Abbie immediately rushed out of the bathroom. She then took her purse and phone before leaving the room in a hurry.
She tried to be as quiet as a mouse upon passing through the corridor to arrive at her hotel room. She was able to get a glimpse of Valeria who was pacing at her room from a distance.
Valeria let out a sigh of relief upon seeing the sight of Abbie. “Are you alright?”
“I’m fine but I almost peed my pants! The blame shall be placed all upon Michael, that bastard!” Abbie patted her chest and seemed like she was still in shock.
Valeria’s gaze fell on her and said, “Holy shit, what on earth have you experienced? You need to take a look at yourself. Your neck and your lip… Had Michael gone mad? Oh My God, this is absolutely… You need to clean yourself. Hurry up!”
Abbie was embarrassed upon hearing about it. She knew what exactly she looked like upon seeing herself in the bathroom mirror at Michael’s room just now. That jerk was indeed out of his mind.
It was currently not the perfect time to fill Valeria in about the details. “Valeria, let me take a bath and change into a new outfit first.”
Valeria then followed her into the room and shut the door. Abbie was taking a shower in the bathroom whereas Valeria started to nag her while standing at the door, “What on earth are you thinking? Didn’t you swear to not show any mercy on him? Aren’t you pissed off that he is still in a messy relationship with Azalea?”
“You’re absolutely right, but I can’t seem to fight back. He lured me into his trap last night… I was not thinking straight and eventually fell for it. I was feeling pitiful for him as he had accidentally injured himself. I did not expect him to be putting on an act all along.”
“Are you saying that Michael wanted to get ahold of you by using such a despicable manner? Abbie, you are indeed… You would believe everything that he says without thinking twice. I am utterly agitated about it!”
Abbie chuckled upon seeing the upset look on her face. Valeria glared at her and asked, “What are you laughing at?”
“It’s funny that I am in the exact same position that you used to be at last time. Valeria, I advised you to keep a distance from William and look where we are at now. It is the same situation as you are currently telling me to stay away from Michael, right?”
Valeria scoffed and replied, “How on earth are the two matters being related to each other? My husband was so kind to me and he never placed me in a difficult spot. He used to instruct Bobby in pretending as a delivery man to send Wolf Group’s breakfast to me…”
“Come on, your memory must have been rusty. Have you forgotten that you have given him a cold treatment because of Paisley?” Abbie snapped back.
“My point is that my husband is very much different than Michael. He is the best husband in the world! I am confident that no one else is at par with him!”
Valeria glanced at Abbie with a perplexed look after praising her husband, William.
As a general statement, women were unable to think straight when it came to love. Valeria had initially gone all-in as she was deeply in love with William. Abbie was currently behaving the same way for the sake of Michael.
Valeria was unable to hinder the relationship between Abbie and Michael. She sensed that Abbie was genuinely in love with him, just like how she was crazy for William.
“Abbie, I am well aware that you have consumed the love poison of Michael! Well, there is nothing else that I can do since you have fallen head over heels towards him. However, try to be as rational as you possibly could and I shall keep a close eye on him for you. I will get rid of him should he have the guts to treat you poorly.”
Abbie was touched upon hearing her reply. “Valeria, thank you so much! You are truly my best friend and the sister that I can always rely on! I am indeed blessed to have you in my life!”
Braelynn brought Richard over to Hayden’s room in a calm manner. Hayden was already up and was seen to be giving instruction to Lucas, “Have you prepared everything as planned? Do give a call to the servant who is in charge of taking care of Valeria. I would like to know whether she has gotten out of bed or not as we would be having breakfast real soon.”
Richard followed Braelynn into the room to greet the senior member. Hayden was taken aback upon seeing him and asked, “Richard, when did you arrive here?”
“Not long ago.” Richard smiled and said, “I’m here to tag along for a free meal.”
“This is such great timing. It would be merrier for you to join us, right?” Hayden chuckled and glanced at Braelynn before asking, “Has Valeria awakened yet?”
“Yes, she has sent me here to get ahold of both you and Mr. Saunders. We would be having breakfast together real soon,” Braelynn replied with a smile on her face.
“That’s great to hear! We shall not delay things any further then. Do give Mont a call to join in the fun. Oh, I almost forgot about Michael. Richard, do contact him right now.”
Richard shook his head and said, “I could not get through his phone. I went to knock at his door just now but to no avail. I have no idea what that guy is up to.”
Hayden felt concerned upon hearing about it and said, “Why was he unable to get up from bed? Could he possibly be caught in trouble? Let’s head towards his room and get ahold of the situation right now.”
Hayden was still speaking when both Gavin and Arthur hade arrived at his room. The group of people then headed towards Michael’s hotel room. Richard knocked on the door and said, “Michael! Michael! Open up!”
Richard knocked a few times and the door was shortly being opened. Michael yawned and pretended to be surprised upon seeing Richard. “Why are you here?”
“What is with the shocking look on your face? Can’t I have any right to arrive in Arcadia?” Richard snapped back with an annoyed look on his face.
“That is not what I meant. I am just genuinely surprised for seeing you appearing out of the blue.” Michael grinned and greeted, “Mr. Howard and Mr. Saunders, good morning!”
“It’s going to be noon real soon. Michael, what on earth were you up to?” Hayden’s gaze first fell on Michael’s lip and he slowly observed him. Michael’s hand had caught his attention and he asked, “When did you get injured?”
The group of people glanced at Michael upon hearing Hayden’s query.
“Have you been robbed? Why are both your lip and hand being wounded?” Richard asked in surprise.
“I drank too much last night and knocked myself on something at the bar,” Michael replied in a hoarse voice.
“How could you be so careless? Did u pay a visit to the doctor in treating your wound?” Hayden asked and did not feel doubtful at all.
“Yes. My injured spot was being treated last night.”
“No wonder there was no reaction from you when I knocked on your door just now. How drunk were you to be dead asleep like that?” Richard mocked him.
“What? I did not hear any knocking sounds at all. It may be due to me getting into bed too late yesterday,” Michael lied.
“Are you saying that nothing was being heard despite me knocking on your door for quite some time? You must be absolutely drunk, right? Besides, what is with the wound on your lip? It definitely doesn’t look like you got injured while knocking yourself onto something.” Richard stared at Michael’s lip several times and continued speaking, “You got this wound because of being bitten, right? Did you happen to receive such a present from a woman upon being too clingy and desperate?”
“Do I look like that kind of a person to you?” Michael questioned.
“Are you trying to twist the fact? Haha, you ought to cut out the act. You are still the same and I now recall the incident that happened in the United States back then. You were attempting to…”
Richard knew that he was being inappropriate upon seeing the displeased look on Michael’s face. He swiftly changed the topic, “We are going to have breakfast now. Care to join us?”
“No thanks,” Michael answered in a weak tone.
“Fine then. Ladies and gentleman, it’s breakfast time!”
Michael shut the door and sat on the sofa with a tired look on his face after the group of people had left.
His mood was being ruined upon hearing about Richard’s words regarding the event that occurred in the United States.
Richard would not have opposed him to being in a relationship with Abbie should the incident did not happen, right?
Why would a woman appear in Micahel’s bed all of a sudden back then? Besides, Richard had coincidentally witnessed such a mess as he was trying to get ahold of him at that time. Richard had then set up his mind in believing that Michael was shamelessly trying to have a fling with another woman. Micahel tried to explain himself but to no avail. Richard had then instructed Abbie for keeping a distance from Michael ever since that day.
Michael felt that he was being wrongly accused. He was genuinely innocent and had nothing to do about it. Who was the one who had schemed him back then?
He would definitely seek revenge should he get ahold of the culprit that had caused such a mess.