
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