Callum took Angel to the hospital for a body checkup and also attend to the injury on her forehead. Emily did not feel like tagging along but she was worried that Callum would be suspicious about her. Angel was now deemed as her biological daughter after all. Azalea also kept insisted on following them. Hence, both of them soon made a trip to the hospital as well.
It would be inappropriate for Richard and Braelynn to follow them judging by current circumstances. Braelynn was no longer in the mood after experiencing such an incident and said, “I shall head back home for now.”
“No, that is not great as you did not even have anything just now. Let’s head to somewhere else to have a meal together. What do you think?” Richard did not want to call it a day with Braelynn.
She shook her head and said, “I do not have the appetite to consume anything. I feel uncomfortable upon thinking how Angel had fallen to the ground just now. Let us meet up next time instead.”
Richard was feeling upset as his lovely appointment was ruined by Angel. He was increasingly moody upon thinking about it after Braelynn had left. He then instructed the manager of the restaurant to show him the surveillance footage. The camera had shown how Angel had snuck up on the door to eavesdrop on them. Richard was utterly shocked upon looking at it.
He took a copy of Angel’s footage and soon left the restaurant. He dialed William’s phone number on his way back and said, “I will teach that bitch a lesson today!”
“What did she do to you?” William asked in a surprised tone.
Richard then told him how Angel got injured as she tried to listen in. William burst into laughter upon hearing the entire story. Richard queried in a sulky tone, “What is so funny about it?”
“Don’t you think that this is hilarious? You are indeed an unlucky guy and I shall come clean to you right now. That fake-ass person must have fallen head over heels towards you.”
Richard once snapped back at William when he heard this for the first time. However, he did not throw a tantrum this time and asked instead, “How are you so sure about it?”
“My grandfather did bring this topic up to me. That bitch personally approached your mother a while ago and they even exchanged gifts. My grandfather had assumed that your mother would like Angel to be her daughter-in-law due to the present. He then gave me a call to talk about it. I outright scrapped off his idea and I thought that Angel would give up. I did not expect that fake-ass person to be so loyal towards you.”
William could not help but chuckle, “Richard, you are truly one of a kind! You must be a charismatic person in letting Angel be so attracted towards you.”
“Stop spewing nonsense! You shall wait and see how I would get rid of her.” Richard felt nauseous upon thinking how Angel was so in love with him.
William stopped his laughter and asked, “What are you planning in teaching her a lesson?”
“It is useless to show mercy towards a person like her. I shall f*cking publish her video of being a retard on the internet today. The public will definitely be entertained and would mock her behavior.”
Richard was a man true to his word. He headed back to the company and gave the video to his subordinates. The footage was eventually being posted online after being edited.
The following scene had occurred in Ornard’s villa. Paisley excitedly told Ornard about the bidding situation that happened in the morning, “It was an interesting sight to enjoy upon seeing the name of the Anthony family’s company appearing on the big screen. I feel utterly satisfied upon being present at such a scene.”
Ornard chuckled and said, “The Floyd family has underestimated their enemy too much. They must have been very confident in winning this round of bidding activity. The Floyd family should be feeling mad as they have lost grip on such a valuable opportunity. My guess is that Callum and Fandrey are currently giving an earful towards their subordinates.”
“Is this an indication that Angel would be scolded as well? I noticed that she was in a sulky mood upon seeing the result being published. Would you like to give Angel a call to comfort her? We very much need her help in the future after all.”
Ornard nodded after hearing her suggestion and said, “Okay, I’ll contact and ask about her wellbeing then. However, I am not quite sure whether that little kiddo would answer my call or not.”
“What do you mean? Did she start to feel suspicious about you?”
“I don’t think so, but I guess that she may be mad at me. I turned off my mobile phone yesterday as I was dead tired. She called and even texted me but I did not revert back in time. She was probably pissed at me because of that. I tried calling and left her a message later but she had ignored me instead. It looks like I would need to spare some efforts to make her feel better.”
Ornard did not feel annoyed at all when he talked about his plan of coaxing Angel. He was instead feeling delighted about it. Paisley clearly noticed his reaction as she had been observing him carefully.
Ornard was not a kind-hearted person and his pretentious smile was rather daunting. Paisley had assumed that he was only using Angel all this while. However, she had a second thought upon seeing the current behavior of Ornard.
Angel went to the hospital to have a body checkup. There were no other injuries apart from her forehead. She left the hospital after treating her wound. It was inappropriate for her to head towards the company based on her current condition. Hence, Callum had sent her back home to rest up.
Deborah was surprised upon seeing that Angel had a wound on her forehead with a demotivated look. “What happened? Who did this to you?”
“I had accidentally tripped!” Angel replied gloomily.
“How could you be so careless? Your forehead has been left with a huge bruise due to the fall. What should we do if it scars later on?” Deborah felt distressed and continued speaking, “Do head upstairs and rest well. I shall instruct the servants to make something for you to satisfy your craving. What do you think?”
“No thanks. I currently do not have the appetite to consume anything.” Angel went to her room and threw herself on the bed. She had indeed experienced humiliation today!
She did not know whether Richard would insist on watching the surveillance footage or not. She had admitted that she fell down and the entire situation had nothing to do with him. Richard would not be so persistent in getting ahold of the security camera, would he?
Angel would not be further embarrassed as long as he did not get his hands on the surveillance footage. However, she felt uneasy at the thought of Braelynn and Richard having a meal together.
Both of them must be having a fishy connection as they had decided to meet with each other in private. What was so great about Braelynn? Had Richard gone blind? Why would he be attracted to a person like Braelynn?
What was Angel’s weakness compared to Braelynn? Angel’s social status was much better than hers regardless of other matters, right?
It was rather impossible to make a move from Richard’s side and Angel then thought of Helen. The both of them had exchanged gifts with each other. Angel even exaggerated things to Deborah upon reaching home. Why was there no reaction from Deborah at all then?
It seemed like Angel can only place her hope onto Mrs. Clark for now. However, her forehead was currently injured. There was no way for Angel to set foot out from the house for a period of time, right?
Angel became increasingly irritated when she dwelled further into this matter. She needed a helping hand from someone else.
Ornard’s message had come at the perfect timing. “Angel, are you currently free?”
Angel was furious upon receiving his text message. “I’m busy!”
Ornard knew that she was mad at him upon reading the message. He immediately called and apologized when Angel answered the phone, “Angel, are you still upset at me? I did not ignore your calls on purpose. I had switched off my phone as something came up at the last minute. I immediately reverted your message as soon as I switched it on.”
Angel felt unexplainably depressed upon hearing his apology, “I am not convinced at the fact that you would switch off your phone for seven to eight hours. It is very clear that you have intentionally cut me off.”
“Why would you think so? It is possible for me to not take others seriously except you. I am at fault this time and I should say sorry to you. Angel, please do not be mad at me already, okay?”
Angel no longer whole-heartedly believed in Ornard and Veronica as she used to. She had a plan in her mind and knew that it was currently not the time to strain her relationship with Ornard. She needed to take advantage of him.
Angel was no longer feeling offended by him not picking up her calls and ignored her upon thinking about it. She then told him about her not being the winner of the bidding activity, “Ornard, I have failed my first participation of the bidding activity!”
Ornard pretentiously said, “What? How could your plan have gone south?”
“I don’t know what happened but we just failed. The Anthony family has won the bidding contract instead. I was so mad upon seeing the arrogant look on Paisley’s face. I really wanted to hit her just to vent my anger out.”