“You?” Ronald sneered. “You can’t even protect yourself. What more can you come up with to fight against them?”
“Who says that I can’t protect myself? I’m the eldest daughter of the Howard family. If the Saunders family is being a bully, my father, as well as my brother, won’t just sit there and do nothing about it.”
“So why don’t you go and let them know, then? I am useless and have no power to do anything. You should ask for their help instead!”
Savannah knew that Ronald was indeed unable to help her out. She had wanted to team up with Ronald as she wanted to turn the tables against Natalie and Archer.
However, it wasn’t the time to discuss this matter with Ronald right now, as Savannah had to head back to check on Hayden and Charles.
Meanwhile, after heading to the Wolf Group to meet William, Hayden had gone to visit his wife’s grave. He sat there and was lost in his thoughts for a long time. He didn’t leave the cemetery until night under the persuasion of Lucas.
Hayden had on an unpleasant expression on his way back home, and Lucas had no idea of what had happened during his visit to the Wolf Group. However, Lucas didn’t dare to console him without knowing the further context, hence he remained silent throughout the journey back to the mansion.
As soon as they arrived, Hayden went into the study room immediately without having his dinner and had intended to spend some time alone there.
Lucas was worried about him, but despite knocking on the door a few times, Hayden had ignored him.
Lucas became increasingly anxious and picked up his phone to call William. “William, did something happen between you and Hayden today?”
“It’s nothing serious,” William replied.
“But he has remained silent until now and did not take his dinner either. He just locked himself up in the study room and ignored everyone else. I’m very worried!”
Valeria, who was leaning against William, was startled by Lucas’ words. “Hubby, your father…”
William covered Valeria’s mouth and replied calmly, “Tell the servants to prepare dinner accordingly. He will take his dinner once he calms down.”
Lucas had initially thought that William would come back home immediately to check on his father after hearing how worried Lucas was. Hence, Lucas had no choice but to take the lead, so he asked William, “Why don’t you come home and pay a visit to Hayden, Sir William?”
William immediately refused. “It’s useless even if I went back. You’ve been with him for so many years, and the person that he trusts the most is you. I am insignificant in the eyes of my father. If even you can’t persuade him, then unfortunately, I can’t do anything about it either.”
William moved his hand away from Valeria’s mouth only after he ended the phone call. Valeria was worried and asked, “Hubby, is your dad angry because of the news about my mother being still alive?”
“No.” William shook his head. “He is just putting on a show to see how I would react as he came to see me during the day. If he had found out about your mother’s incident instead, he wouldn’t have reacted like this. He would call me furiously and say, you sneaky b*stard, get your a*s back here and explain everything to me now.”
Valeria couldn’t help but laugh out loud when she saw how brilliant William’s impression of Hayden was.
Bobby, who was driving the car, couldn’t help but laugh too as he asked, “William, would you like to go back to the Wolf Group or the mansion?”
“Let’s send Valeria back to the Wolf Group, then you and I shall go back to the mansion. I reckon it won’t be long before my dad goes haywire and throws a tantrum. I would need to explain everything to him anyway.”
On the other hand, Lucas couldn’t do anything about the fact that William had refused to come back home. He recalled how caring William was when he had just returned from overseas and how he took care of his father who was ill at the time. There was a huge contrast compared to William’s attitude towards his father now.
Hayden had pretended to be ill back then, hence, it wouldn’t be surprising that William would think that Hayden was putting on an act to gain his attention again. As he thought about this, Lucas sighed and knocked on the door, “Hayden, it’s getting late. Please eat something, sir.”
As no sound came in reply from the study room, Lucas continued and said, “I called Sir William just now. He told me to prepare something for you to eat. He couldn’t come home now as he has something to deal with…”
At this, the door was swung open abruptly and Hayden was standing at the door with an angry expression. “That heartless brat, does he not care about me anymore?!”
“Hmm…” Lucas smiled apologetically. “You should have something to fill you up first. After all, William is still your son. He must know what’s best for you, right?”
“Hah! That heartless b*stard!” Hayden walked towards the dining room while cursing at his son, and when he saw the gifts that were on the coffee table in the living room, he frowned and asked, “Who sent this?”
“These are from your eldest daughter. She came to see you this afternoon and was very worried about you. Hence, she bought you these supplements to improve your health.”
“Ah, is that so?” Hayden stared at the piling gifts that Savannah had delivered to him. This was the first time that Savannah had ever done such a thing, wasn’t it?
However, his expression darkened when he recalled what William had said to him that afternoon. Hayden was confident that William was not a dangerous threat to him, but on the other hand, Hayden thought that he should always be on his toes when it came to Charles and Savannah.
Then, he let out a cold laugh as he ordered a servant, “Since she’s so thoughtful, I’ll have it now.”
The servants immediately took the supplements and went to prepare a glass of water as Hayden sat down on the dining table. However, he had no appetite despite having a table full of dishes for him to choose from.
Lucas did not prompt Hayden to eat anything either, as he was already relieved that Hayden was willing to consume the supplements. However, to his dismay, Hayden stood up from the dining table abruptly and returned to the study room. Lucas quickly followed behind him but was distracted by a phone call, which he immediately answered.
“The media company under the Saunders family had just released a piece of news, stating that Natalie is well alive and is currently undergoing treatment in a hospital with signs of improvement. Please speak to Hayden about this immediately.” Came from the other end of the phone.
“What…” Lucas wasn’t able to finish his sentence as he was utterly shocked. How on earth was he going to let Hayden know about this when Archer and Gavin had used Natalie’s death to threaten Savannah to file for a divorce, which had brought tremendous shame towards Hayden?
Hayden would go bonkers! Lucas didn’t feel like delivering this news to him now, but he was well aware that Hayden would find out about this sooner or later.
Lucas was nervous and tentative behind Hayden, who was walking in front of him. After the call ended, Hayden turned his head around and asked, “What’s going on?”
“Err… ah… Natalie Garcia… is alive.”
“Who said that?”
“The media company under the Saunders family has just released this news and it…”
A trace of astonishment flashed across Hayden’s face, but his expression was soon filled with anger as he immediately picked up his phone and called his son. He yelled into the phone as soon as the call went through, “William, get your a*s back home right now! I’ll give you half an hour to come home and if you don’t, you’re done for!”
On the other end, after being shouted by Hayden through the phone, William shook his head and told Bobby, “Judging by how pissed he is right now, I bet it’s going to be a pain in the ass later.”
“Sir William, you should be careful as you were the one who planned to hide Natalie from everyone in the first place. Hayden still has not seen Savannah’s true colours yet. He might beat you up considering how furious he currently is as he might think that you were the one who has set him up. I think you should visit him after he has blown off some steam,” Bobby said worriedly.
“I can’t run forever. Might as well go over now and talk it through. Savannah went to the mansion today and delivered some gifts to my father. Let’s hope I’ll be able to spot anything fishy about her gift and expose her.”