"Help! Help me, please!"
She was shaking uncontrollably as she must be scared out of her wits.
"Ms.Anthony?"
Lucas cried out in surprise.
Without hesitation, he opened the door and got out of the car.
Meanwhile, William opened his eyes when he heard Lucas's exclaim.
Initially, he was going to continue to doze through the minor accident.
It turned out that Paisley was the unkempt woman who had stopped the car.
Shocked by the realization, William also got out of the car.
Paisley wasn't looking like the decent and elegant young lady as she should be.
Her hair and her clothes were in a mess, and even one of her shoes was missing.
When she saw William, she lunged towards him and hugged him pleadingly, "Mr.Howard! Please, help
me!"
"What happened?" William asked stiffly.
He didn't expect Paisley to clutch onto him.He wasn't used to being held by other women like this.He
wanted to push Paisley away, but she tightened her arms around him as she was still trembling.
"Someone robbed me! They robbed me with knives...And they took all of my belongings! I escaped, but
my companions are still there.Mr.Howard, please save them!"
"Go and have a look!"
William gestured to Bobby, who immediately complied and he walked towards the alley that Paisley
had just run out of.
Around ten minutes later, Bobby returned to them while carrying a passed-out woman on his back.
Once Paisley saw Bobby, she quickly let go of William and ran towards him while shouting, "Danya !
Danya! Wake up!"
"Ms.Anthony, I think she's passed out.We should bring her to the hospital first and let the doctor tend to
her!"
Lucas said while he helped Bobby to get Danya into the car.
Then, everyone got into the car and they headed straight to the hospital.
On their way there, Danya regained consciousness.
Still thinking that they were in danger, she began yelling once she opened her eyes, "Help! Miss, run!"
"I'm here! Danya, I'm here!" Paisley said as she was grabbing Danya's hands in an instant to assure
her.
"Are you alright, Miss?"
Danya looked up and down at Paisley in concern.
"I'm fine.Thank goodness I ran into Mr.Howard...Danya, how do you feel? Hold on for a little more
while, okay? We'll be at the hospital soon!"
"I'm fine...I'm only a little dizzy.That b*stard hit me in the head,"
After answering Paisley, Danya suddenly remembered something, "Where is our luggage?"
"They took our luggage" Paisley sighed.
"What should we do now?" Danya was full of regret.
"It's all my fault...:”
"At least both of you are safe.Let's forget about the luggage for now and have a thorough checkup at
the hospital first"
Lucas interjected.
"I'm fine.There's no need to go to the hospital! It's just that we lost our passports and our bank
cards...How are we going to survive in Sydney without money or a passport?"
Danya was worried sick, "Miss, you should call Sir Hardy right now.He can solve this."
"What can he do? Getting a new passport isn't something that can be done in a day or two" Paisley
sighed.
"Now, we can only find somewhere to stay for the night and go to the embassy to get a new passport
tomorrow.Oh, we also have to file a police report."
Indeed, requesting a new passport in a foreign country would take days.
Besides, Paisley and Danya were undoubtedly in dire need to get a place to stay.
Lucas took a glance at William and said, "Sir William, it looks like Miss Paisley and her chaperone have
nowhere to go.Since there are so many rooms in the villa, why don't we take them in? At least for
tonight? In that case, they'll only have to worry about getting their new passports."
"Okay" William nodded in agreement.
And thus, it was decided that Paisley and Danya were going back to the villa with William.
Meanwhile, Valeria had been playing games alone in the living room after she had dinner.
When she finally heard the engine of William's car, she got up and went to the door to welcome him.
Not expecting that there would be guests, Valeria ran towards William and threw herself into William's
arms while acting cutely, "William, you're finally back! I'm so bored.I was going to call you if you were
out any longer!"
William wrapped his arms around Valeria's waist and pulled her into an embrace.
He tapped lightly on her nose and said, "I knew you would be bored.It's okay, we're going out
tomorrow.Also, by the way, we have guests!"
Upon hearing William's words, Valeria turned to look at the car and asked, "Guests? Who's that?"
Then, she saw Danya climbing out of the car awkwardly in the dim light.
Danya was Paisley's butler.
Valeria didn't recognize her, but she was stunned to see Paisley coming out of the car after Danya.
At first glance, she didn't associate the ungroomed woman that she saw with Paisley, who was high
and mighty that she knew.
She only felt that William's guest looked somewhat familiar.
Only at her second glance did Valeria finally realized that she had been looking at Paisley.
It was completely out of Valeria's expectation.
She exclaimed, "Is that...Ms.Anthony?"
Paisley didn't expect to see Valeria here, and she was so ashamed to have Valeria saw her in such a
state.She hoped that she could escape now.
However, Paisley had been through a lot of mishaps.
So, she quickly calmed down and started to explain, "Danya and I were robbed, Miss Brown.Luckily for
us, Mr.Howard passed by and saved us."
William added, "I came across them on my way home from the office .Ms.Anthony and her chaperone
were robbed.They lost their passports and their other belongings to the robbers.But they're unscathed,
for the most of it."
"Robbers? Oh my gosh, that's scary! Ms.Anthony, are you all right?"
Valeria was baffled.
"I'm fine, although Danya is slightly injured," Paisley replied.
"Thank goodness! You must be so scared.Come in, quickly!"
Although she was upset with Paisley's provocation previously, Valeria still sympathized with Paisley's
misfortune in a foreign country.
So, she promptly invited Paisley and Danya into the house.
Paisley and Danya gladly complied and they went into the villa where the Howards’ maids hurried to
clean up a room for them.
When they were alone in the room, Paisley's face darkened.
She hissed, "I can't believe Valeria had the audacity to follow William here! Argh, I'm so pissed!"
Danya was also annoyed, "What's Sir Hayden's problem? Didn't he arrange for you to come here to get
closer with Sir William? What does he think you can do with Valeria here?"
"Hayden probably didn't know that William would bring Valeria with him."
"Well, what about Lucas? Is he dumb? He could have called to tell us I’ Danya huffed.
"I don't know.But I think Mr.Howard is gonna give me an explanation ,"
Paisley rubbed her temples in exasperation.
In fact, Hayden was the one who had planned the so-called mugging, hoping that William would bond
with Paisley during her stay at the villa.
However, no one would have thought that Valeria would be here.
And it upset Paisley to think that she even lost one of her shoes when she was running to make her
escape plausible.
However, she did manage to make a skin- to- skin contact when she threw herself into William's arms
for comfort.
She remembered how good William smelled, and it almost made her lose her mind when she was
wrapped in William's arms.
She was even thinking about ways she could get intimate with William on their way back to the villa.
Since William sought pleasure in women and she was so beautiful, Paisley was confident that she
would be able to get along well with William once she made the first move.
However, Paisley realized that her fantasies wouldn't come true after seeing Valeria.
With Valeria stuck between William and her, Paisley wouldn't stand a chance to get close to William.
She sighed in reluctance.She didn't want to leave Sydney empty-handed like the last time they were on
the cruise ship.
Paisley was determined to turn the table.She wouldn't just give up so easily.
Yet, regardless of what was going to happen next, Paisley could only take a shower for the time being.
Then, she would figure out how to deal with the coming affairs.
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