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
Angel rushed towards William and was about to hug him. Bobby immediately stepped forward and stopped her. She had intended to give William a big hug before Bobby disrupted her plan. She questioned in a displeased tone, "Who are you? Why are you blocking my way?" Bobby replied with a blank expression on his face, "I am the bodyguard of Mr. Howard, who is also responsible for the safety of his family. Strangers are forbidden to have physical contact with him!" "I am not someone random! Do you know who am I?" Angel was furious as this was the first time that she had experienced such humiliation. "I am the eldest daughter of the Floyd family. I also happen to be William's cousin!" "Miss Floyd, how do you do? Welcome to B CIty!" Bobby greeted politely but still stood between William and Angel. His body posture was clearly firm that Angel ought to not touch William. Angel was feeling displeased but William chose to ignore her feelings. He greeted with a smile, "
Valeria was being sent to the hospital immediately. The group of specialists was already waiting for her arrival upon receiving a call about her injury. She was swiftly sent to the examination room for a check-up. William had eventually arrived at the hospital alongside Bobby with anxious looks on their faces. Wiliam asked, "Dad, what has exactly happened? Are there any updates from the doctor?" "She's still in the midst of a checking." Hayden rubbed his hands together and continued in a worrisome tone, "She wanted to call it a day but was feeling rather thirsty. She then headed downstairs to have a glass of water but accidentally lost balance on her way down. She had quick reflexes and immediately reached out to grab ahold of the railing. Otherwise, it would be a nightmare for us!" Hayden was relieved upon briefing about Valeria's update. He could not bear to think of the impact if Valeria had really falled off the stairs. The door of the examination room was b
Raelyn headed out and sneakily inquired about the news of Valeria and imagined her to suffer from a serious injury. However, things went out of her expectation upon hearing from the medical personnel. Valeria's feet were only slightly sprained which was not a life-threatening matter. Raelyn returned to the ward in a sulky mood and said, "Valeria is such a lucky person! She is doing fine." Natasya was feeling disappointed upon hearing about it. Raelyn then asked, "Why is Angel so interested in Valeria's updates?" Natasya sneered and replied, "I guess William had excused himself from the Floyd family upon receiving news that Valeria has fallen down from the stairs. Angel chose to seek my assistance as she was unhappy about it." "Really? Okay then, this would be a piece of cake to deal with. Exaggerate things to Angel so that she would be extra pissed at Valeria!" Raelyn swiftly suggested. "That's what I had in mind too." Natasya immediately sent a message to
William then left the old estate alongside Bobby. He decided to have a glance through his text messages on his way to the hotel. It was from Silas, "Mr. Howard, I have gotten ahold of Emily's DNA sample." William replied, "Alright then. Do give it to Marcus for further processing." He then instructed Bobby, "Find a chance to obtain Angel's DNA specimen today." "Noted!" Bobby agreed immediately and did not question further as usual. William gave a few additional tasks for him, "Do pass it to Marcus' men for the identification process as soon as you got ahold of Angel's DNA sample. I need to know about the result as soon as possible!" Both Fandrey and Deborah were overjoyed when William had promised to have breakfast with them at the hotel. William then offered to bring the Floyd family on a sightseeing tour after enjoying a hearty breakfast together. Fandrey and Deborah agreed and were looking forward to the tour. William then proceeded to arran
Bobby's straightforward words made Angel move away from William as her face turned extremely pale, "Are you serious?" "Of course!" William answered immediately in annoyance. "Oh my god! What kind of strange disease is this? Why don't you like it when others get close to you? You weren't like this when you were abroad though, why did you become like this after a few months? Could there be a reason for this?" Angel was furious. She was not stupid and could see through everything. It was obvious that he did not like to get close to her. As she was drowning in anger, an idea flashed through her mind. She thought of what Natasya had told her about Valeria feeding William the vermin. Regardless of whether it was true or not, it was the best time to expose it. Whether or not it was true that William disliked other women getting close with him, she was determined to frame Valeria for feeding him the vermin. Sure enough, when Angel deliberately raised her v
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