Valeria replied, "I'll get my own people to set up the trap. I saw Declan walking around with some bodyguards yesterday, so find someone to protect me while blending in with the crowd too." Lamont smiled as he knew that Valeria had only thought of him as a bodyguard after reading her message. "Alright!" William turned to glance at Valeria a few times when he saw that she had been on her phone, "Who are you texting?" "I'm asking a huge favour from Lamont to prepare for tomorrow's banquet," Valeria replied as she put her phone away. "Don't worry, I'll arrange everything according to your plans," William comforted her. "I know, but I can't stay a coward forever. I should strike back instead of always being on the defensive end, right?" Valeria smiled at William, "I'm going to be an independent person so that I can stop relying on others. Once I can do that, you wouldn't have to worry about saving me when you're not around." "Alright, do whatever y
Lamont was surprised when he heard Valeria making her plans with a smile. Valeria's personality change was too shocking as she had always been a good and innocent child. She had definitely inherited Archer's cunning mind after all. That was because she was acting like a split image of Archer himself! William sat in his office in Howard Group as he read Marcus' texts while listening to Steven's report. "The banquet is going to be in Halcyon Hotel, one of the hotels run by Declan. Charles, Elizabeth and Mason have all been invited as well. However, I think that Elizabeth will refuse the invitation because of her injuries. But that doesn't stop us from dealing with the others right?" "Declan is a drug addict, isn't he?" William asked. "He's both a drug addict and a drug dealer. Are you thinking of using this against him?" Marcus had caught on immediately. "Yes, let's plan the downfall of his hotel tonight. After all, he's been using this hot
Valeria and Kyrie had arrived at Halcyon Hotel's carpark at around 5 o'clock in the evening. She immediately spotted Lamont's car when she was getting of her car. Ignoring him, Valeria immediately entered the hotel with Kyrie. Kyrie had booked a large hall for the banquet tonight as he had invited a large crowd to attend this event. After all, the senior executives of Brownard Group could already fill three whole tables on their own! Valeria and Kyrie entered the hall earlier so that they could carry out their responsibilities as the host of this banquet. Kyrie immediately started to inform her about the seating arrangement as she reviewed the menu for tonight's banquet. Valeria noted that Charles and Declan had been arranged to sit next to her on the main table as well. The only option they had was to drug her wine as they would want to evade the crowd's eyes. Valeria glanced at Kyrie before asking, "Has Ashley arrived?" "Yes, she's here!" Kyrie nod
The hall was filled with arriving guests when Valeria made it back after she had finished her conversation with William. Mason felt a little awkward when he arrived and saw that Valeria and Kyrie were welcoming their guests with open arms. He decided to shake it off and greeted Valeria with a smile instead, "Congratulations on your promotion, Valeria!" Valeria could not offend any guests as the host, so she could not ignore him even though she detested Mason. Instead, she welcomed him warmly as well, "Welcome, Mr. Eich!" Kyrie interrupted her, "Greetings Mr. Eich, I've heard that your new company is doing well!" Mason glanced at Valeria before explaining quickly, "Of course not, we've only just started operating after all." Valeria was surprised to hear that Mason had started a new company. However, she decided to ignore it as she had no ties with him anymore. Mason was disappointed at Valeria's cold reaction as he had expected her to be shocke
The waitress shook Valeria gently before asking, "Miss, are you alright?" However, she got no reply as Valeria remained still on the sofa. She immediately picked up her phone as she thought that Valeria had fallen for their tricks, "You can come up now, she's currently unconscious on the sofa." She had been preparing to strip Valeria when she woke up groggily and smiled at her, "Who did you just call?" "Why...why...are you awake?" The waitress had only managed to blurt this question out before fainting as a blunt force hit her head. Valeria clapped happily as she glanced at Lamont, "Alright, let me prepare Declan's 'welcome gift' then!" Lamont threw the unconscious waitress on the bed after Valeria had stripped the waitress off her clothes. After they were done, the both of them waited in the room nervously for Declan's arrival. Soon enough, footsteps that were approaching their room could be heard ten minutes later. "He's here!" Valeria
Once the door had been opened, Charles was confused as he stared into the darkroom. What the hell was going on? He was trying to figure out what was happening when a strange smell reached his nose. He tried to leave the room after a shriek, but a hand caught him and pulled him in before he could react. Once Lamont had tossed the unconscious Charles onto the bed, he turned the lights on to check the two figures that were lying together. "Imagine how confused they would be when they see each other tomorrow!" He chuckled. Valeria sneered at the figures coldly with narrowed eyes, "This was Ashley's scheme. After all, she had planned to marry me off to a b*stard while she was planning to marry a millionaire. I wouldn't be safe right now if William hadn't saved me. I swore to get revenge on them after that incident!" Lamont looked at Ashley's figure in disgust, "You're too kind, Miss. I would have taken things a step further." "You wouldn't be able to stop Ashle
Lamont was driving back home after leaving the hotel when Archer called him, "How did it go?" "Everything was perfect!" Lamont answered, "I'm worried about Declan's supporters though, could you do something about them?" "To be honest, I came to tell you that someone else dealt with them before I could. I guess Declan won't be getting away this time!" Lamont was stunned after hearing Archer's words, "Who did it?" "It was Wolf Group who did it! I had to force them as they refused to reveal the details at first." "Wolf Group? Why is Wolf Group involved in this?" Lamont was even more shocked to hear this news. "I was wondering about the same thing. William has a good relationship with the CEO of Wolf Group, Marcus, so he might have asked a favour from him. Marcus probably took action thanks to William?" Lamont doubted him, "You know how powerful Declan is, so why would Marcus offend the Anderson family just for William? I think there's something m
Charles put on his clothes with a confused expression before being led out of the room by the police with Ashely trailing behind. The two were pushed into a police car by the police. Mason, who had been knocked out, also woke up and was taken outside by the police with a dazed look on his face. As he was pushed into the police car, Mason saw Ashley and Charles being brought out. He was shocked when he saw their disheveled appearances and was trying to figure out what had happened but a firm voice interrupted his thoughts. "Bring the two of them back to the police station and interrogate them for the charges of a s*x trade!" A s*x trade? Did Charles and Ashley sleep with each other? Mason was so caught up in his thoughts that the voices of the police faded out. Meanwhile, Valeria had fallen asleep in William's arms after a passionate night. He kissed her face and wiped the sweat on her forehead before getting off the bed to grab his phone. He had rece