Frederick’s eyes flashed when he heard this. “Sir, why don’t I ask Thomas for help? Last time, he used the Floyd family’s public relations team to suppress Miss’ scandal. I can ask him if he can help this time as well.”
Francis nodded immediately and said, “You’re right, how could I forget about him? Call Thomas immediately and suppress the matter regardless of how much it costs!”
Frederick looked for Thomas’ number and made a phone call in front of Francis. Thomas sighed and said, “It’s not a matter of suppressing the news. If you want to calm it down, I’m afraid that you’ll have to talk to Richard. Since the Clark family is fanning the flames, the news on the Internet will definitely not disappear so easily. I think Francis would have to find Richard and offer him a large sum of money.”
Frederick glanced at Francis, who also knew that he had to settle this with money. It was better to make peace in private and settle this matter than pay a legal compensation fee.
He lowered his voice and said, “Ask Thomas to discuss this with Richard, and ask him how much money he wants to let this matter go!”
After Frederick relayed Francis’ message, Thomas agreed and said, “Alright, I’ll ask Richard what’s going on right now.”
However, Thomas didn’t approach Richard at all and he asked William directly instead, “Francis wants me to be the middle man to settle this matter. How much do you want?”
“A hundred million!” William said.
“Francis spent a lot of money this time. He bought over those online users and even his public relations team to suppress the trending topics. Furthermore, his reputation has been ruined and this matter has alarmed everyone in the Gurney family. Anyway, the main point is that Francis is not a generous person. I’m afraid that he won’t be willing to give up that much.”
William laughed and said, “Really? Since you know him quite well, how much do you think is suitable?”
“I think sixty million is a good number.”
“All right, I’ll leave it to you.” William was in no mood to deal with this matter because he had other things to do.
Thomas deliberately ignored Francis until five o’clock in the afternoon. By that time, Francis couldn’t sit still and asked Frederick to urge Thomas. “Thomas, how’s it going?”
“We just finished talking! I was about to call you. I immediately talked to Richard about it after our call just now. He said that he was willing to let this go if you give him a hundred million dollars.”
“Why does he want so much? Isn’t he going overboard!?” Francis roared.
“Sir, if we really go to court, the lawsuit costs would probably be around the same price as well,” Thomas said slowly.
“Richard is very angry now, and the things he said are very unpleasant. It seemed that he doesn’t plan on negotiating, but I asked William to persuade him after that. Then, Richard promised to give in for the sake of William and the Floyd family to settle this matter with sixty million dollars. Are you okay with this?”
Francis was also distressed because sixty million was not a small number, and Thomas said after a moment of silence, “I think Richard seems to have evidence of you and he has already hired the most powerful lawyer around to file a lawsuit against you. Your charges include slander, personal harm, and economic losses that amount to two hundred million dollars. It is very likely that you will lose the lawsuit, so…”
Francis did not dare to say anything more after hearing Thomas’ words, and he said after a long silence, “I know, I’ll give him the sixty million dollars.”
William arranged for someone to pick Bobby up when his plane arrived at the airport at 10 o’clock at night, and he came back with two large boxes.
The bodyguard who picked him up was very curious. “Bobby, you used to travel around with only two small bags of clothes. Why did you bring so many boxes back this time?”
Bobby smiled and said, “I won’t tell you to keep an element of surprise!”
When they returned to the Howard family, Valeria and William both came out to welcome Bobby when they heard that he was back.
Bobby didn’t talk much and the first thing he asked was, “Are Cade and Santhos sleeping?”
“No, they’re taking a shower. I asked the maid to prepare dinner, so why don’t you eat first?”
“I’ll eat later, I want to take a look at the two babies first.”
After that, Bobby took the two boxes and left Valeria and William to go to the baby’s room. Valeria looked at William and said, “Honey, why do I feel that Bobby isn’t as kind to you as before?”
“I feel the same way. Just like you, he only cares about the two kids now. You don’t even have eyes for your husband anymore.”
“When did I ever forget about you?”
“You would sleep in the baby room at night and leave me alone in the empty bedroom.”
“Don’t be ridiculous! I wanted to see them because I’m worried, but you’re jealous because of your sons. Isn’t it hilarious?” Valeria rolled her eyes at William and walked inside without him.
William followed her, and the two of them also went upstairs. Cade and Santhos had just taken a shower, and the helper was helping them put on their clothes. Bobby took the box and went in happily. “Look at what I bought for both of you!”
Bobby had bought all the toys in the box, and he’d rather take out the toys instead of having his meal. Then, he sat down with a mat in one hand and began to fiddle with the toys.
Cade and Santhos looked curiously at Bobby, who was playing with toys on the ground. Their eyes were wide open as they gurgled inaudibly.
William and Valeria stood at the door and watched this scene with complicated expressions in their eyes.
Bobby liked children very much, but he had always refused to get married. Bobby would be a very loving father if he had a child, and his life should be much happier.
Valeria gently pulled William away and said, “Honey, you really should consider making arrangements for Bobby’s marriage. Since he likes children so much, his life would be much better if he had a family.”
As William nodded, he thought of Jacelyn. She was the only woman that Bobby would ever love in this world, but it was a pity that she was gone.
Since the woman that was involved in the car accident looked exactly the same as Jacelyn, William didn’t know how Bobby would react when he saw her.
Madelyn received the DNA report three days later. When she saw the results that she wasn’t related to Angel at all, she suddenly blacked out and fell to the ground.
After so many years of painstaking planning, she always thought that she could depend on her rich and powerful daughter to live a luxurious life in the future. However, she didn’t expect that her so-called daughter had nothing to do with her at all.
Since she had exchanged the children that year, she was extremely sure that Angel was her daughter. Madelyn felt as if she was dreaming when she held the DNA test report in her hands.
She pondered silently and wondered where her daughter was if Angel wasn’t her child.
Was her daughter really dead like what Paisley and Danya had said?
Who could be the murderer that killed her daughter?!
Madelyn instantly felt as if she had aged a decade now that her daughter was gone, and her hope was crushed.