Michael was looking at William as he hung up the phone. “Are you still investigating Leonard?”
“That’s right! Leonard’s girlfriend had an accident and she lost her child.” William didn’t hide it from Michael. “But it’s strange that he didn’t react to it at all.”
“What’s so strange about it? How can someone like Leonard be tied down by a woman? Even if that happened, that woman must be the daughter of a rich and powerful family who can give him some benefits. You still haven’t found out the identity of the woman, so it’s obvious that it must be kept a secret. Don’t spend too much time investigating that woman. You should focus on Leonard instead because he’s probably going to contact Francis now.”
“Did Franics tell you about his contact with Leonard?” William asked.
“I guessed it. Anyway, you have to be careful because Francis and Leonard aren’t good people. If they join forces, you’ll face endless troubles in the future.”
William smiled. “I’m not worried about Francis, I’m just worried about you.”
“What’s there to worry about?” Michael asked.
“Francis is willing to do anything to deal with you. He and Azalea are both shameless people, and the consequences will be unimaginable once he uses his means against you.”
Michael sat quietly in the tea room for a long time after William left.
Later, Francis called him. “Michael, let’s meet tonight.”
“I’m busy!” Michael refused.
“Find some time even if you’re busy. We should celebrate the success of our cooperation, right? You should save some of my dignity since I’ve already called you personally. Can you imagine how embarrassed I would be if you don’t come?”
Michael frowned, but he agreed when he recalled what William had just told him. “Okay then! Give me the location, I’ll go there in the evening.”
Francis was very happy when Michael agreed. Then, he looked at Frederick and said after he hung up, “He agreed, so you can proceed with the arrangement tonight.”
Frederick nodded as Francis added, “Michael isn’t sincere in cooperating with me, so we need to make a plan to tie him down.”
“What are you going to do?”
“I told you that Azalea’s child has to be Michael’s sole heir. Do you still remember?”
Frederick was shocked and nodded. “Yes!”
“It’s hard to control Michael now, so I can only think further and ensure that he won’t be able to have any more children. Then I won’t need to be worried anymore!”
Frederick had always been obedient to Francis’s orders in the past, but he silently disagreed when he heard how cruelly Francis wanted to deal with Michael. However, he nodded silently because he knew that he could not change Francis’ mind.
“Go and prepare the medicine first! Use the strongest and most effective one possible. It’s not easy to deal with Michael, so we can’t drag this matter any longer.”
As he was talking to Frederick, Evelyn quietly hid outside the study and eavesdropped. At that time, she could listen to the conversation between Francis and Frederick clearly.
A shocked expression flashed across Evelyn’s face when she heard that Francis was going to deal with Michael. Then, she tiptoed and left quickly.
Evelyn closed the door and exhaled forcefully when she got back to her room. Wasn’t Francis being too vicious?
He wanted to take everything from Michael for the sake of Azalea’s child. Besides that, he even wanted to deal with Michael like this. It seemed that Francis really liked Azalea very much.
If he loved Evelyn half as much as he loved Azalea and used the same method to deal with William, she wouldn’t have ended up like this.
Evelyn felt a sharp pain in her chest at the thought of William.
She had never seen William ever since he had mercilessly told her that they would never meet again, and she had been blocked from contacting him as well.
Evelyn had thought of going to William’s company to make a scene, but she was filled with fear when she thought of what he could do to her.
She would definitely pay the price if she made a scene, and William would definitely do everything he could to deal with her if he fell out with her. In that case, it would be impossible for her to make any further progress with him.
Evelyn absolutely refused to give up on William, so she had to think of a way to establish a relationship with him.
She had been racking her brains to figure out a way during the past few days, but she couldn’t come up with something viable.
Evelyn suddenly had hope when she overheard the conversation between Francis and Frederick.
William had a good relationship with Michael, so he would definitely not stand by and watch.
She might as well use this as an excuse to meet William. Not only could she fix her relationship with William, but she could also intercept Francis’ plan.
However, William had already blocked her, so how could she contact him?
Evelyn thought of Jacqueline, who was now with Bobby in the Howard family. She had to contact Jacqueline and ask the latter to think of a way.
Evelyn immediately sent a message to Jacqueline. “I need you to do something for me immediately.”
Jacelyn’s eyes were full of disgust when she saw Evelyn’s message, but she couldn’t ignore it. After all, she was pretending to be Jacqueline. She replied, “What’s the matter?”
“I want to see William. Please help me get in touch with him.”
Evelyn was still as shameless as ever, so Jacelyn refused without hesitation. “Miss, I can’t get in touch with William, so I can’t send him a message. Besides, this may not be useful.”
“Why are you so useless? Why haven’t you contacted William even though you’ve been in the Howard family for so long? How are you going to help me if you go on like this?” Evelyn questioned angrily.
“Miss, I don’t have any power here and I’m just a servant. The Howard family’s rules are very strict, so I have to do my duty well. I’m not allowed to ask questions or keep tabs on Sir’s whereabouts, or else I’ll be driven out. Besides, William is rarely at home.”
“You’re just making excuses. I asked you to get close to Bobby to do things for me, but you’re so useless that you can’t even do this!” Evelyn said angrily, “You must help me with this matter. If you can’t get in touch with him, you can ask Bobby to send a message to William.”
“Miss, Bobby doesn’t care about me at all and he may not listen to me.” Jacelyn continued to refuse.
“I don’t care. Tell Bobby that I want to see William.”
Evelyn was being unreasonable, so Jacelyn sneered and said, “Miss, it’s a miracle for Bobby to let me live in the Howard family. If he knew that I was working for you, he would drive me out. Won’t everything be ruined if that happened?”
Evelyn calmed down after reading Jacelyn’s message. “Alright, tell Bobby that I have something important to tell William and it concerns Michael’s safety.”
Jacelyn showed Evelyn’s message to Bobby. “Is what she said true?”
“Ask her what happened.” Bobby asked Jacelyn to send a message.
Jacelyn typed, “Miss, what does this matter have to do with Michael?”
“My only condition before I disclose this information is to meet William.” Evelyn refused to tell Jacelyn.
“I can’t tell Bobby if you keep this from me. Give me some info first, so I can pass it on to Bobby.”
Evelyn thought for a moment and said, “Tell Bobby that someone is planning to hurt Michael! They would never be able to expect it at all, but I’ll tell William who’s the culprit when he comes to see me.”