When Ornard arrived at Veronica’s place, she had been waiting for him for an hour. Needless to say, she was already impatient. When she saw Ornard’s car, she quickly opened the door and got in.
“Why are you so late?”
“There’s a traffic jam on the way!” Ornard said briefly. Then the car sped off without stopping.
The atmosphere inside the car was depressing. Ornard glanced at Veronica and asked, “Are you all right?”
“What do you think?” Veronica rubbed her forehead and seemed downcast. “The Floyd family took me by surprise! I didn’t expect that they would be so heartless! All their kindness is a lie. They’re no nicer than anyone when it comes to cruelty!”
Ornard slowed the car down. “What do you think they know?”
“I’m clueless about what they know at all. Judging from their determination to chase me away, I think they know everything that they need to know.”
“That doesn’t make sense. How did they know about it? How did you get your cover blown?”
Upon hearing Ornard’s questioning tone, Veronica sneered. “Am I the one who blew my own cover? Wasn’t it all because of you? Think about what you’ve done recently. You and Paisley openly schemed against the Floyd family. Do you take the Floyd family for a fool? I suspect that the Floyd family is behind the incident where you were beaten up in the country.”
“That’s absurd! My plan with Paisley has always been a secret. How could the Floyd family gain any knowledge about it?”
“A secret? Do you really think you’re being stealthy with Paisley? Anyone with a brain knows that something is wrong, okay? Think about it yourself! We have schemed for so many years, yet it has always been peaceful. The Floyd family has never known what we have in store for them. But since you and that bitch, Paisley, had cooperated to steal the Floyd family’s development plans in the country, everything has gone wrong. What does this mean? Someone must have found out about you and Paisley’s plan.”
Ornard frowned but didn’t express his opinion. Veronica continued, “I suspect that the person who found out about you and Paisley’s plan isn’t someone from the Floyd family. Instead, it’s William. After all, this country is William’s territory. You attacked the Floyd family in his territory. Being the smart man he is, he must have noticed that something was fishy, so he connected the dots and got me involved.”
Veronica’s words served as a reminder to Ornard. Since the Floyd family trusted him so much, it was impossible for them to find out that he was plotting against them. Thus, William was likely behind all of this. Ornard gnashed his teeth and said, “Now that you mentioned it, William may have done just that.”
“Anyway, I can’t think of anyone else except William. You have to be careful if it’s William. He might also notice your other plan too.” Veronica reminded him.
“How is this possible? William is only human. He is not an omnipotent god. My plan was set up more than 20 years ago. At that time, he was just a three years old child. How could he have any inkling to my intentions?”
Ornard didn’t believe that William knew anything about Angel. Veronica was also of the opinion that William wouldn’t know about all this. “I just want to remind you that William is a scary guy. If he knows what we did, it’ll end miserably for us.”
“It has been many years since that incident. Plus, the witness and evidence have disappeared completely. It is impossible for him to find out.”
“Even if William doesn’t know what we did at the beginning, don’t forget about Angel. Let me remind you that we will soon become enemies with the Floyd family. Angel is not a fool. She will definitely not side with us. You have to prevent her from revealing everything we have asked her to do to the Floyd family.”
However, Ornard did not think about Angel at all. “Well, our little situation with Angel is not so bad. She is pregnant now and has been chased away by the Floyd family. The Floyd family is forcing her hand. She can’t get anyone to help her, so she can only rely on us. She won’t fall out with us so soon.”
“Are you so sure that she will be of use to you? Let me tell you one thing. Angel is extremely malicious, stupid, and evil. In addition, she is also overly ambitious without the necessary talents to reach her goals. It is risky to work with her. Be careful, or else, she will turn her back on you.”
Veronica didn’t know Angel’s identity, so she belittled the latter carelessly. Ornard was obviously displeased. “Fine, stop talking about Angel. I know what I’m doing.”
When Veronica saw Ornard’s protectiveness over Angel in this way, she felt strange. She wasn’t saying it for Ornard’s sake anyway. Since he didn’t take her seriously, she didn’t need to say anything else. After all, he was the one who would suffer losses in the future. It had nothing to do with her anyway.
The two of them returned to Ornard’s villa, dwelling in their own thoughts. Aurora was sitting in the living room as she played with Santhos when she heard Ornard and Veronica coming back. She took Santhos with her and greeted them. “Mr. Laban, you’re back! Hello to you too, Ms. Laban!”
Santhos also greeted them in a childish voice as well. Veronica’s eyes fell on his face as she reached out to rub his head. Aurora didn’t shield him away like last time, so Veronica’s hands touched his head successfully. She put on a fake smile and said kindly, “Such a good boy! Have you gotten used to living here?”
“Yes!” Santhos looked at Veronica curiously. She held back the urge to strangle him to death and chitchatted with him for a while. Then she turned to Ornard and said, “Ornard, I’m a little tired. I’ll retire to my room.”
“Go ahead!” Ornard nodded in response. “You haven’t had dinner yet, have you? I’ll get someone to prepare dinner for you.”
“Okay! Thanks, Ornard!”
Aurora had been trying to keep calm as she watched Veronica. When she saw that the latter was about to go upstairs, she put on a groveling smile and said, “Miss, what do you prefer for dinner? I’ll prepare your meal!”
“Don’t bother, Ms. Caison. Let the maid prepare it.” Veronica went upstairs with a smile.
After watching Veronica go upstairs and enter her room, Aurora heaved a sigh of relief and lowered her voice. “My heart is thumping in my chest just now.”
Ornard frowned in response. “It’s fine. Just act as usual. You don’t have to pay so much attention to her.”
“I’m not doing this on purpose, but I have a hunch when I see her. It’s like she already knows the truth and will harm Santhos at any time. Don’t you think she looks a little strange?”
Ornard didn’t take her words seriously. “Don’t you think that you’re overthinking it?”
“No, I’m not. My intuition has always been accurate. When I saw her, I had a feeling that she hated us. She wanted us dead!”
“Alright, I know what to do. It’s best if you don’t freak up and mess up our plan just because you’re paranoid. She would be suspicious of you judging by the way you act now, even if she didn’t suspect you earlier. Do you understand?”
Upstairs, Veronica closed the door and went into the bathroom. She turned on the tap and began to wash her hands. It was too disgusting for her to touch the boy just now. Her heart was filled with strong resentment.
That bastard was Ornard and Aurora’s illegitimate child. He was the living evidence that Ornard had betrayed her. Ornard dared to place his illegitimate child right under her nose. This meant that he didn’t care about her at all. Did he think that she was oblivious to everything?
This was the best for her anyway. She would be able to act swiftly now that they were living under one roof.
At the thought of making a move, a glint of light flashed across her eyes. She quickly came out of the bathroom and went straight to the wardrobe. She began to rummage through the bottom of the drawer of that wardrobe. A few minutes later, she fished out a properly sealed bag.