Raelyn told Natasya about the scandal that happened yesterday between Talitha and Hardy. Natasya was so furious that she started coughing, “How… how can Talitha be so thick-skinned? How can she stand a chance against the vicious Hardy? She thinks too highly of herself!”
“Yeah, the most annoying thing is that she doesn’t think that she is in the wrong. She even demanded your father’s help to persuade Hardy to admit their relationship. She also said that she will take her own life if your father won’t help her.”
“What was his reaction then?” Natasya asked.
“Of course he didn’t agree. Without your dad’s assistance, she went bonkers and sought help from your grandfather instead. Hence, your father was scolded by your grandfather for being such a disappointment,” Raelyn had a headache as she spoke about it.
“It’s all because of you! She won’t be such a spoiled child if you haven’t spoiled her!”
Raelyn smiled bitterly as Natasya told her off, “It’s too late now as she has brought shame to our family. We can only hope that everything will be settled quickly, otherwise, all the efforts we have made will go down the drain.”
“Just get her locked up! Otherwise, she will get into a bigger mess with her ill-mannered behavior,” Natasya proposed.
“I’ll discuss it with your dad and see where it goes,” Raelyn answered after a moment of hesitation.
Hardy was absent from the company due to the scandal and he just stayed at home to rest.
Calls were flowing in one after another to deliver news about the scandal. Bevan called first and told him that the employees had the pictures under control. As Hardy just breathed a sigh of relief, the T-shirt incident then broke out.
Hardy was out of words when he heard that the participants at the marathon had to wear the T-shirt for five minutes.
The marathon was broadcasted live and he was unable to prevent the participants from wearing the said T-shirt.
Hardy was so furious that he felt a bit dizzy, “Damn it! William must have made a move against me! It must be him!”
“You’re right. Wolf Group is the one who sponsored the marathon this time,” Bevan confirmed.
“He is too ruthless! I will seek my revenge against him!” Hardy was pissed off as he cursed. Bevan then told him the T-shirt was not just worn for five minutes by the marathon participants, but the people in the market, as well as the workers on the construction site, had also joined the club.
Hardy was enraged and kept cussing. He smashed things in the bedroom to vent his anger. Then, the sound of a car emerged outside of his house. Paisley had come.
Paisley, who was lingering at Wolf Group, had successfully escaped after being harassed. She was so embarrassed and furious that she drove back home angrily.
As soon as she rushed into the villa, she raised her voice and shouted, “Hardy! Hardy!”
“What’s up with you?” Hardy asked impatiently.
“I was being bullied, so you must arrange your men to seek revenge on them right now!” Paisley angrily told the story of her being molested to Hardy.
Hardy looked at her as if she was insane and said, “Are you out of your mind? Why would you go to Wolf Group at such a bad timing? Are you giving them a free pass to kill you?”
“Why are you scolding me instead?” Paisley initially returned home in hopes that her brother would comfort her but ended up getting told off.
“You should be glad that I’m merely just scolding you. Are you in desperate need of men that you have gone bonkers? Don’t you know what’s going on? I’ve been messed up by that fella, but you’re not worried at all and went along to see him. Are you actually on my side? Besides, he doesn’t even like you! Don’t you have any idea about it?” Hardy furiously elaborated.
Paisley turned a blind eye to her brother’s mess and went to Wolf Group just to have a look at William. She now even had the nerve to come back and complain.
“I’m not aware, and besides, the mess is brought upon by yourself. If you hadn’t framed him back then, things wouldn’t have turned out this way,” Paisley snapped back at Hardy for being rude towards her.
“How dare you say that in my face? I’m going to teach you a lesson!” Hardy was enraged.
“Alright then, bring it on! If you dare to lay a finger on me, I’ll tell dad everything that you’ve done. Let’s see what deeper mess you can end up with!”
The siblings spared no room for tolerance and continued arguing with each other. Then, Hardy’s phone suddenly rang. He glanced at the phone and immediately picked up the call, “Dad!”
Mr. Anthony was furious at the end of the call, “Impressive! Your scandal even made its stage abroad!”
Hardy’s heart then sank. Did Mr. Anthony know about his scandal? What was going on? He had already asked his men to get it under control. How did Mr. Anthony know about it?
Mr. Anthony continued scolding him, “You b*stard, how can you be so desperate for women till you did such indecent things in the car. If you can get yourself in trouble, you can clean up after your own mess, too. What’s wrong with you?”
“Dad! I’m so sorry!”
“What’s the point of apologizing when I have never been this ashamed throughout my life!” Mr. Anthony could not suppress his anger as the servant in the morning had reported that Hardy’s photo was being seen at the door of the villa. Besides, a banner was also draped at the doorway of the headquarters of Acma Corporation, and the entire street was full of Hardy’s scandal.
How could Mr. Anthony’s reputation not be ruined with such a scandal? He quickly arranged his men to clean up the mess and furiously told Hardy off, “Explain yourself right now! Get your a*s back home if you can’t manage the company well and only make a fool out of yourself. Come clean to me and I will arrange my men to handle things from here!”
Hardy was deeply embarrassed by himself and could only apologize for his behavior but he felt extremely wronged. Paisley’s anger subsided when she saw that Hardy received an earful from their father.
William and Bobby went back to the hospital after buying the pastries that Valeria liked. She got up excitedly as she saw him, “Honey, you’re finally back. I was about to give you a call.”
“Aww, are you missing me already?” William put his arm around her waist.
“Yes, you’re right. But, I also have something important to tell you,” Valeria pulled William over to let him have a seat and continued, “My mother just came to visit and I told her that you were drugged. She then mentioned Lucian’s distant cousin, who goes by the name of Gonzalec. Someone in his family seemed to know about this drug.”
“Lucian? Gonzalec?” William could not recall who was the both of them. He looked at Bobby, who immediately answered, “Lucian is the former assistant of President Garcia, which is also the relative of Gonzalec. He joined forces with Lucian to plot against President Garcia last time and is very loyal towards Lucian.
“Where is Gonzalec now?”
“He is in Juxemburg. It’s easy to find him. However, he’s one of Lucian’s men so I wonder if he’ll tell Lucian if we pay him a visit,” Bobby said worriedly.
“It’s alright. We’ll talk about it after we have found him,” William said with a sneer and continued, “Declan also told me yesterday that the person who sold the drug to him was also from the Reed family, wasn’t he?”
William’s words reminded Bobby, “Sir, could it be that the person who sold the medicine to Declan really has something to do with Gonzalec?”
“The answer will come to light when you find him. Go get Gonzalec for me first!”