Abbie remained silent, but she had a vague feeling that something wasn’t right. Why did Leonard suddenly want to change places? Moreover, he didn’t reveal the slightest hint of his plans before this.
What the hell was Leonard up to?
Leonard ordered a bowl of cabbage soup and a few dishes that consisted of steamed pork, braised chicken, and steamed dumplings.
“You can’t eat spicy food, so you can only order these dishes. I’ll take you to eat the best hot pot here when you’re fully recovered.”
“Thank you!” Abbie said softly.
“You don’t have to be so polite to me. I’m actually treating you as my friend, so you can stop being so formal in the future if you feel the same way.”
“Okay! I won’t do that again in the future!”
“That’s good!” Leonard said with a gentle smile as he placed some food on Abbie’s plate. His smile was warm and kind, which made Abbie a little distracted.
How could someone with such a pure smile have bad intentions? She must have been overthinking.
Bobby returned to the hospital where Leonard had been after visiting the old servant of the Floyd family. He bought a bunch of flowers and took the elevator to E5. After he walked around the top floor, he asked one of the nurses on duty, “I am Mr. Floyd’s friend and I came to see a patient, but I forgot the ward number. Can you tell me where is it?”
The nurse asked Bobby, “Who is Mr. Floyd?”
Bobby showed Leonard’s photo to the nurse on duty, but she shook her head and said, “The patient has been discharged from the hospital at noon and he took her home to recuperate.”
Bobby did not stay any longer and left after he thanked the nurse. Just then, the nurse immediately picked up her mobile phone and made a phone call after Bobby went into the elevator. “Hey, someone really came to ask about Mr. Floyd’s friend. He’s really tall and he’s taking the elevator down, so you’ll see him at the door.”
Bobby did not press the button to the first floor after he entered the elevator. He had just followed Leonard here in the morning, and it was impossible that Leonard would transfer the patient away without any reason.
Bobby’s vigilance made him realize a sense of danger, so he pressed the elevator button to E3 before going to the next building through the corridor.
Bobby saw several fully armed men with weapons standing at the door after he arrived at the parking lot.
Were these people waiting for him?
Bobby sneered and strode straight to his car. The loud roar of his car engine immediately made the men at the door turn their heads, and they were all stunned when they saw Bobby’s car leaving the parking lot.
Bobby raised his middle finger to the men, who were looking at him, as he sped out of the parking lot.
Leonard brought Abbie to his manor after the meal. It turned out that he wasn’t exaggerating at all as his manor was indeed very large and beautiful.
Leonard accompanied Abbie to walk around the manor. Then, he checked the time and called the butler to pick Abbie up so she could rest.
The housekeeper respectfully invited Abbie to get in the car, but Leonard did not get up. He waved at Abbie and said, “I have to stay here for a while, but you can go with her first. Don’t worry, she’ll take good care of you.”
Abbie was indeed tired, so she nodded and got in the car. She glanced at the rearview mirror and saw Leonard making a phone call as the car left. At that moment, the gentle and warm smile on his face had disappeared and it was replaced by a serious expression.
Francis refused to admit Azalea’s identity. He only sent a lawyer’s letter to sue the account which started the rumour that he and Azalea were lovers.
However, the account didn’t stop spreading the rumours and it began to refute Francis’s lawyer’s letter instead. If Azalea was not Francis’ lover, why would she stay in his house? And why would the bodyguards of the Gurney family guard her ward?
Francis was old enough to be Azalea’s grandfather. Could it be that they were just friends? However, no one had seen Francis and Azalea interact with each other before this.
They were forcing Francis to admit his relationship with Azalea, but he adamantly refused to do it. He only said that Azalea had moved into his villa because of her car accident. Since Evelyn was the one who caused it, Francis had allowed Azalea to move into the Gurney family’s mansion to compensate her.
Richard watched as the tables turned overnight, and he knew that William was the only one who would help the Clark family like this.
He immediately called William and asked, “What happened to Francis and Azalea?”
“They’re father and daughter,” William told Richard about what had happened between them.
Richard was very surprised when he heard that Azalea was Francis’ illegitimate daughter. “I was wondering why the Gurney family was involved in this mess, but it turns out that it’s because of you. Since Azalea is Francis’ illegitimate daughter, why doesn’t he want to admit it? Right… Were you the one who spread the rumours about Azalea being a mistress? What are you trying to do?”
“Of course, it’s to get back at Francis. If he doesn’t admit it, I’ll force him to the brink of desperation and destroy him.” William’s voice was full of delight.
“You can’t force him to admit this, right? Azalea’s reputation has been thoroughly ruined, and she has no value but her ties to the Davis family. Francis knows this very well, so I don’t think he’ll admit it that for the sake of the Gurney family’s company and his reputation.”
“You’ll just have to wait and see!”
Francis slept well last night since he decided to let Azalea bear the brunt of all the consequences.
Francis hadn’t been able to rest properly because he had been too exhausted after dealing with all of his problems. He slept until seven o’clock the next day and was awakened by the noise outside.
The noise outside was accompanied by the sound of crying and he heard his name being called out. Francis thought that he was dreaming, but he opened his eyes and looked out of the window. He found that it was already bright outside and the sun was shining. Just then, he felt that something was wrong when he heard the noise again, so he immediately put on his clothes and went out to find out what was going on.
There were several uniformed policemen standing in the spacious living room of his villa while his helper was crying with handcuffs on her hands.
Besides her, the bodyguards who were guarding Azalea were also handcuffed.
Francis was shocked when he saw this scene and he said sternly, “What’s going on? Who gave you the right to come to my house to arrest all of them?”
“We’re acting according to the law! These people are suspected of murder, so we have to bring them back to the police station to interrogate them.”
“What!? That’s impossible! They are all good people, they won’t do such a thing.”
“We have evidence. You can provide us with details if you know the truth about this matter, otherwise, please don’t obstruct our duty. Take them away immediately!”
The four bodyguards and the helper were handcuffed and taken away by the police. The bodyguards were still calm, but the helper was different. Her face was covered with snot and tears as she asked Francis to help her.
Francis was so angry that he gasped as he tried to plead with the police officers.
No one paid attention to him as the police left with the bodyguards and helper.
Francis was so angry that he trembled. How could they not take him seriously at all and humiliate him like this?
He looked for Frederick everywhere. How could the latter be missing when such a huge thing had happened?!