In the Acma Corporation building, Hardy had just finished lunch when someone from overseas called him. The man’s voice was full of mockery as he spoke, “Mr. Anthony, I’m calling to tell you some bad news. Just two hours ago, William was ambushed in New York.”
“Really?” Hardy asked lightly.
“Yes, aren’t you very eager to know what happened? What happened was that William has already…”
The man paused for a moment before laughing out loud, “William is fine! You failed again!”
“What are you talking about? What does this have to do with me?” Hardy retorted angrily.
“Does it have nothing to do with you? Oh, if it doesn’t, then forget about it. By the way, do you know what happened to those who tried to ambush him? They will never be able to stand up and walk for the rest of their lives. Apart from those who were on vacation and managed to escape, no one else was spared. What do you have to say?”
“Nothing!”
“You’re so stubborn. Haha! I hope you can keep it up!” The man sneered and hung up the phone.
A hint of anger flashed across his face. D*mn it! He failed again!
He actually failed again! How was William this lucky?
He did not only paid a huge amount of money for this arrangement but also sold his body! For William’s sake, he threw away his self-esteem and slept with a woman he hated. What was the difference between him and a disgusting prostitute now?
After the humiliation kicked in, he threw all the objects on the table to the ground.
Hearing this, Bevan push the door and came in, but Hardy shouted, “Get out!”
Bevan was scared out of his wits and immediately left the room. Hardy’s eyes were bloodshot as he circled around the room.
Failure was part of the journey to success so one failure did not mean anything. He still had a chance, and he did not believe that William would always be so lucky. Therefore, he had to find a way and make a good plan!
As he thought about it, his phone on the table rang again. He glanced at it and saw that it was a call from his family. He frowned and suppressed his irritation, “Hello?”
“Sir, just now someone brought over a parcel with more than 20 broken fingers. Mr. Anthony wanted me to ask you if you have gotten into any trouble with someone you shouldn’t have?” His father’s assistant’s tone was very gentle, and Hardy’s heart sank.
Broken fingers? Who would send more than 20 broken fingers to the Anthony family?
Were they from the Floyd family? Or from William himself? This was terrible…
He suppressed the shock in his heart and immediately denied it, “I didn’t provoke anyone though?”
“Is that so? Mr. Anthony has something to say to you,” The assistant passed the phone to his father, whose voice sounded very unhappy, “Don’t play with me. Tell me honestly, have you offended someone you shouldn’t have? Otherwise, who would be so arrogant as to send these to me?”
“I didn’t offend anyone. I’ve been doing business normally,” Hardy continued to play dumb.
“Fine, I’ll believe you for this time! But let me remind you, if you offended someone you shouldn’t have, you’d better tell me in advance. If I find out too late, don’t blame me for being cruel to you!”
After his father gave him the warning, he hung up the phone. Hardy slammed his fists on the table in front of him.
The enemy was already alerted of his plans because of what happened with the ambushers, so there was probably no chance for him to carry out another plan. It was practically impossible for him to kill William now. What should he do?
After William and Valeria chatted for a while, Jaxon sent him a message, “Mr. Howard, I brought men to the ambushers’ hideout. As usual, we didn’t take their lives, but we disabled them. I cut off their fingers and sent them to the Anthony family.”
“You did a good job!” He praised.
“The Floyd family has sent people to investigate Silas. It seems that they are suspecting something.”
“It’s okay. My grandpa and uncle are both smart people, and we can’t keep this a secret forever. Let them investigate. It doesn’t make sense for them to blindly believe in Silas anyway.”
“Mr. Howard, do you have any ideas on who leaked your current location?”
“None at the moment. You should first arrange for men to investigate the Floyd family. Be careful not to alert the enemy though. If this person is able to cause trouble right under my grandfather’s eyes, he must be very capable. ”
Jaxon agreed and William put away his phone. He wanted to visit Silas, his lifesaver now.
Just after putting away the phone, Angel knocked on his door, “William, can I come in?”
“Yep!” He opened the door, and her face was full of concern, “William, are you okay?”
“You think? I was scared to death!” He said, looking as if he had just survived a disaster.
“Don’t worry, grandpa and dad have already arranged for men to investigate it. There will be news soon,” After Angel said this, she immediately mentioned Natasya. “William, that girlfriend of yours is really something. I can’t believe she took off her clothes to dance in the nightclub. She’s so shameless.”
William knew that Angel would never let go of any chance to smear her reputation, so he immediately played along and put on a look of shock and anger, “What? For real?”
“Yes! I’m your cousin, man. Do you think I’m lying to you? I’m telling you that Natasya is not a good person. Just look at her face! Now that you’ve lost your memory, I suspect that she has ulterior motives towards you.”
“Angel, you can’t just say nonsense like that.”
“This isn’t nonsense. I have evidence with me. I heard that Natasya is not your girlfriend at all. Your real girlfriend is called Valeria. Do you know someone by the name Valeria?”
As soon as she finished speaking, he let out a cry of pain and fell on the sofa with his head in his arms.
She was shocked by his drastic reaction. “William, did you remember something? Is Valeria your girlfriend?”
He felt a stinging pain in his head as he covered his ears and said, “Stop talking! Get out! Get out!”
When she saw that William had turned into a completely different person and that his face was filled with pain, she was shocked. She did not dare to say anything else and started shouting loudly, “Grandmother! Grandpa! Come quickly!”
Not long after, the old couple rushed upstairs, “What’s wrong?”
“Cousin, he… he seems to be ill!”
“How did this happen? Did you do something? Didn’t I tell you not to provoke him?” Deborah was furious, “Out you go!”
Angel was driven out angrily while Deborah held William and said, “William, I’m your grandma! My dear child, what’s wrong with you? Tell me, what happened?”
“I have a headache!” Beads of sweat covered his forehead, and her heart ached as she helped him wipe his sweat while calling for a doctor. The doctor didn’t even know what was going on with him and asked her to send him to the hospital.
After William cried in pain for a while, he slowly fell asleep.
Deborah helped him wipe his sweat and went to find Angel with a gloomy face. “What’s the matter? Why did William get a headache like that? What did you say to him?”