Thomas and Emily actually knew each other? William was stunned as he did not expect this at all.
“Are you sure about this?”
William instantly felt that he had asked a silly question. How was it possible for Silas to be wrong?
Silas nodded and replied, “Yes, I’m confident about it. I was not aware of Thomas at that time and I thought that his meetup with Emily was an ordinary matter. I did not think twice about it until I saw him meet up with Miss Clark just now.”
Rammos became the messenger between Emily and Callum. Besides, Rammos had no relationship with the Floyd family at all since he was working under Callum’s private company. However, things were different for Thomas. He was just appointed as the executive by the Floyd family to manage the Misurton Company, and he would not have known Emily at all since they had a huge age gap. It was utterly bizarre for them to meet in secret.
William struggled to come up with something to justify why Emily would meet up with Thomas. However, he had to return to the private room as he had been out for too long. He glanced at Silas before walking away and said, “Do tell Bobby about this and I shall deal with it later.”
He pushed the door open and instantly heard both Valeria and Abbie’s laughter. Then, he glanced over and saw both women laughing hysterically. Michael had a blank expression on his face while Thomas wore a small smile.
Valeria reached out to grab William’s arm when she saw him and said, “Honey, do you know what Mr. Gurney just said? He used to catch countless lobsters by the sea and he was once clipped by the lobster’s claw. He even wrongly caught a sea snake when he thought that it was a lobster. Oh right, I almost forgot about this as well. He had to walk in the rain when he was a little bo and his body would always be covered in mud whenever he reached his school.”
“Is that so?” William sat down and looked at Thomas. Most people would try their best to avoid speaking about their embarrassing stories, but Thomas did not avoid it at all. He actually spoke about his childhood affairs in front of everyone and he even said that in front of the woman that he wanted to pursue. Thomas was truly different from most people.
When Thomas realized that William was looking at him, he looked at William without hesitation. “When I was a child, my family was poor and there was no way to change our fate, so I had to seek joy in hardship. When I think about it now, I realize that I miss it very much.”
“Yes!” William said while he looked at Thomas with an unwavering stare. Both of them kept a straight face and Michael realized that he had really met his match.
William could finally understand what Abbie meant and he glanced at her smiling expression. He was heartbroken when he noticed Thomas’ admiring gaze towards her, let alone Michael.
William suddenly realized that it was a mistake to invite Michael to dinner. Although he did not let Michael stir up trouble, the latter was left heartbroken instead.
William realized that there was no need to continue this meal, so he glanced at the time and said, “Dear, are you full? If you are, then we should leave!”
“Isn’t it still early?” Valeria didn’t understand what he meant.
“What? Do you know what time is it now? You have to go back and take a nap.”
“I don’t want to take a nap today. Mr. Gurney is very funny and I want to talk to him more.”
“Dear!” William raised his voice.
Thomas immediately interrupted with a smile, “Mrs. Howard, you should go back and rest first since your health is more important. We can talk to each other again in the future and I’ll even invite you to dinner next time.”
“Don’t call me that. It’s weird. Please call me by my name.”
“Okay, since I am a few years older than you, I’ll call you by your name from now on!” Thomas did not refuse and looked at Abbie. “Abbie, have you changed your phone number? I’ll add you on WhatsApp.”
Before Abbie agreed, Valeria immediately picked up Abbie’s cell phone and handed it over to Thomas.
He said while he added her contact to his phone, “Yes… I actually forgot about this. Both of you can add each other as well. This way, it’ll be more convenient to contact each other in the future.”
Michael glanced at William with a murderous glare, but he did not say anything even though he was scolding Valeria internally.
William couldn’t do anything in that situation and he was starting to have a headache.
He could only look at Michael apologetically. However, Valeria chuckled the next moment. “Mr. Gurney, you’re a very interesting man. Let me add you on WhatsApp as well.”
“Okay!” Thomas glanced at William before he added Valeria’s contact number with a smile. At this moment, William was not in a good mood anymore.
Valeria had the gall to openly ask for Thomas’ number in front of William. However, William couldn’t possibly stop her as it would make him look petty.
He knew that Valeria could not have any feelings for Thomas, but he still felt uncomfortable.
She actually added another man’s number in front of her husband and said that she wanted to have a chat with him in the future. She was blatantly treating William as though he didn’t exist.
Thomas politely said goodbye to them before he left the room. However, Michael grabbed Abbie’s hand as soon as he saw Thomas entering the elevator. “Follow me!”
“What are you doing? Let me go!” Abbie struggled and Valeria was also shocked. “This… Michael, what are you doing? Let go of Abbie!”
“Miss Brown! You’d better stay out of the affairs between me and Abbie!” Michael angrily rebuked Valeria and dragged Abbie into the lounge nearby.
Valeria looked at William for help. However, her husband, who had always listened to her, kept silent and went straight to the elevator.
Valeria looked at William’s cold expression and said, “Honey… Honey, wait for me!”
William did not abandon her after all and he waited for Valeria after he entered the designated elevator. When Valeria entered the elevator, she reached out and grabbed William’s arm. “What’s wrong with you? Did I say anything to make you angry?”
William didn’t smile at all and asked Valeria, “How dare you ask for another man’s contact number in front of me!? You completely ignored me!”
“Are you jealous? How is that possible? Don’t you know that the person I love is you? I just feel that Thomas is a very kind and capable man. He came from a poor background, but he’s so charming when he speaks. I treated him as though he’s my brother!” Valeria immediately explained.
“That’s not the case. I’ve never seen you act so intimately with your biological brother before, but you’re so close to a man who doesn’t know anything about you. Don’t be ridiculous.”
“Hubby, are you joking with me or are you really angry?” Valeria carefully looked at William and asked.
“What do you think? Hm?” William lowered his head and said with a cold tone while he looked at her.
Abbie was the one who went on a blind date and she should be the one who admired Thomas. Why did Valeria have to join them?
William was furious when he was ignored by his wife.
“No! Hubby! I love you so much. You’re too…” Valeria immediately apologized when she that William’s face had darkened. “I’m sorry, I was wrong. Hubby, I was wrong! I really won’t!”