Valeria, Lucian, and Braelynn looked calm, but Ronald and Savannah were stiffed for a moment.
Ronald was indeed a cunning person because he immediately reacted quickly to ease this awkward atmosphere. He greeted them with a smile. “Valeria, are you also eating here?”
Valeria nodded and looked at Savannah, who was behind Ronald with a smile, but Savannah was embarrassed to see her.
Lucian, who was behind Valeria, smiled sarcastically. “Both of you have finally appeared together in public. Congratulations!”
“Thank you!” Ronald looked calm, while Savannah was ashamed and angry.
“When will your wedding be held? Lucian continued.
“Hah! Soon!”
Savannah suddenly raised her head and glared at Lucian. “Hey, what are you so proud of?”
“What? Shouldn’t you be proud? After all, you’ve finally achieved your goal after working so hard for so long! President Garcia sacrificed so much for both of you to be together. My wish has finally been fulfilled now that both of you are getting along so well.”
Savannah’s lips were trembling because Lucian was obviously making fun of her. After all, Lucian wanted revenge since Savannah had schemed against Natalie before.
However, Savannah was being threatened by Ronald now, so she could not do anything to Lucian. She could only storm out furiously.
However, Ronald didn’t chase after Savannah, but he looked at Valeria and said. “Valeria, what happened in the past was my fault. I’ve always wanted to apologize to you! Sorry!”
Lucian sneered when she saw him bowing to Valeria. “Ronald, stop putting on an act in front of you. Hah! How could you be so hypocrite?”
Ronald ignored her and continued to look at Valeria. “I admit that I’m shameless and useless, but that b*tch next to you is more shameless than I am! You have to be more careful.”
After saying this, he left. Lucian was furious. “That jerk is still so mean! He is doing this so that we would turn against each other. Don’t believe him, Miss!”
“Don’t worry, I’ll decide that on my own.” Valeria smiled faintly. “Let’s go.”
Valeria’s words had a deeper meaning to them. She didn’t say that she would believe Lucian, but she would come to a conclusion on her own. Therefore, Lucian was stunned for a moment as she thought that Valeria had discovered her intentions.
Valeria’s phone rang when she left the restaurant as William was calling her. “I asked Bobby to pick you up. You go home first because I may come back later.”
“Okay.” After seeing the Bobby was around the corner, Valeria waved goodbye to Braelynn and Lucian.
After she left, Lucian looked thoughtfully at Braelynn. “Is she still with William?”
“Yes.”
“Isn’t the Saunders family going to stop both of them?” Lucian asked again.
“I think they want to, but they can’t do anything. She likes him so much. She might not return if they do so, right?”
“Hmm… is that so?” Lucian felt that something was wrong, but she could not figure it out. A mysterious gaze flashed through her eyes before she looked at her watch. “Braelynn, you should go home too. Drive carefully.”
“Okay, take care.”
Lucian also got in her own car after she left.
She drove her car slowly, and her eyes were fixed on the rearview mirror. After driving for more than ten kilometres, she did not find any suspicious cars behind her, so she changed her direction and went to the hospital.
Charles was really unlucky today. He already knew that there was bad news as Hayden was looking for him, but he didn’t expect Hayden to embarrass him this thoroughly!
Not only did Hayden want him to resign as the manager of the company, but he also didn’t even give him a position.
Charles argued furiously with Hayden, but the latter wanted to give more opportunities to the newcomers. Andrew had studied abroad, and he was capable enough to handle the company. Thus, if Andrew took over Charles’ spot, it would benefit Howard Group as a whole. If Charles wanted to be the head of a company, he could take over someone’s else spot in one of their subsidiaries.
Charles was furious! How embarrassing would it be if people found out that he had been kicked out from the company’s headquarters?
It was better to be demoted as he could say that he had given up his position for his son. However, if he had been expelled from the headquarters, others would only look down for him!
How could he continue to stay in the industry?
Charles became even angrier after leaving Hayden’s office. He gathered a few of his trusted subordinates for a meeting in the evening to think of a plan to get revenge.
After discussing for a few hours, they still didn’t come up with a solution.
It was getting late, so he had to go back home. Ashley welcomed him and said with a flattering smile, “Are you tired? I’ve prepared supper for you.”
However, he was not interested, and he pushed her away when she was approaching him before saying, “Watch your actions. Too many people are watching us here.”
Ashley didn’t care and continue to stick by his side. “Madam hasn’t come back yet since she went out, so there’s no one here.”
She was referring to Elizabeth, but Charles was shocked. Why didn’t Elizabeth return home at such a late hour?
Since he got into a relationship with Ashley, Elizabeth always left early and came back late. She also did not pay much attention to Ashley and him anymore.
This was what Charles wanted initially. After all, he had been delighted as Elizabeth had learnt her limits and decided to not interfere in his relationship with Ashely.
However, he realized something. Her actions had been suspicious when he remembered Andrew saying that he had seen Mason and Elizabeth applying for visas.
Charles was not as handsome as William, so women would not throw themselves to his feet willingly.
If she didn’t want his money, then what else she wanted instead? Thus, Charles suspected that Elizabeth was having an affair!
However, he knew that Elizabeth would not dare to go against him openly by staying the night at another man’s place. Therefore, he started to think of other reasons.
He pushed Ashley away again and picked up his phone to call the bank manager before ordering, “Boyd, help me check the bank account information of Mason and Elizabeth. Please!”
It was very quiet in the corridor of the hospital in the middle of the night. Lucian, who was wearing a mask and a hat, walked along the corridor and stopped at the door of Natalie’s ward.
She turned around to look at the surroundings before opening the door to enter the ward.
Natalie was sleeping soundly on the bed. Lucian then walked gently and sat down beside her. After staring at her for a while, she lowered her voice and said, “President Garcia!”
Natalie suddenly opened her eyes and was scared when she saw Lucian. She shrank back and said, “You… Who are you?”