A few minutes later, footsteps could be heard at the study room’s door. Soon after, the door opened, and William walked in.
Lucian had ordered a few bodyguards to guard to protect Natalie. Natalie had always thought that no one could enter the resort so easily. However, William had proved her wrong because he managed to enter as if it was his home. Now, Natalie understood how powerful William more even more.
She controlled her emotion and pointed to the chair. “Sit down. So, what do you want to say?”
“Let’s talk about what happened to Valeria first. I’m with Valeria now, and we’re married!”
“What?” Natalie was stunned. They were already married? Wasn’t this too shocking?
“We have gotten our marriage certificate, but we haven’t held a wedding. I’ll hold once everything is over.” William looked at her without any hesitation.
“Since… you know that I am alive, you should know her identity. Both of you…”
“I know she is Archer and your daughter,” William answered frankly.
“Since you know that… you should know what happened in the past. Your mom bled heavily and died because of me as your sister took away my man. Do you think you can be happy with her? You’re her uncle by name, and you have a feud with her as well!”
“We will fight for our own happiness! I will make sure that she will be happy, and she knows that too.”
Willaim’s gaze was firm, and his tone was sincere. Natalie could tell that he was serious, and he was someone who knew a lot of secrets, so he was definitely not profligate.
She closed her eyes and asked, “Hmm… do you think you can convince your dad to agree to this marriage?”
“Yes!”
“Don’t you hate me?” Natalie asked again.
“I used to. But I let go of my hatred for Valeria. I don’t want to let her go. That’s too tiring!”
How much courage did it take to say that to the person who killed her mother? There was no need for him to act in front of her as it was useless now.
Natalie sighed. She remembered that she would never allow her daughter to marry him no matter what back then.
But now, she could not find any reason to refuse because he was the only person who could protect Valeria.
“Ah… I’m just a dead person, so I’m not the obstacle that you have to face. As long as you can love and protect her for the rest of my life, then I have no reason to object.”
“So do you agree to our marriage?”
“Both of you already married. How can I object it?” Natalie smiled bitterly.
“No matter what, thank you! You are the first person to accept it even knowing the truth!” William thought that she would be hysterical, but it was the opposite.
“Besides, I have another important to tell you!”
“What is it?”
“Last night, there was a murder case in the resort. Two murderers took weapons and sneaked into the rooms of Valeria and Raymond as they wanted to harm them.”
Her face turned pale. “Is… is she all right?”
He shook his head. “She is fine. As long as I’m here, I won’t let her be in any danger. However, I wanted to talk about Raymond. Do you know that he is not Savannah’s son? I already did a DNA test to verify it!”
“What?” She stood up in shock. Raymond wasn’t Savannah’s son? But… wasn’t she the one who harmed an innocent person last night?
William quickly got up to hold her when he saw her face was pale and about to collapse.
“Last night, I made plans in advance after realizing something was wrong. Raymond did not return to his room, but the murderer was unlucky as he had died after inhaling the toxic gas. Moreover, the one who sneaked into Valeria’s room injured two policemen, but he was still caught.”
Natalie breathed a sigh of relief when she heard that Raymond was fine. “Is he really fine? What the hell is going on? He’s… He’s not Savannah’s child. That’s impossible!
“Yes. He escaped! He’s not Savannah’s son, but he is Archer’s son! Hah… It turns out that both him and Valeria are related by blood.”
“Huh? How could that be possible? Could it be that it was a mistake?” Natalie was extremely shocked. What was he implying? That was impossible! She had misunderstood him!
“There’s no mistake. I have done the DNA test and it proved that Raymond is you and Archer’s son!”
“No… no way! He’s… he’s not my child!” Natalie’s voice was desperate. Her head was muddled after hearing this surprising news, and she became tongue-tied.
“I guess that your child didn’t die. Savannah must have kidnapped him instead.”
“But what about her child? Isn’t she pregnant too?” Natalie asked subconsciously.
“I don’t think so! Otherwise, why would she plot against your child?”
“How could this be? This…” Natalie was shocked and delighted. She did not know what to say for a moment.
After she calmed down, William continued to speak.
“I guess the two murderers were her followers. She knew Valeria’s identity, so she wanted to kill all of them.”
“Urgh! This wicked woman!” Her hand clenched into a fist. She could not hide it anymore now since William had explained the truth to her.
“Last night, it was me… I asked Lucian to put drugs in his room as I thought he was Savannah’s son. Thus, I was bewitched and wanted to take revenge on Savannah. Fortunately, you…” Natalie was delighted.
“You weren’t the one who came up with the idea, were you?” William didn’t believe that Natalie would be so vicious. “Did Lucian convince you to agree to do it?”
“Yes! Lucian was the one who convinced me to do so, and I never rejected her idea. Ah… I am also one of the culprits.” Natalie did not evade the responsibility.
She knew that he was not that simple after seeing him yesterday. However, William had managed to find out so much, so Natalie was even more convinced. “Valeria doesn’t know that I’m still alive, does she?”
“No! Do you want to tell her?”
“No!” Natalie shook her head. “The other reason why I’m pretending to be dead is that I’m sick and may die at any time. So don’t tell her about it.”
“Of course!”
“Can you fulfill my request? I want to meet with Raymond.”
“Yes!” He nodded.
“I have one last question. Who are you exactly? Can you really protect Valeria and Raymond?”
“I am the President of Wolf Group.” William said slowly.