It was already two o’clock in the morning when Francis and Frederick found Michael’s assistant.
Michael’s assistant yawned and opened the door impatiently. “What’s going on? Don’t you know that I’m asleep?”
Francis said angrily, “I’m going to withdraw all my investment funds now!”
“Now?” The assistant asked.
“Yes, get on it right away!”
“I’ll have to go to the company to do it and I need Michael’s permission as well.”
Francis became frustrated. “Then why don’t you call Michael?”
The assistant looked at Francis as if he was insane. “At this point, let alone I can’t get through to Michael’s phone, even if I can get through, I won’t call him! I’m not a fool. I’m looking for abuse by calling him now.”
“I don’t care what method you use. Anyway, I’m going to withdraw the money now and you must find a way to do it!”
The assistant looked at Francis’ demanding expression and said with a sneer, “I’m Michael’s assistant and he’s the one who pays me. I don’t have anything to do with the Gurney family, so I don’t think you’re in any place to order me around.”
“You!” Francis was so angry that he had a shortness of breath after being rebutted by the assistant.
Frederick immediately tried to placate him. “Sir, don’t be angry. It’s bad for your health!”
How could Francis stay calm? The assistant had such a horrible attitude as if he was prepared to cut ties with Francis, so Frederick had no choice but to give in. “In that case, let’s just wait for tomorrow. It won’t take more than a few hours anyway.”
After Francis was helped back to the car by Frederick, he waited in the car instead of going back home.
Azalea left the hospital after Francis had gone home and she kept thinking about his words on the way home.
Why did Michael’s assistant tell Francis that Michael was not her son’s father?
Could Michael actually believe that disgusting man’s lies and doubted that he was the child’s father?
It would be troublesome if actually Michael believed that the child was not his.
In this case, she would definitely need to carry out a DNA test for her child and keep a close eye on it. She mustn’t let anyone have an opportunity to change the results report.
Azalea bought something light to eat at the convenience before returning to the Davis family.
When she rang the doorbell at the door, the bodyguard opened the door and stopped her from entering. “Wait a minute!”
“Why are you stopping me? Why aren’t you letting me in?”
The bodyguard ignored Azalea and picked up the walkie-talkie, “Azalea is back, bring the child out!”
Azalea’s heart sank when she heard this. “What are you doing? Why do you want to bring my child out here?”
“Sir ordered you to take your child away from the Davis family immediately!”
“Why?” Azalea looked at the bodyguard in shock, but his expression was frosty. “Why do you have so many questions? Don’t you know what you have done? You even raised your child in the Davis family, do you think of us as fools!?”
“No… this…” Azalea panicked and she couldn’t form a coherent sentence.
At this moment, the maid came out with the child in her arms. When she saw Azalea, she immediately stuffed the child directly into her arms. “Here!”
Azalea didn’t want to carry her child, but it seemed as though the servant was about to throw the boy to the ground. So, she had no choice but to carry the child herself.
“It’s so late, so where are we supposed to go?”
“That has nothing to do with us, so just take your child and get lost!”
“Aren’t we going to do a DNA test? Let’s talk about it after that…”
“What?! Mr. Michael came back to make it clear that this child has nothing to do with him! You disgusting wench, you have used your b*stard child to act as high and mighty in the Davis family. Do you really think you’re that capable? Everyone knows what you have done, so get lost with your disgusting child and don’t be an eyesore here anymore!”
Azalea was trembling with anger when she heard the servant’s words. She had slept around with countless men in the past, but she had never slept with another man ever since she was married into the Davis family. She was sure that this child was Michael’s.
It was alright if the Davis family wanted to berate her, but a servant dared to insult her like this. What did she take Azalea for?
Azalea wasn’t a nobody like before and she was the heiress of the Gurney family. How could she let a servant treat her like this?
Azalea wanted to raise her hand to slap the servant, but the latter immediately dodged it. Azalea regained her confidence when she saw that the servant didn’t dare to confront her directly, so she chased after her to hit her while she scolded, “I’ll beat you to a pulp, you b*tch!”
Azalea hit the servant a few times, but the bodyguard stood beside her with his hands crossed and said, “Why are you dodging her? She’s nothing but a shameless b*tch, can’t you deal with someone like her? You’ll embarrass the Davis family if you let her bully you like this!”
The bodyguard meant that the servant didn’t have to worry about hitting Azalea.
The maid then started a head-on fight since she had backing from the bodyguard. Azalea was hugging her child and her strength was no match for the maid as well. She was slapped across the face several times and a handful of hair was ripped out from her scalp. In the end, she didn’t dare to continue the fight anymore.
She returned to her car with the child in her arms. She wasn’t completely homeless after the Davis family had driven her out, so she could still go to Francis’ house first and think of a way to deal with her situation.
Francis waited in the car until eight o’clock the next morning. Michael’s assistant smiled when he went out and saw Francis and Frederick in the car. “Good morning! It doesn’t feel good to sleep in the car, right? How can an old man like you spend a whole night in the car?”
Francis glared at him. “Can we go to the company now?”
“Of course!”
Francis and his men followed Michael’s assistant to the company. When they entered the company, they found that Michael was present as well.
Francis’ eyes were burning with anger when he saw Michael. “You’re finally willing to show up!”
Michael looked very calm even when he was faced with Francis’ rage. “Sit down!”
Francis sat down in a huff. “Michael, I see you have your own means as well!”
“I’m only a novice compared with someone as vicious and greedy as well. Most people will never be a match for you, but it’s just that I’m lucky. Otherwise, I would have been defeated long ago.” Michael put on a fake smile.
“You!” Francis’ eyes were seething as he pointed at Michael.
Michael turned a blind eye to his anger. “Don’t be so angry, you might get a heart attack! By the way, I heard that you want to withdraw money, right?”
“Yes, take all the funds out immediately!”
“Okay, let me see how much money you have earned!” Michael said as he slowly turned on his computer. After he stared at the screen for a while, he sighed and said, “Are you sure you want to withdraw the money?”
“Yes!”
Michael glanced at his assistant, who took out a contract and said, “You need to sign this to state that you’ll be responsible for the losses after we withdraw your funds.”
After Francis looked at the contract again and checked through the conditions, he picked up the pen and signed his name.
Michael sighed and said after Francis signed his name, “There was another crash last night. Our investment company is shrouded by negative news and the price of its stocks dropped by 90 per cent, which caused a serious loss in our investment founds. This is what’s left of the money that you have invested.”