Valeria called Abbie and Braelynn and asked them to come to the Wolf Group for dinner at night. She also specifically told Braelynn not to let Lucian know about it.
William sent messages to Richard and Michael. After sending the messages, he looked at Valeria and said, “Give my dad a call and tell him to come over for dinner.”
“Why don’t you call him?” she pursed her lips and asked.
“Right now he likes you more than me, so he probably won’t come if I call him, but it’s a different story if you’re the one calling. Just try to invite him! If he ends up coming, he might make peace with Gavin.”
Upon hearing his words, she called Hayden. When he heard her invite him to a meal, he didn’t immediately agree and asked, “I’m not the only one invited, right? Who else will be there?”
She said with a smile, “Just, everyone.”
“Is your grandfather invited? He’s coming as well?” he asked.
She didn’t dare to lie, so she said honestly, “Yes.”
“Then I won’t go!” he huffed.
“Dad!” she called out.
He immediately explained, “This has nothing to do with you. I don’t like your grandfather, so I won’t come tonight. Let’s talk about it next time.”
After he hung up the phone, she stuck out her tongue at William, and he shook his head and said, “You should have lied to him!”
“I don’t dare to. I tremble when I hear your father… so I spilled.”
“But didn’t you negotiate with him before? How did you have the courage to?”
“That’s different. He wanted to take you away from me, and I’m willing to do anything for you, so how could I be afraid of him in that situation? It’s different now. I have to be respectful towards him and serve him carefully. After all, he is an elder.”
“Actually, my father is an easy person to deal with. Next time, I’ll teach you how to deal with him, and I promise you that you won’t be afraid of him anymore.”
Looking at her wide-opened eyes, he laughed and said, “Oops, sorry! I meant how to get along with him, not how to deal with him.”
At seven o’clock in the evening, a group of people gathered in the Wolf Group. Gavin came first, then William and Valeria greeted him with a smile.
Gavin still did not know that William had recovered his memories, so he felt guilty when he greeted him, “William, I’m really embarrassed to see you and Valeria. I only found out about Raelyn and Natasya today… I feel so sorry towards you!”
“Grandpa, let’s not talk about the past anymore! What happened was actually a blessing in disguise. Although I had a near-death experience that caused some damages to my body, there were some benefits that came out of it. At least my father accepts Valeria, and she is pregnant now. The good things that happened outweigh the bad, so, overall, it was good that this happened.”
“But you lost your memory. This is a terrible thing…”
“I’ve recovered!” he replied with a smile.
“Really?” he was surprised. William nodded with a smile and said, “I just recovered two days ago, and I didn’t tell anyone about it for certain reasons. The reason we invited you for dinner today is to tell you about it.”
Valeria, who was sitting by the side and listening to the conversation, could not help but glance at William. She thought to herself, “Wow, he really has a way with his words! If I didn’t know about the truth beforehand, I will have completely believed the blatant lies he’s telling Gavin. He is too cunning… If he ever tries to pull these tricks on me, I will definitely fall for it!”
After the three of them chatted for a while, Braelynn and Abbie arrived together. Braelynn had not seen Valeria ever since she was in the hospital, so she immediately hugged her after coming in, “I missed you so much!”
“I missed you too!” Valeria reached out and pinched Braelynn’s face, “I haven’t seen you for a while, and you’ve gotten so much more beautiful!”
“Nah!” she waved her hand shyly and said, “I dare not call myself beautiful when you’re here! I will be laughed at by others.”
“That’s not true! Valeria is beautiful, and you are also beautiful. Both of you are beautiful,” Abbie chimed into the conversation. The three of them gathered together and spoke.
While speaking with Gavin, William glanced at Braelynn.
Before, he thought that her eyebrows and eyes were somewhat similar to Valeria’s, but he didn’t pay much attention to it. However, today, after hearing Valeria’s assumptions, he couldn’t help but look at Braelynn carefully. The more he looked at her, the weirder he felt.
Braelynn’s eyes and brows were not like Valeria’s but like Archer’s. Was she his daughter?
While he was thinking, Archer, Natalie, Lamont, and Raymond arrived. He stood up to greet Archer and Natalie.
The more he looked at Archer’s and Braelynn’s faces, the more he found that they looked like each other.
Could it be that she was Archer’s daughter? This thought gave him a fright.
He subconsciously compared Braelynn and Natalie, but he did not find any resemblance between them.
Was Braelynn his illegitimate child? As he thought about it, Richard, Michael, and Marcus arrived.
Everyone arrived and sat down, then the waiter served the dishes one after another. They were all the Wolf Group’s signature dishes, and everyone was in a good mood. William and Valeria toasted Gavin first, and Valeria drank fruit juice because she was pregnant, but Richard and Michael complained that William’s toast was not sincere because he should have drunk Valeria’s wine as well.
While smiling, William poured two glasses of wine to drink. It was rare for him to not get into a quarrel with them.
However, Richard and Michael were still not satisfied, “Valeria has twins in her stomach, so you have to drink four glasses of wine, including the portion for the two babies!”
William still didn’t object. He poured two more cups of wine and said, “Grandpa, let me toast you first!”
He drank all four glasses of wine in one breath while Richard and Michael applauded and laughed, “William, I can’t believe this is happening! Fill your glass again! You shall continue toasting to your parents-in-law! Toast them one by one, and drink four glasses for each person!”
William also toasted Archer and Natalie nicely. After 12 glasses of wine, Valeria was a little worried, “Hubby, are you okay?”
“It’s okay. He’s William! He can handle more than 10 bottles of alcohol! Let him continue with the toast! Four cups for each person. Let me see how many people still want to toast,” Richard winked and began counting, “Me, Michael, Andrew, Raymond, Abbie, Braelynn, Marcus, and Lamont! Four cups for each of us. Thirty-two cups. Good heavens!”
Michael laughed out loud, “Who wants to go first? Can I go?”
William sat down slowly and looked at him, “You want to toast with me?”
He nodded, “Yeah, cheers! Four cups! That’s right!”
William glanced at Abbie and put on a fake smile. “Four cups! Are you sure?”