Azalea called the police. The police soon came to the hospital for an investigation and then went to the place where she was beaten to check the surveillance.
On Francis’ side, he arranged for public relations to start with the hot trending search online. The headlines were very exciting, especially describing that a pregnant woman had been beaten violently and cruelly.
She bled on the spot and was sent to the hospital for rescue.
The picture showed the close-up of Azalea’s swollen face. It was also mentioned that the woman who beat up the pregnant woman was the daughter of a rich and powerful family. She was arrogant and domineering, ignoring the laws and rules.
The headlines and pictures were the most eye-catching. People sympathized with the weak. When they saw that a pregnant woman was beaten like this and it was the daughter of a rich and powerful family who did it, they immediately thought it was bullying.
Most of the young women were kind people, and kind people were the easiest to be used by others. They spread the news quickly, and soon the public opinion began to spread all over the Internet.
The news on the forum was all blown up. Azalea did not expect the attention to be so high. Seeing that the situation was beneficial to her, she immediately hinted that the person who hit her was from the Clark family.
She also said that Clark family will bribe the police, and the case would definitely be closed.
This hint was spread everywhere with Francis’ instruction from behind. The netizens began to question the police. The police even received calls from the indignant crowd asking for severe punishment.
Everyone on the phone asked for them to punish the person who harmed Azalea severely. No matter who that person was, they could not let her go. They wanted an explanation for the pregnant woman who was beaten.
Because Azalea had pointed out that the person who had hit her was from the Clark family, the Hattelo Group’s official website was besieged by angry netizens with hateful comments.
The Clark family’s official webpage turned off their comment section, but things were not handled by doing so.
Richard was mad when he found out that things had ended up this way. He could not even take any prevention measures.
“This must be done by Michael! Azalea is not so powerful. That damned jerk!”
Richard was sure that it was Michael’s fault, so his hatred for Michael increased even more at this point.
This matter had a bad impact on the Clark family and Anna’s reputation. He couldn’t let the situation continue to spread, so he had to calm it down as soon as possible.
Richard immediately ordered the public relations staff to publicly give an announcement. Because this matter was blamed on Michael, Richard did not show any mercy and let the news attack straight at Michael.
He exposed as many scandals of the Davis family as possible, especially regarding how Meadow was a mistress and forced the real lady to a dead end.
When he made the arrangements, William called him.
At first, William didn’t pay attention to this matter. It was because Valeria saw the news and found that something was wrong that she called William and informed him about it.
Only then did William know that things had gone so far. He immediately called Richard and asked him what was going on exactly.
“Michael is way too shameless. He did this to me! Since we’re on bad terms already, I won’t just let it go like that. I took Meadow’s scandal and exposed it. Since he wanted to embarrass me, then I shall make sure he suffers the same.
Richard didn’t hide anything and told William that he was going to expose Meadow’s scandal to block the shot.
William felt that it was inappropriate. “Richard, calm down. I don’t think this matter has anything to do with Michael. He wouldn’t do it.”
“Who else could it be apart from him? Azalea? What a joke! Does Azalea have the ability to do so? Who else would help her other than the Davis family?”
“After Azalea’s identity was exposed, the Davis family already hated her to the extreme. They would never spend so much money to help her. Don’t you know what kind of person Michael is? How could he do such a thing for her?”
However, Richard didn’t listen to William and said, “I used to believe in his character. I believe that he won’t let me or Abbie down. But you’ve already seen what happened with Abbie, and what did Michael do? If the Davis family hadn’t spent a lot of money to bail Azalea out, how could Azalea be alive and kicking now? She should be in in a prison!”
“Michael has no choice but to bail Azalea out. It was Meadow and Wayne who did it. Richard, if you don’t trust Michael, then what about me? I’m telling you, he does not know about this issue!”
“Then tell me, if it’s not him, then who is supporting Azalea?”
“I have something to tell you. Azalea is now staying at Francis’ house. I suspect that Francis has also participated in this matter.”
“Why does Francis want to go against the Clark family? This is obviously not logical. William, I know you are stuck between me and the Davis family and t’s hard for you, but Michael and I have been at odds with each other for a long time. Except for letting my sister come back alive, I will never reconcile with him.”
“Richard, think carefully!”
“I’ve made myself clear. Anna just couldn’t stand Azalea so she slapped her several times. But Michael just had to create such huge news, so it’s obvious he’s trying to make things big. If that’s the case, why should I care? I have decided on this, so don’t get yourself involved in it. I have my way of handling it.”
Richard’s method would definitely cause both sides to be harmed. Of course, William would not see such a situation happen.
After hanging up Richard’s phone, he pondered for a moment. It was impossible for Richard to be careless with him, so everything that Azalea had done up to this point was a pretense and she was just trying to slander them.
If Azalea’s injuries weren’t serious, then things would be different. There was no need to cause such a great deal of destruction.
William immediately ordered Marcus to send someone to the hospital to investigate Azalea’s condition.
His men had found Azalea’s doctor. Not only did the doctor receive Azalea’s bribe, Francis had also arranged for his men to come and help him. As such, he had insisted that Azalea’s injuries were serious.
In order to put on a realistic act, Azalea also pretended to be unconscious on the bed. Marcus’ men went to investigate and immediately reported the situation back to William.
Marcus sent another message to William. “Mr. Howard, we found the bodyguards of the Gurney family in the hospital. Azalea’s ward is under the control of the Gurney family. Needless to say, Francis is behind this.”
“There is no hatred between Francis and Richard. If it’s revenge against me, it still makes sense. But what’s the reason for this now?”
Marcus couldn’t figure it out. “Yeah. I’m also confused. What did Azalea promise Francis? But she does not have anything to give! Apart from the fact that she’ pregnant with Michael’s child, what else is there of her?”
“This is indeed strange. How about this? You arranged for someone to pretend as a nurse and instal a CCTV in Azalea’s ward. Then, since Azalea is seriously hurt, have the specialists in the hospital check up on her in detail.”
Marcus nodded and immediately made the arrangements. William thought for a moment and called Michael. Michael’s phone was occupied all the time as William called several times but no one answered. “What the hell is he doing?”