After leaving the room, Valeria strode out of the club lounge and headed to her car.
When she was about to get on, the door of the car that parked next to her opened as a tall man
approached her, "Nice to meet you, Miss ! I'm Lamont Saunders."
"Lamont?"
The man standing in front of Valeria was broad and had defined facial features.She had heard that
Lamont was more than forty years old, but this man looked like he was in his late twenties.
"Yes, that's me!"
Lamont smiled as he looked closely at Valeria.
Valeria had grown up well, she certainly looked a lot more mature than she was four years ago.She
had inherited the excellent genes of Natalie and Archer.
However, Lamont personally thought that Valeria was more beautiful than Natalie ever was.
"Let's find a place to talk, shall we?"
"Alright"
Valeria nodded, "Declan and my father are still in the club lounge, and it would be troublesome if they
saw me.Why don't we go to the coffee shop there?"
"Alright!"
They were making their way to the coffee shop when Valeria's phone rang.
Ronald's concerned voice could be heard from the other end, "Valeria, where are you?"
"Dad, I'm off to take care of Abbie as she hasn't been feeling well!" Valeria lied.
"What? You've left the lounge?"
Ronald shouted into the phone.
"Yeah, I'm going to see how Abbie's doing because I'm really worried about her! I'll leave the matters of
our cooperation with President Anderson to you"
Valeria continued before Ronald could interrupt her, "Anyways, I'm driving now so I'll talk to you later!"
Ronald was furious as Valeria had hung up on him, "D*mn!"
Declan had heard their conversation clearly, and he was upset because it felt like Valeria had escaped
from his arms.
"Mr.Brown, could Valeria be suspicious of our plans?"
"I doubt it, Valeria is a straightforward and innocent child.She wouldn't have been able to do so"
Ronald argued thinking that Valeria trusted him completely.
"I believe in you.She's really gorgeous, and I can't wait to have her in my bed!"
Declan smiled gleefully at the thought of having Valeria all to himself.
"President Anderson, don't worry, it's only a matter of time before she falls into your hands," Ronald
promised.
"That's good to hear, why don't you try again later tonight?" Declan requested eagerly.
"Sure, I'm on it!" Ronald agreed quickly.
Valeria and Lamont sat down in the coffee shop as a waitress brought them their orders.
She glanced at Lamont out of curiosity as she stirred her drink, "You look a lot younger than I thought
you would be."
"I'm turning 48 this year, how is that young!" Lamont replied with a smile.
"Oh please, you look more like a handsome man in their thirties" Valeria praised him profusely.
Lamont chuckled in reply, "Well, thank you for the praise Miss Brown! Let's get back to the main topic
though, what are your plans after this?"
"I have none"
Valeria sighed as an upset expression crossed her face "l used to be a rebellious and playful child that
would rely on my mother whenever I faced any troubles.Now that I'm facing this horrible situation
myself, I have no idea what to do."
"It's alright Miss.I'll always be here to support you as you work on improving yourself and fighting back
against your enemies!"
"Thank you very much for your help, I really appreciate it! I want to take over the reigns of Brownard
Group from my father.The problem is that he has been the head of the company for so long, and the
employees in the company trust him so much.Not to mention, there ‘s also the problem of him selling
off the company! I don't even know where to start!"
Lamont nodded as he heard her complaints, "Let's face our problems one at a time.
How about recruiting employees of your own and working together with them from scratch?"
"I guess this is the only thing that I can do for now.”
"Oh right, do you know why Hayden and Ronald are suddenly colluding against you? I've been really
curious about it and was wondering if you knew the reason behind it."
"Oh yes, I'm dating William from the Howard family.Hayden doesn't like me at all.I guess he's colluding
with my father out of annoyance because I wouldn't break up with William."
Lamont was surprised after hearing Valeria's explanation, "Wait...how could this be? You're going out
with William of the Howard family?"
"Why are you so surprised?"
"I've heard rumors of William being a useless child? How could you date...?”
"You've heard wrong then.If you don't want to anger me, please stop bringing up these rumors.William
is actually very talented, and those rumors do no justice to him!"
Valeria interrupted Lamont.
Lamont was even more stunned to hear her response, "Are you in love with him?"
"Yes, I love him very much! I've already decided to marry him!" Valeria was determined that nothing
would be able to change her mind.
"How could this be? There are so many men that are better than him! "Lamont couldn't believe his
ears.
"You're wrong, there is no one better than William in the world! You haven't even tried to get along with
him, so how would you know?"
Valeria couldn't bear to hear anyone talking bad about William.
"What strengths does he have?"
Lamont snickered, what else did William know except for drinking, gambling and f*cking around
anyways?
"William might look like a playboy because of his good looks, but he’s the first person who would help
me whenever I'm in trouble.I don't think I'll be able to find anyone that takes care of me as well as he
does."
Lamont wanted to comment on her words, but he knew that Valeria would not listen to him so he could
only sigh as he rubbed the sides of his forehead in annoyance.
Even though Valeria looked innocent, Lamont knew how stubborn she could be.
After all, she was the one who switched out the seal and ordered Richard to freeze Brownard Group's
assets in the first place.
As he had only met Valeria a few times, he did not want to leave a bad impression on her by upsetting
her so he would keep his comments to himself for now.
"Alright, if you say so then.How is Hayden planning to deal with you and William, though?"
"That doesn't matter, as we would never break up.Plus, William has already proposed to me.Once we
get married, no one would be able to get in our way!"
Lamont rubbed the sides of his forehead harder as he felt a migraine coming when he noticed the shiny
diamond ring on Valeria's finger.
How did things turn out this way? Ignoring the fact that Hayden was against their relationship, it wasn't
right for Valeria to be dating William in the first place!
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