Chapter 679 Blocking Our Way

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

News of Natasya with an upset stomach spread like wildfire and ruined her reputation. By the time she woke up, everyone already knew about it.
Someone had written a specific headline that went like, “Natasya, self-proclaimed to be the prettiest person in Ruthorham, now the sh*ttiest person in Ruthorham,” the same headline was published everywhere.
Beautiful pictures of her were used, but people edited it with pictures of feces to make it disgusting and funny.
The title “Sh*ttiest person in Ruthorham” pushed her fame to new heights, and her reputation was completely destroyed.
When Valeria saw the title, she wheezed while laughing.
William held her in his arms and massaged her stomach, “Alright, cut it out, if you continue laughing like this, it will hurt the baby.”
“No, it won’t. If I’m happy, the baby will be happy too. Hahaha, I feel so good!”
She still couldn’t control herself, “Hubby, did you get someone to come up with the nickname “Sh*ttiest person in Ruthorham”?”
“It wasn’t me! It must have been arranged by Marcus’ men,” he said with a look of disgust on his face, “Honey, can you stop bringing this up? It’s too disgusting!”
“Aha, even though it’s disgusting, it relieved my anger too much! The prettiest person in Ruthorham became the sh*ttiest person, hahaha, it’s too funny!”
While laughing, Abbie called her and asked, “Valeria, have you seen the article about the sh*ttiest person in Ruthorham yet?”
“Yes! Hahaha, I can’t stop laughing at it,” she replied cheerfully.
Abbie laughed and said, “Your husband must be the one behind this, right?”
“You’re wrong, it was my idea this time!” She proudly told Abbie about how she had changed the antidote into crotons, and Abbie laughed out loud, “Valeria, that was such a good one! You’ve changed, you’re as bad as your husband, but I like it!”
Valeria laughed happily, “Abbie, come out for dinner, I’ll treat you today.”
“Sure! Let’s have a hot-pot? Spicy beef, spicy chicken, and prawns?” Abbie asked in reply.
“Well…” Valeria swallowed her saliva and glanced at William, who was also looking at her with a faint smile on his face, “Are you craving that?”
“Uh-huh!” Valeria nodded eagerly, “Hubby, please let me eat it just this once! I’ll ask them to make it less spicy.”
“Go ahead and ask dad about it,” he picked up his phone and gestured to her call Hayden.
She rushed over to hold his hand and said, “My dearest, I’m dying from this craving, please let me have it, just this once! Once is enough! I love you so much!”
Abbie didn’t hang up the phone, so she laughed out loud when she heard that.
Valeria didn’t care about her reputation and clung onto William’s arm, not letting go.
He looked into her big, pleading eyes and gave in, how could he say no to her? “Fine, you can have it just this once, no more after this!”
She was overjoyed with his permission, so she stood up and showered him with kisses. He shook his head and said, “Compared with food, I am nothing, huh? Not even worth a pot of spicy hot-pot, hmm!”
As he sighed, she explained, “No, you are first in my heart, and eating comes next! If you don’t believe me, I won’t eat.”
“I’m just kidding, you’ve been suppressing yourself for so long, go and have fun with Abbie,” he felt distressed when he thought of how carefree she and Abbie used to be in the past.
The doctor finished the check-up and there was nothing wrong with Valeria and the baby’s health, so there was no reason to hold her back.
Valeria asked Abbie to pick her up with a big smile. Abbie agreed and rushed over in half an hour.
William was worried, so he asked the bodyguards to escort them. However, they did not want that, so he had to give up. Abbie happily held Valeria’s hand and rushed to the elevator. A few steps behind them, William was both angry and amused, so he called Bobby, “Arrange a few people to follow Valeria and Abbie, don’t expose their identity and avoid disturbing them.”
Valeria went straight to the parking lot with Abbie, while Hardy drove towards them with Talitha by his side.
Talitha, who was next to him, had been muttering to Hardy, but he put on a neutral expression. However, he suddenly saw Valeria with Abbie and stepped on the brakes.
The ear-shattering sound of the brakes punctured their eardrums, Abbie covered Valeria’s ears and looked at the couple in the car, “What the f*ck is wrong with you people?”
“How could you curse at us?” Talitha asked angrily, “We didn’t do anything to you!”
“Good doggies don’t stand in the way, you guys scared the sh*t out of us! How could I not scream at you two?”
“Abbie Clark! Try swearing at us one more time!” Talitha got off the car and rushed over aggressively.
“What’s wrong with swearing at you? I even have the urge to slap you! You shameless thing, how dare you to act so fierce in front of me!” Abbie rolled up her sleeves and was about to hit her.
Talitha did not expect Abbie to attack her physically, so she took a few steps back in fear, hoping that Hardy would be able to help her. However, she did not expect him to be staring straight at Valeria while turning a blind eye to her argument with Abbie.
She was furious, “Hardy!”
After calling his name three times in a row, he finally came to his senses. He opened the door, and got out of the car with his eyes still focused on Valeria.
Valeria, on the other hand, showed no reaction to his gaze. Instead, she looked at him with hatred.
His heart froze. When Abbie saw his gaze at Valeria, she laughed, “Isn’t this car s*x Hardy? Why are you staring at Valeria? Do you not recognize her anymore?”
“What did you say? Abbie, believe it or not, I will beat the sh*t outta you!” Talitha threatened emptily as she was furious to hear that nickname of Hardy’s.
Abbie raised her hand to hit Talitha, but Valeria stopped her and said, “Abbie, let’s go!”
“Valeria!” Hardy said with difficulty when he saw her stopping Abbie from hitting Talitha.
Valeria turned a deaf ear to his call and left with Abbie without even looking at him.
He looked at her back in a daze as he clearly remembered her cold eyes that showed no affection towards him and Talitha, did she forget about him?
Was she suffering from amnesia after taking the medicine?
His heart was empty as if it had been torn to pieces. Suddenly, Talitha pulled him into the hospital.