Azalea was so angry because she didn’t expect that Emily didn’t find a way to help her. Instead, she told her to give up directly.
“Emily, I’ve worked so hard for so many years, and it’s not easy for me to be where I am now. How can you tell me to give up? If it’s you, can you give up?”
“I know it’s hard for you to give up, but the situation is bad now. As for Wolf Group, I don’t have a way to deal with them either. I really can’t help you.”
Emily said that she couldn’t help her so Azalea hung up the phone after that. She was really annoyed.
She couldn’t believe that Emily suggested her to give up and start over. What was she even saying? She finally got a little fame after so long. How could it be possible for her to change a job and start again?
Azalea thought that she couldn’t go on like this. If Emily couldn’t help her, she had to figure out her own.
After Marcus left, William was looking at some documents when Valeria called him, “Honey, I’m going to host a dinner tonight, at the old house.”
“Really? Who did you invite? Did Dad agree?”
“Dad suggested me to do this, and he said he would leave with Lucas. He left the house for me to be in charge. I’ve invited Braelynn and Abbie, and we’ll have hot pot tonight. I’ll make it myself!”
“You really can’t take a rest, can you? Just ask the servant to prepare, why do you have to do it yourself?”
“I can eat whatever I want if I do it myself. Besides, I’ve already asked Abbie and Braelynn to prepare the ingredients. Will you come back early tonight?”
“See how it goes,” William smiled fondly, “Will it be okay if I join?”
“Not really,” Valeria told him the truth. She didn’t mind if William was there, but Braelynn and Abbie probably did not want to see William.
She remembered that Braelynn had mentioned that she felt pressured when she saw William. Furthermore, Hayden had left her in charge and was going to take Lucas out. If William did not come back, everyone would definitely enjoy it more, “Will you come back then?”
“Forget it, since you’ve already said that, I’ll come back after everything is over. Oh ya, please be careful by yourself!”
After hanging up Valeria’s phone, William called Bobby, who came in and greeted, “William!”
“Is the result out?” William asked.
“Silas has not replied. I asked him to send it over last night, I think it’s almost done now, I’ll call and ask.”
Bobby wanted to call Silas after that but before he could dial his number, Silas came in with a document in his hand, “William, the results are out.”
He handed the documents to William. He opened it and flipped to the back to look at the conclusion straight away. There was a surprised look on his face after reading it, “They are blood-related?! Isn’t that too strange?”
“Who is that?” Bobby asked curiously.
“Thomas Gurney and my father-in-law are related by blood, aren’t you surprised?!”
William massaged the spot between his eyebrows, “I thought my father was just exaggerating. I didn’t expect it to be true! How could Thomas and my father-in-law be related by blood? This is too strange!”
Bobby and Eleven looked at each other, feeling incredible too, “What will be the relationship between Thomas and President Saunders then?”
“The report just said that it’s related by blood, there are a lot of relationships like this, such as grandfather and grandson, brothers, uncle and nephew… I always thought that Thomas and Archer should have nothing to do with each other. The situation now is so unexpected!” William was still very shocked.
“Hmm… so what is the relationship between them? Grandfather and grandson, that is impossible. They’re brothers? Or is Thomas Gavin’s illegitimate son? Or the child of Gavin’s illegitimate son?”
Silas’ speculation made William burst into laughter, “It can’t be an illegitimate child, right? An illegitimate child’s son is also a little strange. Anyway, this is too horrifying! I have to meet up with my father-in-law tonight and ask him about it.”
In prison, Declan Anderson was sitting on the bed with handcuffs on him. Since what happened last time, he was not allowed to see anyone from the outside.
No one came to see him. When he was allowed to go out, he would spend most of his time doing nothing in the yard. The watchman never talked to him, he would just gesture to him.
Declan couldn’t see anything outside except for the sky and the high walls. He couldn’t feel anything too.
The despair and pain before death tortured him a lot, day after day.
After he had his lunch, he heard footsteps coming from the corridor outside. Declan listened to the footsteps carefully, staring at the cold door in front of him. The footsteps stopped at his door, and the guard could be seen standing at the door with no expression, “Come out, we are changing your room!”
Declan immediately stood up and walked out of the room in chains. Later, he was taken to the room at the end of the corridor.
There were already two prisoners in the room. One was cuffed and the other was not. Obviously, one was a felon, while the other was an ordinary prisoner. The guard took Declan in, locked the door, and left instantly.
The two prisoners in the room began to speak after a short while. The one with the handcuffs was asking the other prisoner, “How did you get in?”
“I harassed women!” The other prisoner answered.
” Rape?” The man in handcuffs asked with disdain in his eyes.
“No, am I the kind of person who will do that? I’m considered well-known outside. I never need to force myself on women, usually, they came to me when they saw how rich I am.”
“Seems that you’re quite rich? I have been locked up here for a very long time and I am extremely bored. You just came in, why don’t you tell me about the news outside?”
Then, the two of them began to chat. The prisoner without the cuff seemed to know a lot. He was able to tell everything.
Declan listened to the two of them silently. After talking for a while, the two finally remembered there was a third person in the room. They took the initiative to ask Devon, “How long do you need to stay here?”
“I don’t know, I should have died long ago. Hades let me live a few more days. For me, it’s better to die than to live now!” Declan mocked himself.
“You should have died a long time ago? Your penalty is reduced?”
“No, I still need to die. It’s just that the date has been changed after something happened,” Declan replied.
“Wait, you’re Declan Anderson? The one that almost died but didn’t at last? Damn, it’s you?! I’ve dealt with your brother, and he was quite good at what he did. I thought he would get more and more successful, I didn’t expect… What a pity!”
“What happened to him?” The other criminal asked.
“He was suspended for examination! His family is also in a mess. I don’t know if he was just unlucky or someone did that to him.”
Hearing this, Declan immediately asked, “My brother is suspended? For what? What happened to my family?”
“Your brother was suspended because he took bribes. It’s said that it’s not just a small amount of money. Although the one who took the bribes died after that, and there’s no record of your brother taking bribes, the organization doesn’t trust him anymore and suspended him. As for what happened to your family, it’s about your brother’s twin daughter. I’ve never heard of stuff like this!”
“What happened with Talitha and Natasya?” Declan immediately asked.
“Please don’t be mad about me if I tell you. Anyways, it’s a long story. Your nieces, the two sisters, actually fell in love with the same guy, Hardy Anthony, the CEO of Acma Corporation. I heard that Talitha is already pregnant, but Natasya started a fight with her for Hardy, and then one of them was disfigured.”