Chapter 674 Compromise

Book:That Stranger Lying Beside Me Published:2024-6-1

Seeing Hardy vomiting out a mouthful of blood, Paisley screamed in shock. Hardy, on the other hand, felt his thoughts clearing up, and he could think better.
Just now, his mind was clouded with anger, but felt much better now that he had spat out the blood.
Hardy realized that being stubborn wouldn’t do him any good. If the disgusting video of him was spread to the public, his whole life would be over, and his father would never let him continue to be the president of the Acma Corporation.
He was not the only son of the Anthony family. His brothers had always been targeting his position with hostility.
In his current position, he could do whatever he wanted. However, if he lost his reputation and power, he would be left with nothing.
When the time comes, nothing would be able to save him.
After thinking it through, he sighed in relief and said to Paisley, “Call Talitha and tell her that I agree to all of her requirements!”
“Brother!” She didn’t really believe that he was telling the truth when he spoke so calmly and came to the conclusion that he had reached insanity.
“Just call her, don’t worry, I haven’t lost my mind!” He said as he looked at her, “I just need to endure this and compromise. If I don’t agree with her requests, I won’t have a future. She’s just a woman, it’s nothing much!”
Paisley had mixed feelings and was regretful to see him come to this point since it was all her fault.
If she had not cooperated with Raelyn to scheme against William, he would not have been dragged into this mess. He was in such a miserable state now to be threatened like this.
She picked up her phone and dialed Talitha’s number. After a long time, Talitha finally picked up and asked lazily, “Who is this?”
“It’s me!”
“Ms. Anthony? Why are you calling?” She asked in an alienated tone.
Hearing her voice, Paisley’s breath was stuck in her chest. Talitha, that b*tch, was so fake!
She controlled her urge to swear and said, “My brother asked me to call you to tell you that he will agree to all of your requests.”
“Requests? I don’t have any though,” she said faintly.
“Talitha, let’s get straight to the point. My brother knows that he’s wrong for treating you like that, and he wants to reconcile with you!”
“Oh, are you sure about that? Does he have another plan this time? If I hadn’t been lucky last night, I would have been doomed by now.”
“I’m sorry! I apologize for him! This won’t happen again!”
“I want him to apologize to me himself!” Talitha didn’t compromise.
Paisley sighed and handed the phone to Hardy. His eyes were red, and he took a while to spit out two words, “I’m sorry!”
Talitha put her phone on speaker mode as Raymond, who was next to her, held up a piece of paper in his hand. She read the words on the paper and said, “Hardy, I’ll accept your apology, but I’m accepting it for the sake of the baby in my belly! If it weren’t because of the baby, I would have never forgiven you for doing this to me!”
Once he apologized, the rest was easy. Hardy was the president of his company, so he knew all the right things to say, “Talitha, I wasn’t thinking clearly yesterday! Since you gave me a chance for our child’s sake, I will be kind to you.”
“You’re not lying to me, right?” She retorted.
“No, I will show you my sincerity through my actions.”
“I’ll believe you if you announce our relationship to the public,” she said according to the note written by Raymond. “You probably seen the news on the Internet, which is extremely detrimental to your reputation. To benefit you, you should announce our relationship and my pregnancy to the public, and I will do the same too. The rumors online will only be dismissed like this.”
Hardy did not believe that she would be so smart to plan everything down in detail. Needless to say, all of this must have been Devon’s idea.
He suppressed his anger and said, “Okay, I’ll arrange for someone to do it right away!”
After hanging up the phone, Talitha burst into laughter, “Haha! He agreed to it! I can’t believe it!”
Looking at Talitha who was overjoyed, Raymond smiled gently, “Congratulations!”
She was really grateful to him, “Raymond, all of this is possible because of your help, and I am so grateful to you! Don’t worry, I will never forget this!”
“We are cousin, this bit of help is nothing!” He smiled and said, “Talitha, you can come to me if you have any other problems in the future, and I will give you advice, but don’t tell anyone about my help!”
“Why are you helping me like this when I used you last time…” She really didn’t understand why he was helping her.
He sneered, “I’m not helping you, I’m helping myself.”
“What do you mean?”
“You probably know that my father and grandfather gave a lot of shares to Valeria, right? Hah, I can’t believe an outsider like her has more shares than me! I’m unsatisfied with it! When William got into the accident last time, everyone blamed me, scolded me, and isolated me! I hate them so much!”
Talitha related to his feelings as she also really hated Natasya.
She felt that she had found her twin flame because he was the same type of person as her.
He reminded her, “Talitha, don’t let Hardy know that I helped you plot against him this time because I don’t want to become enemies with him.”
“I know, I’m not stupid, I won’t tell anyone,” she nodded, “But Raymond, I’m worried that Hardy won’t follow his word, so I might need more of your help in the future, will you?”
“Don’t worry! I will definitely help you!”
Half an hour later, Acma Corporation released the news about Hardy and Talitha’s relationship and her pregnancy.
They also made an explanation to clarify the rumor of Hardy being arrested for having sex with prostitutes on the Internet. It stated that he was with Talitha that night, so the mystery person who had been caught was not him.
They also released the photos of Hardy and Talitha having dinner in the restaurant and going home together as proof.
In order to deal with the rumors on the Internet, Acma Corporation’s lawyer had also issued a lawyer’s letter to persecute the people spreading the rumors.
After Acma Corporation published its statement, there was another hot discussion, which was immediately a trending topic online.
Naturally, Devon, Raelyn, and Natasya saw the statement released by Hardy’s company and assumed that they had successfully pressured Hardy to give in without knowing that William was the one behind this.
They were complacent, “It seems that he still knows his place. If he keeps his word and stays with Talitha, we’ll be family in the future!”
“Yeah, with him becoming our family, we don’t have to worry about him harming us, and we can deal with other people safely,” Raelyn was also very happy.
“Dad, let’s arrange for the antidote and blood vermin as soon as possible. Since Talitha got Hardy, I have to get William as soon as possible,” Natasya couldn’t wait any longer.
“Don’t worry, I’ve already sent people to follow Gonzalec to find his grandfather. They’ll see him in at most three days,” Devon answered with confidence.
The family looked at each other and smiled as if they had everything under control.