Paisley trembled in anger and hatred after the realization.
But there was nothing she could say for herself.
Meanwhile, Lucas was also troubled by how little control they had over the current situation.He initially
thought they could easily fool William, but it didn't seem like that was the case.
What should they do next? Also, Danya’s hit was surely a feigned attempt to get over the trouble , SO it
must have been nothing serious.
It would have been awkward if William had stood guard and the doctor announced nothing serious
about Danya.
Lucas pulled a smile and suggested, "Sir William, it's quite late now.Maybe you and Miss Brown can go
back to the villa to get some rest.Ms.Anthony and I will be fine here."
William smiled faintly and agreed, "Okay then.Valeria and I will go back first.Just call me if there’s
anything urgent’
Then, with Valeria in his embrace, William turned without hesitation.
Naturally, Bobby went after them.
Watching them leave, Paisley wiped away the tears on her cheeks and asked, "What are we going to
do now? Valeria humiliated me! She's very good at playing dumb, isn't she?"
"Yeah, she's the last person I expected to be a fox.No one would have thought this would happen,"
sighed Lucas.
"I guess we'll have to play it by ear now"
"Valeria will definitely talk bad about me in front of William on their way back! How am I going to
salvage my image?" She hissed through gritted teeth.
Thinking about what happened to Danya fueled her anger even more.
"Danya messed this up, but she's usually reliable...And to think that we thought she had succeeded,
urgh, I'm so angry!"
"Now it isn't the time to complain, Ms.Anthony.I think we should get down to figuring out a new plan"
Lucas frowned.
Hayden told him that Paisley was apt, but it seemed like Hayden had made a mistake. However, he
kept his dissatisfaction hidden.
He continued, "So, what are you thinking, Ms.Anthony? Are you going to give up, or..."
Paisley cut Lucas short, "I won't give up! I'll get my revenge, even if it's just for the sake of irking
Valeria! The last one standing will be the winner of this game!"
Lucas nodded, "I'm glad to see your determination, Ms.Anthony.There's still hope for you.After all, you
have an upper hand with your last trick.I'll report this to Mr.Howard later."
"Thank you, Lucas.I won't forget what you've done for me"
Paisley was very grateful to see Lucas still on her side.
"I'm not doing this for you.I'm only doing what Mr.Howard wishes for.I am loyal to him for all these
years.His wish is my command,"
Lucas had no intention to be cozy with Paisley.
Pulling up a smile, he continued, "I'm only loyal to the Howard family, Ms.Anthony.Naturally, if you
marry Sir William, I'll do whatever you want too.But if you don't, I apologize..."
His words, surprisingly, didn't make Paisley uncomfortable.
She was dead set to win over William's heart, 'TH work hard for that day, Lucas.Rest assure!"
William and Valeria headed into the car as Bobby started the engine.
William stretched out his hand to pinch Valeria's cheeks, "Valeria, you don't trust me, do you? You'd
better answer me honestly!"
Valeria smiled warily, "Of course I trust you!"
"Oh, don't lie.I know what you're thinking.You thought Paisley and I hooked up, didn't you? You wanted
to humiliate them, so you waited until the end to play your recordings."
William was not a slow-witted person.He didn't ask her about it earlier in the villa because everything
was in chaos but he saw how Valeria acted.
So, it wasn't difficult for him to figure it out.
Seeing that Valeria was still going to deny it, he chuckled.
"Tell me, are you still going to bring up the recording if I didn't ask Bobby to cut out the part where you
hit Danya?’
"I..I..Well..."
Valeria stammered.She didn't think William would see through her with no trouble.
It was useless to hide anything from him.
Valeria answered truthfully, "had no choice.I was so naive before, and I don't want to be fooled again."
William clenched his jaw, "Do you actually think I'm going to betray you, Valeria?"
Valeria grinned sheepishly, "Please don't be mad.I'm just worried...I mean, what if Danya was right? For
all I know, you might be captivated by Paisley's beauty, and I'll be the biggest joke of the century-"
"Oh, what am I going to do with you, '' William said as he pinched her cheeks again.
He was irked yet amused with her at the same time.
"Ow!"
Valeria yelped exaggeratedly and writhed away from his hand, "Just because you're not pinching
yourself doesn't mean you can pinch me so hard!""Why would I pity a woman like you"
William pounced on her half-jokingly, "Pinching you isn't the only thing I want to do to you now!"
She squealed, "Wait, William, wait! I'm sorry, okay? I'll never doubt you again!"
And William immediately forgave her once he met her innocent eyes.
He pulled Valeria into his arms and said, "Just so you know, I won't forgive you if you dare to doubt me
again in the future, okay? You have to trust me unconditionally."
Bobby, who was driving the car, silently chuckled as he listened to the conversation in the back.
Valeria had been clever in handling the situation.
Only she could criss-cross over William's bottom line without facing the consequences.She was so
much smarter now.
At the same time, Danya was wheeled out of the operating room in the hospital.
After all, she wasn't seeking death when she ran into the cabinet so the wound wasn't at all deep.
However, she still lost a lot of blood because she cut an artery.
And it didn't feel good.
As Danya was pushed out of the operating room, Paisley and Lucas got up and followed towards the
ward.
When they arrived at Danya's wardroom, the nurse had already attached her dripping tube and left.
Danya was very remorseful, "I'm sorry, Miss Anthony.I screwed up.It's all my fault."
Paisley sighed, "It's not.I underestimated Valeria too.Anyhow, it's useless to point fingers at each other
now.We should rise up and carry on with our plan."
Danya was touched to hear that Paisley didn't blame her.
She immediately swore, "Don't worry, Miss.I'll learn from the failure, and I'll let that b*tch pay the price
for what she's done!"
Just as she finished her angry rambles, Paisley let out a dry cough.
It was only then that Danya realized that Lucas was also in the room.
Knowing that she had made a slip of the tongue, she immediately stopped talking.
Lucas pretended to have not noticed their conversation.
He simply said, "I'll go call Sir Hayden to tell him about what happened today.
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