Richard still didn’t know about Abbie’s pregnancy, so his eyes suddenly widened when he heard Michael’s words. “What did you say?”
“She’s pregnant! I just proposed to her and I was going to get married to her. I…” Michael murmured.
Richard suddenly pounced on him again. “I’ll beat you to death! You can go to hell!”
Michael didn’t dodge at all and he stood there as Richard kept punching him. Jaxon could only use brute force to control Richard. “Richard, you can’t change anything even if you beat Michael up. The most important thing now is to find Miss Clark.”
Richard roared, “Is there any hope? Tell me, will she still be alive!?”
“There must be hope as long as we haven’t found her body! Mr. William has also experienced something like this in the past. Richard, why don’t you think positively? Maybe Miss Clark was lucky enough to be saved by someone.”
“Will that happen?” Richard muttered.
“It will!”
“Find her. Arrange for a few more boats, we must find Abbie!”
A dozen more boats were searching for Abbie. Richard and Michael had been standing by the sea all this time, but there was still no news of Abbie when night fell.
It was already early in the morning when William called him and asked, “Have you found her yet?”
“No,” Richard answered wearily.
William sighed softly and he didn’t know what to say. Another day had passed, and the seriousness of the matter was obvious. However, William didn’t want to believe that Abbie was dead. “Let’s arrange for more people to help and I’ll ask my company to support all of you.”
Richard took a deep breath. “William!”
“Hmm?”
“Do you think… she’s…” Richard couldn’t continue. William knew what Richard wanted to ask. “Let’s search for her first. Who knows? Maybe a miracle will happen.”
William was talking about something that would probably happen and it wasn’t a definite answer.
The despair in Richard’s heart was growing. Abbie’s situation was completely different from William. William was strong and agile while Abbie was weak. What’s more, Abbie was pregnant and she had even taken medication for her pregnancy.
The people who were asked to go to the hospital had returned with a report of Abbie’s situation. She had some complications with her pregnancy, so she had to take some medication to stabilize her condition. She was so weak woman and she could lose her baby at any time, so how long could she last if she fell into the sea?
Moreover, the purpose of her meeting with Josephine was clearly not pure. If Josephine tried to kill Abbie again, the possibility of Abbie surviving would be almost zero.
Richard’s heart ached when he thought of this. “William, I hate you so much! This happened because of Michael!”
“Richard! You can’t say such hurtful things. Michael has no bad intentions toward Abbie and I believe that he is suffering at this moment. What you have to do now is find Abbie. You also have to find the main mastermind because I’m pretty sure that Josephine wouldn’t take the initiative to meet Abbie. She ran away without a trace in the past, so why did she come back? I’m sure that someone is behind this.”
“This must be Azalea’s fault! She wants to deal with Abbie in order to marry Michael. I thought that she would provoke Abbie at most, but I didn’t expect her to be so vicious.” Richard gnashed his teeth.
“Azalea is the mastermind, so what are you going to do?”
“Of course, I want her to suffer! My sister is gone, so is it fair for me to let her live?”
William sighed and said, “Is your mom okay? You have to comfort her first and you can’t hide it from your dad either. Richard, I hope you can calm down and deal with this. Michael is innocent and we have been friends for many years. I believe in Michael, so please don’t treat him…”
However, Richard hung up before William could finish his words. He knew that William was pleading for Michael. He didn’t want to let Michael go, so he didn’t want to listen to William’s advice at all.
William tightened his grip on the phone and frowned. The door of the study was pushed open and Hayden came in. “I heard that something happened to the Abbie.”
“Yes.”
“What’s going on? I only know a little about the situation. Do you know the reason behind this?”
William nodded and told Hayden about Abbie’s accident.
“How could it be? She’s so young, lively, and lovely…” Hayden looked shocked and upset. “William, will she be all right and come back alive?”
“The possibility is slim!” William certainly hoped that Abbie could come back safely, but he also knew that the odds weren’t in their favour.
Hayden reminded when he saw William massaging his temples with an agitated expression, “Abbie is as close as a sister to Valeria, so you can’t let her know about this accident. I’m afraid that she can’t handle the blow.”
“I understand, but I can’t keep it a secret forever either.”
“Hide it from her for a while and tell her after she gives birth. Maybe Abbie will be lucky and come home alive like how you did in the past. That would be great news.”
“I hope so!”
Footsteps could be heard from outside while they were talking. William lowered his voice and said, “Valeria is here.”
The two of them immediately changed the topic. Valeria pushed the door open while she held her phone and came in. Then, she greeted when she saw Hayden, “Dad, good morning!”
Hayden said when she saw the amiable expression on Valeria’s face, “Good morning! Are you hungry? Let’s go have breakfast.”
“Okay, Auntie was looking for you everywhere.”
“Okay, I’ll go right away. You and William should come down immediately as well.” Hayden said as he left the study. Then, Valeria took William’s hand and said, “I have something to tell you.”
“What’s wrong?” William asked with a smile.
“It’s a very important matter.” Valeria lowered her voice. “Yesterday, Abbie told me that she was pregnant and said that she wanted to solve it by herself. I was very worried about her. I sent her a message when I got up in the morning, but she didn’t reply. I even called her, but it couldn’t get through as well. It’s about seven o’clock in the evening in the US, so why didn’t she answer my call? Hubby, would anything bad happen to her?”
“No! Don’t worry!” William comforted her while he held her hand.
“But my eyelids keep twitching and I feel uneasy.”
“Richard just flew there, so maybe she’s with him.”
“Is that so? Will Richard notice that Abbie is pregnant? Will he get angry and put her under house arrest? If Richard wants to deal with Abbie, you have to remember to put in a good word for her. I’m begging you!”
“I got it. I’ll speak up for Abbie, so you don’t have to worry!” William pulled Valeria out of the room with a heavy heart.
Valeria didn’t know about Abbie’s accident at all. Besides, William didn’t even dare to think about what would happen if Valeria knew that her best friend was in trouble.