"Alright!" Valeria sat down beside the bed and reached out to hold Gavin's hand which was not plugged with the IV drip. "Grandpa, I shall come clean to you since it's no use to deceive you any further. My husband was the one that caused Natasya and Talitha to argue with each other. I am aware that you are mad at us for not telling you about this beforehand. You are upset at us for being so cold-blooded towards the Anderson sisters. However, we are left with no other choice." "How could they have pushed you into the corner when they are already in such a fragile state?" Gavin was not convinced. "There is one saying that old habits die hard, right? The Anderson family are not the kinds who would learn from their mistakes. I knew from the very beginning that they would continue to target us ever since they plotted against me and my husband last time. I decided to make an end to this and told my husband to do it. I am tired of them trying to mess with us." Valeria pushed
Archer, William, and the others eventually left the hospital ward. Arthur was the only one who remained to accompany Gavin. Arthur stepped forward and offered, "Mr. Saunders, would you like to have a glass of water?" "No," Gavin refused while shaking his head. Arthur pondered for a moment upon seeing the weary look on Gavin's face. "Mr. Saunders, I have serviced you for decades and humbly became your right-hand man. However, I have been wanting to tell you about something but could not find the right words to say it. I shall finally voice out my opinion today." "What is it?" Gavin asked while glancing at Arthur. "Well, it relates to both President Saunders and Raelyn. I do understand your disappointed feeling towards your son. However, he is not at fault if we put our feet into his shoes. You adore Raelyn so much and would give her the very best since young. You have paid more attention to her compared to President Saunders if I am being frank with you."
Valeria concealed her phone and took a peek at William. She immediately reverted the message upon seeing that William was not aware of her unusual behavior, "I'm quite busy now. Let me call Abbie first and update you about it later." Their car finally made a stop at the entrance of the old estate. Valeria hopped off the vehicle and said, "Honey, you can leave now. Do remember to come back early for dinner tonight." William paused for a moment and muttered to himself, "But, it's almost lunchtime now. It's weird for Valeria to not propose the idea of having lunch together, right?" He glanced at Valeria with a suspicious look on his face. On the other hand, Valeria innocently assumed that William did not catch her texting Thomas red-handed. William had a complex feeling upon seeing her entering the house with a smile. He sat in the car and did not move an inch. Bobby, who was driving, also got out of the vehicle and asked, "Mr. Howard, don't you want to head in as
Hayden nodded and said, "You're right. He looks the same as someone that I have met before." "Who is it?" Valeria asked curiously. "Well... Haha... this is tricky... You can ask your grandpa to have a look at Thomas next time. I am looking forward to his reaction." Hayden grinned and refused to spill the beans. Valeria was very interested and questioned further, "Dad, are you saying that Thomas reminds you of my grandpa? Why didn't I feel the same way as you?" "No, not that!" Hayden shook his head and changed the topic, "By the way, is Abbie planning to go out with Thomas? I do think that he's a good catch!" "Really? I agree with you as well, but my husband doesn't seem to be a fan of him." "What? Why is that?" Hayden was utterly confused and continued, "Thomas doesn't seem like a trouble-maker. William is not usually a petty man and why would he have bad comments on Thomas?" "Are you sure about that? William is not as magnanimous as you think.
Arthur did not expect Gavin to ignore his advice in such a short period of time. He hesitated for a moment and said, "I'm not sure whether the bank is still operating at this hour." "What are you talking about? It's three in the afternoon and it's definitely still open for business. Hurry up and have this settled!" Gavin sternly instructed as he knew what Arthur was trying to do. "Raelyn, don't worry about Devon as I'll help you out soon. He should not be kept under the watch when he is genuinely innocent. What the h*ll are the authorities doing?" Raelyn was secretly pleased upon hearing Gavin's offer to provide financial assistance as well as pulling some strings for her. She pretended to refuse, "Dad, you don't have to do this! I'm well-off!" "Why are your clothes so worn out then? You would not have become so dull if you really had the money," Gavin was persistent in his decision. Arthur told him that Raelyn was in for the money but it turned out to be
Valeria chuckled and said, "Really? Did you come up with this idea just to seek grandpa's mercy? Alright then. Ms. Anderson, can you swear that you will never take a penny from grandpa starting from now on? I would then apologize for my rash behavior in accusing you of being the bad person." Raelyn remained silent. How could she swear to not obtaining financial assistance from Gavin forever? She was currently short in cash and had gotten used to the posh lifestyle. Besides, her daughters were also strapped for cash. How could she do it? Valeria sneered and continued, "Ms. Anderson, why is there no reply from you? Are you subtly admitting to us that you're here to ask for money from grandpa?" Raelyn failed to defend herself further as things had already gone out of hand. Gavin was furious upon realizing that Raelyn had deceived him once again. He pointed at the door and said, "Get out!" "Dad! But I..." Raelyn tried to explain herself. "Get out right
In the hospital ward, Gavin leaned against the bedframe and felt a little regretful. He finally calmed down and realized that he had acted rashly just now. Raelyn deserved to be scolded and chased out from the hospital ward. However, why was Valeria being dragged into this mess as well? Valeria just wanted to give him a word of precaution and was currently pregnant. She must be upset to be wrongly accused in this matter. Gavin felt uneasy but was too arrogant in apologizing to Valeria first. Gavin did not move an inch despite hearing his phone ringing. Arthur, who was standing beside him, picked the phone up and glanced at the screen. "Mr. Saunders! The call is from Mr. Howard." "I'm not in the mood to answer his phone!" Gavin swiftly refused. Hayden had stopped calling him a long time ago. It was not a good sign for Hayden to call him out of the blue. Gavin did not forget that he had ruined Valeria's mood just now. Hayden was undoubtedly
Raelyn was upset and felt humiliated after being exposed by Valeria. She had talked things through with Natasya about their plan to obtain money from Gavin. How did Valeria know when they were absolutely secretive about it? Raelyn recalled Valeria having the footage of her heading towards the beauty salon shop. She was confident that the professional makeup artist had given out all the details. Raelyn bribed the makeup artist to keep her mouth sealed but eventually betrayed her. She did not want to let things slide when the makeup artist had teamed up with Valeria. She had to talk things through with the makeup artist right now! Raelyn rushed towards the beauty salon and barged into it before questioning the makeup artist. However, the makeup professional said that it was a misunderstanding and denied everything that Raelyn had accused her of. Raelyn was not foolish enough to believe her and turned the entire shop into a mess. The makeup artist woul
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