Lucas smiled. "Hmm... it's just a guess. You know that Marcus has always been arrogant. However, I noticed that he was very respectful to Sir William, but not to Michael and Richard. It's too weird. This is the only reason, isn't it?" "If that's the case..." Hayden muttered to himself and then went silent. He was shocked by this speculation. If William was the president of the Wolf Group, Hayden would be surprised and proud of him! He was so happy to have such a successful son, but there was another problem. Now that William was the president of the Wolf Group, he was too powerful. Therefore, Hayden couldn't stop William from doing anything that he wanted, including marriage. Hayden found himself in a dilemma. He had hoped that William would be the president of Wolf Group, but he did not want him to be with Valeria! If his son was a president, he deserved someone better! He was too good for Valeria! When he was worried about this conjecture, Ga
William looked at Gavin with his arms crossed. He was not in a good mood to deal with him. "Hey! I don't like these two useless beasts. You'd better take them away, or I'll get someone to sell them!" Gavin stopped putting on an act now that Valeria wasn't here. "William, let's make a deal!" "I'm not interested in it!" William rejected directly. "If I agree to your marriage, could you get Valeria to accept..." "Hah! Your approval doesn't matter at all as it's none of your business!" William refused mercilessly. "You b*stard! I'm her grandfather, and I'm one of her closest relatives. How can you be so selfish? Aren't you going to consider her feelings at all? Now that she has found her family, wouldn't it be better for her to stay with us than being alone?" "Aren't you the lonely one? How can she be alone as our children and I will be together with her? She won't waste her time and energy on people like you who are not related to her!" He l
Seeing this message, Dixie was dumbfounded. Did they really get kidnapped? Her first instinct was to call Savannah for help. Just as she picked up her phone, a second message came in. "You'd better behave yourself. I hate people who disobey orders. If you dare to call the police or tell someone else about this, your grandson will die. By the way, your son is in my hands too." Dixie was stunned. Didn't her daughter-in-law say she had just talked to her son not long ago? Was this person just trying to scare her or were they being serious? As she thought about this, her phone chimed as she received a photo. It was a picture of her son, whose eyes were covered in a mask, and his mouth was tied up. As she saw this, her heart sank instantly. However, she had been with Savannah for many years, so she was used to situations like these. She calmed herself down and asked, "What do you want?" "What I want depends on your attitude. How much do you think your grandson
Upon mentioning his deceased wife, Hayden finally showed signs of emotion. He was against William and Valeria being together not only because of their family complications but also because of Raymond and Savannah, as well as his wife's death. The problem with their family relations was acceptable since they were not related by blood after all. However, he could not tolerate what happened to his wife, so he would definitely not allow William to marry the daughter of his enemy. Previously, he had thought about using wealth to stop William, but he realized that he was not so simple-minded, so he was now out of ideas. Neither William nor Valeria listened to him, so what else could he do to separate them? When Savannah saw the change in his expression, she knew that she had struck a soft spot in his heart. His feelings for her mother were ordinary, but it was different towards his deceased first wife. He would definitely stop William and Valeria from being together f
When he heard this, Raymond looked at him in shock. He was not a fool as he was smart enough to get accepted into a top school abroad. William had announced the huge news with only a few words. He was not Savannah's son, which was why Savannah had treated him like that. If he wasn't her son, then whose son was he? He knew about William's capabilities very well. Since he had said so, it must be true. Raymond found it hard to speak as he digested these words. With much effort, he forced himself to speak and asked, "So... Who... who is my mother? Am I not Archer's son either?" "You are Archer's son, but not Savannah's! You and Valeria share the same mother! Your mother is Natalie Garcia!" "Valeria and I... My mother is Natalie?" He gasped. He and Valeria were siblings?! Wait, William had said that he would take him to see his mother, so did that mean that Natalie was alive? He immediately asked, "She's not dead?" "No!" William patted him on
When their eyes met, Natalie's eyes were instantly filled with tears. This was her son! He had constantly been on her mind for more than 20 years, and she had missed him badly. She sat up with tears in her eyes and reached out to touch his face with trembling hands. Raymond, on the other hand, looked at her in a daze. She had features similar to Valeria, and she looked at him with kindness and care. On the way here, he had thought of many scenarios, but he still did not know what to expect. He believed that William was telling the truth, so he didn't know how to react to the news of his biological mother. He was afraid and nervous at the same time. But when he saw her tearful eyes, trembling shoulders, shaking hands, and quivering lips... His fears and nervousness disappeared instantly. He stood still while he let her touch his face. Her hand was very warm, and tears were streaming out of her eyes. "Baby! My baby!" Then, she got up
William tried to be safe because he did not want to leak any unnecessary information. As soon as he sent Raymond back to the hotel, Archer called him as expected. "William, let's talk!" There was a hint of urgency in his voice. Afraid that William would reject him like last time, he immediately added, "I want to talk to you as your father-in-law." William frowned and said, "Let's talk tomorrow. It's late now, and I want to go back to Valeria." He didn't mean to act difficult, but he really wanted to go back and accompany Valeria. She told him that Hayden had wanted to meet her, so he wanted to go back to talk to her about it and come up with a plan. Archer said in a rush, "I've already taken a few steps back to compromise with you. What else do you want?" William shook his head. Was Archer irritated? Whatever, since Archer was Valeria's biological father, William could not be too unreasonable. After all, he was his son-in-law. "Come to th
Valeria looked at William with her eyes wide open in disbelief. "Are you crazy?" No, he was not crazy. He would never make such a joke. So, was he telling her the truth? She hugged him and said, "Hubby! William! Bite me! Quick, bite me so I know that I'm not dreaming or hallucinating!" He lowered his head helplessly and bit her lips. She exclaimed, "Is my mother really alive? Where is she?" "She's in the hospital! She's fine. Don't worry!" "What the hell is going on?" She asked repeatedly. "It's a long story, but I'll summarize it for you. Your mother knew that Julie and Ronald were plotting against her, so she joined forces with Lucian and pretended to be dead. After that, she was in a coma for a few months, and she just woke up." "Oh God! I want to see my mom now! I miss her! I miss her so much!" She couldn't wait to see Natalie. "Calm down... Now is not the time for you to meet her. You still have something to deal with. Give me some t
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