Natalie had also soon arrived at Archer's office alongside Braelynn. Valeria's eyes lit up upon seeing Braelynn and said, "Braelynn, you're here too? Come and have a seat here!" Braelynn greeted Archer politely before sitting down beside Valeria. She said with a smile, "I am free today and President Garcia had brought me over to have a free meal later." "The dinner would not be enjoyable at all. You would lose your appetite upon seeing Michael's mother putting on a ridiculous act later." Braelynn grinned and said, "It's okay, I've seen a lot of good shows. She can continue her act while I enjoy the delicious food. Don't worry as I would not be easily affected by it." Archer chuckled and said, "Braelynn is such a flexible person. Valeria, you ought to learn a thing or two from her." "It's fine if Ms. Valeria just sits back and relaxes. She doesn't have to do this as Mr. Howard is always her trump card. However, things are different for me. I would be
Stanty, who was seated next to her, had also felt that Meadow had crossed the line. He was here to make peace and wondered why Meadow would bring up such a sensitive topic of the Saunders family. He frowned and glanced at Meadow. Meadow stood firm to her ground and said, "Isn't she pregnant before marriage? I am not aware that Valeria and William are married to each other." "Why would we notify you about their marriage?" Natalie's tone was as cold as ice and continued, "I have yet to hear that outsiders need to know about marriages that are unrelated to them. Mrs. Davis, have you possibly overestimated yourself?" Natalie was indirectly criticizing her for being a busybody who likes to meddle in others' business. Meadow was embarrassed and said, "No... Mrs. Saunders, please calm down. I said that because there was no wedding ceremony between William and Valeria..." Michael brushed his forehead and wondered why he had such a clueless mother. Michael ha
Abbie was giving her a hard time without cursing her out. She mocked Meadow for attempting to use Azalea against her. Abbie in fact did not take Azalea seriously at all. Meadow did not expect things to turn out this way. Wasn't Abbie deeply in love with Michael and was willing to sacrifice herself for the sake of him? Why did she change into a whole new person all of a sudden? It was undeniable that Meadow had lost in this battle as she was deeply humiliated by Abbie. Meadow was someone who easily holds a grudge towards others. She was prepared to mess around with Abbie as she was aware that she stood no chance against Valeria. She had assumed that Abbie would give way due to her affection for Michael. She had discussed things with Azalea before making her way over and planned to humiliate Abbie before Azalea make her appearance. In fact, Azalea was currently waiting for her turn at the parking lot. Meadow thought that she was the winner and did not expe
Azalea had arrived happily but was eventually gotten rid of the private room. Archer, who had been silent, sneered and said, "That disgusting person can enter the club whenever she desires. This is an abomination! She should be forbidden to set foot at the home grounds of Saunders family from now onwards!" Valeria glanced at William and said coquettishly, "Honey! Did you hear what my dad just said?" William wrapped his arms around her waist and grinned, "Yes, my love. I'll tell my father about it and she would not be allowed to enter the properties belonging to the Howard family as well!" He then glanced at the Davis couple for a moment and said, "By the way, I shall call Marcus later to instruct him about the restriction of her entry upon all Wolf Group's territory. How about that?" "Honey, how kind of you!" Valeria was extremely satisfied with it. Archer had made such a fuss just to fulfill Valeria's discontentment towards Azalea and William had also si
Deborah sighed and said, "It's easy for you to say that. We are far away and would not be able to obstruct Hayden. Besides, William might not even listen to us as he is much closer to Hayden compared to us." "This is why we have to come up with something. We can always head back as our last resort." "Are you really planning to do so?" Deborah glanced at Fandrey with a surprised look on her face. "Let's see how it goes and we would only head back if things get out of control!" Angel took a nap in her room and immediately got up at dawn. She knew about Fandrey's habit of exercising in the morning and was prepared to tell him everything about William. She went downstairs and waited for a while in the living room. She was feeling puzzled as Fandrey was not ready yet. Why would he be late when he had always been punctual and regular with his routine? Angel was feeling impatient and made her way to Fandrey and Deborah's bedroom. She waited by the doo
"It's not a big deal anyway!" Valeria muttered but she did not dare to voice out her dissatisfaction. She walked towards William and sat down beside him. He handed her a glass of water and said, "You must be thirsty. Here, have some water." Valeria took the glass and chugged it down. She then leaned her head against William's chest. He hugged her tightly while smiling at her and asked, "Are you feeling tired?" "Not at all. I could have sung at least ten more songs if mom did not snatch away the microphone from me!" Valeria gestured and continued, "I used to sing with Abbie for hours." "Wow! I did not expect this at all! You must have the potential to become a singer," William chuckled. "My singing skill is not too bad right, right?" "Yes, you sound good!" Valeria was very interested to continue on this topic and said, "Honey, what do you think of me debuting as a singer? I shall sign under your company to provide me with the capital and make my very
William stared at the screen upon the call being disconnected before he eventually put it away. Matilda had passed away for more than twenty years and the Floyd family did not mention a word about it. Why would they be suddenly interested in her death? Could it be that a trouble-maker had spewed nonsense to the Floyd family in hopes to tear William and Valeria apart? Natasya was the only suspect judging by the current circumstances as she intended to turn things around. William had a sullen expression on his face upon thinking about it. "I shall go all in to get rid of Natasya since she is still not backing off!" William thought to himself. Valeria was relatively concerned as William had been out for a long time and asked, "Honey, what did your grandmother say to you?" "It's nothing important," William lied to avoid her from feeling bothered. He intended to convince her further and added, "Grandma had inquired about my wellbeing and was asking me wh
Paisley and Bevan discussed their plan for a while and made their way to the company. Hardy was calling Talitha at the office with a loving and gentle tone. They glanced at each other and were feeling utterly uncomfortable upon the sight at the office. Hardy had no choice but to end the call upon seeing them. "Is there anything that requires the both of you to come here?" "Ms. Paisley would like to have a word with you," Bevan said. "Such great timing. I want to discuss something with you too." Hardy got up from his office chair and had a seat on the sofa. "You shall go first." Bevan decided to give them some privacy and swiftly left after closing the door. Paisley said, "Hardy, don't you think that you have changed into a whole new person?" "What do you mean?" Hardy questioned. "I am talking about your attitude towards Talitha. You hated her very much last time but your feelings towards her had changed out of the blue. What is the reason beh
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