Both of them looked very similar to the time when Natalie and he fell in love with each other.
Valeria looked similar to Natalie. He had always been looking at her photos, but now, she was in front of him.
Archer was excited because she was his daughter and also the pledge of love between Natalie and him. He felt an urge to hug her and ask her to call him ‘Dad’.
He couldn’t control himself as he thought about this. Then, he walked to her and William. Lamont, who was behind him, grabbed him and then shook his head at him. Archer finally recovered his senses. He calmed down a while and said, “It’s all right. I’m just going to have a look.”
Lamont and Archer walked to them slowly. However, William and Valeria only had eyes for each other as they loved each other deeply. They stuck together and talked happily.
The closer he got to them, the faster Archer’s heartbeat pounded.
He tried his best to control his emotions. Now, he finally understood why Gavin couldn’t stop himself from approaching Valeria.
William and Valeria hugged each other tightly and completely ignored the people that were walking to them. Lamont could only interrupt awkwardly, “Excuse me, Miss!”
Valeria turned to look at Lamont. She clasped William’s hands and said with a calm expression, “Uh, Uncle Saunders!”
When William met Archer’s gaze, his expression was also indifferent. Archer then took the initiative to speak, “Hello, William!”
He nodded, but he did not regard Archer as brother-in-law like before. “President Saunders, why are you here?”
“I came to look for Raymond!” Archer replied casually, but his heart skipped a beat because William had addressed him as President instead of his name. Did he know that Valeria was his daughter?
After hearing their conversation, Valeria was stunned. Was this Raymond’s father, who was her mother’s first love?
She looked at Archer’s face and thought that his face didn’t match his age. Archer was in his fifties, but he could easily pass off as someone in their thirties. If he stood beside Raymond, everyone would say they were siblings instead of a dad and a son.
No wonder her mother loved him. He was a handsome man who was far better than Ronald and had a powerful family as well.
William introduced him to Valeria after he saw her looking at Archer. “Valeria, this is President Saunders from Ruthorham.”
Valeria said indifferently, “Nice to meet you, Mr. Saunders!”
“Who is she?” Archer pretended to ask as if he didn’t know anything.
Hah! Why was he asking about this if he knew the truth? William replied with a smile. “My wife, of course!”
Lamont and Archer had unusual reactions after hearing his words. Archer was surprised, while Lamont was uneasy, and the latter couldn’t control himself from voicing out his opinions.
“Mr. Howard, you can’t address someone else as your wife randomly, right?”
“What’s wrong with it? Do you have problem with that?” William asked.
“Of course. You guys are not married yet, so this address would not benefit Miss Brown at all…”
“Uncle Saunders!” Valeria interrupted him unpleasantly, and he stopped speaking.
William raised his eyebrows and looked at him with a faint smile to show his coldness. “As far as I know, you and my wife have nothing to do with each other, right? Why should I report everything to you? Hah! You’re not even someone important to her!”
Lamont was speechless because William told the truth. He was really a nobody to Valeria. How could he have the right to interfere in her business?
He looked at her as he hoped that she would smooth things over.
However, her face seemed cold. She felt extremely uncomfortable when she remembered that Archer had abandoned her mom to marry Savannah.
Besides, she had warned Lamont that she did not want him to interfere in the affairs of William and her. Why did he go against William right now?
Did he really think that she had a good temper? She ignored his gaze and directly held William’s hand. “Honey, I’m not feeling well! Let’s go!”
“Okay!” William took her hand and said politely, “President Saunders, my wife and I will be leaving first then!”
They addressed each other with sweet nicknames as they ignored Lamont. His face turned pale as they even said some words that challenged him.
He looked at Archer with a gloomy face after seeing both of them leave hand in hand.
“Argh! Mr. Saunders, what should we do? We can’t let them continue like this! We should think of a way to stop them, so why don’t we go and talk to Mr. Howard directly and tell him her true identity? No matter how much he likes her and doesn’t want to let her go, he’ll have to give up because of the seniority, right?”
Archer shook his head and sighed, “Alas! It’s too late!”
“Huh? Why?” Lamont was puzzled.
“William should have known that Valeria is my daughter, so he has changed the way he addressed me. Isn’t that obvious enough?”
“No way. How can he not give up after knowing the truth? You must have guessed wrongly.” Lamont didn’t want to believe William’s words. However, since William was a smart person, he felt that the latter knew something. However, if William knew the truth and still refused to leave Valeria alone, they would have bigger problems to worry about in the future. “Umm… should we tell Hayden about it and let him settle it?”
“Nah. Now, William came here boldly, and a murder case happened here. So, how could Hayden not know about it? Didn’t I tell you that he’s in a different league? His way of settling things are much more brilliant than mine. If you don’t believe me, you’ll understand it soon.”
“Then what should we do now?”
“Let me think about it!” Archer frowned and said, “Forget it, let’s deal with the murder case first. It’s not a simple matter. There are two groups of people who want to kill Raymond. Who are they?”
Archer frowned and said, “Well, I’ve told my helpers to guard the exit where people can escape through. So far, no one has left, so it means that the people who came in should still be in the resort except the dead person.”
“Alright! We have to think a way to find them out!” Lamont also agreed.
“Let’s go and check the side building. Since there is a gap, it must be convenient for the people there to get in and out. I’d like to see who lives inside.”
Hence, they went to the building. The police had taken over, and they were asking the residents whether they had seen anything unusual. When the police saw Archer, they greeted him warmly, “President Saunders!”
“Can I go up and look around?” Archer asked gently.
“Yes. Go ahead, Sir!” After that, Lamont and Archer went up the building.
He remembered that there was a room on the third floor with lights on last night, so they went there directly.
The police had come up and asked once, so the door of the room was still open. They looked around after entering inside.
It was an ordinary bedroom, and it was clean. However, the smell of medicine lingered inside the room.
Moreover, there were a lot of drugs on the bedside table. Obviously, it was the bedroom of a woman who had been sick for a long time.
As the police said earlier, she had been sent to the hospital last night due to a sudden illness.
Besides, there was a faint sweet fragrance in the air. After looking around the room, Archer’s eyes focused on the flowers in the room.
He was surprised to see red roses and Gypsophila. They were tied with the red and white checkered ribbons. His eyes widened because they were so familiar to him.