Valeria glared at William after that and she did not believe that William would treat Raymond as his elder. After all, Raymond used to call William uncle.
William hesitated after hearing her question. “I’ll treat him as my older brother from now on!”
“Really?”
“Of course, when have I ever lied to you? We’re going to be parents in the future, so we must be a good example to our children, right?”
After Valeria saw that William had no objection to that, she said resentfully, “Anyway, I want to see you talk to Raymond respectfully before I do anything else!”
William shook his head and stopped persuading her. After he washed up, he reached out to Valeria and said, “Let me hug you!”
Valeria smiled and put her arms around his neck. “Honey, am I heavier than before?”
“I don’t feel a difference. With my strength and power, I would be able to carry you even if you’re pregnant with quintuplets!”
“Hey! You’re bragging!” Valeria smacked his face. “By the way, Grandma called me this afternoon and asked me to have dinner tomorrow. Dad didn’t seem very happy when he heard it, but I think Grandpa and Grandma are good people. I’m pretty sure that Dad is a kind person as well, so they shouldn’t be caught up in such an awkward situation. Shall we find a way to make them get along?”
William smiled. “I’ll leave this glorious task to you!”
“Dear, do you really think I have a way to make them reconcile? Or are you just teasing me?”
“Of course, I’m being serious right now. You’re everyone’s main priority right now. My father comes after you and I’m in the last place. My words don’t hold any significance right now, but I think he’ll listen to you. I think there is hope.”
Valeria was eager to try it out when she heard William’s words. “Should I find a way to invite them to dinner?”
William took her to the bed and said, “Don’t be so hasty and do it step by step. First, you should say good things about Dad in front of our grandparents and vice versa. If you continue to do that, I’m sure something good will come out of it.”
“I see. I’ll try it tomorrow.”
“Okay, but it’s time for you to sleep now!” William reached out and said, “Come on, I’ll sleep with you!”
Valeria lay in his arms and soon fell asleep as she was enveloped by his familiar scent.
Meanwhile, in the Saunders family. Gavin couldn’t fall asleep after he returned to his bedroom, so he picked up his mobile phone and continued to call Archer. He made several phone calls, but he could not get through. Hence, he had to ask Arthur to contact Archer with his mobile phone.
This time, the phone was connected. Archer’s voice was obviously sleepy, “What’s the matter? Why are you calling me this late?”
“It’s me!” Gavin said angrily, “Why can’t I get through to your phone? Did you block me?”
“Dad, is it you? What can I do for you?” Archer asked.
“What do you mean by that?” Gavin’s tone was extremely harsh. “Let me ask you, what happened to Talitha? What is going on with you? How do you plan to deal with it?”
Archer, who was usually gentle to Gavin, became impatient this time. “What does it have to do with me? Why are you calling me to ask me about this? I am very busy and I’m very tired, so I don’t have the time to care about these things!”
Archer’s attitude surprised Gavin. “You… you dare to say that to me? Is this a trivial matter? Raelyn has come to me and told me that Raymond is very likely to be the culprit…”
“Dad, how can you believe Raelyn’s words unconditionally? Why are you being so ridiculous? Is Raelyn part of the police force? Where is the evidence? Is she one who would find the culprit? If her words are the law, why would we need lawyers or police officers?”
Gavin laughed out of extreme anger after he was teased by Archer. He was sure that Archer was hiding the truth from him. “I’m your father and Raymond is my grandson. I just want to know the truth. Raelyn has been pestering me, and I have to find a way to deal with her. Do you expect me to hurt Raymond?”
“Haha, don’t say these things so mindlessly. Dad, you don’t even know how to differentiate who’s innocent or guilty, so who knows what you’ll do?” Archer sneered. “Anyway, you don’t have to worry about our family affairs. You should care more about your precious daughter. If she really has the evidence, she can gladly lodge the police report and I’ll be waiting for it! Also, you said that Raymond is your grandson, but you don’t even know his character. How can Raymond kill people? Haha! That must be the joke of the century!”
After Archer finished speaking, he directly hung up the phone. Gavin held the phone with a face full of disbelief. “He hung up just like that? Damn it…”
Gavin swallowed all of his insults and he suddenly realized that he had no influence on Archer’s family now. His son’s family clearly despised him, but he did not think that he had done anything wrong.
Arthur looked at Gavin’s appearance and sighed. “It’s getting late and you should rest first. Let’s talk about it tomorrow!”
“How can I sleep when I’m so worried about Raymond. Does… his whole family hate me just because I scolded Valeria last time? Is that necessary? I didn’t say anything.” Gavin still didn’t believe that he was being ostracized and despised by his own family members.
“Well… don’t think about it too much. This has nothing to do with Miss. The president is very busy and it’s too late, so he has to rest too…” Arthur could only persuade Gavin, but his words were powerless.
The attitude of Archer and his family toward Gavin was completely different from before. Archer had always respected Gavin immensely in the past, but that wasn’t the case now. If it weren’t for the fact that Archer wanted to be a filial son, Arthur knew that he we would’ve cut ties with Gavin by now. After all this, Gavin still didn’t know how to distinguish right from wrong.
Raelyn didn’t sleep so she lay in the guest room either. Instead, she was discussing with Devon on how to force Gavin to give in to them.
Raymond was the only grandchild in the Saunders family, and Raelyn could see how much Gavin adored his grandson.
“Honey, shall I continue to sob in front of my Dad tomorrow morning?”
“Of course! Your father must be very worried after he sees you like that, and he would definitely want to find a way to appease you!”
“I’m a little worried. My brother hasn’t taken any action yet and my dad must be worried about Raymond. Will he discuss with my brother about how to deal with me now?”
Declan sneered in his heart. Raymond wasn’t the one who killed Talitha after all, so how would Archer have time to deal with this matter? Daclan and Natasya just wanted Raelyn to continue pestering Gavin. Eventually, the old man would definitely give in for the sake of protecting Raymond’s reputation.
However, he could not say that to Raelyn. “That’s for sure!”