Hayden smiled fakely, “Indeed, I don’t want to see the Howard family and the Anthony family in conflict, but did you see the public announcement yet?”
“Public announcement? About what?” Paisley asked in confusion.
Mr. Howard stroked his beard, “A few minutes ago, Acma Corporation’ stock value experienced a dramatic dropped due to Hardy’s scandals. To minimize the damage on their business, the Anthony family announced that Hardy is not Acma Corporation’s ceo anymore. They claimed that Hardy’s actions are not related to the corporation, and this scandal was caused by his personal mental issues. Other than that, his father also cut off his relationship with Hardy, therefore he is merely an abandoned person. Did you think that Acma Corporation would willingly get into conflict with the Howard family for him?”
“How… how is this possible?” Paisley did not expect her father to be so heartless for the company’s interest. However, she didn’t give up and still tried to persuade Hayden, “Mr. Howard, this is just a statement my father made to pacify the shareholders. Our family’s bond cannot be erased so easily. My father treats my brother just like how you treat William, so he definitely did not truly give up on Hardy. If you can persuade William to let my brother go, he will never forget your kindness.”
“Kindness? Hah! I haven’t even dealt with Hardy for almost killing my son, and you want me to let him go? Keep dreaming! And you too! You shameless thing, how dare you lay a finger on my pregnant daughter-in-law? Are you still a human? I was so blind back then to want you in our family. I will never give in to people who hurt my family!”
Hayden sneered, “Do whatever you want! You don’t have to hold back because I’ll bear it all.”
After saying that, he turned around and left. The bodyguard stomped on Paisley’s hand without any hesitation.
A cold voice said, “Mr. Howard said that anyone who dares to lay a finger on Miss Brown doesn’t need their hands anymore, so you better learn your lesson from this!”
Everyone knew what happened between Hardy and Natasya, and Talitha also saw the news about them the next morning. When she saw the photos of Natasya lying on the operating table with blood all over her body while Hardy had blood stains on the corner of his mouth, she shivered unconsciously.
Hardy was so vicious. She and Natasya had always thought that they could control Hardy to do whatever they wanted by using the blood vermin on him, but they didn’t know that he already had plans to deal with them.
If it weren’t for Natasya’s attempt to have Hardy to herself, the person lying on the operating table should have been Talitha.
As Talitha thought about the state Natasya was in, she shivered in fear. She had to ask Raymond about the situation.
As she picked up her phone to go out, she ran into him in the corridor, and she immediately greeted him, “Raymond! Are you looking for me?”
“Yes!” He nodded.
“I saw what happened to Natasya and Hardy. What’s going on?” Talitha let him enter the room and couldn’t wait to ask about Natasya.
“It’s exactly as what you saw on the news! Natasya got blind, and the police arrived in time right before her organs were harvested. However, I heard from the doctors that she’s not doing so well. They did not treat her like a living person, so they did not use sterilized knives when they operated her, and she has serious infections now. She might not be able to make it!”
“Isn’t Hardy too cruel? I didn’t expect him to be so vicious. I’m so fortunate!” Talitha was really glad to lose to Natasya. Otherwise, she would be in her position right now.
Talitha thanked Raymond from the bottom of her heart, “Raymond! Thank you! If it weren’t for you, I would have been dead. Even if I were lucky enough to escape from Natasya’s plan, I wouldn’t have been able to survive Hardy’s.”
Raymond put on a cold expression and said, “Miss Anderson, I came here to tell you two things. First, from now on, please address me Mr. Saunders or my full name. I am not your cousin, and we are not related to each other!”
“What? What do you mean?” Talitha looked shocked.
“Your mother, Raelyn, is not part of the Saunders family. She is merely the family maid, Laila White’s, daughter. Laila viciously switched her own daughter with my actual aunt. Currently, we found her husband and he has admitted to everything. We even ran DNA tests, and the results show that Raelyn is his daughter, and she has nothing to do with the Saunders family. Therefore, you and I are not related to each other. Please remember to change the way you address me!”
“Um…” Talitha looked thunderstruck and did not know what to say.
Seeing her reaction, Raymond sneered, “Are you surprised? There’s more. After Raelyn knew that she was not part of the Saunders family, she poisoned her own mother, so you should know why she viciously framed my whole family, right? She knew that she was not a member of the Saunders family, so she had no soft spot for us.”
“I’m sorry! I don’t know what to say to that!”
Talitha lowered her head as she felt her heart drop. Since Raelyn had nothing to do with the Saunders family, that meant that she was also not related to them in any way.
She had hoped that Raymond would take care of her because of their blood ties, but now this seemed impossible.
Talitha said dryly, “Um Ray… Mr. Saunders, what did my mother say about this?”
“Your mother? She doesn’t know that we found out about everything already, so she is still trying to turn the tables.” Raymond laughed ironically.
“More details of the truth will be released soon, and I told you in advance so that you can mentally prepare yourself for it. By the way, you’ve seen the news about Natasya, right? Don’t you want to visit her? I heard that she’s only going to last for a few days.”
Talitha did not have the slightest sympathy for Natasya, her half-sister who shared the same father. She believed that Natasya deserved everything. She stayed silent for a while and said, “If it’s possible, I want to go and see her but not because of sisterhood. I just want to tell her that I am still alive and show her how ridiculous it was for her to treat me so heartlessly.”
“Okay! I’ll arrange it right away!” Raymond agreed quickly.