The couple locked hands and eventually went downstairs to greet their newly-arrived guests. Hayden had also stood by the entrance to meet both Gavin and Archer. The servant opened the car door and Gavin then got off the car. He reached out to shake Hayden, his old friend's hand. However, Gavin was in a much seniority position as both Valeria and William were now a couple. Hayden was feeling uneasy about it. Gavin understood his feelings and decided to address him the same way as before. Hayden was feeling increasingly relaxed as both Archer and Natalie were also very polite to him. Hayden then took the lead and brought the Saunders Family into his estate. Both he and Gavin were at the front whereas Archer and Natalie were behind them. The latter was busy having a word with Valeria and William. Natalie praised upon seeing Valeria, "Valeria, you look stunning today!" "My husband said the exact same thing to me just now," Valeria replied with a confide
Natasya was not interested in the couple's love story and decided to get ahold of William now. William was expected in the hall as he was the spotlight of the day. The guests eventually made their way back to the hall for the main celebration as soon as the birthday music was being heard. Natasya wanted to sneak in but unexpectedly saw Bobby from a distance. He stood by the staircase with his arms crossed and had a stern look on his face. She instantly felt intimidated by his presence. It would be game over for her tonight if Bobby saw her and dragged her out of the party. She initially planned to appear out of the blue when William was having the cake ceremony and present him the paper cranes as his birthday gift. Valeria would then be taken aback and deeply humiliated by it. However, the plan needed to change as she could not sneak in to the hall for now. Natasya felt displeased but concealed herself to avoid being caught. She hoped that Bo
He was a bearded old man instead of William. Natasya was too excited until she had fail to notice that the man was not William despite them wearing the exact same clothing. She wanted to leave immediately upon realizing that she had gotten them mixed up. However, the man was one step ahead of her and immediately grab ahold of Natasya. "What are you doing? Let go of me right now!" Natasya struggled and was taken aback by it. The man remained silent and continued to hold her tightly. She eventually fell to the ground and soon heard stripping sounds. She was angry but also afraid at the same time. She tried her best to break free but did not stand any chance against him. The man did things professionally and her outfit was soon stripped into pieces in a blink of an eye. He decided to take things further and began to harrass Natasya. She was initially reluctant to cry for help as she had sneaked into the villa and would be punished upon bei
Natasya was about to go bonkers when she heard about the accusations. The crowd began to discuss about her, "She is indeed a shameless woman! She concealed herself well as I did not expect her to act in such a way." "Didn't you read about the news of her being slapped as a result of being the mistress of a married man? Her reputation was shattered long ago." "Don't forget about the scandal where she got her nickname of being a shitty queen. Just thinking about it makes me sick." "Yes, you're absolutely right. William and Valeria had become husband and wife long ago. She had successfully turned herself into a laughing stock." "Is she in her right mind? How could she think that William would be interested in her? How could she possibly stand a chance against Valeria judging by her looks and personality?" The crowd had come to a conclusion that she was a shameless woman and was incomparable with Valeria. Natasya did not expect things to turn out this w
They stared at Natasya with confused looks on their faces when she shouted Valeria's name all of the sudden. She continued to scream as she imagined that William would suffer from a severe headache and the situation would soon turn into chaos. However, things did not turn out according to her plan. William did not experience a headache and was still holding Valeria in his arms. He stared at her and a wry smile crept onto his face. Valeria instantly knew Natasya's motive upon hearing her continuous scream. She glanced at Natasya and said with a mocking tone, "Stop wasting your effort! It's useless no matter how hard you scream." "What is happening? I am sure that he would suffer from a headache upon hearing your name. Why is it not working?" Natasya asked with a confused look on her face. Valeria was out of words upon seeing the slow-witted Natasya. The guests were being dismissed and there were only trustworthy members at the scene. She sneered and said,
Hardy was in a hot mess with Talitha and they were unfortunately interrupted by Paisley's knock on the door. He swiftly dressed himself up and opened the door while glaring at Paisley with an annoyed look on his face. "What do you want?" "Hardy, have a look at this right now!" Paisley immediately dragged him into her room without thinking twice. She closed the door and showed him about Natasya's scandal. Hardy was taken aback and asked, "Was... was William behind this?" "Of course. Who else could it be?" "Didn't Natasya claimed to be his girlfriend? She also said that William was under her control and had successfully won him over, right? How could things ended up like this?" Hardy asked with a sullen expression on his face. "I don't think that she is telling us the truth judging by the outrageous scandal of hers! There were uncensored videos and pictures about her being naked while doing indecent things with a beggar. She was also caught flirting around w
Raelyn cussed after receiving an earful from Devon. She then picked up her phone and tried to call Natasya once again but there was still no answer from her. She was confident that Natasya would not take her own life judging by her strong character. Natasya was not the kind of person who would give up easily. 'Why would she ignore my calls if she does not intend to do silly things? Where the hell is she?' Natasya was indeed not intending to take her own life but was instead crying loudly in the car to ease herself from the humiliation that she had received. Richard had told the reporters to release her chat conversation with William's bodyguards on the internet. Her WhatsApp phone number was not being censored. Knowing that Natasya was such a shameless girl, a huge amount of people began to call and text her number. Her mobile phone kept ringing and had never stopped ever since. She had received countless text messages which were critiquing a
Natasya was feeling upset at Hardy but she had no evidence to prove her point. Besides, no one would believe her as she used to be enemies with him. She was also aware that Talitha was deeply obsessed with him. Both sisters would go into a huge fight should Natasya have a few pieces of evidence to prove herself. Natasya was feeling irritated and agitated as she could not share her feelings with anyone. Talitha, who was sitting in the passenger seat, did not realize Hardy's sneaky behavior. It was only when he opened the car door for Natasya that she got pissed off. She was Hardy's girlfriend and was currently pregnant. How could Hardy behave this way? Why did he help to open the car door for Natasya instead of her? Talitha opened the car door with an annoyed look on her face and said, "Alright, Hardy. We are heading back to our suite and you can go back now!" Hardy nodded but stood still and watched both sisters enter the hotel. He froze
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