William was preparing to leave the hospital with Valeria, whose fever had gone, when the maid that
Lucas had sent arrived with a bowl of ginseng chicken soup.
William reached over for the soup and poured a bowl for Valeria delightedly.It was obvious that she
needed it after having four IV drips just now.
However, Valeria refused to drink as she disliked the bitter taste of ginseng.
William could only feed her slowly while persuading her with gentle words until she had finished the
entire bowl.
The maid was stunned as she never knew that William was such compassionate and gentle.
When she left the hospital, she immediately gave Lucas a call to update him, "Sir William is fine, he
gave the soup to Miss Brown because she wasn't feeling well."
"Do you mean Sir William is not sick?"
Lucas was stunned as there would be trouble again.
"Yeah, he was just accompanying Miss Brown to the hospital," the maid continued, "They both finished
the soup together though."
"Alright, thank you."
Lucas sighed before hanging up his phone.
After some debate, Lucas decided not to report the truth to Hayden as he was worried about Hayden's
temper.
While he had just made the decision, Hayden came up to him to ask for an update, "How's William?"
"H...He's doing alright,"
Lucas stammered in shock.
"Tell me the truth,"
Hayden narrowed his eyes on Lucas’ nervous expression.
Lucas couldn't keep the secret anymore, "Sir William's fine, he was just accompanying Miss Brown to
the hospital as she wasn't feeling well"
Hayden tried to control the rage that was churning inside him as his eyes burned in fury.
Seeing how Valeria was still by William's side after so long, meant that William was actually serious
about his relationship with her.
None of his previous flings lasted more than three months.
Hayden had been sure that he could convince William to break up with Valeria, but today's incident had
proved otherwise.
He leaned back on his chair deep in thought, before asking Lucas, "Do you think I've gone too far by
working with Ronald to deal with Valeria?"
Lucas smiled bitterly, "You wouldn't have colluded with Ronald if you knew of another way to settle this.
"Working with Ronald has ruined my reputation completely.I thought long and hard about it last night,
now that William are Valeria are in a relationship, has I been wrong from the start?"
"You're right..." Lucas paused, "Sir William has a stubborn personality and he might go against you if he
found out that you had bought over Brownard Group."
Hayden agreed while nodding, "Do you have any suggestions for me then?"
"I think you should meet with Miss Brown and advise her to break up with Sir William.With his ego, I
don't think he would beg her to stay if she did.This would kill two birds with one stone as you would be
able to continue with your plans without William going against you."
Hayden paused before agreeing to Lucas’ suggestion, "Alright, you go and distract William somehow
so that I can meet Valeria alone."
When they left the hospital, William had wanted Valeria to rest at home but she insisted on going to
work as she was feeling better.
Seeing how persistent Valeria was, William had no choice but to drop Valeria off at the Central South
Building.He only drove off once he saw that Valeria had walked through the main door.
Ronald and Kyrie were both not in the company when she arrived, and the secretary in charge also
reported that Ronald had not arrived for work today.
Valeria knew that Ronald had given up on the company now since he had transferred ownership of the
company to Hayden.
Unlike him, Valeria would not give up.
Then, Valeria sat down and started to go through all the documents in detail.
She believed that she would be able to run the company alone just like her mother did.She would not
let her mother's beloved company fall into Hayden's hands.She had been working for about half an
hour when she received a call from Lucas, "Hello Miss Brown, are you free to meet with our Master
right now?"
"Sure!" Valeria did not refuse his request.
After giving Valeria the address to the coffee shop and reminding her to keep this meeting a secret
from William, Lucas hung up.
While Valeria arrived at the coffee shop ten minutes earlier than the agreed time, Hayden only arrived
right on the meeting time.
Valeria had heard that negotiation experts like Hayden would arrive right on time to ensure that they
had an upper hand.She had to prepare herself for the tough negotiation that was about to come.She
stood up and greeted Hayden politely, "Nice to see you again, Grandpa!"
"Have a seat,"
Hayden appeared to be in a better mood compared to yesterday as he gestured for Valeria to sit down.
However, his strict gaze was fixed on Valeria the whole time and he did not touch the coffee that had
been served.
"I'm sure you know why I wanted to meet you, right?"
Valeria chose her words carefully before answering, "I have an idea, but please do explain."
Hayden chuckled coldly before explaining, "Alright, I'll get straight to the point.Please break up with
William."
Valeria disagreed as she shook her head, "! apologize, but I don't think I can agree to your request."
"Miss Brown, William is a useless playboy that won't help you in any way.If you dump him, you could
date someone better, Howard advised.
"I disagree, Mr.Howard.William is a good-looking and kind boy who takes care of me very well.I don't
think I'll find anyone like him in this lifetime!"
"A relationship is all about helping and building each other into a better person.What do you think you
can offer to William, Miss Brown?" Hayden's tone was icy.
"I might not be his best choice, but I am willing to offer all that I Am to him.Even my life."
Valeria answered calmly, her determined gaze boring into Hayden's glare.
Hayden shook his head, "Look Miss Brown, life is not a show.I'm not going to give up just because you
put on an act by reciting an oath in front of me."
"I'm not putting up on act, Mr.Howard.Why don't you just leave us be instead of trying so hard to
separate us if you knew that it would be futile? William and I are willing to do anything for each other!"
"Why should I leave you two be when all I want is to separate the both of you?" Howard was confused.
"Miss Brown, I'll be honest with you, I have plans for William to take over the company and continue to
run it successfully even when I'm no longer around.William is my precious son, and I came here to
discuss about his future with you.However, you're not included in what I have in mind for him, do you
understand?"
"Why can't I be part of his future, then? William and I love each other, so why can't you be happy for us
instead of trying to separate us at every chance you get?" Valeria retorted.
"The happiness that you both have won't last forever" Hayden sighed regretfully.
"You know clearly how the others in the Howard family are picking on William.I'm worried about him,
and I don't want William to end up as their puppet.I'm old now, and I don't have much time left, but I
don't want to have any regrets when I leave.So please grant this old man's wish by breaking up with
William, alright?"
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