After letting Valeria take Oreo and Mocha with her, Gavin returned to his newly bought home, humming in happiness. The bungalow had been scrubbed clean before he moved in. And upon careful inspection, Gavin felt that although it wasn't as luxurious as the Saunders manor, it was still passable. He then walked to the room specially prepared for Valeria. Its decorations were mainly in pink color, with several dolls and teddy bears arranged atop the bed. Valeria would definitely like it very much, Gavin thought to himself. Still humming, Gavin returned to the first floor only to be startled by the sight of Archer standing in the middle of the living room. He stopped short, "What are you doing here?" "How could I have not come after you kicked up such a big racket?" Archer sat down on the couch. Archer's appearance here at the bungalow alone made Gavin convinced that Archer had already found out about the news too. He shrugged, "I can't
Hayden was stunned by Paisley's bluntness, "Of course! Why did you have to ask?" "I had my people to follow Valeria after those I sent to shadow William were seriously injured. And they told me that Valeria has been going to Wolf Group Hotel for the past few days. So I'm assuming that she's now living in the Wolf Group Hotel." "But what does that have anything to do with William? Is he living in that hotel too?" Hayden asked. "I don't know where he is now living, but might I remind you that he and Marcus from the Wolf Group have a very close relationship?" Paisley prompted. "And you think William and Valeria are, in fact, still together?" Paisley nodded, "Yes, that's what I think. But, unfortunately, I have no evidence to back it up. Oh right, Valeria brought a black cat and a black dog back to Wolf Group after work this evening. They both belong to Sir Gavin." "What?" Hayden raise
William felt relieved that Valeria had been willing to send the two rivals who were vying for her love away. So, he left Valeria to play with Oreo and Mocha while he went back to the study room and resumed his work. As he was handling some company business, William received a call from the person he had dispatched to keep an eye on Raymond. The person reported, "Sir Raymond and Ms. Clark is at a holiday resort. They've booked the entire place, so the resort workers are vacating the place for them right now." William clicked his tongue. Apparently, when Raymond said that he wanted a break, he meant taking a break at a holiday resort. It seemed like Raymond had gone back to his usual happy self even though his feelings were so badly bruised. However, William thought Abbie wasn't interested in Raymond. So, what was she trying to get at, booking such a large-scale venue with Raymond? William instructed the man, "Let him do what he wants. All you
Elizabeth had been observing Savannah and Charles. Noticing that they had gone behind the closed door, she made them tea and used it as an excuse to enter the room. Before she knocked, she stood at the door and listened to what they were talking about. And it seemed like they were having a serious discussion about killing Valeria. Elizabeth heard Charles telling Savannah about his vicious plan. "Get a few guys and dress them up to be waiters in the resort, and they can improvise on how to kill Valeria once they're in there. Those young rich kids attending the party probably won't and do anything to help her. Heck, they probably wouldn't even expect those waiters to launch an attack! That would be easier for our men to leave after they killed her." "Okay, let's do that," Savannah agreed. "But Charles, he's also inside with Valeria. We must do something to him too. Maybe don't kill him, just hurt him enough so that he can still do things f
Natalie couldn't help but think of her son when looking at Raymond, who looked so much like Archer. Her son would probably be a handsome young man around that age, too, if he was still alive. It was all because of Savannah he didn't survive. She killed him. Natalie glared at Raymond, who was right in front of her eyes. The people Lucian arranged would kill him that night, and Savannah would suffer the same heartache Natalie had experienced. Natalie sneered and turned away from the window while Raymond and Andrew continued walking towards the small building. Upon seeing Raymond and Andrew, a middle-aged man walked out to politely greet them. "Why is this small building built here separately?" Raymond asked. "This was originally built for the staff. But later, our boss built another staff dormitory, and he renovated this place for guests," the man replied. "Is there anyone staying inside right now?" Raymond asked. &q
William frowned after reading Andrew's message. It was rare to see someone wrapped up tightly in the room on a hot day. It was obvious that there was something wrong with her. He replied immediately, "I got it. I'll send someone to keep an eye on her." After seeing William's reply, Andrew was relieved enough to welcome Abbie and Valeria accompanied by Raymond. As soon as Abbie and Valeria got out of the car, the staff led them to the place. Andrew greeted Valeria and Abbie with a smile when he saw them coming and said, "Auntie Valeria, Abbie, nice to meet y'all!" Valeria chuckled and said, "You don't have to address me so formally. Just call me by my name." Raymond laughed and replied, "Well, I won't call you my aunt. You are younger than me, so it's weird to address you so formally." "Look at your behavior. We should treat elders with respect. Don't you know?" Andrew glared at Raymond. Raymond did not take it seriously. He laughed happily and
Hayden stared at William with wide eyes and a look of disbelief on his face. "You're threatening me for her? Did you threaten your father for a woman? You b*stard!" Hayden was so angry that he was gasping for breath. "Alright, I'll see what you can do! Even if you die, I'll never let you be with her!" William sneered and the words he said were harsh. "A real father? Ha!! You left me and ignored me. What makes you think you have the right to control my happiness now? Is just because I'm your son?" William knew that he couldn't shrink back at all. Now, he was arguing with Hayden. If he showed even the slightest hesitation or reluctance, Hayden would take advantage of it. A decision was not always certain. For the sake of Valeria and his happiness, he couldn't change his mind, and he had to be callous as well to force his father into submission. He wouldn't give Hayden the slightest chance to catch his breath. Indeed, when he brought up the topic of hi
Lamont's car speed obviously slowed down a lot. Archer's words reminded him that Lucian is not a good person. He asked in disbelief, "Do you suspect that Lucian opened this resort is because of her and her cousin?" "It's not just the resort villa! There are other crimes related to Lucian. However, the resort is the main reason why I pay attention to her. How can she have such great ability as she is only Natalie's assistant? Where do the start-up funds come from even if she has the ability? It's hard to set up such a big resort with so little money, unless that matter is related to her!" Lamont actually knew about what happened that year. Natalie's company had a huge fraud scandal, which resulted in the loss of hundreds of millions of dollars. After the incident happened, Lucian shifted the responsibility to Ronald, while he claimed that it was Lucian who did it. The two of them argued and quarreled, but the funds could never be recovered. Lucian left because of
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