William explained, “We’ve been actively carrying out this plan for less than two months, but I’ve been planning this for quite some time now. I started from the time Evelyn schemed against Valeria to force her into early labour. So strictly speaking, it has been more than a year since I first came up with this idea.”
This meant that William had dealt with the Gurney family for Valeria’s sake. At this moment, Archer and Natalie looked at each other again.
They had always thought that the matter of the Gurney family would end after William dealt with Evelyn, but they had never expected that he had been planning such a grand scheme all along.
Even though Archer and Natalie were Valeria’s biological parents, they felt inferior when they saw how much William loved and protected her. It was really a wise choice to let their daughter marry him.
Meanwhile, in the hospital, Leonard’s eyes were covered as he listened to his assistant explain what had happened to the Gurney family. He let out a long sigh and said, “Was the Gurney family really this useless? I actually wanted to cooperate with them back then, but it’s fortunate that I didn’t carry out that plan. Otherwise, I would have been dragged into this mess by now.”
“Francis is too greedy. If he hadn’t believed Michael and invested all of his assets, he wouldn’t have sent the Gurney family to such an early grave.”
“Who isn’t greedy in this world? Wouldn’t you want to earn money if the chance was given to you?” Leonard was in a bad mood.
His assistant was rendered speechless as well. Indeed, no one would have the courage to reject the temptation of earning so much money.
Leonard was obviously irritated and he remained silent with a gloomy expression.
The assistant didn’t know what Leonard was thinking, so he reminded, “Mr. Floyd, the video of Azalea sleeping with another man has been going viral, and her child is not Michael’s. Since the child she gave birth to has nothing to do with Michael, she…”
“I know, I was also thinking about this,” Leonard said slowly. “I underestimated Michael and I didn’t expect him to do this. I have to take passive steps now.”
Leonard knew that he no longer had an advantage. The Clark family hated Michael before this because he had betrayed Abbie by having a child with Azalea. Now, everything turned out to be a lie. Since Abbie came back alive, the Clark family’s hatred for Michael was reduced as well.
Michael had put so much effort into dealing with the Gurney family for Abbie’s sake. After that was settled, he would definitely try to gain the favour of the Clark family. With William’s help, the relationship between the Davis and the Clark family would definitely be restored. Moreover, Michael was the father of Abbie’s child as well.
With this, it was very likely that Abbie and Michael would reconcile. Then, that would mean that all of the things that Leonard had done were to their advantage.
The assistant suggested when he saw that Leonard had stayed silent, “Mr. Floyd, do you want me to arrange for someone to pick up Abbie’s child?”
Of course, Leonard wanted to take Abbie’s child so he could control her, but he knew that Richard was not a fool. Richard would probably notice something fishy if he took the child back at such a critical time.
Could it be that Abbie had begun to doubt his intentions as well? He couldn’t mess things up right now.
“We’ll take her child back, but now’s not the right time. We’ll do it in a few days.”
“I’m worried that the situation will change by then!” The assistant reminded.
“I know, I’m thinking about it too.” Leonard reached out to rub his temples irritably, but he let out a hiss in pain when he accidentally touched his eyes.
Just then, Leonard suddenly came up with an idea. The thing that Abbie hated the most was Michael betraying her, so he had to find a breakthrough with this fact.
Leonard immediately asked, “Does Michael have any other rumored girlfriends other than Azalea?”
The assistant thought for a moment and replied, “He used to date someone named Anastasia, but they haven’t been in touch recently.”
“Investigate Anastasia right now and use her to find a breakthrough!”
When Michael returned to the Davis family’s mansion at dinner time, he noticed how much older Wayne looked as he sat on the sofa wearily.
Wayne stood up abruptly when he saw Michael come in, “You b*stard! Are you satisfied with how you destroyed our family like this?”
Michael turned a blind eye to Wayne’s anger and sat on the opposite sofa. “Why were you looking for me?”
“How do you have the guts to ask me that? Shouldn’t you give me an explanation after humiliating our family name like this?”
“What kind of explanation do you want?” Michael retorted.
“I can give you all the family shares if you want them, but you can’t change our company’s name!”
“Grandpa, do you think I’ll agree to your request?” Michael’s expression was cold. “I’ve already asked you to sell all of your shares in advance to give you a way out, so I won’t entertain any of your other requests! After all, I’m not the biggest shareholder. William is the one you should talk to instead!”
“Since you’re friends with him, he probably won’t refuse your request.”
“How ridiculous can you be? Do you think the Davis family is more successful than the Wolf Group? I’m sure you know that the Davis family will probably have more potential if they can grow under the Wolf Group.”
Of course, Wayne knew about this as well. “The Davis family belongs to me. I can agree to give William our shares and take charge of the Davis family, but I can’t agree to change our company’s name! I will never accept this!”
“Grandpa, it doesn’t matter what you want. This is our decision, so I can’t agree to your request!” Michael refused directly.
“I’ll commit suicide if you dare to change the name of the Davis family’s company!” Wayne threatened, “I’ve put in my life’s work to build this company, so how can I live if you’re planning on destroying it?”
“Are you threatening me?” Michael laughed. “Grandpa, I know what kind of person you are! You had the guts to arrange my marriage with such a vicious and shameless person. Not only that, you were willing to sacrifice my happiness for it as well. I don’t believe that someone like you would throw away their life like this, and you’ll probably spend your entire life scheming against others. After all, you’d probably have another vicious scheme up your sleeves!”
Michael’s words seemed to have stabbed through Wayne’s chest. His face turned an angry shade of red and he threw his teacup at Michael in a rage. However, Michael did not dodge at all as he looked at Wayne with a sneer.
“I will always remember how you and my mother welcomed Azalea into our family and separated me from the woman I loved the most. Fortunately, Abbie survived, but my child is gone! You killed my only child!” Michael looked at Wayne with bloodshot eyes.
Wayne didn’t dare to meet Michael’s gaze. “It’s just a fetus after all. You’re still young, so I’m sure you can have more children.”
“Yes, I am still young! But do you know what you and Francis made me lose after both of you dragged me into your mess? Francis asked someone to make sure I won’t have any more descendants. I’m completely infertile and I will never have any more children in my life!”
Wayne’s eyes widened when he heard that. “Is… Is this really true?”