Callum and Sammuel looked at William. His eyes opened as he stared at them in confusion.
“William, you’re awake! I’m Angel!” Angel’s heartbeat became faster as she saw his handsome face, and she immediately leaned close to look at him.
William stared at her without moving. When she saw him looking at her in confusion, she added, “You don’t know me, do you? I’m Angel, your cousin!”
Cousin? He started to have a bad headache. William’s mind was filled with a woman’s voice, a woman called Natasya, and they loved each other deeply. But the woman in front of him was called Angel. She wasn’t Natasya?
Then who was Natasya? Was he dreaming of and what about Valeria? Who was that disgusting woman called Valeria?
He couldn’t figure it out and could only stare blankly at Angel. She smiled shyly, “William, are you alright? Are you listening to me?”
Callum frowned and pulled her away. “He just woke up, we should call the doctor first!”
William’s gaze fell on Callum’s face. When he realized that Callum and Matilda had similar facial features, his pupils dilated. “You… you…”
Before he could finish his sentence, Natasya rushed into the ward like a gust of wind.
Her heart was filled with anxiety. D*mn it! She had only left to take a short nap. Why did he wake up already?
Since she wasn’t the first person he saw, would the pill still be effective?
This wouldn’t mess things up, would it?
William’s gaze fell on her face. Natasya? Why was she here?
When she saw William staring at her, she put on an act and cried out, “William, you’re awake! That’s great! You’re finally awake!” He frowned. Why was she acting like this? Were they that close?
As soon as he thought of this, a voice came into his mind. “She is the woman you love deeply! Natasya is your loved one!”
This was the voice in his dream. How could it be possible? How could she possibly be the woman he loved? This was simply a big joke!
“It’s not her! It’s definitely not her! This woman is a liar!”
“It is her! It definitely is her! Your feelings for each other are extremely strong!”
These two opposing voices in his mind were driving him crazy that he felt like his head was about to explode. He let out a cry of pain and passed out again.
“Call the doctor! Call the doctor right away!” Callum ordered eagerly.
In the Juxemburg Hospital, Natalie was standing next to Valeria’s bed with tears rolling down her face. She gently caressed Valeria’s extremely thin face, “Valeria, wake up! Please wake up!”
Valeria continued to lay there in unconsciousness.
Footsteps could be heard approaching them. Gavin and Archer then came in. Looking at the state Valeria was in, Gavin sighed and asked, “What did the doctor say?”
“The doctor said that there was nothing wrong with her body. She’s just like this because she does not have the desire to live anymore.”
“Idiot! Why didn’t you send her here earlier?” Gavin asked Archer.
“I wanted to, but she refused. She was so stubborn, and she insisted in waiting for William to show up. I couldn’t do anything about it either…”
“What should we do now?” He murmured, “I can’t watch her go on like this! And Hayden… We have to figure out a way to solve the problem too. Otherwise, it will kill him!”
The ward fell into a dead silence. Valeria’s dry and cracked lips mumbled softly, “William… William… come back… Don’t go…”
Natalie’s tears rolled down her cheeks. “You silly child!”
Archer turned his head to wipe his tears, and Gavin’s eyes became teary as well. He paced around in circles as Valeria muttered, “I promised you… I would give birth to… give birth to a child… to our baby…”
Gavin stopped and looked at Natalie. “What is she talking about?”
“She said that she had promised to give birth to William’s child… They were ready to have children together…” Natalie wiped her tears. “At that time, William said that as long as she was pregnant, Hayden would definitely agree for them to be together.”
“Let me think about it!” Gavin paced around even more and said, “I have an idea.”
“Dad, you want to… to use the child…” Archer was shocked as he immediately guessed what his father was thinking.
“Yes! The child!” He answered affirmatively. “If Valeria knew that she was pregnant, she would not lose the will to live. She will decide to continue living because of the child. As for Hayden, if he knew that William had a child, he would be able to survive too! Let’s do it!”
“Dad! A lie needs to be covered up with countless lies. A false pregnancy can’t be hidden for a long time either.”
“We shall keep this secret as long as we can. Let’s arrange it first! Notify Marcus, Richard, Andrew, and the others. This has to be done flawlessly.” He made the final decision.
At the hospital’s parking lot, Philip and George were sneaking around in the car.
“George, do you want to see Hayden?” Philip asked.
“Yes, of course! But how should we tell him?” George replied.
“We can tell him straight away that William is dead and his body can’t be found!” Philip answered, “When William was around, we were scared of him. Now that he’s gone, there’s nothing to be scared of anymore. Andrew is already in there with him, and you know how he is! He could send his father to prison! How would he treat us?
“That’s true. I’m just worried about Hayden. Didn’t they say that he’s in poor health?” George hesitated. “If we provoke him…”
“You’re afraid of getting into trouble, aren’t you? But if Andrew attacks Hayden first, we’ll have nothing left if he dies!” Philip retorted. “Didn’t you hear what those people said today? Andrew wants to take over the Howard Group and leave us with no way out. It was William who promised to let us live before, it’s none of Andrew’s business. What should we do if he turns on us and leaves us with nothing?
George thought about it and said, “Fine! Let’s go up then!”
In the ward, Hayden laid motionlessly on the bed.
Andrew and Lucas were at a loss. Footsteps could be heard coming from outside, and soon after that, George and Philip had arrived, “Dad!”
“Why are they here again?” Andrew asked in disgust.
“I’ll ask them to leave!” Lucas walked out of the ward. “Mr. Hayden is resting. Why don’t the two of you come and visit him tomorrow?”
“What a coincidence that he’s resting every time we visit! How many times a day does he rest?”
“This is the truth! He is weak and doesn’t eat anything, so he’s been sleeping all day long…”
“Are you sure that he is really unconscious? It’s not something else that happened?” George sneered.
“What do you mean?” Lucas asked.
“What do I mean? Stop pretending. Did Andrew bribe you to cover up for him? We already knew what happened to William, so stop trying to hide it from us! We need to meet dad and tell him about William. Maybe you’re the ones who did it to William!”
Upon hearing this, Hayden who was still in bed, suddenly raised his hand and thrashed around, causing his IV drip to fall to the ground. He struggled to sit up as he shouted, “William! William!”
After he shouted for William, he collapsed back into his bed and Andrew immediately called for aid, “Doctor! Help!”