The photos were perfect. She was facing the sun and holding it in her palms with a yearning look on her face. His photo composition was flawless as she could not find any faults with it. William lifted his lips and smiled at how satisfied she was, "You know how good I am now, right?" "I knew you were good. Otherwise, I wouldn't have promised to marry you yesterday!" "Nonsense!" He brushed her nose affectionately. They watched the sunrise for a while on the beach before getting on the car to return home. Valeria sat in the passenger seat and happily edited the photos that William had just taken for her on the way back home. She wanted to post them on social media to show them off to her friends. William had been driving when he looked over and saw her editing the photos, and he shook his head with a smile. Valeria posted the photos after she had finished making the final edits and had confirmed that her beauty was fully shown. She had chos
Valeria did not expect a text from Lamont. She thought she misread his name. Why did he contact her in advance even though there was still another day till their appointment? Could there be something else? Valeria stared at the text message for a while. She had to go and see him no matter what had happened, so she replied to the message immediately, "I'll be right there." "I need to deal with some issues, so please don't alert anyone else and come alone, Miss Brown," he sent another message. She frowned and thought for a moment before agreeing with his request, "Okay, I'll go alone later." She immediately rushed to their meeting point after leaving William. It took her a while to find the exact address, but it was just an ordinary two-story house. She stopped the car and rang the doorbell. Valeria was shocked to see the person that had opened the doorbell, "Are you Aunt Lucian?" The one who opened the door was Lucian Barnbook, who used to serve
Valeria's face suddenly changed at this thought. If that was the case, then Julie and her daughter were the murderers who had indirectly killed her mother. Lucian saw the change in her expression and asked, "Miss Brown, did you think of something?" Valeria nodded. She didn't know why, but she trusted Lucian even though they were not very familiar with each other. She told Lucian about her mother's situation before she died. Lucian was shocked, "So she did not fall sick gradually? It was a sudden illness? That's not normal..." "Yes, even though she was in poor health before, she was only weak and had no other symptoms then. My father asked her to hand over the company responsibilities to him to reduce her load, so that she would have time to take care of her sick body. She only handed over the entire company later." Valeria recalled, "I accompanied my mother abroad, and we stayed there for about three months. She became very healthy during that time. She us
William had returned to the Howard Group casually after he had parted ways with Valeria. When he came out of the elevator, he saw the office door next to his was opened. He glanced inside the room as he passed by just to see Paisley was checking at documents while sitting in front of her desk. He did not stop but straight strode back to his office. His secretary immediately followed up once he saw William had returned, "Mr. Howard, there's a meeting today..." He interrupted the secretary, "Let's not talk about the meeting first. What's going on with the office next to mine?" The secretary immediately replied, "It's more convenient for business partners to be next to each other, so I arranged for Miss Anthony's office to be next to yours." "Hah!" William sneered. He had brazenly refused to cooperate with her yesterday, but he was surprised to see that she had managed to force her way in. Moreover, her office was even arranged to be next to his! Did Pa
Hayden and Paisley waited half an hour for William to arrive at the small conference room of the Howard Group's building. Hayden was a little annoyed, so he picked up his phone to call William. William's ringtone rang from outside the door. He walked in nonchalantly once the door was pushed open. Hayden hung up the phone angrily and glanced at the time after seeing him walk in, "You're late! I'll let you off today. If you're late again next time, I'll deduct your bonus!" William raised his eyebrows upon hearing Hayden's words before replying, "I still have a bonus? Speaking of which, Chairman, how much is my bonus per month? Is it enough for me to have a good meal in the Wolf Group?" "We are working right now, so let's talk about work first," Hayden glared at William with a headache. He then looked at Paisley and said, "Paisley, didn't you prepare a proposal? Let's have a look at it." Paisley smiled and handed out the copies of the proposal that she
In the Central South Building, Kyrie, the assistant with gauze on his eyes, took a contract and pushed the door open in a hurry. "Mr. Brown, the contract is ready. Please have a look at it." Ronald took the contract and read it carefully with a smug smile on his face. "Good! That's good! Print two copies of this contract and let me sign them!" Kyrie agreed and was about to walk out when Ronald called out to him again, "You're fully in charge of this matter, so make sure that no information is leaked out. Do you understand?" "Don't worry, Mr. Brown. I've been with you for so long, so I know the rules!" Kyrie took the hint. Ronald narrowed his eyes and laughed coldly as he watched Kyrie leave to print the contract. This was the consensus he had reached with Hayden at the secret meeting last night. He would transfer all of the Brownard Group's assets to Hayden. In return, Hayden would give him ten billion dollars. Brownard Group would no lon
After Abbie hung up the phone, she immediately called Richard to tell him about it. Richard was very surprised when he heard Valeria's request. "Are you sure that Valeria told you this?" "I'm very sure! Bro, this situation is extremely urgent. Her father isn't a good person, so you have to help her. Otherwise, she'll be in deep trouble!" Abbie didn't know what was going on, but she knew that she had to help Valeria. Richard laughed and replied, "Alright, I got it. You don't have to worry too much, and you should ask Valeria to take it easy, too. It won't be a problem." Abbie was relieved when she saw him agree to Valeria's request easily. She hung up the phone and reported to Valeria. On the other hand, Richard hung up the phone and immediately called William, "William, your wife wants me to freeze the company's assets for her. Did you know that?" William was very surprised. It seemed like Valeria knew of Ronald's plans as he had just given the same
Valeria had purposely searched online to look for shops that replicated stamps privately in B City. Once she found one, she immediately rushed to the shop and paid a huge sum of money for the shop to fabricate the Brownard Group's stamp. After the seal was made, she rushed back to the Central South Building. Valeria had just parked her car when she saw Kyrie. He had one eye bandaged, and he was getting off his car hurriedly with his bag in his hand. Kyrie was Ronald's slave. He was the one in charge of helping Ronald carry out his dirty deeds. Then, Valeria rushed towards him and greeted him, "Mr. Gibson, you're coming back to work? How's your eye? You should've taken an extended break." Hearing her voice, Kyrie turned and hastily tried to hide the bag that he was holding as he stammered, "Good morning, Miss Brown... I mean, Vice President Brown!" "You don't have to address me so formally. It's just a powerless title given to me," Valeria smiled and said.