William felt relieved that Valeria had been willing to send the two rivals who were vying for her love away.
So, he left Valeria to play with Oreo and Mocha while he went back to the study room and resumed his work.
As he was handling some company business, William received a call from the person he had dispatched to keep an eye on Raymond. The person reported, “Sir Raymond and Ms. Clark is at a holiday resort. They’ve booked the entire place, so the resort workers are vacating the place for them right now.”
William clicked his tongue. Apparently, when Raymond said that he wanted a break, he meant taking a break at a holiday resort.
It seemed like Raymond had gone back to his usual happy self even though his feelings were so badly bruised. However, William thought Abbie wasn’t interested in Raymond. So, what was she trying to get at, booking such a large-scale venue with Raymond?
William instructed the man, “Let him do what he wants. All you have to do is guard his safety and keep everyone suspicious away from him, do you understand? Please send a few more bodyguards your way if you need.”
After giving orders to the hired man, William returned to his documents. Outside, Valeria was playing with Oreo using a cat teaser wand. Even though Oreo was chunky, she was surprisingly nimble.
Valeria laughed and raised the wand a little higher, “Higher, Oreo! The more you jump, the skinnier you’ll get, and soon you’ll become the most handsome looking cat in the world!”
William chuckled when he overheard Valeria’s voice. She was still playing with the cat when her phone rang. “Valeria,” Abbie’s voice was chirpy on the other side of the line. “Raymond and I have booked a resort, and we’re having a bonfire barbecue party tomorrow. Come join us and have a good time!”
“Really? I haven’t gone on a holiday in a long time! I’ll tell William right now!” Valeria tossed aside the cat teaser wand excitedly. She was about to run to William when Abbie hurriedly called out, “Valeria, wait! Just this time, could you refrain from telling William about this, please?”
“Why? Don’t you want him there?” Valeria asked.
“We’re trying to verify something. But if he comes along, the person in question might not show up. So it’s best if you keep this from William this time. Could you sneak over instead?”
“What are you planning?”
“Didn’t we get framed last time at the restaurant? Raymond and I think we might know who’s the person behind that, and we wish to confirm our suspicions. We booked this resort only as bait. Besides, if people find out that William was there with you too, they’ll know you’re still together. So you should come alone.”
“I see. If that’s the case, I won’t tell him about it then,” Valeria consented.
However, after she hung up, Valeria eventually decided that she couldn’t hide this from William. She opened the door to his study and said, “Honey, Raymond booked an entire resort and invited Abbie and me, so I’m going to stay there for the next two days. Don’t come with me this time, okay?”
William nodded. “Okay, but what’s going on with Abbie and Raymond? Don’t tell me she changed her mind and fell in love with Raymond?”
“No, but she said that they’re trying to prove something and that they’re only booking the place as bait. Honey, can you send some of your men to keep watch on us? I’m a little worried.”
“Of course I will. There’s nothing I wouldn’t promise my precious baby, so just relax and go enjoy yourself, okay?” William pulled Valeria into his lap and added playfully, “But I’ll have to sleep alone for the next two days, and that won’t feel good. Don’t you think you should at least pay me before going off?”
“Please, it’s just two days. You-” before Valeria could finish her sentence, William sealed her lips with a kiss.
Just as things were getting heated, the door to the study was pushed open, and two furballs came bounding in. When they saw how William was holding on to Valeria, they thought Valeria was held against her will. So, Oreo meowed loudly and leaped onto the table as Mocha barked ferociously at William and proceeded to drag him off by biting his sleeve.
William was fuming with rage, but there was nothing he could do about it.
Bobby, who was in the staff room, came over to see what the commotion was all about. And he was dumbfounded to see William, the president of the Wolf Group, to be subdued by two pets before him. Bobby was convinced that he must be hallucinating things.
Meanwhile, over at the holiday resort, Natalie stared into the scenery outside the window. Suddenly, she heard some shouting and footsteps hurrying by. Another set of footsteps followed, and this time, it was accompanied by a voice saying, “The young Mr. Saunders booked the entire resort to himself. How very luxurious of him!”
“Yeah. Apparently, he’s bringing his girlfriend over to throw a bonfire party, hosting all the rich and famous young men and women. Apart from the service staff, all other unrelated personnel aren’t allowed to be here for privacy’s sake.”
Natalie was shocked by what she had heard. Archer and Savannah’s son was coming here?
This couldn’t be real. Lucian had just told her the previous day that she would ambush him, yet now Raymond came right under her nose. This was too much of a coincidence.
As the two voices got further, Natalie picked up her mobile phone to call Lucian, but Lucian beat her to it.
“President Garcia, here comes our golden opportunity! Archer’s son has just booked our holiday resort and is planning to throw a bonfire party there. We won’t get another chance if we miss this one. I’m thinking that we should start planning for it. What do you think?”
Without a doubt, Natalie hated Savannah and wished to tear her to pieces. But that poor son of hers was innocent. She felt wrong to conspire against him.
“Well… I don’t think we should hurt him. After all, he is innocent.”
Realizing that Natalie hadn’t made up her mind yet, Lucian tried to persuade her further, “Innocent? None of them is innocent! Think about your child that was murdered by Savannah! What did he do wrong? He was the most innocent one, wasn’t he?”
At the mention of her stillborn son, Natalie’s anger surged.
“President Garcia, this opportunity doesn’t come often. Archer and Savannah have protected their only son so well that we never had a chance to do anything. Now is the time for us to grab the chance since he comes to our territory! Think about the pain of losing your beloved son back then. Don’t you want Savannah to have a taste of her own medicine? You can kill the person she cares about most and make her miserable forever!”
Following Lucian’s persuasion, Natalie fell silent for a moment. Then, she finally opened her mouth and said, “Alright, let’s do as you say.”
Lucian was overjoyed by her compliance, “Great! I’ll arrange it right away!”
Back at Charles’s study, Charles and Savannah continued to hatch their plan behind the closed door. Savannah hissed, “Charles, that b*stard used the money I’ve given him to book the entire resort. How are we going to plant our men inside if it’s vacated! What do we do now?”
“Let me think about it!” Charles furrowed his brows. A vacated resort meant that they couldn’t move freely around the resort.
However, the resort wasn’t impenetrable. Charles was thinking that his people could disguise themselves as the workers at the resort to infiltrate the place.