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
After they heard the bell, the two waiters immediately came in and asked, "What can I do for you?" "I want to meet your manager!" Valeria ordered them coldly. "Oh... Miss, is there anything you need or is there anything we can do to help?" "Okay, then! Let me ask you, who is this woman?" Valeria pointed at Savannah and raised her voice. "I came here to meet Mr. Howard today. So why is this crazy woman here instead? Why did she just come in rudely and sit here like she owns the place? She had even asked me to guess her identity! Any well-educated person would state their own identity if they trespassed into someone else's property, but she asked me to guess who she was? What is she thinking?" When she heard this, Savannah's face instantly darkened. On the way here, she put a lot of thought into this plan and was prepared to put Valeria in a disadvantageous position. She was ready to humiliate Valeria like she did when she bullied Natalie back then, but she
Valeria felt disgusted with Savannah's confidence. Savannah was acting so righteously as if she assumed that no one knew about her evil deeds in the past. How did she dare come meet her and told her to choose like this? Valeria sneered and said, "That's just your wishful thinking, isn't it? Who told you that there wasn't a third option?" Savannah's face stiffened for a moment at Valeria's unexpected reaction as she didn't show any sign of fear or guilt at all. It was as if she did not take her seriously, so Savannah was extremely annoyed by her arrogance. The elegance and grace on her face gradually disappeared as she smiled coldly and said, "What's your third option?" "I thought you were a smart person, Miss Savannah. How could you not know? You're the third option! Wouldn't everything be solved easily if you had just left the Saunders family?" "What?" She stared at her, fuming. Valeria laughed and continued, "I will return to the Saunders family n
Savannah was furious that her plan had completely failed and backfired on her, so she had to come up with a backup plan. If Valeria returned to the Saunders family, Archer would give everything to Valeria because of his feelings for Natalie. If that happened, then all of her schemes in the past would go to waste. Savannah was in a terrible state right now. Not only did her eyes feel uncomfortable, but her clothes were also stained from the coffee. She could not bear to see herself like this! Then, she went to take a bath in a room in the club angrily. After she came out of the bathroom, she felt much more comfortable, but her eyes were still bloodshot from the coffee. She cursed Valeria furiously and picked up her phone to dial a number while ignoring the pain in her eyes. A woman's cold voice came from the other end of the line. "Hello?" "Raelyn, I have something bad to tell you. Natalie has a daughter with your brother." Raelyn's reply sounde
Seeing that Valeria was angry at Archer, Gavin immediately chimed in, "Valeria, it's my fault. I wasn't thinking clearly back then. Your father had no choice but to go with it!" "You were in the wrong too, but he's worse than you! It's all his fault!" As he heard her words, Archer lowered his head in guilt. Seeing that he did not refute her accusations, she didn't continue. She just picked up the menu angrily and began to order food. All the dishes she ordered were spicy because she was furious at the moment. However, she took into consideration that Gavin was old, so she ordered two dishes that suited his palate. In truth, she didn't have any appetite to eat, and she had just wanted to spend Archer's money. After the dishes were served, she felt that her behavior was a little ridiculous and useless. Archer had so much money, so he wouldn't mind the money spent on this meal, right? She lowered her head and ate as Gavin kept putting food on her plate, with
"Talitha is your cousin, she's Raelyn's daughter!" After Abbie said that, she realized that she should have worded her sentence better because Valeria hadn't accepted Archer as her real father yet. "Look at my big mouth, you haven't decided to accept your father yet. Anything to do with Raelyn shouldn't matter to you. By the way, how was the lunch today?" Valeria sighed and said, "It was okay, but all my feelings are pent up. My mother has suffered so much because of him, but he was apologizing the whole time, so I don't think he's a bad person. Even though I've only met him a few times, I know that he's different from Ronald. He carefully reads my mood and is afraid of upsetting me by saying the wrong things. Also, he doesn't get mad at me no matter how harsh my words are. After living for more than twenty years, this might be my first time experiencing fatherly love..." "Valeria, if that's the case, then you should just accept him as your father. Why are you torturi
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