Meanwhile, William wasn't as angry as Danya had imagined. He immediately went to call Valeria. He knew Valeria very well. She could even tolerate vicious and despicable people like Ashley and Mason. Why would she inexplicably try to fight Paisley's butler? William articulated his thoughts before he called Valeria, to which she answered almost instantly, "Yes?" "Valeria, did something happen between you and Ms. Anthony's butler?" "How did you know?" Valeria retorted, "Did she call you to complain about it?" "Yes. She said that you seem displeased with her and that you deliberately ask the maid to only cook spicy food so she couldn't eat. You even send the maid home and cleared out all the ingredients in the fridge on purpose. Is that true?" "Are you questioning me?" Valeria asked. "No, I know you're not that petty. Did something else happen?" "That's right, I'm not petty. But even you'd hit back when you're challenged again and again," Va
Danya thought to herself behind the door as Valeria carried on with her heated complaint. "You remember the servant Paisley brought with her? You won't believe how shameless she is. She had the audacity to come to question me when she's the one who started the fight. Jeez, just who does she think she is?" "No, of course, I didn't back down. That butler really thinks she's something else. I had to teach her a lesson. Since she can't handle spice, I asked the maid to prepare spicy food for lunch. Guess what? She skipped lunch! So I asked the maid to clear out the ingredients and go home. She must be starving now because there's nothing she can eat," Valeria couldn't contain her giddiness. "Oh right, she's not going to have anything for breakfast and lunch tomorrow too. I asked the maid to come back tomorrow afternoon." Danya was furious. Valeria never had the intention to order her food. Instead, she busy bad-mouthing about Danya to her friend. Valeria cont
Paisley breathed out in exasperation. "What do you mean? Just what did you do to provoke Valeria?" "Nothing. I just said you're close with William. What's wrong, Miss?" Danya asked in confusion. "William went back to check on Valeria because she told him you bullied her! He didn't come back to support you! Did you leave any evidence when you provoked Valeria?" Paisley fumed. Danya replied hesitantly, "I... I think not." "What do you mean by you think not? We have to be sure! Did you, or did you not leave any evidence?" Danya only realized the severity of Paisley's question and she mentally ran through the occasions she provoked Valeria. When she faked the call from Paisley in the morning, only Valeria and she were in the garden. Then, when she faked the call with Paisley in front of Valeria's door in the afternoon, Valeria had already sent everyone else in the villa away. Naturally, there was no one around when she went to find Valeria just now.
Valeria rolled her eyes, "Danya is putting on a show. She was arguing with me up until you came back a moment ago." "Why were you arguing?" William asked. "She said she picked fights with me because she wanted me to leave you. Apparently, Paisley has a crush on you." Valeria was answering truthfully. However, William took it as a joke. He put his arm around Valeria's waist and said, "Babe, not funny." "I'm not joking," Valeria pulled a straight face, "Danya said Paisley came here especially for you. She's here to seduce and steal you away from me." Danya freaked out when she heard Valeria complaining. But she was sure that she didn't leave any evidence when she provoked Valeria earlier. So, she had nothing to worry about. At the thought of that, Danya took a deep breath and began another round of howling as she headed downstairs. "She's lying! Why would I say something so outrageous?!" "Oh, now you deny it? Then who's the one that a
Lucas walked forward to support Paisley, "Ms. Anthony, please take it easy. You're not fully recovered yet. Please, sit down." Then, he helped her sit on the sofa as she was too feeble to walk by herself. Valeria grinned mockingly at Paisley's performance. "Ms. Anthony, you should've stayed in the hospital if you're still ill. What if you got worse during the ride back to Sydney?" "Miss Brown, do you have to be so cynical to Miss Anthony? She has done nothing wrong to you," Danya spoke up before Paisley could. "Stop, Danya!" Paisley cried out. Then, she turned to Valeria, looking apologetic, "Miss Brown, please forgive Danya. She didn't mean it. I would apologize on behalf of her." "Aren't you going to ask what happened before you apologize on her behalf? It seems like you already knew what she did," Valeria sneered. Paisley coughed weakly, "No, Miss Brown, I don't. I apologize because I failed to teach her manners." "You don't? Well then, I do
Paisley was rendered speechless. She never expected that Valeria would record Danya's taunting comments. She didn't even consider Valeria as her love rival before that! Paisley was ashamed. She slapped Danya in her face and hissed, "Look what you've done!" Then, she turned to William in embarrassment and said apologetically, "I'm sorry... Danya did this behind my back. I have no idea about everything she has done. I never know she could be this unlawful. I have no words to defend her with." It was a sign for Danya to take full responsibility. Taking the hint, Danya cut her act. "Yes, Miss Anthony had nothing to do with this. Valeria Brown, don't you dare to put the blame on her!" William looked coldly at Danya, "Why did you do all these?" "Because I hate her! We were in shock after the robbery on our first night here. Not only was Valeria unconcerned about the state we were in, but she was also gloating over our misfortune. She didn't even wait
Paisley trembled in anger and hatred after the realization. But there was nothing she could say for herself. Meanwhile, Lucas was also troubled by how little control they had over the current situation. He initially thought they could easily fool William, but it didn't seem like that was the case. What should they do next? Also, Danya's hit was surely a feigned attempt to get over the trouble, so it must have been nothing serious. It would have been awkward if William had stood guard and the doctor announced nothing serious about Danya. Lucas pulled a smile and suggested, "Sir William, it's quite late now. Maybe you and Miss Brown can go back to the villa to get some rest. Ms. Anthony and I will be fine here." William smiled faintly and agreed, "Okay then. Valeria and I will go back first. Just call me if there's anything urgent." Then, with Valeria in his embrace, William turned without hesitation. Naturally, Bobby went after them. Watching t
Once Lucas left the ward, he called Hayden. Even though it was late, it was already breaking dawn back in their home country. Hayden was already up and taking his morning stroll in the garden. So, he answered Lucas's call immediately, "Morning! I expect good news from you if you're calling so early?" "No, Sir. Ms. Anthony failed," Lucas sighed, and he recounted what had happened earlier to Hayden. Hayden was silent even after Lucas had finished telling the story. Not knowing what Hayden was thinking, Lucas asked tentatively, "Sir, are you listening?" Hayden heaved a long sigh, "Yeah, yeah. I'm just wondering if I overestimated Paisley. Do you think she is capable to do this?" Lucas thought for a moment and answered gingerly, "Ye... Yes, I think she can. She must have failed this time because she underestimated her opponent. In fact, Miss Brown has caught everyone off guard tonight. After all, we have always thought that she only has a pretty face." "
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