Valeria felt uneasy after William and Hayden went to the study. Every time William and Hayden talked, they would never say anything without her knowledge.
Why didn’t he call her today? She felt that William was discussing something bad with Hayden behind her back.
The auntie washed some cherries, but Valeria was not interested in eating. She kept staring at the door of the study while she occasionally looked at the time.
William finally opened the door after 40 minutes.
Valeria immediately stood up and greeted him. “Dear, what did you say to Grandpa? Why did it take so long?”
William answered, “We discussed about my grandparents coming here.”
“Is he going to pick him up?” Valeria asked.
“No! My father won’t go himself and he didn’t allow me to go. Even you are not allowed to approach them.”
“Ah? This is…” Valeria wanted to say something else. Before she could say anything, she saw Hayden walking out of the study with his hands clasped behind his back.
She immediately swallowed her words while Hayden walked to William and Valeria with a gloomy face. “Valeria will live in the old estate from tomorrow onwards and she’s not allowed to go anywhere.”
Valeria mustered up the courage to ask since William was around, “Why, Dad?”
“I don’t want to see you get in touch with the Floyd family and neither can William. You’ll both stay at home.”
“Dad, that’s impossible. I’ve already promised my grandparents.” William pretended to complain.
“I’ve already said that I won’t allow it! How dare you try to go against me?” Hayden’s act was so believable and he looked very frightening.
Valeria thought that he was really angry and she was eager to persuade him. “Dad, let’s talk about it calmly. Don’t be angry because it will ruin your health. I’ll talk to my husband about it upstairs. You are so absurd. How can you make Dad angry?”
As she spoke, she looked at William and dragged him upstairs. Hayden almost laughed out loud when he saw Valeria’s strange and mischievous expression.
Valeria pulled William upstairs and closed the door. “You scared me! Dad seemed like he wants to hit you!”
“Yes, if you weren’t here today, he would definitely do it.” William spouted some exaggerated lies as well.
Valeria became more and more worried when she heard this. “Is it so serious? Why does he oppose you seeing your grandparents?”
“It’s all because of what happened in the past! Dear, what should we do now?” William asked Valeria with a sad face, “I promised to pick up my grandparents tomorrow night, but dad won’t let me go. He wants us to stay in the old estate. I don’t think it’s good if I don’t pick up my grandparents.”
“Well, Dad won’t keep an eye on us. We’ll just go back to bed early tomorrow night. I’ll cover you so you can sneak out to pick them up.”
“Thank you for your hard work, honey!” William tried to restrain his smile and kissed Valeria.
“No, I’m smart, aren’t I?” Valeria proudly claimed the credit.
“Yes, you are! How can you be so smart? I love you so much!”
“You’d better! Let me tell you, don’t be so cold to me again in the future. If you make me angry, I won’t help you anymore and I’ll see what you’ll do.” Valeria said confidently.
“Okay! But you’re the one who made a mistake today! Delete Thomas’ number immediately!” William’s expression immediately changed.
Valeria was unwilling to delete it. “Isn’t that bad of me? It’s too rude to delete his number now. How can I face him if he gets along with Abbie well in the future?”
“Thomas must be dreaming. Abbie will never be with him because Michael will never allow such a thing to happen.”
Valeria snorted at William’s words. “Humph! Can he stop Abbie from getting married? He’s just f*cking dumb. Is Abbie stupid? Why would she get herself in trouble because of someone like Michael?”
William frowned when he heard Valeria’s words. “My dear wife, Michael is my buddy. You can’t insult him like this, right? You have to persuade Abbie and Michael to make peace. Tell her not to back down so she won’t give up on Michael.”
“Why should she do that?” Valeria didn’t want to listen to William.
“Think about what happened to us. Isn’t Abbie and Michael the same? Didn’t my father try his best to stop us from being together? At that time, you still negotiated with my father for me, so why can’t Abbie do the same? You should encourage her to not give up on Michael instead of stirring up trouble to make her leave him.”
“That’s different. I liked you at the beginning and you loved me wholeheartedly. But what about Michael? He can’t choose who he wants to be with! I suspect that he already has an affair with Azalea. He’s too greedy! He wants to be with Abbie, but he loves Azalea’s coquettish side.”
“Michael is not that kind of person. Even if you don’t believe him, why don’t you trust me? I was a famous playboy. Everyone knows that I’ve flirted with a lot of women, but I was loyal when I was with you! I’m his friend, so how can I not know how he is? I can promise you that Michale and Azalea have nothing to do with each other.”
“Alright, even if I believe in Michael, Abbie is already disheartened.”
“You can persuade her. Women would always listen to their best friends, right? You are her best friend, so she’ll listen to you.”
William took the initiative to kiss Valeria. “Be good and listen to me. I love you!”
“Hmmph, you kissed me because you want to take advantage of me! Do you think I don’t know what you’re trying to do?”
“I want to kiss you all the time, would you let me do that? Do you remember how often we slept together before you got pregnant? We hardly do it now, do you think it’s easy for me?”
“Do you feel wronged? Weren’t you the one who wanted children? Didn’t you keep saying that wanted at least seven kids? You’re already complaining so much when we only have two kids. Why don’t we stop having children and I’ll let you sleep with me multiple times a day?”
William forced a smile. “Please don’t, I was just joking. It’s all my fault! The more children we have, the better. I’ll never mention it again!”
Meanwhile, in the Anthony family home. When Hardy returned home, his body was covered with blood and Paisley was very worried. “Bro, are you also injured?”
“I’m not injured. It’s not my blood. It’s Natasya’s.” Hardy took off his jacket and threw it on the ground. Then, he sat down on the sofa and said, “Give me a glass of water.”
Paisley immediately went to help him get water. Then, Hardy drank a glass of water and let out a sigh of relief. He leaned against the sofa and said, “Natasya is disfigured!”
“I saw the news. Talitha really dared to do it!” Paisley’s face showed a frightened expression. “I saw that Natasya was covered in blood and I thought that she would die. I was afraid that Talitha would lose her mind and hit you. After that, I was so worried when you wouldn’t pick up my calls!”