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." "
Ronald doubted the authenticity of the results. He jumped to his feet and instructed, "Bring me to the other two centers!" The test results from the second and third testing center were no different from the first report. Ronald's face was ashen. He stared at the three test results in his hands and he still couldn't believe that they were true. Based on the results, Valeria wasn't his biological daughter. Ronald was dumbfounded as he stared at the three identical test results. The fact that Valeria wasn't his own daughter meant something. It meant that Natalie cheated on him. Ronald clenched his jaw, fuming at how Natalie had treated him. Not only that she cheated on him, but she also let him raise another man's child as his own. No man should be put up with such humiliation. Then, Ronald, in a fit of rage, stumbled for a little while before passing out. The assistant was startled and he immediately sent Ronald to the hospital before informing
William frowned at the mess that he couldn't figure out. He raised his eyes and noticed that Valeria was already waving at him, asking him to go to her. Suddenly, he made a wild guess that Ronald might have done a paternity test with Valeria. It was said that daughters were supposed to look like their fathers. And Valeria did not even bore a bit of resemblance to Ronald. William's heart sank at the thought. Then, he quickly dismissed it because many children didn't resemble their parents. "Keep an eye on Ronald, will you?" He instructed Marcus. "I have a bad feeling about what he's going to do next." Then, he hung up and headed towards Valeria. She was pouting, "Who is that? Why do you need to answer that away from me?" He smiled, "It was an important call, and it's quieter over there." "Fine. Say, William, do you think I'm a little too unreasonable? I'm always worried that other better women out there will snatch you away from me. And given w
"Huh?" Ronald was dumbfounded at first, but his confusion quickly turned into pure joy when he realised that Hayden didn't want Valeria to marry William as well. He was concerned that William might become a problem when he decided to deal with Valeria. But since Hayden disliked Valeria, surely he would prevent William from saving Valeria. It would be easy to deal with Valeria as Ronald could use that to his advantage. He couldn't contain his happiness at all as he nodded, "That's what I think too, Hayden. Don't worry, I'll keep her away from William." On the other hand, Hayden was equally surprised that things played out so smoothly. He never expected Ronald to agree to his suggestion so quickly. Suddenly, it dawned on him that Ronald might look down on William like how he looked down on Valeria, and Hayden was uncomfortable with that. Although William could be uncooperative at times, he was still a cultured gentleman. Therefore, Ronald, of all peopl
The next day, Valeria and William landed at the international airport at B City after being on a plane for nearly twenty hours. It was only a few hours away from dawn as they touched down, but Valeria was wide awake because she had rested well on the plane. She wanted to go to Abbie's quickly, and William generously dropped her at where she wanted. Abbie had been walking to the living room groggily to check on the noises when she saw someone unexpected. She squealed, "Valeria! Why didn't you tell me you're coming back!?" "Surprise!" Valeria laughed and handed Abbie's souvenir to her. "This is for you. Open it up and tell me if you like it." "I know I'll love it," Abbie answered without even looking at it, "Give me a few minutes. I'll wash up, and we'll have breakfast at Wolf Group. I'm paying today!" Valeria took a seat on the sofa and smiled at her words, "Hurry up then. I'm starving already." She didn't wait long. Abbie returned to the living
Ashley was scolding an employee harshly with a furious expression on her face. "Are you deaf? Didn't I tell you that you have to arrange them in a specific way? You never listen to what we've told you. Just quit if you don't care about your job here, many other people are waiting to take your place after all!." Valeria frowned as soon as she noticed that Ashley was wearing the company's uniform. It was evident that Ashley was working in the company that Natalie had built up. Ronald had worn off whatever respect Valeria had left for him by letting his out-of-wedlock child work at Natalie's company. Valeria's face fell and Abbie, as her best friend, wasn't very happy to see Ashley acting so snobbish either. She seized the opportunity to bring Ashley down. Abbie scoffed as she strode over to Ashely, "Look who's here. Isn't this Miss Evans who enjoys stealing others' boyfriends and bad-mouthing about others? What are you doing here acting all high and mi
After Valeria and Abbie left the Central South Building, there was a serious expression on their faces. Abbie thought that Valeria was angry because Ashley was working in Brownard Group, so she comforted her. "Valeria, Ashley is deliberately provoking you. You don't have to take it to heart. When the time comes, you can ask your father to kick her out." Valeria shook her head, "Abbie, I'm not angry because of that. I just feel strange. Why would my dad let a woman like Ashley work as a design supervisor in the company?" Abbie thought about it for a moment, "Julie and Ashley probably begged your father for it. And this was the result a lot of coaxing and pestering." "No! I don't think so. My dad is not so softhearted. He only thinks about the profits. He is so heartless with me, but he treats Ashely so considerately. Something must have happened that I don't know about." "That's true. I'm curious now. You were so obedient and filial before. Why does he trea
Valeria opened the safe and took out all the things inside. Her mother's shares of the company and some books were inside the safe, as well as the property ownership certificate of the villa alongside other company items. These were all things that were displayed as a distraction. Valeria knew that and she searched the safe for a while longer but she did not find anything else. She didn't give up and she continued to search. Finally, she found a string of keys and a business card under the compartment of a box. There were two words on the business card, Lamont Saunders, and a phone number below it. She had never heard of this name, but since her mother had put the key and business card in such a secret place, it must have been important. Valeria decided to look for him as she dialed his number. A low male voice came from the other end of the phone, "Hello, who is it?" "My name is Valeria Brown, daughter of Natalie Garcia. Mr. Saunders, c
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