Ronald looked at Mr.Anthony like a little kid staring at his favorite chocolates in a candy store.It was
evident that he wanted to please Mr.Anthony as well.
Valeria was a little dispirited and embarrassed when she looked at her father.
She replied gloomily, "I just met him today”
"Really? I was wondering why you had never told me about it! Mr.Anthony, Valeria is quite bad at
socializing and she has a bad temper.Please forgive her if she offended you in any way."
"No, Miss Brown is smart, kind, and cute.It is such a blessing to have a daughter like her’' Hardy
praised Valeria sincerely.
"Really? I was worried that she might have offended you.I'm relieved that you think that way.It's running
quite late now, do you want to have dinner together? You can decide on the location, Mr.Anthony”
"Dad!"
Valeria's expression changed immediately but her father was oblivious to this.
"Would you care to do me this honor?"
Hardy felt a little dismayed when he saw that the mood and color in Valeria's face had disappeared.He
had also heard about Ronald's personality.
Ronald's company, Brownard Group, had been trying to collaborate with Acma Corporation for quite
some time, but he had not accepted it.
Ronald was too impatient and aggressive.
If it were someone else, Hardy would have walked away immediately.
But seeing that it was Valeria's father, he had to show her some respect.
"Thank you for your offer, Mr.Brown.I shouldn't refuse your offer then.Let me treat you and Miss Brown
today!"
Richard couldn't stop himself from smiling in glee when Hardy actually agreed to have dinner with
them.
On the other hand, the two CEOs beside Hardy were unhappy and he looked at Ronald in disdain.
"Mr.Brown is really good at stealing people away!"
Ronald pretended not to hear their criticisms.
He smiled at Hardy and said, "This way, Mr.Anthony."
William swallowed down his lunch unhappily and went to Howard Group.
Hayden had arranged for William's seat to be next to the chairman's office.
To ensure that he turned over a new leaf, he even made Lucas keep an eye on him.
William swiveled around in his chair as he propped his legs up when he arrived in the office.
Lucas dutifully arranged the documents in front of him so that he could go through them.
After flipping through a few of them, he threw it back down.
Lucas's heart ached when he saw how weak and helpless William was.
"Sir William, can you please at least have a look? At least do it for your dad?"
William remained unmoved and dozed off in his chair.
This made Lucas so anxious that he was about to pull out all his hair, "I'm begging you, Sir
William.Please just take a look.What am I supposed to tell your father later?"
Charles ordered one of his employees to check up on William.
When his employee heard Lucas's pleading voice , she returned happily with the news.
Initially, Charles was worried that William would take over his position and power.
But after listening to what his employee said, he felt that things had turned out well for him.
As long as William continued like that, whatever Hayden did to help him would be useless.
Did that idiot really think that his father would be able to protect him forever? After Lucas' persuasion,
William finally skimmed through two of the documents.
Lucas took into consideration that William was still unfamiliar with everything on his first day, so William
wasn't forced to finish them all.
However, Lucas still remembered what Hayden had requested and he walked out to make a call.
William continued lying lazily on his chair.
Suddenly, his phone rang.
Answering the call, he could tell that it was Michael.
"William, I just saw Hardy.Do you know who he is with now?"
"Who he's with is none of my business!"
William was uninterested in Hardy's personal life.
As a matter of fact, there was no feud between them.
They were both very courteous towards each other.
However, he was the same age as Hardy.
Since Hardy was way too outstanding, Hayden would always use Hardy as a role model when he
wanted to persuade William to study hard.
Therefore, William was annoyed whenever he heard Hardy' s name.
Michael smiled on the other end.
"It really has something to do with you.Your beloved Miss Brown was chatting away happily with Hardy
at Wolf Group."
William listened quietly while Michael continued talking.
"I was just walking out with one of my clients and I met them at the lift.Isn't Hardy usually solemn and
indifferent ? He was full of smiles and very gentlemanly towards her today.According to my accurate
observations, I am sure that he's interested in Miss Brown"
"Really? How can you be so sure?"
"Hardy's eyes never left her.Even when he was greeting me, he was not even half as enthusiastic as
he was towards her.I'm warning you, he is handsome and he has a good background.If he even tries to
woo her, Miss Brown might just go to him in a heartbeat.You better do something fast"
"Humph.I don't care.She can do whatever she likes"
After saying that, William hung up immediately.
After Lucas ended the call, he returned and saw William sulking and looking angry as if someone had
offended him greatly.
He was a little puzzled, "Sir, why are you so unhappy?"
"I'm hungry and about to starve to death.How could I be happy?" William replied rudely.
"Should I buy you something?"
"No, I'm going to have a nice meal at Wolf Group tonight.
"Oh, why don't you ask your father to come along? He loves the food there,"
Lucas immediately called Hayden as he said it.
It was around five o'clock when William and Lucas arrived at Wolf Group.
William strolled in but was stopped by Lucas, "Sir, why don't we wait for the chairman here?' William
nodded and sat down on the sofa.
He took out his phone and sent a message to Marcus, "Which room is Hardy Anthony in?"
After a few minutes, Marcus replied, "He's in 'Lotus Pool by Moonlight' on the eighth floor."
"Arrange a room for me next to his""
"Alright!"
After William sent the text message, Hayden's chauffeur called to say that Hayden got into an accident
on his way.
William was shocked by this and he immediately went to the accident scene.
It was right just at the crossroads in front of Wolf Group.
Once William arrived, he could not see his father anywhere.
The only person he saw was the chauffeur holding his phone anxiously.
Once he saw William, his expression morphed into guilt, "Sir William, it's all my fault...I have called the
ambulance.He's going to be alright'
"Where is he?" William asked sullenly.
"He's in the car.A passer- by saw what happened and is helping Mr.Howard now.Don't worry, he is
going to be fine.William pushed the chauffeur away and walked to the car.When he reached the door,
he saw his father laying on the backseat with his eyes closed.His face was as white as a sheet.At this
moment, a woman with a bun was trying to save him.This woman had skills like a professional.After a
while, his father opened his eyes.
"Dad, are you alright?"
"I'm fine! I'm feeling much better!"
Hearing his reply, William breathed a sigh of relief and looked over to the woman who saved him.He
was shocked when he saw her.
"It's you?"
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