In Merton Condominium, Mason had just finished his shower when his doorbell rang. He opened the door and the sight of a haggard Elizabeth greeted him. "Aunt Elizabeth, why are you here? What happened?" Elizabeth kicked her shoes off angrily and made her way to the sofa before sighing heavily, "William embarrassed me in front of all the other executives tonight!" "That b*stard embarrassed you? How dare he do so?" Mason had never gotten along with William. "Our great Sir William is the next head of the Howard Family, who would dare to stop him from doing so?" Elizabeth smiled coldly, bummed out at the events that had happened. "After the dinner tonight, I realised that they never treated me like one of their family members after all. Hayden, Charles, William, none of them recognise my efforts! It's even more annoying because I can't do anything about it!" Mason was furious after hearing about Elizabeth's complaints, "The Howard family has gone too far!
After Ronald had finished signing the contract with Hayden, he returned home to find no trace of Julie waiting for him. After asking Ashely, he got to know that Julie had gone out for a walk. Ronald immediately called Julie to ask her to return as he felt that it was improper for a married woman to be out this late. Around an hour later, Julie finally made her way through the front door. She smiled as she saw Ronald before explaining, "I met Madam Howard and hung out with her for a bit before coming back." "What did you all talk about?" Ronald asked. "I remembered that you wanted to look for a suitable husband for Valeria. Madam Howard recommended Mr. Anderson. He's old and limping, but a successful business owner that just lost his wife a few months ago." "Anderson? Declan Anderson?" "That's right! Do you know Declan?" Julie pretended to be surprised even though Elizabeth had told her all about the rumours. Declan was a rich businessman
William was preparing to leave the hospital with Valeria, whose fever had gone, when the maid that Lucas had sent arrived with a bowl of ginseng chicken soup. William reached over for the soup and poured a bowl for Valeria delightedly. It was obvious that she needed it after having four IV drips just now. However, Valeria refused to drink as she disliked the bitter taste of ginseng. William could only feed her slowly while persuading her with gentle words until she had finished the entire bowl. The maid was stunned as she never knew that William was such compassionate and gentle. When she left the hospital, she immediately gave Lucas a call to update him, "Sir William is fine, he gave the soup to Miss Brown because she wasn't feeling well." "Do you mean Sir William is not sick?" Lucas was stunned as there would be trouble again. "Yeah, he was just accompanying Miss Brown to the hospital," the maid continued, "They both finished the soup together tho
Hayden decided to throw away his pride to beg Valeria to break up with William instead of forcing her to do so. However, this was not some other man, this was William, whom Valeria loved deeply. She would never give up on him. A life without William was meant to be filled with nights of missing him, and she couldn't bring herself to go through that sort of torture. "I'm sorry, but I can't comply to your wishes," Valeria answered softly, "I do understand where you're coming from, but I really want to be with William." "Even if it meant watching him being picked on by the ruthless b*stards of the Howard family?" Hayden retorted furiously. "He wouldn't allow others to trample on him that way! I'll help him with all I can. I'll even give up my own company to make sure that he has enough resources to fight back against them. I promise he would live a happy and carefree life." Valeria begged Hayden sincerely, "Please don't separate William and I, Mr. Howar
The man at the door was short and plump, and he appeared to be in his fifties. However, what stunned Valeria were his sharp and fierce facial features, and she couldn't help but shiver at his intimidating presence. While Valeria was observing him, he had also been paying attention to her as well. Valeria had a slim and hourglass figure that showed off her curves whenever she walked. Her dreamy round eyes and other exquisite facial features only further highlighted her beauty. She was indeed every man's walking wet dream. This gorgeous woman with such beauty and grace could catch anyone's attention! Ronald must be insane, why was he so eager to marry off this stunning daughter of his? Of course, now that Ronald himself had offered Valeria to Declan, he had no reason to refuse this amazing gift. When Ronald had sent him a picture of Valeria, he had decided to keep his expectations to a minimum. This was because, with the power of plastic surgery
After leaving the room, Valeria strode out of the club lounge and headed to her car. When she was about to get on, the door of the car that parked next to her opened as a tall man approached her, "Nice to meet you, Miss! I'm Lamont Saunders." "Lamont?" The man standing in front of Valeria was broad and had defined facial features. She had heard that Lamont was more than forty years old, but this man looked like he was in his late twenties. "Yes, that's me!" Lamont smiled as he looked closely at Valeria. Valeria had grown up well, she certainly looked a lot more mature than she was four years ago. She had inherited the excellent genes of Natalie and Archer. However, Lamont personally thought that Valeria was more beautiful than Natalie ever was. "Let's find a place to talk, shall we?" "Alright," Valeria nodded, "Declan and my father are still in the club lounge, and it would be troublesome if they saw me. Why don't we go to the coffee shop there
William sat inside his office in Wolf Group with a strict expression on his face as he twirled the pen he was holding. Marcus reported, "What was Ronald thinking when he decided to bring Valeria to meet Declan in a VIP club lounge?" William chuckled coldly, "Are the results of Ronald and Valeria's paternal test out yet?" "They are. I sent their DNA out to ten different labs in three different cities so that the results would be accurate. It took a whole week, and the results were all the same. Ronald and Valeria aren't related at all!" "Ah! I see," William sighed in relief. "I had kind of expected this. After all, I didn't think that Ronald would commit these crimes against Valeria if she was his real daughter." "Ronald must have arranged for Declan and Valeria to meet so that he could push her into the tiger's den! Mr. Howard, I think we should deal with that lunatic as soon as possible!" Marcus exclaimed angrily. "I know, but I'm just worried
Lamont was deep in thought when he heard Valeria talking to Howard, "William, you don't have to worry about my safety anymore now that I have Uncle Saunders as my personal bodyguard. He's a well-known master in martial arts, so I'm sure he'll be able to protect me well!" "Really?" William's gaze snapped to Lamont when he heard the news, "That's great! Please take care of her then, Mr. Saunders!" William had humbled himself to call Lamont 'Mr. Saunders', and he had spoken to the latter without any hint of arrogance. However, William should have already known that Lamont was Archer's bodyguard and it was weird that William was calling him 'Mr Saunders'. In fact, William should've referred to him as 'Uncle Saunders' just like Valeria or 'Mont' if he knew that Lamont was Archer's personal bodyguard. However, instead of using the two names, William had opted to refer to him as 'Mr. Saunders'. Did William know that Lamont was more than just a bodyguard? W