As William picked up his phone during the meeting, Hayden called him to his office and lectured him for
a long time.
William knew that Hayden wanted to vent his anger on him because of Valeria's news, but he didn't say
anything.He sat on the sofa and listened to the lecture without saying a word.
Hayden earnestly lectured him for an entire hour.
It wasn't until Paisley came to the Howard family that he decided to let it go.
After being freed, William picked up his phone and went back to his office.
After sitting down and taking a sip of coffee, Paisley knocked on his door.
When he saw her, he greeted her with a hostile expression and asked “ Can't help you, Ms.Anthony?"
She ignored his attitude and asked, "Mr.Howard, I wanted to ask you if Miss Brown's company matters
have been settled? Without knowing her true intentions, he replied calmly, "It's more or less settled."
"That's good.My brother was also worried about her after hearing the news.He was even about to
financially help her today.It's good that she's fine now."
Upon hearing that, he narrowed his eyes and asked, "Is that so?"
"That's right.My brother sympathizes with Miss Brown.He hates people like Ronald, who got to their
high positions through connections.Not only did he possess his wife's property, but he also wouldn't let
his daughter have it.My brother said that to let Miss Brown's company develop smoothly, he's going to
make a business proposal for cooperation so that he can help her"
She saw his narrowed eyes and knew that he was unhappy.She came here to provoke him on
purpose.Her brother, Hardy, was a famous elite.
If he helped Valeria, it would definitely give William a sense of crisis.
If William thought that Valeria and Hardy were having an affair, then she would have a chance to deal
with her.
"Cooperate with your company? Haha!" William sneered.
Was she here to provoke him on purpose? This was too immature of her! A trace of disgust flashed
across his eyes.
"Do you have anything else to report?"
"No.Then I won't bother you anymore.I'll go and do my work first."
She left awkwardly without getting what she wanted.
Seeing her leave, William got up and picked up his car keys to go out .
Hardy's feelings for Valeria were self-evident.
Although he was well aware of Paisley's provocation, he still had to be extra safe.
William drove to the Central South Building.
Valeria, Richard, and Braelynn were still studying the contract when they suddenly saw him come
in.They were surprised.
"Why are you here?" He smiled cheekily as usual.
"I missed you, so can't I come to see you?"
"Yes, of course, you can!"
She pulled him to the sofa and sat down.
"I'm about to sign the contract with Mr.Field and Mr.Clark.Do you want to have a look?"
"There's no need to look at it.What's there to look at? Would a lousy company like yours be worthy
enough for the Wolf Group and the Hattelo Group to scheme against?"
William glanced at Braelynn, who was still carefully studying the contracts.
"If it weren't for me, they wouldn't cooperate with you at all.So it's really hurtful for you to be so
suspicious."
Upon hearing his blunt explanation, Valeria felt a little embarrassed and said, "Fine, I'll listen to you.I'll
sign it right away!"
After signing the contract, Marcus reminded Valeria, "Since the cooperation has begun, you should
send out a notice to the company.I believe that when this is announced, the company's share price will
increase again."
Braelynn began to write the notice.
Richard and Marcus didn't stay any longer and left.
William and Valeria personally sent them off to the elevator and watched them go in.
Then, William took Valeria's hand and turned around.
Without outsiders around, Valeria did not care about anything.She directly asked him, "Did you ask
Marcus and Richard to help buy the stocks?"
"That's right!"
"Whose name is the shares under? Is it Marcus or Richard?"
"Your name!" William answered with a smile.
"What? My name? But the money belongs to them, right?"
"l lent them the money, so it's mine.Isn't it normal for it to be under your name if I bought it?"
"This...I admit that I had my doubts just now.Braelynn was worried that something might go wrong, so
that made me worry as well," Valeria's face turned slightly red.
"It's normal to worry.It's actually wrong to not worry.Remember, you can't trust anyone in this world
except your husband!" Valeria hugged and kissed him.
"You are not entirely right.Of course, I trust you unconditionally, but you are not the only one.I can also
trust Abbie, Uncle Saunders, and Braelynn! However, you will always be the first person in my heart."
"In that case, do you have a reward for me, the first person in your heart?"
"Didn't I kiss you?"
"Just a kiss? I thought you would say that you wanted to marry me."
"I've already promised to marry you, haven't I? I agreed last time."
"But we haven't even officially registered it yet.When will I be able to address you as ‘Mrs.Howard'?"
"Let's wait for two days.Once I've settled down the company, I'll take the initiative to ask you to go get
the marriage certificate with me."
While they were talking as if there was no one else, Lamont came out of the office next door.
His face went stiff when he overheard their conversation.
They were even talking about marriage! This matter was getting more troublesome.He quietly followed
Valeria and William back to the office.
Braelynn had already written down the notice she was going to issue that night.She printed it out for
Valeria to check if there were any problems before signing and issuing it.
Valeria read the announcement and looked at William again.He glanced at it quickly and said, "Miss
Saunders, you wrote this notice well.Hurry up and sign it!"
Valeria picked up the pen and signed her name on it.
William looked at her signature and complained about it, "You have to practice your handwriting.You
should write the letters in your name this way to look good.That's how you build your superior aura."
While speaking, he took the pen from her hand and signed her name in his handwriting.
"Wow, your handwriting is good.Hurry up and teach me how to sign my signature."
He did not refuse and picked up the pen to teach her how to write.
Braelynn did not care about the interactions between William and Valeria at first.But when she saw
William's signature, her expression changed.
She controlled herself and walked over to William and Valeria.She said, * Sir William's handwriting is
really well- written.It's much better than Miss's."
William was not modest at all.
"That's right.I don't have other skills, but my handwriting is perfect."
"Come on! Braelynn praised you only because of me.Don't take it seriously, Valeria glared at
him.Braelynn said with a smile, "I really didn't praise him for your sake.He writes very well.I think you
should practice writing words other than your name and signature too.For example, the word
‘agreement’.Please teach her, Sir William."
William did not think about it and wrote the word ‘agreement’ for Valeria to copy.
Seeing the word written by him, Braelynn was surprised again.She unnaturally pursed her lips and
stepped aside.
Lamont observed Braelynn’s reaction and stepped aside with her.
They were outside in the coffee room, and he lowered his voice to ask, "What happened to you just
now?"
"Dad, I just realized that something weird.Sir William's identity isn't so simple!"
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