When Maria woke up, she was naked and the large bed was messy.
There was no one in her sight.
She sat up, wrapping her smooth body in the quilt and tried to recall what happened last night. She
used the video of Dolores being undressed to bring Matthew here. Originally, she had wanted to use
the video to in exchange for him to spare the Herbert family. But when he came, before she had the
chance to talk to him, they both drank wine.
And then she got drunk.
She remembered taking off her clothes herself.
At that time, only Matthew was there with her in the room.
Did Matthew do something with her yesterday?
She was not an innocent child; she could clearly feel what had happened to her body.
She blushed, her cheeks turning red.
Did Matthew really change his mind?
She was so excited that she almost jumped up.
She was sure that last night Matthew had sex with her.
She knew Matthew a little bit, before when he found out that she was the woman from that night, he
was really nice to her.
If he hadn’t found out about her fake pregnancy car accident later on, he wouldn’t have begun to hate
her either.
Now he slept with her, which means he was willing to be with her again.
She happily got out of the bed and put her clothes back on.
She had to hurry and tell Landon about this. If Matthew was willing to be with her again, was he still
going to spread that news?
After getting dressed, she quickly left the hotel.
The car stopped at the Herbert family’s house. When she got out, she noticed Abbott’s car parked not
far away.
Was Abbott here?
She knew that Abbott was Matthew’s assistant.
He was also someone who Matthew trusted very much.
Was he there to tell her family that she wanted to reconcile with Matthew?
The more she thought about it, the more excited she became and the faster she walked.
Pushing open the door, she saw her family. Landon was sitting in the front with a pale face and
Sampson and Warner’s expressions were not good. Camilla was sitting a little to the side and was
sobbing softly, not daring to cry loudly.
Maria didn’t think that the dull depressing atmosphere was because of her.
She glanced at Abbott and asked with a smile, “Did Matthew send you?”
Abbott missed her gaze and said indifferently, “Yes.”
He and Maria used to work together and they had a good working relationship. Later, she turned out to
be from the Herbert family and gained status and changed.
He didn’t know what she did, but he knew that Matthew would not do what he did unless she had gone
too far.
As expected, Maria almost laughed out loud.
She walked over to Landon, “Dad…”
There was a loud slapping sound.
Maria was slapped hard by her father and lost her balance, falling down on the floor. She knelt on the
ground, unable to believe that her father had just slapped her.
She clutched her sorely numb cheek, “Dad, why are you hitting me?”
“Why?” Landon was breathless from the effort of slapping her. The news incident was still not resolved
but there was already another scandal! He was extremely angry.
And she was still asking why did he hit her?
Trembling with anger, he pointed at her, “You still have the guts to ask why?”
“You must have a reason for hitting me, otherwise I will never forgive you!” Maria turned her head
towards Camilla with tears in her eyes.
Camilla did not dare to intervene for her.
She turned to look at Sampson, who had red eyes and did not come forward to help her.
When she had returned to the Herbert family’s house, Camilla and Sampson had treated her well.
Now that neither of them stepped forward to speak for her, she felt the seriousness of the situation.
Landon’s voice was lower than usual and deep like a muffled thunder as he chuckled bitterly, “I regret
not choking you to death the day you were born. And you are telling me that you won’t forgive me?”
His eyes were red, “Do I need you to forgive me?!”
Maria shrank back. This was the first time she saw such a vicious side of Landon.
She threw herself towards Abbott and grabbed his arm, “You tell my dad what you are here for.”
Abbott remained indifferent and said lightly, “I’ve already told them.”
“If he knows that Matthew and I are back together, why is he still angry?”
“When did you get back together with Mr. Nelson?” Abbott said coldly.
Maybe the Herbert family didn’t know why Maria was acting like this, but he knew.
Because she called Matthew’s name a lot last night.
She thought that the two men were Matthew.
“Last night, I was with Matthew. He… He…”
“I think you have misunderstood.” Abbott interrupted her and dropped a bomb on her with his next few
words, “Mr. Nelson was not with you last night.”
“What nonsense are you talking about? Stop it!” Maria said sternly, she stood up from the ground and
pointed at Abbott, “What do you know?”
She remembered that she was in Matthew’s arms last night and he did not push her away. Forgetting
everything, even the pain of the slap, she smiled, “He loves me. We were together last night.”
“Enough!” Sampson couldn’t listen anymore. He couldn’t bear seeing her deceive everyone and
herself.
He stepped over, clasped her shoulders and snarled at her, “Wake up, Maria! You have been
scammed!”
She looked at Sampson, who looked close to collapsing and asked, “Who scammed me? What are you
talking about?”
“How could I give birth to such a stupid daughter like you?” Landon had never regretted this before. But
now he regretted recognizing and accepting her in the first place.
If he had known that she was going to bring such a disaster to the Herbert family, he would have let her
die outside rather than let her enter through the doors of Herbert family’s home.
Abbott came there in person and confirmed Matthew’s intention.
Landon knew that these two incidents combined would really be a disaster for the Herbert family.
If he didn’t resolve this well, his family was really going to be finished.
He stood up, all arrogance gone, “You tell Matthew, I will give him a satisfactory explanation for this
matter.”
Abbott nodded, “Okay. I will tell him that.”
Landon stood up to see him out. Abbott waved his hand, “No need to see me out, thank you.”
Abbott immediately left Herbert family’s house.
Maria seemed to begin to understand the situation, “Was it not Matthew with me last night?”
She was a fool.
“He tricked me?”
Sampson closed his eyes, “What the hell did you do to make him hate you so much and destroy you?”
“I…I…” She cried, “It was that day when we tricked Dolores. I secretly installed a camera in the room
and recorded a video…”
“No wonder Matthew also asked someone to record a video of you and send it over. This was the
reason.”
“What video?” Maria’s brain exploded. Her head was filled with a buzzing.
What video?
Last night, did she…
“What video?” Warner pointed to the USB flash drive on the table, “Watch it yourself. Dad told you to
stay home and think about what you did. It was one thing to not want to think about what you did
wrong, it was one thing to secretly run out of the house, but you ran out and went to provoke Matthew.”
He laughed sarcastically, “If he was that easy to be threatened or if a video could defeat him, would he
be who he is today?”
Maria’s face was pale.
Landon was already speechless with anger.
It was clear that Maria wanted to threaten Matthew but was put to her place by him.
Who was to blame?
Her lacking skills were to blame.
“Tomorrow, you two will go to see him with me.” If there was any room to relax in the previous situation,
it was gone now.
He sat on the chair with dull eyes, “Sampson, Maria, the trouble you have made can make Herbert
family lose their century-old reputation. Don’t blame me, just blame yourselves for being so
disappointing.”
“Dad, what do you mean? Do you want to abandon us?” Maria couldn’t believe it.
“It’s not that Dad wants to abandon you, it’s that you both brought your destruction upon yourself.”
Warner interjected, “You both haven’t done anything for the family, but you have enjoyed the glory that
the Herbert family brought to you. Now, it’s time for you both to do something for the family. Besides, all
of this happened because of you.”
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