Valeria found it hard to believe, and she felt even more bewildered the more she stared at Abbie.
Just then, she could hear the sound of a car arriving from outside and a servant came in to tell them, “Mr. Floyd is here!”
It was obvious that they were referring to Leonard, but Valeria’s expression turned cold when she heard that Leonard was coming over.
Leonard and his assistant brought over a lot of gifts. Helen was naturally very grateful to him since he had saved Abbie, so she smiled and invited him to sit down. “I was discussing with my husband about going to see you, but I didn’t expect you to come.”
“Is Abbie alright?” Leonard asked with a smile.
“She acts very distantly from us and she doesn’t want to say a word, but it was fortunate that Valeria is here. She stayed here with Abbie all night and left her children behind. They started to miss her when they woke up in the morning, so they came to look for her.”
Valeria and Abbie came out of the dining hall as Helen was speaking. Bobby and Jacelyn followed behind them while they held the twins.
Leonard smiled and took the initiative to greet her. “Hello, Madam Howard!”
“Hello, Mr. Floyd! Thank you for saving Abbie!” Valeria’s attitude was much better than before.
Leonard felt very pleased. “There’s no need to thank me, it’s something that I should do!”
He asked Abbie, “Are you used to staying here?”
Abbie nodded. “It’s alright!”
Valeria felt very disgusted when she saw Leonard’s gentle smile. “Mr. Floyd is such a good person! But there’s something that I don’t quite understand and I wanted to ask you about it. Did you really not recognize Abbie when you saved her?”
“Yes, I really didn’t know it was her. At that time, she looked completely different because she was seriously injured. She had been in a coma for a long time after I sent her to the hospital.”
“Is that so? When did you recognize Abbie’s identity then?” Valeria asked again.
“I accidentally found out recently, which was during my last trip to the country.”
“I remember that you came back a long time ago. Since you recognized Abbie’s identity, why did you bring her back here after such a long time? What are your intentions?”
Valeria interrogated Leonard aggressively.
Of course, the Clark family had the same suspicions as Valeria. Although they didn’t ask him about it, they had clear doubts about his motives as well.
Leonard knew that even if the Clark family suspected that he had ill intentions, they wouldn’t question him too much because he saved Abbie. However, he didn’t expect that Valeria would disregard his pride like this.
Leonard had already come up with a solution, so he smiled and said, “Madam Howard, please listen to my explanation. I really didn’t know that she was the daughter of the Clark family when I saved her, but I knew her from way before.”
“Really?” Valeria certainly did not believe Leonard because Abbie would’ve told her if she had met him before. After all, Leonard’s appearance was very similar to William’s.
“Abbie is like my sister, so why have I never heard of this? Mr. Floyd, are you making up stories?”
“Madam Howard, please listen to me. I’ve seen Abbie before, but she doesn’t know who I am. The first time I met her was at a gathering abroad and I liked her very much, so I asked for her number. She was very cautious at the time, so she ignored me. Although she didn’t give me her number, I had a deep impression of her.”
Valeria’s expression changed. “What do you mean?”
“I am very grateful because I had the opportunity to save her. Although what I said will make Helen very uncomfortable, I still want to say that I like Abbie a lot. Being able to save her and watch her recover are the happiest days of my life. I want to be with her for the rest of my life.”
Leonard looked at Abbie with a very gentle gaze. “You could say that I never thought of letting her meet her family. After that, I accidentally found out about her identity when I came to the country. I struggled to make a decision after knowing that she is the eldest daughter of the Clark family. I wanted to hide her identity for the rest of my life, but on second thought, I brought her back because I thought that she should want to see her family.”
Leonard’s words were emotional, but Valeria didn’t believe it at all. “Do you mean that you like Abbie? Haha, are you out of your mind?”
“Why can’t I like her?” Leonard frowned and his expression turned serious.
“Don’t you know the reason yourself?” Valeria looked at Leonard with a raised eyebrow without a trace of a smile on her face. Instead, she looked at Leonard with disdain.
Leonard also stopped smiling. “I can’t read your mind, so how would I know what you’re thinking about?”
“Mr. Floyd, have you forgotten that you were caught by the police in the hotel?”
Abbie looked at Leonard blankly. “You were arrested by the police? What’s going on?”
“It was just a small matter. The police just asked me to inquire about a case.” Leonard cursed in his heart. “Why didn’t Valeria act according to what he expected? Why did she bring this up?”
He hoped that Valeria would stop, but he didn’t expect that she would continue the story. “I heard that you were with another woman at the time, so how can you explain this?”
Leonard couldn’t bear it anymore when Valeria mentioned a woman. “Madam Howard, this is just a misunderstanding!”
“Hm? What misunderstanding could lead to you being naked with another woman?” How could a man be so shameless? Even now, he still had the gall to argue with her. Valeria really wanted to slap Leonard in the face. “Mr. Floyd, you should know your limits. Abbie will never like someone as disgusting and shameless as you, so you can stop your wishful thinking!”
Leonard couldn’t defend himself against Valeria’s words, so his expression was extremely ugly as he looked at her coldly. However, she did not flinch at all as she matched his gaze.
When Helen saw that the situation was taking a bad turn, she quickly tried to smooth things over. “Alright, Valeria, let’s not talk about this anymore!”
Helen was polite to Leonard because he had saved Abbie. However, Valeria didn’t need to be polite to Leonard, so she glared at Leonard with disgust and pulled Abbie aside. “Abbie, let’s go for a stroll in the garden.”
When Abbie was taken away by Valeria, Helen said politely, “Although they’re not related to each other, they are as close as sisters. Valeria has always been one to speak her mind, so please don’t take it to heart.”
Leonard couldn’t retord and he didn’t dare to do anything to Valeria, so he could only go along with Helen’s words. “I won’t take it seriously.”
Although he said that, he thought the exact opposite. If Valeria continued to be so presumptuous and mess up his plan, he wouldn’t show any mercy to her!