Paisley was shocked. “What… Exchanged? Are you sure you heard her correctly? Madelyn really said that?”
“I didn’t hear wrong. Madelyn did say that. She muttered to herself for a while in the sky garden before she left. I felt that it was strange, so I asked my caretaker to inquire about it. The caretaker who took care of me was familiar with the caretaker in the VIP wards. So soon, I got the news.”
Danya took a breath and said, “The caretaker told me that Madelyn’s daughter had offended Angel for some reason, so she was beaten up by Angel. Madelyn tried to stop Angel, but Angel slapped her instead and wanted to fire her and get someone else to take care of her. Oh right, the caretaker said that when Angel was beating up Madelyn’s daughter, Madelyn unexpectedly did not help her daughter. Her attention was all on Angel even though her daughter was bleeding at the nose. The scene was terrifying.”
“Why is this so strange?” Paisley was lost in thought.
Azalea and Angel were about the same age. Madelyn didn’t treat Azalea like a daughter, while Emily wasn’t like a mother to Angel as well. Was this what Madelyn meant by exchanged?
Thinking of how delighted Azalea was when she received the fake report, Paisley made a bold guess in her heart.
No! She had to verify it!
In the United States, late at night, Veronica went to the hospital with the nutritious food she had prepared. When she came to Ornard’s ward, she heard Ornard’s furious voice from inside.
Veronica looked inside and saw that the floor was a mess. Ornard had a fierce look and was shouting, “You are all fucking useless! I’m wasting my money on you when you can’t even do this right!”
When she saw this scene, a trace of ridicule flashed across Veronica’s eyes.
She stepped into the ward and asked gently, “What’s wrong? Why are you so angry?”
“I don’t want to be angry, but do you know what these bastards have done? They screwed up the city reconstruction!”
As she heard that the city reconstruction was ruined, Veronica was amused. Ever since she found out that Ornard was having an affair with Paisley behind her back, she was not that sincere towards Ornard anymore.
She didn’t sympathize with Ornard’s current situation at all. On the contrary, she was secretly happy.
If Ornard and Paisley’s cooperation were to fail, there shouldn’t be any entanglement between those two anymore. Everything would return to normal, and Ornard would still be hers.
After Ornard had calmed down, Veronica ordered a servant to clean up the mess in the ward.
After cleaning up the room, the servant left. Then Veronica opened up the food containers and prompted Ornard, “Eat something. I made this soup myself. Try it!”
“How could I eat anything now?” Ornard waved his hand, annoyed.
Veronica persuaded him in a soft voice, “Even if you can’t, you have to eat it. Only after you eat can you have the strength to think of a way to deal with it, don’t you?”
“There’s no other way! It’s a dead end now. Unless the cost of the building materials decreases, there’s no way to save this. However, even this possibility is close to none.” Ornard replied dejectedly.
Veronica looked worried. “Is there really nothing we can do?”
Ornard sighed. “Not quite. If I can hand over this mess to others, I could think of a way to back out, and there might be a chance of surviving. But who would be this foolish to take over this right now?”
Veronica immediately thought of Paisley as she heard this. This was a great opportunity to deceive Paisley. So Veronica gave Ornard some soup and said, “Why not you get the Anthony family to take over the mess, and you find a way to back out?”
Ornard shook his head. “The Anthony family are not gullible. Why would they take over now?”
“Don’t you have an intimate relationship with Paisley? Since she wants to marry you so much, you should promise to marry her. Marry her first, and then get her to collaborate with you from the inside to trick the Anthony family into taking over your mess.”
After staying by Ornard’s side for so many years, Veronica had a thorough understanding of Ornard. She was only trying to test him now.
This was the purpose of Ornard’s performance today as well. He and Paisley had already gotten married, and he couldn’t hide this matter from Veronica anymore. He had to find an opportunity to talk to Veronica and get her to suggest the idea of marrying Paisley voluntarily.
Ornard looked at Veronica affectionately. “Veronica, I promised not to hurt you and treat you well in this life. If I were to marry Paisley, I would be breaking my promise. I don’t want to hurt you just because of my company! I don’t want to break my promise!”
Ornard said this high-spiritedly. Veronica was momentarily touched before she remembered Paisley and Ornard’s affair. She didn’t believe what Ornard said, but she put on a show as well. “I know that you treat me well! I understand your thoughts. But the situation is unsolvable, and we are at a dead-end, aren’t we?”
Ornard firmly refused. “Veronica, this is so unfair to you! I don’t want to treat you like this! I will never do this to you!”
Veronica thought Ornard had at least some conscience to say such words to her. Naturally, she was unwilling to let Ornard marry that bitch Paisley too.
She was only testing Ornard. Since Ornard didn’t want to marry Paisley, she was relieved. However, she couldn’t give up halfway. She had to make Ornard know that she could do anything for Ornard.
Veronica then continued to persuade him, “For the company and our ambitions, we must do this. I don’t feel hurt, nor do I feel that you have done me wrong! Your marriage with Paisley is only a temporary solution, and you would only need to divorce her in the future after getting through this.”
Veronica thought that if Ornard refused it again, she could bring this to an end. But Ornard thought differently from her.
Ornard didn’t refuse again, and he looked as if he was struggling. “Veronica! This is unfair to you! I know you’re the one who is the nicest to me in this world! Only you would think for me wholeheartedly. I can’t let you down. For our ambitions, I shall marry Paisley reluctantly!”
Hearing Ornard’s words, Veronica was dumbfounded. Ornard held her hand and said, “Don’t worry, Veronica. I’m only using Paisley. If the Anthony family can take over this mess and let me catch my breath, I’ll dump her immediately.”
Veronica felt a chill in her heart. She was only testing Ornard, but who knew that he already had this idea and was waiting for the opportunity to make it happen.
Was Ornard desperately wanting to marry Paisley? He even used Veronica like this! Hatred formed in Veronica’s heart, and she used a great amount of strength to suppress her anger.
She would never let Ornard succeed even if she died!
After serving Ornard his meal, Veronica left with the food containers. When she returned to the car in the parking lot, she sat in the car for a while. She then took out her phone and sent a message.
“Mr. Anthony, there is an issue with Ornard and the Anthony family’s cooperation regarding the city’s reconstruction. Beware of your precious daughter siding with outsiders.”